As an action movie, the rhythm is too slow, the plot is too buggy, and the ending can be said to be nondescript. But the literary dramas criticized by many people moved me deeply. I can only say that if the rhythm is balanced, the heaviness of this movie will be better, rather than a lengthy action movie. The most ingenious part of the film is probably the vague outline of each character's image through the character's language.
The female killer in the title is not only Ava, but also Simon's daughter.
Let's start with Ava.
The genius girl was drunk and drugged, betrayed by her family, and joined the army in anger and embarked on a path of no return. Ava's original family is twisted but tightly connected. The mother and daughter hurt each other but cannot be parted because of their blood. For this family, it is no longer important to find out who was wrong. How to heal the pain of the past and continue to go on has become the top priority.
With regard to life, Ava has a sense of powerlessness, just like her mother tells the truth that she is trying to ignore while playing cards. Sometimes the oncoming pain has nowhere to escape and no cure. Killing became the only catharsis, leaving everything behind, becoming a new self, without worrying about the future.
But everything in the film pushes Ava towards the abyss step by step. He lifted the wine glass countless times and then put it down, healing his wounds over and over again, until he no longer had any strength, and finally fell into the abyss.
For Ava, she has been looking for someone who can save her from this vortex, family, ex-boyfriend, and teacher. If the mentor is the only one who holds Ava's hand to prevent her from falling into the abyss, then his death is undoubtedly the last force to push Ava into the abyss. So after Ava lost her life mentor and father-like teacher, although she said harsh words, she wanted to elope with her ex-boyfriend for the first time.
But in the process of all these awful things, Ava gradually realized that he was the only one who could save himself. It's like she put down her wine glass again and again, like she was fighting for herself again and again, like she insisted on her moral bottom line, like she let go of the female boss of the casino. If one person can pull her out of the abyss, it is herself.
This redemption culminates when Ava kills Simon, and the movie comes to an end.
Let's talk about Simon's daughter.
The daughter of the leader of the killer organization, who is never lack of material, seems to be trained as the next successor. But Simon said in front of her that she would not let her youngest daughter participate in the organization, because this is not what a lady should do. The camera flashed across her face, pain, confusion, and even resentment. The father did not shy away from it, and struck her heart violently. In her conversation with Simon, it can be known that her mother and Simon have separated. She has no mother to rely on and can only hold on to her father.
Her feelings for her father Simon are very complicated, both love and hate, but perhaps countless light kisses on the forehead made her finally decide to pick up the gun and chase the killer who killed her father.
The movie came to an abrupt end here, it is self-evident who lost and who won, but the director did not continue. Because the director didn't care about this battle, the characters he wanted to portray had already been portrayed.
Ava and Simon's daughter are very similar, their experience, their pain, their struggle... It's better to say that the daughter is the Ava of the past, she hasn't found the huge energy contained in her heart, and she is still struggling to explore.
The collision of two similar souls made me more interested, but the director stopped here, which can only be said to be a pity. When Ava sees a girl so similar to herself, will she feel compassionate?
The director is so committed to creating such a three-dimensional female killer that the rhythm is so uncomfortable, but it can be said that he succeeded. Ava is a killer, but she is also a person. Not only does she have the thrill of fighting and killing, she also has a messy life. The daughter is a rookie killer. She has a material life that others envy, but she also has another unknown life. Sometimes she hopes her father loves her more. They are miserable and perplexed, yet they endure strong. Through them, the director showed the audience that in addition to the exciting work, the killer also has a life full of hope and despair, which is no different from other people.
It's not easy to be a killer these days.
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