"The Order of the Missing" is such a movie. It is drawn from the lives of ordinary people, but it walks into an unusual cruel world. It simply does nothing, crosses the boundaries of life, and expresses it in a ruthless and idealistic way. The extremely cruel good wishes. In the white and flawless snow world, interests are like vampires greedily ingesting the creatures in the snow world. White powder and blood pollute its purity. Only by removing the source of pollution can the snow continue to be holy.
In a real life, for Niels, a snowplow driver who is over 60 years old, at dawn, he is absolutely unwilling to face such a multiple-choice question that must be accepted. "There are two news here, one is good news and the other is bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"
In fact, it is meaningless to choose which one, good and bad happen at the same time in different spaces. It's just that from Niels's perspective, the good news that he was named an honorary citizen was announced in advance. Woke up early in the morning to wash, he put on his wife's ironed shirt and suit, took the speech, and went out with his wife to the commendation ceremony. Thinking about it this way, the later bad news is more like a product of "must be happy and sad" for Niels. Will he have a trace of suspicion and annoyance, and return his son to him, and he will throw away all the honor to recognize integrity.
He proved my idea with actions. His conversation with the police in the morgue explained everything, "You are not going to do anything?" That's right. He believed that his son was not an addict, he was sure that his son was killed. Niels's strength and high altitude show compelling aura in the distant shots, which also invisibly shows the character's inner contempt. The police's inaction and slack mocked the justice and responsibility in Niels' heart. His wife's mental breakdown also dampened Niels' hopes of life. The seeds of revenge for his son were planted in his heart, waiting for the spring breeze to blow.
Of course, an excessive bridge is set in the middle. The "source" of this chain of murders-Niels' son's friend Finn, a drug addict who thought it would be no problem to steal a bag of white powder from the gang drug bag, he escaped and ran to Niels' work. At the same time, clarify the truth to Niels, which proves that Niels’ son is innocent, and at the same time found the real murderer behind the murder of Niels’ son. As a result, the sturdy and fearless old Niels singled out the drug-trafficking gang. The targets of the killing ring were locked one by one.
In addition to the main line of Niels's revenge for his son, another drama of "revenge for his son" between the drug gang and the Serbian gang due to the dispute over the interests of Oolong was introduced. If so, the single-handed Niels counts as one team, the drug gang is counted as the second team, and the Serbian gang is the third team. The intricate relationship between the three parties has become a seemingly chaotic but clear "revenge target" hemp group, which makes the plot have The feeling is richer and fuller, and the clues look very clear.
However, the rhythm is a bit slow. The space outside the characters in the plot fully reflects the high quality of life of the Nordic people, exquisite, superior, and leisurely. Due to the cultural environment of Northern Europe, their films will show a cold and restrained sorrowful literary temperament, and even gunfighting films of killing and killing must leave a romantic space to breathe and flirt with snowflakes. It is different from the serious and conciseness of Germany. Whether it is green mountains, clear waters, or white snow, the viewer’s attention is easily drawn away by the background and will be shocked by it. Even in the unconscious state, the body and mind have been integrated into the uniqueness. In the artistic conception of the scenery.
The details of this play are very pleasing. The order of disappearance is the order of killing, kill one, black the screen once, and draw a cross. Although the setting of character relationship is single, it is very particular. Four groups of people, four kinds of grievances and entanglements, all brought out by the relationship of "father and son". Father and son, it also has a moral meaning, it is the relationship between hometown and wandering son, a symbol of the roots of fallen leaves, and the continuation of blood, race, tradition, and culture from generation to generation.
1. The male protagonist Nils revenge for his dead son. He found the "Earl", the boss of the drug dealer gang who killed his son, and kidnapped the "Earl"'s son Luen in the process of implementing his revenge plan. There is a subtle emotion between Niels and Luen. The basis of this emotion is mutual recognition of "goodness." The child Luen has a mature mind beyond the same age. The transition in their relationship is a kind of foreshadowing. The grievance report will end here.
2. The Serbian gang "daddy" avenged his son for the same reason. The drug gang killed the daddy's son for no reason, which aroused all kinds of dormant disputes. The rules of the rivers and lakes, a fate, the father's men are also planning to kidnap the earl's son Luen. The contradiction between black and black is actually an irreconcilable dispute between nations. By implying the elevation index of the "1389 Battle of Kosovo", it is revealed that racial conflicts may lead to devastating wars that would burn stones and jade.
3. In the beginning, Niels asked his brother Dickman to help him, and here again was the grudge between Dickman and the drug gang. Before Dickman retired from the arena, he was a member of the drug gang and played for the earl's father. Because the earl's father robbed Dickman's wife, the hatred of the previous generation was planted. Before Dickman was killed by the earl, he took all the charges to protect his younger brother Niels and admitted that he had sought a killer to assassinate the earl, on the grounds that "the father's debt was paid."
4. The earl was finally embarrassed on all sides, because they did all the bad things as rapists. The count showed a ferocious side from beginning to end. Only when facing his son, Luen, could the count return to peace in his manic and divided mental state. This normal and abnormal father-son relationship made the final rush to a complete conclusion, and the police came to collect the corpse also seemed unusually natural. In addition, at the beginning, Luen was bullied by the tough Jonathan at school, and he begged his father to avenge him. Such a small foreshadowing is still a supplement to thicken the stitches. It can be explained that the earl is a copy of his father, while the little Luen is the opposite of his father earl.
This kind of character relationship was finally strung together with a child, Luen, into an interlocking circle. In the ill-fated Oolong show, let all disputes end in gunfire and red-stained white snow. Except for Niels's son, who was an innocent sacrifice, the other evil sinners were taken away by their respective gods, leaving behind harmless racial representatives who can live in peace with each other. Perhaps, Niels is destined to be the leader of the shepherd, like driving a snow shovel to remove roadblocks, and he has to remove the black sheep of society.
Obviously, the ethnic background, religious beliefs, or skin color of the characters in the plot are also deliberately arranged. Norwegians, Swedes, Serbs, Albanians, Chinese; Christianity, Eastern Orthodox, Judaism, atheism, etc., are also clearly distinguished on the black screen of the cross; the word "immigrant" has also appeared many times, hometown Closely connected with dignity, personal grievances directly intensify into racial hatred. So much information and symbols are enough to prove that the director's ambition and ambition are to produce a serious black humor drama.
Generally speaking, the story of this drama is very deep, but the performance is too restrained, the weight of a hero appears thin, and it seems to weaken the combat effectiveness of the whole film. But the killing is fast, ruthless, and decisive, which matches the overall style of the movie, and it looks artistically beautiful. The transition is free and sophisticated, avoiding the two hours of dullness. The acting is bright, the old drama bone Bruno Gantz plays the Serbian gangster father, is a likable image of a big guy, while eating a steak while looking at the corpse in front of him, teaching his subordinates to answer the phone is completely idol style. Strand Skarsgard is really strong and strong. The celebrity dad who has cultivated 4 big stars is also very cool. The speed of punching and his big size convey the charm of strength. I would like to recommend his eldest son Alexander Skarsgard, this little brother I chased him in "True Love as Blood", and his acting skills are also very good.
Finally, I want to talk about the moving movie OST. The audio-visual effect is the most unique part of this movie. The soundtrack is very infectious. The floaten humming by the drug gangster two horses while driving can wake up your ears all at once. The scenery of Snow City in Norway, whether night or day, is like a natural symphony stage, which can activate all the notes on the score. Every soundtrack makes me feel sorrowful, and you will unconsciously feel the sadness of "wandering". When can you return to your hometown and where is your hometown? Rootless duckweed, in the drifting song, sings of sorrow forever, and gently and slowly accumulates into a river of sorrow, that is, the river of hometown.
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