The "London Avenue" with a strong cast of casts really makes fans who love British style and performance look forward to it, but when you actually watch the film, many fans will be deceived, except for the still handsome Farrell and the charming Knight. Li, the only remaining memory is excellent soundtrack. As for the plot, forget it, you can forget it, anyway, you won't remember it soon. This movie disappointed from the beginning until the end, and finally passed the ending method at the end.
The film begins with the release of the gangster in southern London played by Farrell, and thus opens the curtain of a loose play. The plot of the story is very simple. After he was released from prison, the gangster wanted to start a new life and get rid of his past underworld status, but the reality is helpless, and life forced him to repeatedly get rid of the people and things he tried hard to get rid of. There is a conflict. The friend's leader fell in love with him and used various methods to force him to submit and participate in illegal activities under his banner. And his sister can't live a normal life, spending every day in alcoholism. He has no source of livelihood, so he came to the residence of a lonely and sick actress played by Knightley to find a job. Although he has moved in here, he no longer needs to rely on a house obtained by his friends illegally to shelter him from wind and rain. When he thought that he could get rid of the underworld in this way, he ran into even greater trouble. He fell in love with the actress, the actress fell in love with him, and the southern gang leader also fell in love with him, so a scene of escape and persecution began.
I originally thought that the drama that invited Knightley and Farrell would have a relatively large amount of love scenes in the content of the film, but the emotional development of the two in the drama is unpredictable and weightless, and it seems random and unbelievable. The gang leader's feelings and persecution methods and communication methods for Farrell are also so casual, there is no strong dialogue and emotional foreshadowing, let alone the appearance of orgasm. This is not something magical in the ordinary, but completely unsurprising in the ordinary. Back to the more important characters in the play Jordan and the beggar. The two said that they were put together because the director didn't tell us from the beginning to the end, what is their relationship with the male and female protagonists in the play. Why does Farrell want to stand up for the beggar, why does Knightley live with Jordan. Maybe I didn't watch it carefully, but the whole drama does have a lot of such inexplicable content in the plot. I can't believe that this play is directed by the screenwriter of Infernal Affairs.
The most commendable part of the whole movie is its soundtrack. The background music can be said to have saved a lot of scores for the show, and it rendered the atmosphere of the scene and the performance of the actors very well. The speed of the rhythm is very matched with the content of the film. The English-style soundtrack sounds casual and lazy, but it has notes of decadence, helplessness, and sarcasm. This also coincides with the passing end of the film. Farrell's death is the greatest mockery of him, and it is also a symbol of reality's helplessness.
The film has a purely British cast. Friends who purely like Farrell's handsomeness and Knightley's beauty can watch it, those who purely love British music can watch it, and those who are purely bored can watch it. Audiences who are looking forward to the plot, please take a detour.
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