If you don't look at the cast list, you can never imagine that the ambitious and handsome ancient Roman emperor in "Gladiator" is now a middle-aged man with a big belly and a beard. For a moment, what I remembered in my mind were two lines from Liu Sanbian's "He Chongtian" poem: Endure the floating name, and sing in a low voice...
We always expect a movie to tell a perfect story, with a full plot, three-dimensional and full characters, and distinctive and novel themes. But in fact, for this film, these expectations of yours may be a luxury.
The director deliberately avoided the violent scenes of the killer during the mission, and only used a close-up to shoot the trivial daily life of the killer: Joe, who was retired from the battlefield, lived in isolation. Raunchy in appearance, old-fashioned and conservative, living with an elderly and frail mother. In fact, under his stern appearance, he hides a kind, innocent and simple heart. And his real occupation is a contract killer, which is an incredible thing.
But the amazing thing is that the director and the male protagonist have perfectly unified this contradiction in the killer Joe.
At the end of the film, the rescued Lolita heroine wakes up Joe, who imagined that he was committing suicide in the restaurant, with a "touching the head" and said to the killer, "It'sa beautiful day."
Indeed, "It's beautiful day."
A story of redemption and self-redemption.
You were never here.
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