"Elite Force" once won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2008 for its documentary-like realistic presentation of the reality of drug abuse, violence and police corruption in Rio. Such a brilliant achievement is naturally a huge pressure for the sequel. Fortunately, the original team has maintained a strong creative passion and almost perfect performance, making "Elite Force 2: The Enemy Now" still able to achieve breakthroughs on the basis of the previous work. Many people who watched the first episode must think that drugs and corruption are the biggest problems in Rio, but when the second episode removes the phenomenon of "drug proliferation", it tells you such a black "essence": drugs are not The most deadly social problems, drug dealers can be eliminated by the government's intensified crackdown, but after the power of drug dealers disappears in the slums, there will be new forces "corrupt police" to create a new underground order. Although the drug problem has been resolved, all kinds of exploitation and oppression in the slums still exist and are only getting worse. Moreover, the "corrupt police" join hands with the "corrupt politicians" to make the slums become the vote base of the "corrupt politicians", and the "corrupt politicians" provide shelter for the "corrupt police", thus forming an almost difficult to break through chain of interests. If the phenomenon of "drug epidemic" revealed in the first episode is still a cancer outside the body, then the second episode points directly at the root cause of Rio's social life and violence to the corrupt and selfish politicians and the bureaucratic inefficient system. It has a new understanding of the social reality of Rio, which further enhances the realm and level of the film.
How to solve the problem of "system corruption"? The film doesn't give a false "hero saves everything" Hollywood happy ending. Although Lieutenant Colonel Nacimento, the protagonist, has been steadfastly fighting against drugs and corruption in the film, and trying his best to give full play to the favorable side of the system in the system, but when he pokes at the pain points of the system and touches the personalities of corrupt elements. When it comes to profit, it is still inevitable that he will be killed. Although he has escaped the disaster, he will inevitably cause his son to be seriously injured and unconscious. Moreover, the "system" has a very strong ability to self-adjust. Those corrupt politicians with solid evidence will be thrown into prison, and corrupt police officers who have committed crimes will be executed internally, creating the illusion that evil will be rewarded to the public. In fact, the most hidden corruption Politicians are still on the loose and are on the rise, and corrupt police have new bosses taking over the underground. Even so, you won't feel completely hopeless after watching the film, because there are brave and determined people like Lieutenant Colonel Nacimento and Legislator and human rights activist Frago who have no regard for the system. The attitude of compromising and fighting to the end is like a ray of dawn shining into the gloomy reality, making people believe that as long as everyone stops being silent and rises up to fight, the day of "reversing the system" will surely come! While revealing the reality, the film hints that the people will join the ranks of changing the system through the protagonist's voice-over. At the end, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Nacimento wakes up in a coma. It seems that the film is also implying that as long as you believe in miracles, miracles will happen. Possibly, there is still hope for a future of gloomy reality!
Whether it is the original poster of the film or the poster imported from the mainland, it gives people the illusion of a shooting blockbuster and an action blockbuster. It is understandable that this is the commercial strategy adopted by the film. Cool business routine, but a standard blockbuster! Even if there are gunfight scenes such as quelling prison riots and attacking drug dealers' nests in the film, they are completely subordinate to the plot. On the one hand, it shows the artistic personality that the film insists on, and on the other hand, it also shows the confidence of the film – it does not need any commercial gimmicks. Can produce a super strong attractive effect. The artistic style of this film is simple and unique. It uses a documentary-like realistic lens, a large number of dialogues and voice-overs of the protagonist to describe the underground order and institutional chain of Rio society, as well as the various people in this order and chain. It is vividly displayed, the plot structure is solid and steady, the emotions are calm and restrained but passionate, and the performances of the cast are collectively brilliant! The most commendable thing is that the Chinese dubbing of this film is very classic. Although there are many characters in the film, the dubbing actors keenly grasp the identity and personality of each character, whether it is the perseverance and calmness of the protagonist, Lieutenant Colonel Nascimento, human rights. The passionate speech of the activist Frago, the bureaucratic hypocrisy of corrupt politicians, the reckless brutality of corrupt police, the dubbing actors used a highly recognizable tone to perform each role in a very vivid and vivid way, which can be called the best film introduced this year. National match!
Approving the introduction of "Elite Force 2", a film that exposes the dark side of capitalist countries, has always been a tradition for the Film Bureau to approve the introduction of foreign films. It seems that Chinese audiences can believe how good their own country is by seeing how chaotic and black their country is. But I believe that after watching this film, the audience will not only gain more understanding and thinking about Brazil and Rio society, but also trigger some kind of reflection on our current reality and personal role. system”, but such a system can also provide a stage for people with lofty ideals like Nacimento and Frago to fight back against the system. It can be seen that although this democratic “system” has many shortcomings and loopholes, it is not without medicine. It can still provide hope for the people to change the status quo, which is far better than the autocratic dictatorship that covers up all social problems and devours all opposition! At the same time, Nacimento and Frago still bravely fight against the powerful corrupt system regardless of their personal safety, and seem to imply to the audience that as long as your blood is still alive, you should rise up and do something to change this troubled and shady society. what! (Text / Levin)
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