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Ambitious mediocrity
Monica 2022-03-07 08:01:17
The inspiration for the theme comes from the Water Margin, in which officials force the people to turn against the grass and help the poor by robbing the rich. The plot is weak and lengthy. The biggest failure or success of this film is that it has created a too perfect villain, Zhao Run. He is handsome and elegant, his IQ and looks overwhelm all the characters, and his martial arts are high and limelight. Although ruthless, the film also gives a very reasonable explanation, everything is caused by the lack of fatherly love. On the other hand, on the other side of the group of thieves, even if Ha Zhengyu is the guarantee of the box office of Korean movies, it is very reluctant to play a 20-year-old grass bandit. Disease will be committed. The villain was so strong, how could he die, so he had to film him being attacked to protect his infant brother. This scene added Zhao Run's personality charm. The picture of the final patch is very ironic. Isn't this what the people are best at doing? Unity is the people, and division is the robbery, so the people steal the family. There is no doubt that the director is a fan of Jiang Dongyuan's brain. I feel that "Group Thieves" and "Reverse Scales" are very similar. They are both mediocre works in which the director has great ambition but can only rely on the personal charm of the actors to prop up the movie. It's a pity.
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