After watching this movie, I was deeply moved. To be honest, I was a little disappointed with this movie when I saw it in the middle. The disappointment lies in the procrastination of the plot and the confusion between the undercover line, the gangster line and Downey's personal line. However, in the second half of the film, the lines between the lines are gradually clarified, from the multi-line interweaving in the first half to the collision of the two elements of loyalty and rape, from which the theme of the film gradually emerges - loyalty A rapist is a person .
That's right, Lefty and Donnie are like two sides of a coin, one is head Donnie and the other is tail lefty. Both of them are very similar in many ways, and below I will write about the high similarity between the two characters.
The bureaucracy
Let's talk about Donnie first, the bureaucracy within the US government or the police is directly criticized by the director on the screen. For example, when the police call Donnie, "I am one level higher than you"; Senior leaders within the police were told that the recognition ceremony for Donnie was only 30 seconds long, and after taking a photo with Donnie, they left without any relationship. Including two policemen who were afraid of Donnie's mutiny and came to his wife's house and told him that Donnie was a supervisor but could not supervise anyone. Seeing this, I can't help but feel the same way his wife thinks - I'd rather he be a gangster.
As for Lefty, the promotion and internal management of the gang is not much better than that of Bai Dao. Lefty has been in the arena for many years and still can't get the respect of others. At the same time, just like Bai Dao, as long as you have a big official position, someone will flatter you, and if you have a small official position and you are just a dirty worker (like Lefty), you will only be ridiculed by others.
Second, involuntarily
Regarding Lefty, it is not difficult to see that Lao Zuo is a very sad and tragic character in the whole movie. He has been around for many years but has achieved nothing. He dreamed of opening a bar of his own in California but was also robbed by Black Sonny Business. All this poor old man wanted to do was to drive a boat of his own and spend his old age carefree. But as shown in the ending of the movie, Lao Zuo will never be able to come forward, one is that he is too deep, and the other is his character (he is cowardly, bullying the weak, afraid of the hard, and undecided). This means that he can only be used as an experienced tool person to wipe the ass of other constantly changing big brothers, and is always instructed by others instead of others (the only person who can be instructed is Donnie from beginning to end)
As for Donnie, as an undercover agent, his family life can be said to be fragmented or even to the point of collapse. The underworld life on call cannot possibly give him the opportunity to be a qualified father and read stories to his daughter before going to bed. Solve problems when your wife is tired. At the same time, with the deepening of his relationship with Lao Zuo, it is impossible for him to leave Lao Zuo alone, so he can only continue to appear as a gangster, which means that the more he wants to complete the work, the more he has to do it. Mixed into the gang, and the more you mixed into the gang, the more you strayed from the track of normal life, and finally almost lost control.
In the end, I would like to say that this is not a simple gangster movie, it is ironic and realistic but also depicts the hardships and struggles of a low-level gangster and an ordinary undercover agent (Al Pacino has never been in other movies. I've been so useless). Although the overall rhythm is slightly protracted, it is reasonable and sufficient to express each character extremely full (especially the two protagonists of the loyal traitor). In the end, I had to admire Al Pacino's acting skills, and successfully engraved a gangster old man who was down and out, and who cherished love and righteousness in the hearts of the audience, and could not be scattered for a long time.
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