What I can't stand the most is the character setting of the male protagonist. Personally, I feel that the male protagonist is a neurotic. Why can't I talk and do things well? Every time the male protagonist opens his mouth, I feel as if he has been beaten, and he will copy the guy at every turn. I think even if he is a gangster, he looks so incompetent. Very annoying. It gives me the feeling that the male protagonist is a stupid X, the kind of stupid X that makes people very angry and angry. I don't quite understand why he won the award. Does this character have anything to show?
Then there is the extremely unreasonable plot, which is embodied in the exaggerated portrayal of the government and the police. I don't know what kind of grudge the Korean director has with the government, but I feel that it's a bit too much to play like this, at least it doesn't give people the feeling of being fair and objective. This technique reminds me of a Chinese movie "Raise Your Hands". The director wants to express his deep hatred for the Japanese invaders. There is no problem, but it can't be achieved by portraying all the devils as stupid, right? If we portray our enemies as nothing, how should our victory be positioned? The same is true for this film. I don't believe that the Korean government is so incompetent and inefficient in reality. Excessive exaggeration makes it feel very unserious. It is also scolding the government. The Korean movie "The Defender" makes people feel quite acceptable.
It's not easy to shoot classics on this subject, but it's not easy to shoot bad ones either. I feel like the director did it.
Last but not least, the only thing about this film that makes people feel touched is the creative freedom in Korea.
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