If it is understood as an exaggerated food drama, this film will be boring, but this is obviously not the director's intention.
No matter from the poster, casting, lines, narrative angle or shooting method, this is obviously a revenge blockbuster that replaces gunfire with food.
In fact, from the very beginning, the director was deliberately guiding everyone to imagine from the perspective of revenge, and there were no mistakes, and even a little bit of deja vu. You can refer to the fantasy drifting of the youth pie - a clear beginning, until the shipwreck, it begins to become absurd, and it is impossible to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
There are a few scenes that are interesting and may be a bit of a spoiler later.
Three parties:
The protagonist, a big man who has lived in seclusion for many years;
The protagonist's follower, the son of the final boss;
The final BOSS, a villain with a mysterious and powerful background.
A lucrative industrial chain, in which the protagonist is one of the links, produces high-quality resources with the cooperation of his partner Xiaozhu, and combines with the production and sales of his followers to form a faction. conflict.
So aggressively embarked on a journey to rescue his partner, slowly uncovering the protagonist's past.
The first absurdity, the underground boxing ring, is not actually a boxing ring, but the waiter can spend money to beat the chef (the identity of the famous chef of the protagonist was not known at this time, so it did not feel very absurd at the time), the protagonist wrote Name, many people spend a lot of money wanting to beat him, is it because he was very harsh on the waiters when he was a chef? Obviously not, so this is the underground arena where the little minions challenge the famous big names, so the scene where the protagonist is beaten by an elderly waiter is very reasonable - the old minions challenge the former legends, it must be very cool.
The second absurdity, the restaurant. Do you think the dialogue between the protagonist and the chef is incredible? That's right, but it makes more sense when you replace the city's famous restaurants with the most famous nightclubs. The head chef is the current nightclub operator and was once a subordinate of the protagonist. Because the protagonist found that he was weak and unsuitable for this business, he made an excuse to leave. Therefore, only the protagonist knows his little dream and knows that he is tired of pretending to be himself every day, so that he can tell him the mastermind behind it with a few words.
The third place is to prepare a revenge dinner with the attendants. At this time, it is known that the boss is the father of the follower, and the relationship between the protagonist and the follower has become delicate, and at the same time, it is also known that the change of the boss's personality is because of an accident with his partner (this will be explained later). So the protagonist went from violent anger to an idea to change the way of revenge - to awaken the precious memory in the boss's heart, that is, to reproduce that dinner. Seems plausible, but details are all over the place. For example, menus that confuse valet, red wine that seems to be tucked away in the bank's basement vault, and a makeover bakery taken over by an old friend. . . Including the cooking in the back, no matter how you look at it, it is more appropriate to replace it with arms.
Fourth place, BOSS. Godfather-style appearance, unilaterally crushing the protagonist's aura and self-confidence, losing his love just like the protagonist, the difference is that after losing his love, the protagonist retires, and the BOSS turns grief and anger into strength and becomes a gangster. In the first confrontation with the protagonist, he seems to have the upper hand, but the protagonist seizes two weaknesses: 1. The son is the realistic pillar of the BOSS; 2. The wife is the spiritual pillar of the BOSS. So, the protagonist used the attendant to complete the preparation for the dinner and forced the BOSS to attend the dinner (the scene of the dinner was obviously because the BOSS was afraid of his son's presence and couldn't do it, and the protagonist's face was bloody and scary). In the end, the BOSS fell into the pain of missing his wife, and told the protagonist that the hostage had died, and the protagonist lost both.
Well, let's see what kind of story this is.
The protagonist is a former Jianghu boss. Referring to the second place, he has the once top-notch nightclub, as well as many industries and many younger brothers (half of the industry in the city is under his care). died for his career. So the protagonist was disheartened and lived in seclusion in the mountains for fifteen years, doing a small business at the end of the industrial chain. Unexpectedly, the entire harvest season (almost half a year) accompanied his partner and current partner (the protagonist said that he did not rely on her to find truffles, but he loved her!) and was kidnapped again, and the protagonist had no choice but to go out to rescue and take revenge , I don't want the same tragic ending in the end.
This is a rare metaphorical suspense revenge drama, coupled with Nicolas Cage's excellent acting skills and excellent visual effects, it is undoubtedly a good drama. The rendering is in place and there are many foreshadowings. Aside from the problem of using a sow looking for truffles as a metaphor for the protagonist's current partner, it may offend the female audience, and it is worth brushing more.
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