"Operation Night" presents a story of "radical environmentalists blowing up a dam." The first hour depicts the three principal criminals nervously buying materials and moving a boat to the dam in one day, and the main force in the second hour is the dynamism of the principal criminals after the dam blows up. The plot of "doing a major event" was lengthy and somewhat suspenseful.
But why the big deal? The whole film has no explanation.
In the film, the protagonist wants to seek environmental protection issues by bombing dams. He should be a believer of Radical environmentalism. I guess, but "Operation Night" occasionally asks the three main criminals to verbally talk about saving salmon. (animal liberation) or direct-to-origin sales (anti-globalization movement), the theme of environmental protection is not obvious. This is of course a step to prevent environmental issues from taking over, and strive to make the entire film a suspenseful film, but it has gone too far, making this person a ronin without reason, and a pure terrorist.
If the plot of "Operation Night" was swapped and turned into three American-American Taliban bombing dams to achieve anti-American demands, this film would not be different at all, surrounded by suspicion, naivety, and Conscience after the incident.... The climax of the whole film does not need to be changed at all. When the large frame of the film structure can be replaced so naturally, it must represent the atmosphere and character background of the whole film. In fact, it is far away from the theme and absolutely alienated.
Because of this alienation, I can't feel the flesh and blood of the characters. Do these main criminals really have the motive to respectfully adhere to the environmental protection creed, and believe in taking risks and commit crimes at all costs? Really indifferent.
If "Operation Night" really wants to make a group of radical environmentalists appear controversial and furious at the public enemy of environmental protection, why not just name and say what dams they blew up, what politicians they want to sue, what projects they oppose, and what policies they oppose? If nothing else, is it difficult for the crew to get a can of Nescafe lemon tea and let the protagonist Jesse Eisenberg smash it into the garbage? It's a pity that the whole film can't let out a fart. It didn't even dare to ask the protagonist to name Starbucks coffee by name, and only wrote "coffee for $4 a cup", which is so ambiguous.
There is no criminal demand, only suspenseful supply. When the supply and demand are out of balance, can the main axis "environmental protection" really make the audience feel important? No way... Of course, it can also be said that this is an atmosphere-eating movie, focusing on suspense, so the proportion of the plot has to sacrifice the clarity of the theme, maybe it's the same. It's just that I really don't have much sympathy, let alone sympathy, for watching a bunch of people commit crimes for no reason.
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