"As long as you look carefully enough, you will find that everything has weaknesses, and sooner or later there will be flaws." This is Ted Crawford in the thriller and suspense film "The Flaws" German (played by Anthony Hopkins). This sentence can also be understood in the same way for case investigators - no matter how perfect and accurate the traps and traps seem, as long as you carefully identify them, you can find their "weakness". Coincidentally, I involuntarily modified this sentence and used it to watch this film - no matter how perfect and accurate a thriller and suspense film looks, as long as it undergoes reasonable analysis and logical reasoning, its "weakness" can be found. Even tiny ones.
Young Assistant Inspector Willie Beecham (Ryan Gosling) doesn't care when he hears the line from the captured Ted at first, and the ambitious he is on his way to something better. The development stage is about to leave the criminal court and turn to work for the economic court. The beautiful boss of the new job also favors him, and his future seems to be bright. Indeed, Willie also has this capital, with an average confession rate of 97% making him the most potential talent under Joe Lobrato (played by David Strathairn). Lobrato's maxims didn't get much attention either.
However, old man Ted, the suspect despised by Willie, is a sly and cold-blooded fox. As a construction engineer, he had already done everything he could to save himself from prison before he shot his beautiful young wife. After careful preparation, he knew Willy's character, work ability, and financial situation well, and he put forward to the judge coolly: I don't need a lawyer, I will defend myself. And this old guy, who at first seemed not to understand any legal terminology and provisions, just used carefully planned steps to clear the charge of attempted murder and was acquitted.
The high-spirited Willy originally thought that as long as he stood at the last post of his old job and ended the "conclusive" wife murder case, he could go to a great future with ease and glory, but unfortunately, Willy is unlucky here. The "evidence" is in - at the crime scene, with the police also arriving with negotiator Rob Nunelli (Billy Burke), the only person who was allowed to enter the room first by Ted , Ted confessed to Rob that he shot his wife, and then Rob was surprised to find that the woman who fell in the pool of blood was his lover. They didn't know each other's names. I'm going to bed" type of extramarital affairs. When Willie asked Rob to testify, Ted suddenly told everyone that Rob had an affair with his wife, and pointed out that the confession at the scene was forced, and he did not kill his wife. As a result, Robqi's testimony as an insider cannot be accepted, and he concealed the fact of adultery and the fact that he has never been able to find the murder weapon, so that the "conclusive evidence" suddenly became lack of proof, and it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, but Willy, who is eager for success, The wily Ted was methodically placed in a helpless situation, and Ted's rival Rob, who was already disgraced and separated from his wife, committed suicide on the day Ted was acquitted.
Willie, who lost his new job and had no face to continue his old job, was fighting against Ted's wits and courage. He understood that his focus on the new job and his absent-minded attitude towards the case made him lose the case. He began to think hard. In fact, he doesn't have to work so hard, because the development of the plot at this time makes the old man have to jump out and sell the flaws - it can be said that this is also the flaw of the film. Since Ted is a cautious person, why does he have to Give Willie a teasing and defiant call before leaving? Since the film has set Ted as a thoughtful person, why can't wait to sign documents once he is acquitted to "legally" put his wife in a vegetative state to death? Isn't this giving Willy some hints and evidence?
So, when Willy finally understood the trick of changing guns to kill, the old man used the clause of "one matter cannot be tried twice" to fight Willie, and said calmly: "You can never touch me". At this time, the hairy boy replied calmly: "Your wife did not die before, your first trial was for attempted murder, your wife is still alive, but you turned off your wife's ventilator, and now she is dead, this is murder , first-degree homicide, this is a new charge."
Director Gregory Helitt, who has directed the film "First Degree Fear", not only has a set of legal dramas, but also is very good at casting actors, such as Edward Norton's excellent performance in "First Degree Fear", which The second time, Helitt chose Ryan Gosling to play Willie, the post-80s acting who once propped up "Half Nelson" by himself and was nominated for an Oscar for it. Gosling's homework is well done. In the handling of some scenes, it is inevitable to remind people of Edward Norton. For example, there is a brief pause at the moment of the performance, so that the audience can recognize some subtexts, and there is no major action. His facial expressions seemed to be talking, and Norton was a guy who could show his inner drama with the changes of his eyes.
The old showman Anthony Hopkins has once again succeeded in portraying a smart, calm, elegant and gloomy criminal, regardless of his eyes, expressions or tone, but this time he also has a prominent gesture, that is, a close-up of the right palm - when the Thai As De was talking to Willie about the imperfection of eggshells, a beam of light hit his pale, agile right hand, which was flipping slowly and confidently, while the audience listened to his calm and smooth flow. Words, looking at this strange and delicate picture, the piano soundtrack sounded at the right time, and couldn't help but feel uneasy. For the role of Ted, Hopkins himself is also very satisfied, and thinks that there are two badass roles that excite him in his decades of acting career, the first is Hannibal, and the second is Ted.
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