Then talk about the plot. I think it's a bit messy.
The main line revolves around Smerli, Smerli’s sad departure, Smerli’s entanglement with Bill taking his wife, Smerli’s thoughts on investigating the case, Smerli’s guidance to Peter, Smerli’s final counterattack... …, but the plot inevitably flashes back in the present and past tenses.
This scam began with the first confrontation between Kara and Smaily. This long-planned mystery is not just a contest between the two big spy giants-Kara and the boss, but even Kara and the entire British intelligence. The competition of the system.
If Smaili wants to solve the puzzle, it will inevitably involve a large number of branch figures and the power change of the boss era. In this deciphering process, what the original book reflects is not only a spy war, it is a reflection and remembrance of the weakening British intelligence system under the bureaucracy. The philosophical thinking and reminiscence of the past carried by the novel make The content that the film needs to express is too complicated.
I don't know whether the audience without the basis of the plot will be able to read it all through the upside-down, flashback plot, the complicated psychological description of Smaili, and the many obscure character relationships.
However, I was spoiled by the novel a long time ago, so I don't care about the ending, only how it tells the story.
As a result, my first feeling after watching the movie was the title of this article: Retire old leaders must be respected.
I roughly define the main characters of the three generations of the round field in the film, the boss, Smaili-Persie, Bill, Brand, Isterhas-Gulham, Tal.
At the beginning of the film, the Big Four of the second generation of Yuanchang successfully took advantage of Jim's Hungarian incident. The chief cadre at the current level and his appointed successor, Smaili, went home sadly. There was no hope for succession, and Pessi, the deputy director-level cadre who was not optimistic about the division chief, led several other followers to form the Big Four. Among them, Bill seemed to be the most educated and competent, and he maintained his attitude towards the outgoing comrades. At least respect, Brand is Pessi’s diehard, Isterhas is ungrateful, betrays the trust of the boss, joins Pessi’s camp against the water, and shows great disrespect to the old comrades. .
This is the tone of the movie. This is not a spy war, but a struggle for power between two generations of the bureaucracy.
Then, a typical representative of the third generation appeared in the movie-Peter Gulham. This is a young cadre at the department level. After all, this person is obviously not optimistic about the new director-level leaders such as Pessi, and he has no future.
However, Peter has an advantage, he is loyal.
The attitude of Tal’s overdue non-return is always concealed, and concealed if he can cover up. The old comrades such as Smaili are also respected when they lose power, and they are appropriately sincere to the death of the boss. Condolences.
When Deputy Minister Lacan appointed a retired veteran cadre Smaili secretly to solve the "mole" mystery, Smaili left Peter, a humble and gentle young cadre, to help. The young man behaved well and did whatever he asked him to do. Asking him to check his own Lao Di did not hesitate to go deep into the tiger's den and act as a traitor, fully demonstrating his incomparable trust and absolute loyalty to the old leader.
Smaily was very satisfied with the performance of this new generation. After discovering that Peter was very dissatisfied with his lack of absolute candor, he was even more open and honest about his past with Carla, as well as his wife's derailment scandal with Bill. Let me tell you that Little Comrade Pete (I admit it was deliberate) has been seduced by the old cadres of Smaili. (I should add one, Jiang is still hot, I don’t know how Smaily found out that "Playboy" actually needed to "clean up the door")
Finally, with the unremitting efforts of this pair of new and old partners, the current Big Four of Yuanchang was Overturned to the ground, no one was spared.
It seems that the boss Pessi is just a chess game in Bill's hands. Bill took advantage of the Mesozoic's eagerness to get the upper hand, set up a game for them, sprinkled a handful of sweet beans, broke the boss, and put the idiot Pessi on top in exchange for it. What is real money and silver intelligence and once and for all lurking, and then using Isterhas as a wall of grass, hiding yourself between Percy and Brand, it seems that you are free and easy, but in fact, I am the only one in this game. An opponent to contend with Smaili.
Therefore, when Bill fell, all the games were lost, and the Mesozoic forces in charge of the round field were wiped out. The old Smaili returned to the throne of the director, and by the way the ignorant ministers were also brought to the army.
Amid the brisk music, the retired veteran cadre Smaili returned to the round in full vigor, but the meeting room that occupied the top spot was empty. The Mesozoic he cultivated was too eager for quick success and quick profit, and they were all killed. The young section-level cadre Pete emerged. The opportunity came. Although he pretended to be silent when rubbing shoulders with the old chief who came back out of the arena, the uncontrollable smile at the corner of his mouth is enough to show that the future of Yuanchang belongs to him.
You can think that I misunderstood the movie, ignored the thrilling Mission Impossible puzzle, ignored the sadness and loneliness that lingers in this film, which always runs through all the characters-the emotional world of all spies is a desert- Whether it's Smaili, whose wife cheated, or Bill, who is both right and wrong, but betrays his lover; whether it is Tal, who is a two-tree amphibious with a Moscow female spy, or GAY Pete, who is frivolous and lurking, but is even obese. , Connie, the lonely old Yuanchang veteran, and the hurt and lonely Jim who was betrayed by her lover... All of them are losers in life. They may be true warriors on this hidden front, but in life, they are all losers, soul-lost people walking on the road of infinity.
Don't take veteran cadres lightly, I'm really not kidding.
When the glory of the British Empire was declining with the end of World War II, these former spy heroes have long been stale and deteriorating in the bureaucratic system of distinct bureaucracies. The new generation that has not been baptized by war lacks the persistence and faith in the cause, and lacks the trust and loyalty to superiors and peers. For Percy, Brand and Isterhass, Kara, who is far in the sky, is not their imaginary opponent at all. Their upper opponents are the boss and Smaili. They need to use the power of Moscow to destroy the conservatives. The bosses are thus fully displaying their ideas and ambitions on this stage, cooperating with Yankees, gaining the favor of ministers, and seeking higher positions and interests.
The world of spies does not need faith. The two major camps of capitalism and socialism are constantly looking for weaknesses in the other's system, but in the end, they are just soldiers serving in the bureaucracy.
This is not a contest of "generals" across the Chu River and Han boundaries. The secret battle only exists on one's own side. In this fight for chess power, the final winner is just a trivial piece on the chessboard of others.
In contrast, Bill has more of his own characteristics than them. He is not really keen on the idea of communism, nor does he want to follow Kara to become an "office boy". He can completely monopolize the field, but he would rather hide behind the scenes. He likes to watch the clowns like Persie, who are usually strung up and down in his trap as marionettes. For him, the Western camp and the Eastern camp are not important definitions. Rebellion is the ultimate belief and betrayal. Country, betrayed education, betrayed superiors, betrayed colleagues, betrayed loved ones, betrayed... Bill's greatest belief is to betray constantly. He should have expected that there would be a day of exposure, or that Jim was shot to death is what he could imagine. The best destination.
The first generation of Yuanchang, the true first generation, may not be the boss and Smaily, but Connie.
The potbellied, slow-moving, and extremely love-loving old Connie was kicked out of the base camp by the Mesozoic who had just been used by the upper ranks. The former queen of the round field, this old spy who watched the boss, Smerley, Bill and Jim grow up, unexpectedly Was fired and left the scene sadly.
When Connie, Smaily and the boss left the field sadly, it was precisely when the British Empire’s intelligence system was in danger. The impatient Mesozoic was a group of bureaucrats who had not tested life and death. They were more keen on grabbing seats and even veteran cadres. All of his advice is treated as nonsense and obstacles that hinder them from advancing all the way.
I have seen it, and I have confirmed my problem again, don't look down on the old cadres~~~~~~, if you don’t listen to the old people, you will suffer!
Pete is a good comrade. I must re-emphasize at the end that his loyalty to Smaily and his protection of Tal prove that he is a good comrade with principles, loyalty and faith. When he suspected that Tal might be a double agent, he also expressed great sadness for his personal risk and guarding the Yuanchang Archives. It can be seen that this man is very upright. This is the talent that Smaili will value. A good spy needs true loyalty and perseverance, and can execute orders without asking for reasons, but must have his own faith and absolute loyalty.
Therefore, the ending is bright, the third generation of the round field is just around the corner, and there are successors to the British Empire's spy system.
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