Chiriff Owen was a favorite for 007, but the role ultimately fell to Daniel Quick. In fact, in recent years, he has performed a lot of enjoyable works, such as the gunfire film "Unknown Fire", which was based on the idea of John Woo's "The Detective", and the sci-fi masterpiece "The Last Catastrophe" directed by the director of "Paradise Lost". It is a pity that, except for "The Insider" and "Sin City" co-starred with Dansu Washington, which had good box office, the box office of other movies were average, even bleak.
In recent years, the most prominent movie about arms trade is "The King of Arms" starring Nicholas Skidge. The film "Black" is also about arms trading, but contrary to the former's point of view as an arms dealer, Chiriff Oyun plays an Interpol who is running around. The title of "The International" refers to an international bank that secretly manipulates arms transactions, causing turmoil around the world, in order to get "reasonable" "returns". There are a lot of strange cases of this kind of hunting down large criminal organizations, but too many will fall into the stereotypes. The male and female protagonists of this film are pure partners, and viewers who want to see a romantic mood will probably be disappointed. The case described in this film is complicated. The audience follows the protagonist's footsteps, from Germany to Italy, and then from New York to Turkey. The details are finally handled in an orderly manner. Moreover, the filming was also done with care, especially the overhead shot of an assassination in Italy and the shootout at the New York Museum of Art.
The director's work has a very game-like feel, but this time it has been restrained. Viewers who have seen the film feel that the second half of the film is unsustainable. However, I personally feel that this is the appropriate treatment. The film emphasizes the sense of powerlessness. The closer you are to the truth, the closer you are to the sudden and clear ending. On the contrary, this is the beginning of despair. Therefore, even if someone "atonement", the high-level is hacked and killed, and the protagonist finally learns the truth, the system still works, even if it only works better. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of institutionalization. When the system itself becomes a powerful "living body", what you can do is not to change "him", but to prevent yourself from being changed. The powerlessness of this film is by no means weaker than that of "The Seven Deadly Sins" or "Memories of Murder". Especially at this moment when finance controls the lifeblood of the world, although this film seems to be a bit conspiracy theory, it can definitely make the audience reflect.
The strange case (or the real case) may be just a cover, and the cry from this sense of powerlessness is what the director wants to express. "Black Gold" is definitely worth watching.
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