A gangster movie that is different from a general gangster movie

Lesley 2021-10-13 13:06:27

Although Al Pacino and Robert De Niro have only two rivalries in this movie, the excellent story and the excellent actors are enough to make this movie unforgettable. In a scene where there is no confrontation between the two, you can always Feel the confrontation of the aura of the two. At the beginning, the two people looked at each other in the air, which was enough to excite me (the editing is really good).
The reason why this is a police and gangster movie that is different from ordinary gangster movies is that in addition to the confrontation between good and evil, the film also adds a line of emotions. The policeman Hanna and his wife and his wife’s daughters, Neil and Eady, as well as other policemen and thieves Family and friendship. Although there are many emotional lines, it is not obtrusive.
The picture that impressed me the most was Neil and Eady on the way to the airport. There was a section through a tunnel. After Neil finished the phone call, Eady asked him what was wrong. He smiled and said "Home Free", and Eady also smiled. Drove into the tunnel. In that scene, the bright light in the tunnel hits the two of them, which actually hints at the new bright life that is about to begin. But the car
finally had to drive out of the bright tunnel and into the dark night again, and after Neil calmly thought about it, he couldn't let go of Michael, and turned sharply and drove to the final tragic road. The interest in using light to express characters in the movie started from watching "The Pianist". Although not every understanding is correct, I believe that the director's light processing in the tunnel scene definitely has this intention.
After Neil finished, he smiled and walked towards Eady, but he turned his head inadvertently and found Al approaching him
. Looking at Eady so unbearably, but in the end he escaped by himself. In fact, after reading it, I was still wondering if Neil hurriedly got in the car and took Eady away, is it really too late? It is indeed necessary for the plot. Later, I thought that if I drove away at this time, it would be easy to be intercepted by the police, and it would also drag Eady and myself down. Neil, the lone ranger, will eventually face his tragedy alone.

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  • Laverne 2022-03-25 09:01:03

    I don't like Pacino's performance, and Bell is in the fighter. Why do you have to create a "special type"? Why can't he be a "different" ordinary person like De Niro? Isn’t the character prototype in the tidbits that an American fat man is an ordinary policeman? Doesn’t it have to be restored, but it doesn’t mean that you have to be tuned in every gesture? (20171230 two brush five-star, really every moment is aimed at becoming "immortal" to shoot a masterpiece ah

  • Julian 2022-03-23 09:01:03

    In the film, both the criminals and the police do not exist purely in the role of each person, but are shown flesh and blood in front of the audience as people in their lives.

Heat quotes

  • Vincent Hanna: [to Casals, after questioning Hugh Benny and offering her an immunity from prosecution deal to Charlene] Neal is still here I can feel it

    Detective Casals: for how long?

    Vincent Hanna: seven, eight hours max

  • Eady: [referring to the bank robbery she saw on the news] what'd you do? That was you?

    Neil McCauley: that's what I don't do. I don't sell metals, it would've been ok, flight out after, now it's "jammed" we gotta go together

    Eady: [terrified and shocked, referring to Donald and Michael] those other people were with you?