The 16th film in 2018, the latest work of Mr. Lei, won three nominations at the 75th Golden Globe Awards and the 90th Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. This film is really wonderful inside and out. The film's road is not smooth. One month before the film's release, Kevin Spacey, the leading actor of the film, was exposed to a sexual assault scandal. It took Spacey two weeks to change from "actor" to "actor". In order to express his attitude towards "sexual harassment", Mr. Lei waved his hand and decided to replace the cast and re-shoot all the leading roles. The old man invited another powerful actor Christopher Plummer to replace Shi. Pasey, who moved from London to Rome, worked more than 18 hours a day, completed all the reshoots within 9 days, and the film was released on schedule. Although you have gone through such a big setback, your uncle is still your uncle, and the final film showed almost no trace of reshoots. The film is adapted from a true event, a kidnapping case that once caused a sensation in the world. The kidnapped person was the grandson of oil tycoon John Paul Getty, who became the world's richest man in the 1950s and continued for 20 years thereafter. . Just such a rich man is extremely stingy. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of $17 million from Getty's mother, Gail. Gail, who had divorced her husband, could not pay the high ransom and could only ask the Getty family for help, but the old Getty refused to pay the ransom for his grandson. The kidnapper who couldn't get the money frantically cut off the ear of the hostage and mailed it to the Getty family. With the help of former CIA agent Fletcher Chase, the heartbroken Gail tried to shake the deadlock and rescue his son... … In the eyes of the old Getty, the world is a world of money. In his cognition, everything is a negotiable business, and he does everything he can to maximize his own interests. This is his theory of life. It is easy to become a rich man, but it is even more difficult to be a rich man. That's why he didn't pay the ransom. In the end, although he lent the ransom to Getty's mother, he only borrowed a small portion in order to avoid taxes, and took back the custody of the child. Old Getty was too rational, and his businessman-like way of life made him seem dehumanized. Although Christopher Plummer's acting is good in this film, but I think Michelle Williams, who plays the little Getty's mother, performs even better. She plays a vicissitudes of life in the film. But without losing the temperament of a lady, and at the same time, she has to be a lonely mother who is on the verge of collapse. She can make you in a tense mood throughout the whole process, as if you are the mother. Although this movie has experienced huge twists and turns, the final result is not bad. I really admire Lei Lao
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