Subversive "self-mockery"

Deron 2022-10-23 20:55:10

Rather than saying that this is a crime thriller, it is better to say that the power of crime thriller is eliminated by questioning and mocking the person's attitude towards life. The sarcasm lurks everywhere in a British-style cold humor, and the audience will be amused if they are not careful. When the film progresses and the end of the parties turns into a subversive "self-mockery" of the identity he insisted on during his lifetime, at this time, we can't laugh, because we seem to be questioned.

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The Hit quotes

  • Myron: You've got nothing to smile about mate, if you knew.

    Willie: If I knew?

    [to Braddock]

    Willie: He thinks I don't know.

  • Willie: It'd kill him to thank me, wouldn't it?

    Myron: Haha!

    [Braddock glares at him]

    Myron: No lip, you.