"Horror Live": Small space and big layout, a one-man show of one person

Jade 2022-01-24 17:48:28

"Terror Live" collided with Bong Joon-ho's "Snow Country Train" on the release date. "Snow Country Train" leads with a preview rate of 61.7%, leading only 11.1% of "Terror Live". This result is not unexpected. The former is international Masterpiece, the latter is only a small-cost movie, and the plot is less attractive from the early stage, except for the starring Ha Zhengyu, there is no bright spot. But from the point of view of the movie theme, the audience after watching it should all admit that the mental impact of this movie is indeed strong enough. The box office continues to rise. 3.5 billion won (about 20 million yuan) has been invested in production and it has been released for 6 days. Over 2 million people watched the movie, proving that word-of-mouth is the last word.

As the only lead actor, Ha Zhengyu brought a perfect performance to the audience in a live news room. A room and a small space are shot in a big format, CG is exquisite, thrilling and lifelike; alone, He Zhengyu holds up the whole scene, shooting the protagonist's facial emotions in multiple cameras, and the confined space is not boring. Appropriate music combined with the tense atmosphere of the sword made the small live room full of shocks and variables, but this is not a pure crime film. The anchor Yin Yinghua and the bomb gangster have a clear-thinking dialogue that hides too much anti-social sentiment. .

The indifferent president who refuses to apologize, uses the bribery anchors of exclusive news, the cold-blooded boss who ignores his life as long as the ratings, and the police chief who is arrogant and incompetent and finally gets a headshot. Except for the ex-wife of Yin Yinghua who is fighting on the front line, there is no one in this movie. A truly good person, in just one and a half hours, showed everyone's power and desires and humanity to the fullest. Everyone is extremely selfish in his position and position. However, Yin Yinghua’s role has undergone a transitional change. His last move was unexpected. In the beginning, for the sake of being a superior, he also ignored the life of the hostages and faced this matter with a mindset of nothing to do with himself, but later experienced the boss’s Unfeeling abandonment, the betrayal of colleagues, the personal threats of the government, the death of his ex-wife, he went from a bystander to a participant, and then finally became a protester. The final push is indeed reasonable. .

As a powerful South Korean actor, Ha Jung Woo, from the "Chaser" that first met him to this "Horror Live", his acting skills have repeatedly brought surprises to people. The news anchor this time is entirely based on appearance and face. The facial expressions convey the emotions of the audience, from the cool and uncut sunglasses at the beginning, to the arrogance and arrogance that hopes to use the exclusive news to return to the peak of the career, and then to the back out of control, crazy, jealous and scratching their heads, so that netizens spit out " He Zhengyu is already fascinated with acting with his hair." These three appearance changes allow the audience to deeply experience the psychological changes of the characters in the play, and also drive the tension and thrills of the later plot development.

Since 1984, the South Korean government began to abolish the pre-censorship system of movies, and the political suppression of movie content has been greatly reduced. After Han Ying's "Melting Pot" and "Holiday", "Horror Live" once again blacked himself out. It was on the big screen. The naked accusation against bureaucratic indifference and the dark interpretation of human nature are enviable. Combined with several recent social incidents in China, this movie has caused China to be shot countlessly. Looking at those who want to bomb the airport and the neighborhood committee, they want it. It’s just the rights and protections that I deserve. I didn’t even expect to say “I’m sorry.” "The Furnace" changed the laws of a country, but we are not even qualified to make such a movie. This comparison is really a good one. Sad, filled with emotion. Still the line, "We are fighting all the way, not to change the world, but not to let the world change us!"

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The Terror Live quotes

  • Park Shin-Woo: I'm sorry.

    Yeong-hwa Yoon: You were going to kill them anyway! Son of a... You're sorry? How can you say that?

    Park Shin-Woo: I started this just to hear those two words. I said to come quick because it'll collapse. I agreed to the rescue! But where is he? It's out of my hands now.

  • Yeong-hwa Yoon: Why me?

    Park Shin-Woo: Still, I thought you would be different. You're all the same. That's why you're dying. Then, I'll stand there and end things myself.

    Yeong-hwa Yoon: Please, Mr. Park... Please, please don't kill me. Please, sir! Please! I beg you! Please! Let me live! Let me out, please.

    Park Shin-Woo: Keep being like that. Groveling under damn bastards. Live like that, then die.