Excellent screenwriters laid a solid foundation for the classics to come out. Negotiation expert Danny Danny was framed after his partner was exterminated. The police behind the theft of the Disability Fund of the Police Department meticulously fabricated all kinds of evidence to frame Danny, causing him to fall into indefensible circumstances. The normal judicial procedures have been blocked, and the disaster of jail seems inevitable. At this time, Danny’s only way out was to find niebaum, who was mentioned by his dead partner Nathannate, who worked in the Internal Affairs Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (equivalent to the supervision department of the Disciplinary Inspection Commission of the Mainland Public Security), and used it as a breakthrough. Find out the truth and return to nothing.
At this time, Danny has been suspended from his duties and is about to face a murder trial. As one of the real culprits behind the scenes, Nibaum will naturally not admit to Danny's questioning, and conventional methods obviously do not work. At this time, Danny can only take extraordinary measures to put pressure on Nibao’s mother to force her to confess the clues to the truth of the case. In this way, a hostage taking case is inevitable, and the former negotiator will naturally change his position and become the kidnapper in this confrontation. Since then, the most classic negotiation scene of the film has been opened.
Facing the heavy siege of former comrades (in which the real murderer is hidden behind the scenes and wants to put him to death), what should Danny, who is the hijacker, do at this moment? We might as well bring ourselves into the film. What would you do if you replaced Danny at this time? A good screenwriter will of course not let you easily guess the next plot, and will not fill the latter part with nonsense content. The story of this film is amazing because it makes full use of the protagonist Danny's status as a negotiator and the plot has developed to this time Danny's realistic situation and demands, leading to another negotiator Sabian in this film. Just like the questions asked by Saibian and other members of the police station in the play, we who are watching the movie will also have the same questions at this moment: Why did Danny ask to only talk with Saibian? What is the effect of this stranger Saibian on Danny, who is in desperate situation?
I personally think that as a negotiator, Danny is well aware of the three outcomes of the hostage taking case: 1. The negotiation is successful, and both the hostage and the kidnapper are safe. 2. Kill the kidnappers and rescue the hostages. 3. The negotiation fails, and both the hostage and the hijacker hang up. Obviously, Danny only pursues the first result, that is, to break through Nibow’s mother in a limited time, to find out the truth of the matter, to return himself to nothing, and not to be hidden in the police force. The real black hand called "friend" is attacking. Kill in. Obviously, Danny alone cannot achieve the first result. In this confrontation, someone must cooperate with him to ensure the safety of his life in the negotiation and indirectly help him achieve the goal. This key figure is Saibian! Who is Saibian? He has a brilliant record of 55 hours of continuous negotiations, no casualties in 5 years of negotiations, and never used force, and this person has nothing to do with this case. So such a negotiator is naturally the best choice for this key role. This is the key to understanding the film. The arrangement of this section fully demonstrates Danny's brilliant talents, and is also the most classic aspect of plot design.
The next thing Danny did was to use Saibian's consistent style, that is, his firm pursuit of the first outcome of the hostage-taking and kidnapping case and his fighting method, to fight for himself to break through Nibow's mother and find out the truth. After several rounds of ups and downs, Saibian’s attitude changed from simply pursuing hostages and the safe rescue of the hijackers when he was in danger, to the same need to find out the truth of the incident. This is what Danny expected to negotiate with Saibian. The best results you can get. In the end, Danny was able to find out the truth, return him to nothing, and punish the real murderer!
The above is the overall context of the plot of the film. The story of the film is a negotiation and confrontation in the process of hostage rescue. The real situation must be that the development of the situation changes rapidly, and unexpected situations occur at any time. Although Danny in the play has a genius plan, in the face of the stranger Sibian, who is also a negotiator, and the ever-changing complex crisis, he can only through confrontations, collisions, and compromises with Sibian again and again. , Try to deal with it to adjust the next step. In this way, the realism of the film is increased. At the same time, the tentative confrontation between Danny and Saibian is the biggest highlight of the film. The key to the confrontation between Danny and Saibian is that both parties hope to collect information from each other as much as possible during the negotiation, and make a comprehensive analysis and judgment on the negotiating object to achieve their negotiation goals. For Danny, he hopes to be able to persuade Sibian through negotiations to convince him of his youth. For this reason, he talked to Sibian during his first call with Sibian in just a few minutes. It includes temptation, indoctrination and psychological judgment. In the film, at 1 hour and 1 minute, there is this segment: Danny and Saibian talked about the life and death of the hero Sean at the end of the western movie "The Wilderness" in the initial call. Danny said, "He dropped the horse and said He was shot and fell off the horse, but it does not mean that he is dead." This is to explain the truth to Saibian with strict logic to prove this point, so as to express that the circumstantial evidence accusing him of killing his partner Nathan cannot be a sufficient reason for his guilt. After hearing Sebian said that he was accustomed to figuring out all the facts, and then judging for himself what happened, Danny made a satisfied and even well-informed judgment on Sebian. Through such a dialogue that seems to have nothing to do with the development of the situation, Danny has already had a preliminary judgment on the people of Saibian, and he has more certainty about his ultimate goal. Negotiations and dialogues similar to this one between them are equally exciting and amazing. I can't help but say that it is the delicate flash in the plot design!
A Chinese translation of the movie The Negotiator is called "Ace to Ace". I don't think it is very appropriate. In contrast, negotiating experts are quite well-behaved and more appropriate. The reason is that although the negotiator played by Kevin Spacey is equally brilliant, the two negotiators are not in equal positions in the film. Saibian's role is only to achieve Danny. I personally think that the negotiators who are fully expressing and shaping the film are more focused on Danny. Throughout the film, Danny is always negotiating with everyone. As a negotiator of the police, he successfully rescued the hostages by snatching them from the hostage father; as a kidnapper, he was moved by his former comrades in love, understood and reasoned, and fully expressed his determination to never give up without finding out the truth. And the confidence to know yourself and the enemy, this battle will win! Analyze the situation with Mother Niba and the other abductees, know how powerful they are, and finally obtain clues about the case to find out the truth. He even stood in front of the broken window of the building and negotiated with the shooter on the helicopter, using the news media and public opinion on the spot as a bargaining chip to win public support for himself and protect his own safety. Negotiators such as Liansai Bian are his negotiating objects deliberately selected to achieve his goals. It can be said that no one does not negotiate, negotiate all the time, negotiate everywhere. In an extremely tense and dangerous situation, Danny in the film calmly and calmly, based on the objective analysis and judgment of the development and changes of the situation, showed his superb negotiation talent to the fullest!
The other plots of the film are equally exciting, such as the traffic control, on-site blockade control, police arrangement, media evasion and isolation that Baker Bake took when he first arrived on the scene, all of which increased the film’s sense of reality and urgency. Close-ups of vehicles and weaponry set off the atmosphere and enhance the viewing experience. The plots of Director Travis’ birthday party, the dialogue life between the two negotiators and his family all gave a three-dimensional explanation of the cultural environment of the Chicago police and the deep background of the story, making the whole drama full, real and beautiful!
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