It seems that "He's from America", "A Very Low-key Gentleman" or "Perfect Sniper" are more appropriate to the content of the story, and are also translated as "American" or "American Citizen". The title suggests that the plot would be married to serious topics such as political power or civic power. After watching the film, I found that the theme of the film is not complicated: it is about Jack, a top killer from the United States, sitting in an Italian restaurant drinking American coffee, and then being chased by a trusted contact. The title of the film is loud, the core is simple, and it takes a literary and lyrical route. There are occasional killing moments under the gentle plot. It is unexpected and a delicate visual expansion of the wonderful brushwork, which subtly improves the quality of the film. As for a few fragrant erotic scenes, the nudity of the heroine has become an R-rated one. In view of the smooth plot, the process of dealing with several characters is relatively monotonous, and the production and rendering of suspense and thriller events are minimized. Therefore, the appeal of eroticism is not heavy, and the right should be the appreciation of body art.
Killer-type films often have two symbolic types of characters: priests and prostitutes. There are countless killers who kill people. After taking money to eliminate disasters, the heart is painful and contradictory, so in the film, Jack's nightmare will accompany him all his life. At this time, there must be a priest to give him spiritual and spiritual salvation. Their dialogue will also have a philosophical meaning in life. The torture of the killer's mind can add more aftertaste to the film, allowing the audience to take the place of the killer for inner torment, so as to feel some impermanent factors and forces in life. Encountering and falling in love with the beautiful prostitute Clara (played by Violet Placido) is the source of his longing for a new life and freedom from all sins. The ending captures the audience's sympathy and romantic sadness as expected.
Killers are not all mysterious, sometimes they just deliberately keep a low profile, of course, in order to be unobtrusive and easier to infiltrate the crowd. They also need an ordinary life, just like ordinary people. The film focuses on portraying Jack at this moment. Bit by bit in his life, he travels through the style towns in Italy, enjoying the warmth and comfort of the sunshine. Deal with people cautiously. Such a lonely killer image may be a portrayal of the civilian version.
When it comes to the relevant plot settings of the script, since Jack has encountered many silenced pursuits and the location is bizarrely exposed at any time, he has not realized who is behind it. This seems to be inconsistent with the super-sense professionalism of the top killer. However, seeing the ending, the speculation was rejected. The director is also deliberately foreshadowing. Since the structure of the story is relatively simple, it follows the traditional plot of the killer's life course. It is necessary to retain more suspense in some key points, but this may be risked by the audience to estimate the truth of the matter. Killer Jack is not a fan of the authorities, he is just on standby, which can be said to be waiting for the easiest time to strike. All murderous intentions are hidden under the silence, and the truth will surface. Although he was exposed to danger like a fragile and beautiful butterfly; this danger made him unaware, either unwilling to face it, or subconsciously accepting his fate to be killed, or waiting to take off to counterattack and escape, in short Choose when your life hangs by a thread.
The point of the film is the exquisite and gorgeous visual picture. Even because the plot is gentle and gentle, the author once thought it was a beautiful landscape documentary. The director of the film is the renowned Dutch rock photographer Anton Koban. He is a MV photographer and has few film and television works, but when it comes to shooting gluttonous visual effects, he should have unique talents and advantages. In the play, Jack drives a car and gallops on a long and endless road. The road and the dim sky are blowing towards him. The wide-angle picture with excellent visual effect is used, which has a three-dimensional intuitive but psychologically oppressed feeling. The picture represents the language of the camera, and it speaks of Jack's far-flung life without words.
In addition, the gloomy beauty and exotic style of the Italian pastoral town are also charmingly reflected in the eyes of the audience through the cooperation of director Koban and another photographer, and it is the ultimate display of multiple angles and orientations. Shooting angles ranging from panorama and bird's-eye view, small to medium shot, winding town roads or bar streets with dark yellow luster at night. The Adventures of Killer Jack adds a romantic and strange mysterious effect to this retro and elegant scenery, and also adds a touch of visual pleasure to the audience.
Text: Yue Ran 2010.11.09
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