movie will freeze in time the 1960s, Greece lens focus, "desperate Mediterranean" nuanced retro hard to believe this is the work of a time now, no drag racing chase, nor did danger , Although the plot is generally good, it is wrapped in a beautiful icing, and the retro poetic and pictorial meaning fits this beautiful and tragic desperate journey.
The old cunning scammer Chester and his young and beautiful wife, an insincere guide, Rudal, the three subtle escape combinations constructed the character structure of this movie. At the beginning of the movie, the suits and shoes are elegant and the Chester belt is elegant. While traveling the world leisurely with his wife, the private investigator hired by the client finally found the liar in Greece. Chester missed the detective and Ludal decided to help him. This started this desperate journey. The movie is in suspense. As the plot progressed, Chester fell into a quagmire step by step, accidentally killed his wife again, and was shot dead by the police. The final confession and confession saved Ludal, who was framed by him. This is not a movie. Action shootouts, in the Mediterranean landscape, what the director wants to do is to explore the depth of human nature.
Why did Rudal help a criminal who committed murder and fraud to escape? On the one hand, he valued Chester’s money and on the other hand he fell in love with his wife. The deeper metaphor is that Rudal felt guilty for not attending his father’s funeral. A plot of Electra that resembles his father Chester is produced. It is not difficult to see the ambivalence between him and his father from the opening letter of the family, and he has developed an alternative favor for the knowledgeable and elegant Chester, but cut As a mature liar, what he thinks is how to get rid of this useless guide because he does not want Rudal to be close to his wife. The film hopes to fill a human core in a love story between the three. , But the concept of "father" has always been vague, and there is no ability to show the depth of humanity in the content of the plot. The film has a poetic feeling, but it is lame and pale.
It is difficult for you to define whether the warm retro colors and beautiful scenery in "Desperate Mediterranean" is a success or a failure. As a genre film advertised as horror and suspense, the film is hard to see suspense, let alone horror, too beautiful. The lens texture of the movie can't make the movie create a kind of thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere, but the few highlights of this "Desperate Mediterranean" are only from this. The European retro nostalgia is so exquisite in the movie, and the intoxicating beauty is just like To freeze each frame can become a picture scroll, which makes people full of longing for that Mediterranean country. The film has an absolutely classical and romantic atmosphere, but there is no touching story, which is indeed quite regrettable.
This is a film with a poetic sentiment of love and redemption, as well as a beautiful film. However, the director's scripture has failed to give it spirituality. It can be said to be a step away from the classics, but this step is also out of reach.
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