This is a noir film, and the whole film unfolds in a realistic and depressing atmosphere, even with almost no soundtrack. As director To Qifeng's first public security-themed film, choosing such a shooting method can indeed show the difficult and cruel side of the anti-drug work, but that's all. As a movie, it lacks a plot revolving around a clear purpose, no obvious suspense and foreshadowing, no analysis of the characters' inner personality and behavioral logic, only the messy gunfights and bloody scenes are used to attract the audience. gimmick. After watching the whole movie, there is nothing that can leave an impression except for a few scenes of the drug collectors detoxification and Louis Koo's death by injection.
This is a movie without a soul, especially the space left for the actors is too narrow. In the process of dealing with each other between the drug dealers and the police, all the actors seem to be pawns, and they can leave the stage only to complete the established tasks. Following the drug dealers, they were expressionless. The captain took drugs and they were expressionless. The comrades-in-arms died and were seriously injured. They were still expressionless. Except for Gu Tianle's wife and two brothers who were thinking about the death, the eyes were a little red, and the director did not give the actors any shots at all. Stop to show emotional changes, so the actors are forced to move forward by the plot, and the audience does not get any chance to breathe and think.
If this is not a movie, but a documentary, there are too many loopholes in it: In a factory in Ezhou, dozens of heavily armed and well-prepared special police officers were beaten without defense by two unsuspecting deaf and mute drug dealers. The two of them beat the SWAT police to death, the casualties and the injuries themselves escaped unscathed. Du Dao is obviously blackmailing the public security in mainland China. In seconds, he became a shrewd sack tied in a sack. It is said that the IQ of the puppets selected by the drug dealers is too low, and they have no adaptability at all. If the earphones are disturbed, they will become a waste. It didn't get any better. I made a lap of soy sauce at the fishing port, visited the fishing boats going out to sea, and was led by Gu Tianle and Sun Honglei by the nose. If it wasn't for Gu Tianle's last temporary change of mind, I guess they were still thinking about counting money when they died. I don’t know how such a person became an industry giant. In addition, the elementary school students in the van were too hard-hearted. There was a circle of gunshots outside. They still didn’t cry or make trouble. If you go to be a human wall, you will be a human wall, and finally walked down calmly with a schoolbag on your back.
All in all, this is a movie with a rather vague positioning. If it is realistic, there are too many loopholes in the plot, and if it is artistic, it is too bland and empty. In fact, visual cruelty can never replace the inner shock, and a movie with only a frame but no connotation cannot leave a place in the hearts of the audience.
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