Soderbergh let me down again. The director who made my favorite "Drug Network" has no idea where his aura has gone, and his ability to praise actors like "Never Compromise" has weakened. It's really for him regret. In the film "The Whistleblower", Soderbergh's struggle can be seen. On the one hand, he wants to create a playful style like the "Rohan series", but on the other hand, he is afraid that the audience will not buy it or understand it. Tell the story honestly and practically. But in fact, this story can be a little more playful. Soderbergh chose this way of narration and lines to express the duality of the male lead, but it must be said that he handled it a little messily, which often affected the audience. understand the plot.
The story itself is indeed magical. The protagonist Mark was forced to cooperate with the FBI due to his own small actions. In order to cover up, he gave a bigger inside story and provided a lot of valuable information like a professional agent, but he was finally planted on his own small actions. Analyzing this person's psychology, there should be some heterogenous elements, otherwise he would not inexplicably deceive others with his adopted identity. With him, deception seems to be a very exciting thing, especially after being clothed with justice. But deception comes at a price, and it was during the investigation that Mark couldn't figure out who to tell the truth and how much to tell the truth, and things got messed up.
I wonder if the friends who watched the film noticed this, but the people who talked to Mark during the investigation, whether it was a lawyer, FBI, psychiatrist, or some other stakeholders, repeatedly reminded Mark what to say and what not to say. This seems a bit inexplicable in the eyes of Chinese audiences. In fact, it's because if these people hear things they shouldn't hear, they're likely to be questioned on the witness stand, and then those words will become testimony against themselves or Mark. In the United States, perjury is a very serious crime (of course not confirmed by blinking an eye), even the FBI cannot escape, because the judiciary and administration in the United States are separated, if the FBI of the executive branch does perjury, their administration It is useless to say how the officer is affectionate, and it is very likely that he will be convicted of obstruction of justice. You must know that Nixon in the "Watergate Incident" was caught in this way.
In short, "The Informer" is not very successful in terms of character characterization or storytelling, but inexplicably makes the investigation part with more repetitive content account for a large proportion, which greatly affects the viewing of the film. Moreover, this story is very sad from the perspective of the ending, but the director tells it in a sarcastic way, but in fact, apart from imitating the music of "007", there is no laughing point, which makes the film unavoidable. , giving a feeling of not being kind enough.
In the end, I still have to sigh that Matt Damon mistakenly put the treasure on Soderbergh this time, while the director who was once known as a child prodigy is slowly developing in the direction of "Zhong Yong".
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