Although part of the plot and details of the film are still far from the title of "Flawless" or "Flawless", fortunately, the structure is moderate, the rhythm is appropriate, and the performances of the actors are better. There's no shortage of highlights, at least remember the cryptic, knowing smile of lead Michael Caine and Demi Moore's body language skills for revealing inner unease.
It seems that in recent years, the older Michael Caine is, the more suitable he is to play a wily role, whether it is the weird and dark writer husband in "Footprints", or the thoughtful old cleaner Mr. Habs in this film, precisely because of Caine's The superb performance has created a three-dimensional and plump figure for the old man who has been thinking about it for 15 years. It also improves the credibility of the "unbelievable" diamond robbery in the film, and also reveals a touch of lamentation and sorrow. And his last conversation with the heroine Laura Quinn (played by Demi Moore) and his life experience made people think a little about wealth, power, life value and human emotions. These scenes are unfolded by Kane's strong acting talent, which shows its depth and breadth, and also points out the main theme of the film.
Demi's appearance in the camera has already shown traces of the years, but this trace has been transformed into a mature and experienced temperament. Demi's figure is not bad, in the scene where she wears an evening dress to a banquet and steals passwords She looks very charming, and her eyes are still moving. In addition to being clear, she also adds a lot of complicated content. Her hands painted with red Kodan are also eye-catching. When she is nervous, one of them always hides behind her. , Co-authored by the neurotic Zhang... It can be said that the character Laura Quinn is the most acting role that Demi has encountered in recent years, although in "Bobby" in 2006, she played the resident singer The role is very good, but after all, the role is limited. This time Demi did not live up to the character's sufficient role and characteristics: smart, persistent, diligent, lost, lonely, and her rivalry with Kane also presented very well. Tension, which may also be related to the strong performance driving force of the old actor Kane, and the drama between her and the investigator Finch played by Lambert Wilson is also full of meaning. It is no exaggeration to say that the film is a film worth remembering for Demi, who is in transition.
Many people criticized the feasibility of the specific implementation of the diamond robbery in the film - how could the inconvenient old Habs do his best to rush into the vault to steal diamonds within 60 seconds of the monitor interval, even if he fully mastered the use of every Every 60 seconds, even if the portable trash can can hold more than ten kilograms of diamonds at a time, it will take at least multiple round trips to empty the entire vault. Isn’t that fat man sitting in front of the monitor always there? Eat something. Although I had doubts when I watched it, when I saw the second half, I no longer pursued this part of the problem.
Because, as a deceptive drama that describes the changes in the characters' mentality and reproduces the evils of the times, the so-called delicate design process of theft is not the focus of the film, so the theft is shown in a subtle way. The real core of the film is Those things that were exposed by the theft, in all the causes and consequences of the theft, in the incentives and process of the cooperation between Habs and Laura, the various social evils of the 1960s were exposed one by one. A class of people and the conflicts of interest between them are also on the screen: in that era, professional women were not given the respect and treatment they deserved, even if you were talented and diligent; the diamond trade was full of blood and dirt, and countries The entanglement of interests also involves this hugely profitable industry; the insurance industry has no integrity at all, but the giants of the industry who profit from it can be content...
In such an environment, stealing diamonds is not the real purpose of Habs. If it's just for the money, he doesn't need to empty the entire vault, he and his late wife are victims of the insurance industry, and he needs to punish the perpetrators. There is a setting in the film that is more in line with the psychology of the public. At first, the film did not reveal in detail how Habs hid and transported tons of diamonds that could only be removed by organized gangs or the army. Tell Laura he just needs to fill up the coffee pot, so when he walks out of the Diamond Row after the night shift, the camera focuses on the coffee pot, the coffee pot that's been holding up when he's stopped halfway to unclog the toilet It was terrifying, but when he got home, when Habs emptied the remaining coffee in the pot, there was no trace of the diamond. Then, the film's exploration of the whereabouts of the diamonds was uncovered by Laura... Later, when the boxes of diamonds returned to their original places, the shrewd and capable Laura was valued for a month, and then she was treated coldly. After she finally resigned, it was learned that someone had deposited £100 million in her name in a Swiss bank.
How to spend this billion pounds? Habs' experience and his attitude towards wealth and emotions influenced Laura. Laura spent 40 years to spend the money. She helped the suffering people in Africa, where the diamonds are produced. , spend money on food, medical care, teaching, etc... Laura, the only woman who once entered the upper echelons of the London diamond shop, this woman who used to be obsessed with power, was finally due to the old cleaner's long-awaited plan for revenge against the insurance industry , she was rescued by chance, and finally, she learned to give up, and she also learned to own...
In the film, you can also see Demi Moore, who put on old makeup for the role of Laura, who is 40 years later, if not deliberately It's hard to recognize at once. In addition, I also met Natalie Dormer, who played Anne Boleyn in the first and second seasons of "The Tudors". She played a super supporting role in this film and interviewed Laura female reporter. By the way, Natalie Dormer's Anne Boleyn is much fuller and more believable than Natalie Portman's same character in Magpie's Nest . Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Portman. It is related to the direction of the director of the film, and it is also related to the short length of the film and the inability to unfold the turbulent picture scroll at that time like the series.
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