Talk nonsense.
Hollywood actor, I remember few names and like less, but Nicolas Cage, I am looking forward to the stars and the moon for his new film. Finally, "Bangkok Killer" came out.
"Bangkok Killer" is based on "Silent Fire" by the Pang brothers. It is said that Cage liked the story very much, bought the copyright of the remake, and became the producer and actor himself, asked the Peng brothers to direct, and appointed Yang Cai Ni as the heroine to remake "Silent Fire".
Let's talk about the movie itself. Personally, I don't think this can be included in Hollywood films, because the director, this film has a strong Hong Kong flavor. Without the big scenes of Hollywood classics, I feel that the whole film, even during the shootout, is calm, and there is no nervous breathing like watching Hollywood action movies, as if one more breath will affect the fate of the people in the film. I say that as a compliment or not. If a movie has to rely on big scenes to support the audience's emotions, I'm sorry, you can get out of class. The strongest "Hong Kong flavor" appears at the end of the film, when the hero and the bear die together. I still haven't figured out why Cage chose to die. When I was watching it, I felt like I saw Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau, the most classic tragic heroes who died in the end in Hong Kong movies. The director's move, I wonder if he wants to round up the tragic ending of Hong Kong-made hero films?
As for the characters, let's talk about Cage first. I have seen many of his films, such as "Breaking the Dead Island" (that's when I started to like his dramas), "Far From Casino", "Foreseeing the Future", "Pagan", "National Treasure" 1&2, His ability to navigate the character is way above my description. In "Bangkok Killer", I saw a lonely and peaceful killer who left no trace wherever he went. He has countless identities, and even in the film, he doesn't tell the audience who he really is (or did I ignore it?). Such a person who is forgotten by the world and forgets the world at the same time, when meeting the deaf-mute heroine, I wonder if everyone noticed the almost innocent expression on his face, I was moved when I saw it. It's as simple as that, in order to avoid a little girl in an assassination operation, he was injured, went to the pharmacy to buy medicine, and met a beautiful woman who couldn't speak. She smiled and gestured to tell him how to take the medicine. He also smiled, "listening" attentively, listening to the most genuine emotional flow in his heart. He likes this dumb girl. On the other hand, he accepted the apprentice Kang, and he no longer asked right or wrong, and his peaceful inner life began to rise. This is not a cold-blooded killer. Everywhere he goes, the contacts he finds are worthless living in this world. When he leaves, he will send away these worthless people at the same time, but Kang, he I let it go, and I went to save Kang when Kang betrayed himself. Kang told him that the elephant’s trunk in the mural was unlucky. After he met the heroine, he turned the mural upside down. A simple action revealed the simple and beautiful wish in the heart of a lonely killer. Cage is in every one of his plays, I would feel that this character is the person in the play, he is him. If you have seen "Bangkok Killer", you will find that Cage is just as he said, "For a good role, I can put my soul into it!".
Let's talk about Yang Cai Ni. Yang Cai Ni is the image representative of the previous generation of Hong Kong's "Jade Girl". I have never doubted her acting skills. Look at Zhu Yingtai in "The Liang Zhu" and Xinxin in "Beautiful Moon". Do you think she is a vase? An actor, for more than an hour, did not have a line, this is a test, and I think Caini Yang passed the test. She melted a lonely killer with a gentle smile. And when she saw two people die at the hands of the male protagonist, she screamed in horror, which was her only sound. This sound called out her panic and disappointment, and also called out his hesitation when facing the good man under the gun. Seeing someone she likes kills people, she cried and walked away in horror. This is a normal situation. She is just an ordinary person, but when she saw the last side of the male lead, she chased after her. What prompted her to leave her heart behind? Fear chased out and looked at the passing car regretfully? You will know.
It is said that "Bangkok Killer" almost broke Cage's worst premiere performance in the United States, and film critics believed that Nicolas Cage's poor performance was enough to pick him a third "golden raspberry". I do not know. Is it because Cage's performance is bad, or is it that Westerners simply can't accept 99% of the oriental faces in the play and the scenes that are not hot enough? It's up for debate. However, in fact, looking at similar blockbusters in the United States, it is not difficult to understand the emergence of this achievement.
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