In the last issue, Mr. Oiyu briefly explained what Netflix (hereinafter referred to as: Netflix) is, and set a small goal to watch Netflix's original programs and write the corresponding afterthought. Today, I also continue to do my homework, I want to After a long time, I decided to start with Netflix original movies. After a rough calculation, there are about a hundred movies, and new movies are released every week.
In order to reduce the popularity and so on, I decided to give priority to updating Netflix's new films, and then take the time to fill in the previous films, and finally summarize them into a topic.
OK, without further ado, today Mr. Hairtail brings you Netflix's latest movie "The Highwaymen". The machine translation on Netflix is called "The Highwaymen".
The film "The Robber" is said to have been in development as early as 2005. It was in Universal's hands at the time, but it has never been realized. Until last year, Netflix got the copyright of the film and started shooting immediately, so now we are only chance to see.
"The Robber" is mainly about how the Texas Tough Guy Mounted Police took care of Bonnie Pike and Clyde Barrow, the famous male and female robbers in American history. If you don't know the story of these two, there's nothing wrong with interpreting it as two tough guys chasing down a couple killer.
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The story about Bonnie and Clyde took place in the United States in 1930, when the United States was in the midst of the Great Depression, social unrest, youth anxiety, and rebellion against the mainstream consciousness became a popular wave at that time.
And Bonnie and Clyde, a couple who made a living from robbery and wandered the world, came into being and were regarded as spiritual idols.
Their story has been glorified to a certain extent. In fact, Bonnie and Clyde not only robbed, but also killed innocent people indiscriminately, which once caused panic among the citizens, so the police were dispatched and finally shot them to death in an ambush operation.
According to reports and statistics, about a hundred bullets were fired at that time, and the two were basically beaten into a sieve.
The deaths of Bonnie and Clyde caused quite a stir, with people flocking to the roads and crowding the roads for a glimpse and looting their belongings as a memorial.
The funeral of the two also looks incredible now, with a great momentum, with nearly 20,000 people attending.
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In 1967, the film "Bonnie and Clyde" (also known as: The Male and Female Thieves), based on the real experiences of the two, was widely acclaimed and won two Oscar statuettes and 9 nominations that year. Today, this film is still have a profound impact.
In "This Killer Isn't Too Cold," Mathilda says, "Bonnie and Clyde didn't work alone. Thelma and Louise didn't work alone. They were the best." (Thelma and Louise That is, the two heroines of the movie "The End of the Road")
We call those hostages who are dependent and fond of criminals as patients with Stockholm Syndrome, and those who are obsessed with criminals and have a sense of excitement as Bonnie and Clyde patients. There is no doubt that this killer is not too cold The little girl in "has this symptom.
Maybe we all like people who are really bad. When I saw Bonnie and Clyde being beaten to death, my mood was conflicted and tangled, and I felt that I should not treat them like this.
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It seems that the topic is a bit far off. Going back to the movie "The Robber", although the story is still based on the true story of Bonnie and Clyde, this time the perspective has changed. From the perspective of law enforcement, mainly Two old tough guys in the film.
The male and female thieves didn't make many appearances in the film, and they didn't see their true colors until they were shot to death by random guns.
Before meeting a tough guy, the male and female thieves were very fierce and killed a lot of people. Many states had no way to take them, but why did they fall into the hands of tough guys?
In fact, these two tough guys are not ordinary policemen. They are Texas Rangers. They have participated in more than 100 shootouts and killed 53 people in one confrontation. If they were not police officers, they would be murderous. Perhaps one thing falls into another, they are familiar with the psychology of male and female thieves.
There is a line in the film that is repeatedly mentioned by the actor, the desperado will go home.
Therefore, Jiang is still old and hot. After the male and female thieves stepped into their traps, they died before they had time to react. However, the film's performance in this section is really lackluster, giving people a feeling of basically relying on intuition to solve the case.
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To be honest, when I was watching this movie, I felt that the rhythm of the film was too dull, the plot was more detached and flat, and the only climax was probably the ending. The plot is like a movie we watched in the 1990s. The old master came back and taught the young. In the film, the two tough guys have been unable to run, they have been chasing the trail of the male and female robbers, and they look very sad, with the feeling of a western hero twilight.
The actor who plays the male lead Frank Hamer is 64 years old. His name is Kevin Costner. When he was young, he starred in many movies, such as "Dances with Wolves", "Robin Hood" and "The Prince of Thieves". Bodyguard", "Perfect World" and so on. "Dancing With Wolves" is his most famous work. The film swept the Oscars that year, winning twelve nominations and seven awards including best picture and director.
Although "The Robber" doesn't seem to be particularly brilliant on the whole, the ambush of Bonnie and Clyde at the end is still very exciting, perfectly reproducing the events of the year, even the small details such as the number of bullet holes in the door To show it, it is similar to the end of the recent "Bohemian Rhapsody", which makes people want to know more about the events of that year.
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