——Han Xi
Frank is a killer, but he is alcoholic, which seriously affects his career and leads to many misses, so his gangster uncle Roman sent him to a new environment to receive treatment for alcohol withdrawal. The film starts with this rather dark idea, but in fact this is a warm movie sketch, and it does not carry out the black to the end.
Frank is different from any killer in the past. He didn't drink because he was anesthetizing himself after killing. In other words, he didn't think that his life was taken away by him. Killing is just a profession, just like the funeral parlors who put makeup on the dead. Although it is a bit fringe, it is also a profession, so simple. Frank drinks because he is very introverted, and he is very concerned about the process of killing himself. He is a perfectionist, and killing is also an art.
Likewise, putting on makeup for the dead is an art, and Frank arrives in new surroundings, reluctantly joining Alcoholics Anonymous while finding a part-time job for the dead with the help of the mercenary David. Makeup career. Killers ruin people's lives, and people have to wear makeup to seek dignity after death. The world seems so absurd, but Frank didn't think about it too much. He has always been responsible for his work and pursues perfection, of course, when he is not drunk. .
An important part of Alcoholics Anonymous is asking everyone to open up and tell strangers about their alcoholism, which is funny to Frank, who is introverted and not good at talking like that, and the other way around. On the other hand, does alcoholism still need a reason?
Frank met Laurel, the stepdaughter of a deceased. Although this somewhat mysterious woman didn't care about her stepfather's death, she still asked Frank to try to make the dead as decent as alive for the sake of her mother, even though the shoes didn't fit. . This woman is bitter and mean, but has an attraction to Frank, so Frank began to pursue, and a killer finally has warmth beyond life and death.
The film methodically lays out all of Frank's life in his new environment, quitting drinking, putting makeup on the dead, and love, and of course, the potential and ultimate goal of returning to killer goodness. It sounds very monotonous, but it is indeed difficult to do all of them well. The best thing about the film is that these things interpenetrate each other, showing a progressive relationship, and then tightly combined, like a program that is very attractive.
For people who quit drinking, repetition is a common thing, and Frank has two repetitions in the film. The first time was due to the persuasion of the family of the deceased. This is an affirmation of Frank's work. Although there were some accidents in the end, he also lost A chance to date Laurel, but this drinking is a hint that Frank's life is about to get right, and so does love.
Laurel was a little surprised that Frank was able to accept that this woman who didn't care about everything was in a way of self-preservation. But the appearance of Frank, an old man, made Laurel finally find someone who can protect her. This sense of attachment makes it easy for us to understand the reason why Laurel disdains her stepfather's death.
Of course love can soften a killer's heart. Frank, who has always been closed, finally decided to open his heart to the "Alcohol Society", so he finally stood in front of the stage and tried to help other people, and more importantly, the power of love, Laurel Er also began to receive Frank's training, in fact, a kind of support, to support him back on the right track in life. There is a very sentimental hint in the film of walking backwards, which is likewise a throwback until David's reappearance.
Love is sometimes mysterious, and Laurel doesn't know what to do. When she supports Frank to help David do something illegal, she realizes that kind of return is wrong, killer is a profession, but never Not forever, so a rift appears in love, and Frank's second alcoholism begins. This time was not good. Frank not only nearly killed Laurel, but more importantly, his career as a killer returned again. His uncle Roman was killed, and he had to take revenge. This is the duty of a killer and also family needs.
After the influence of the new environment, Frank is naturally not the mechanical killer he used to be. He has emotions and a choice to wander, but when he was hesitating, the opponent had already aimed his gun at him, which was very interesting. Rael appeared and rescued Frank. The power of love is the source of saving everything. Killing is not the only profession that Frank can choose. Only then did Frank understand that the real reason for his alcoholism is due to emptiness and the pursuit of perfection in the killing process. Like alcoholism, it's just loneliness, and what's the best medicine to save loneliness than love?
This is an extremely delicate sketch movie. Ben Kingsley, who once played "Gandhi", offered the audience an image of a restrained and warm alternative killer, which is very lifelike and worth thinking about.
Han Xi
2007-11-16 in Tongzhou
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