The film wants to express many things, world peace, an indictment of American hegemony, spiritual growth, the ugliness and cruelty of society, and the inherent inequality between people.
First of all, I have to say that the script is a complete mess. Boys and girls with the same number will die if one dies and the other will die. What’s the point? What’s even more incredible is that they will die if they exceed 50 meters. Maybe the director wants to say that there are many strange rules in this world. , but it is not expressed in this way. Why are several students who have never had military training so good at the beginning? The accusations of terrorism by those students in the pool shootout seem abrupt and pale. It also tries to rely on politics. The film alludes to 911 at the beginning, and later the class director lists the names of the countries bombed by the United States (does this make sense), which will only make people feel that the director is narrow-minded and stupid and ignorant. There are also a few minors who can occupy an island and the government army can't take it for a long time. What is even more incredible is that the government army can't take the island, so they let some students attack it, and these students also behaved well.
The performance is also extremely bad. Except for the boy who would rather die at the beginning, none of the students left a deep impression. Didn't the daughter of Takeshi Kitano hate her father very much, why did she start to miss it again? To find the meaning of that painting? Why is she always so calm and calm, she has seen enough death? That class director is simply a neurotic and the character image of Kitano Takeshi's loneliness, loneliness and cruelty but still a little humanity is too different. What is the significance of this class director's character image being set like this?
The first film is full of character and image, even a small supporting role, the kind-hearted and caring for others, the arrogant, beautiful and somewhat evil Chikusa Takako, because of the shadow of childhood and distrust of others. Mitsuko Soma, who will do anything to survive, is full of courage and wants to break the rules, but Nobuyoshi Mimura who failed in the end, Kazuo Kiriyama, a pervert who murdered ruthlessly, Shogo Kawada who was calm and powerful but sympathetic, God Yuko who was cowardly and timid enough to cause the death of his companions, and Hiroki Sugimura who was too naive to call for peace But there was no power to kill Higashita and Kitano in the end.
I'm sorry I reviewed the characters in the first part. I want to say that I didn't see any characters full of personality in the second part. Everyone seems to have the same performance, all of which reflect the instinct of people as animals, shouting, When you say some lines that have a great effect on the plot or point out the theme, you are also expressionless, which is too bad.
Finally, pay tribute to the greatness of the first with the rottenness of the second!
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