The film is not difficult to understand, the story of two wrestlers and a billionaire. It happens that this billionaire also has a mental illness, which makes the whole film seem more or less depressed. Mr. DuPont is the heir of the chemical company DuPont, but his personality is very distorted. He has a bad relationship with his mother and has never been appreciated by his mother. He also loves wrestling, and cooperates with two talented wrestlers David and Mike, but the relationship has always been It was very awkward. In the end, DuPont shot and killed David, the most mentally healthy man, and went to jail. Mike did not win the Olympic championship again, as if everything had failed, and the whole fox hunter plan had to be stopped.
This is a tragedy, to be precise, the tragedy of the dark side of human nature. The director's choice of such a story to make a biographical film is considered an innovation. After all, the biographical films we see are all positive, with a happy ending. Such imperfect or even cruel endings are very rare in biographical films, but they are so common in life. Not all efforts will pay off in the end, and most will not. This is the cruelest place in life, but also the most real. Maybe the director wants to express the truth behind this cruelty to tell us that fairy tales are deceptive. For ordinary people, it is the truth to correct their mentality and live a positive and optimistic life.
The rhythm of the whole film is not fast, to be precise, it is very slow. The director uses many shots to describe the small movements of the characters, especially the nervousness of Mr. Dupont. People gradually feel the problems of his character, the infinite desire for success, and the infinite hatred for failure; and Mike's problem is that he wants to get rid of the shadow of his brother David, but he fell into the shadow of DuPont, and there is no way to go. come out. David was the only one who was mentally healthy and unfortunately became a scapegoat. The actors' performances are also quite in place, especially DuPont's actor, who portrays such a rich man who is gradually out of control vividly, and his acting skills are still very deep.
It's a good movie, except that the plot is a bit slow, everything else is okay, you can still watch it, especially for fans who like biographical movies.
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