Ouyang Feng: Whoever says no, it's up to people.
Ouyang Feng: I used to be like you, dedicated to conquering the world, thinking that I could leave my own woman behind. Who knows when I got home, I found out that she has become my sister-in-law.
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Ouyang Feng: What about her?
Hong Qi: Let's go with her. Like you said, it's up to people, who said that you are not allowed to take your wife to the rivers and lakes, right!
The above are the two lines before and after Wong Kar-wai's "Evil in the East and Poison in the West". In the film, Ouyang Feng and Hong Qi gave their answers as to whether or not to travel with fetters. Hong Qi took his wife and eventually became the leader of the world's largest beggar gang, and one of the highest martial artists in the world. And Ouyang Feng did not bring his own woman, and in the end he could only watch his lover become his sister-in-law, and this made his heart become vicious. "After many years, I have a nickname called Xidu. Anyone can be vicious, as long as you have tried what is called jealousy. I don't care what other people think of me, I just don't want others to be happier than me.
" "Road to Destruction" tells a story about taking his son to the rivers and lakes, and like "Evil in the East and the Poison in the West", those who walk in the rivers and lakes are very powerful killers. The killer here is called Sullivan, starring Tom Hanks, and it's brilliant. His opponents were Paul Newman, Daniel Craig, who was not yet famous at the time, and Jude Law, who performed extremely well. With such a lineup, it's hard to think of a good film, as long as the actors are willing to work hard. And the director is Sam Mendes. Now some people say that he is a nerve knife, but "Road to Destruction" is his second film after "American Beauty". The expectations for him were also huge. However, "Road to Destruction" did not disappoint, but it was too dark in color. In the final awards season, it still lost to "Chicago", which was singing and dancing. Imagine "Gangs of New York", which was also a gangster film in the same year. Balance it.
In fact, the overview of "Road to Destruction" cannot be summed up as "walking the rivers and lakes with my son", which is only a very superficial form. Its theme is actually "father and son", because the "father and son" here is not only Sullivan and his son, but also the father and son of Rooney (Paul Newman) and Conor (Daniel Craig). The relationship between Rooney and Sullivan, as well as the "father-son" relationship between the adoptive father and the adopted son between Rooney and Sullivan, the three father-son relationships are intertwined and linked to each other, deducing an extraordinary story. The only person interspersed in it who has nothing to do with the father-son relationship is the reporter and killer Maguire (Jude Law), and the existence of this character, his madness and evil, have added a lot to the whole film. Bright colors.
"The son came into this world just to give Dad a headache." This line is like a curse that haunts every father in the film. Sullivan's son asked "Is my dad a good guy or a bad guy" twice, but his answer was "He's my dad". In the film, Rooney didn't like his son Connor's so-called very much, but he finally took some responsibility for him on the grounds of "you are my son", even at the cost of death. There is a deep father-son relationship everywhere in the film, some of which are incredible, but they can all be deeply understood. Indeed, Father and Son, the love in this, no matter what, is not too much.
"Road to Destruction" is a pun, Destruction is the name of a small town. Destruction Town, the same place name as the Valley of the Wicked, and "Road to Perdition" is the road leading to "Destruction Town", which is the escape destination of Michael Sullivan and his only surviving son, Michael Sullivan Jr., and Perdition means In hell, Sullivan didn't want his son to go down a hell road anyway. He is a killer himself, and he doesn't want his son to become a victim of the gang's gang fight, and he doesn't want his son to become a new gang member. He only hopes that he can't live like himself.
This is Paul Newman's last feature film, and in fact it's almost Tom Hanks' hardest film in recent years. After this film, he almost devotes more energy to it. Behind the scenes, and the "Band of Brothers", which was launched around the same time as this film, also gave him enough sweetness. There are reasons for him to withdraw from the big screen. Therefore, since this film, Tom Hanks has rarely been seen as an actor dedicated to major awards seasons. Even if he appears, it is in other capacities. This is a great pity.
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