Speaking of French director Luc Besson, I believe everyone will not be unfamiliar. Since he was determined to be a diver, he entered the film industry by accident and made many classic works such as "This Killer Is Not So Cold", "Hurricane Rescue", "Blue Sea and Blue Sky" . He once said that he only made 10 movies in his life, and then he repeatedly slapped himself in the face. He is especially good at shaping female characters that are both beautiful and capable, such as "Nikita", "The Fifth Element", "Super Body" and so on. Some time ago, he came again with a seductive and exciting new film——
Anna
There are bloody and violent erotica, properly R-rated . The title "Anna" is the name of the heroine in the film. She is a girl born in the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, with the face of an angel and a tall figure.
Anna was originally just an ordinary student, using her spare time to work in the market. One day, a scout from France found Anna. She was surprised at Anna's appearance and body condition, and wanted to tap her to become a supermodel. So Anna set off for Paris and began a life of mixing fashion circles and being photographed from morning to night.
She has been in the model circle all the year round, and Anna also often goes to high-end cocktail parties and meets many celebrities. A rich man doing import and export trade fell in love with Anna at first sight at the banquet. The two chatted enthusiastically, and soon became acquainted with each other.
The rich have launched a strong offensive against Anna, but Anna's attitude is rather ambiguous. She does not refuse to eat with the rich, or even physical contact. But whenever the rich wanted to undress him, Anna looked for various reasons to shirk.
The rich man had no choice but to sit down and chat with Anna. During the conversation, the quick-minded Anna began to ask the rich man's true identity. In order to gain Anna's trust and love, the rich confessed to Anna that he was actually an arms dealer. Anna kissed the rich man, and then walked to the bathroom alone.
Do you think Anna was deeply moved and actively dedicated herself to the rich? mistaken. When Anna walked out of the bathroom, she took out the weapon in her hand and shot the rich man to death.
This is the first reversal in the film. In fact, Anna's true identity is not a student, but a KGB agent . Everything has to start three years ago. Anna, whose parents have died, is a homeless girl. By accident, she met her boyfriend and was taken home by her boyfriend.
However, this boyfriend is also a complete bastard. He is an unemployed vagrant, and his biggest hobby is drug use. Whenever the money was spent, he would commit crimes, even involving Anna. One day, his boyfriend and his accomplices robbed an old man and took him to an ATM to get money.
The surveillance on the ATM machine captured this group of people clearly. When the police chased them to the scene, Anna and her boyfriend had to flee home, preparing to take their luggage and fly away. Unexpectedly, a man in black suddenly appeared at Anna's house. He shot Anna's boyfriend to death, and gave Anna two options-one is to die by the gun, and the other is to join the KGB.
It turned out that Anna's father was a navy captain, and Anna herself was also a cadet in the military academy. After her parents died for some reason, Anna lived a homeless life. She had submitted an application to join the army, so this KGB agent came to her door.
In this way, Anna joined the KGB (KGB), the Soviet secret service organization. Everything she experienced afterwards, including being discovered by scouts, becoming a model, etc., was an organizational arrangement. Acting as a model during the day to take pictures, and shooting at night. Anna lived a two-sided life like this.
After organizational training, Anna has become an excellent agent. To him, killing is as normal as cutting melons and vegetables. In one mission, she will act as a call girl to assassinate a German diplomat.
After entering the room, Anna was dumbfounded. A group of people in black suddenly rushed out and arrested Anna.
This is the second reversal in the film. It turned out that Anna's work as a KGB agent was discovered by an American CIA agent in the Soviet Union. They didn't kill Anna, but offered him better terms and tried to buy Anna. Anna has long been tired of the endless murderous life in the KGB, just want to exchange her life freedom. As a result, she agreed to work for the CIA for a year. Since then, Anna has become a double agent between the KGB and the CIA.
Being a double agent is hundreds of times more difficult than being an ordinary agent. Because she had to complete every assassination mission under the monitoring of KGB. He also had to use a deceptive method to contact the CIA in private. Fortunately, Anna, with good skill and clever mind, accomplished every task brilliantly. As for how she will end this dual identity? How do you exchange your personal freedom? There are not many spoilers here.
Those who are familiar with Luc Besson should know that this is not the first time he has filmed an action movie featuring women as the main character. From "Female Prisoner Nikita" to "The Fifth Element" to "Super Body"... Although recently plagued by scandals, you have to admit that the female characters he photographed are very attractive.
Beautiful women + beautiful action scenes are two magic weapons for Luc Besson to win. The same is true in this new work "Anna". Let me talk about the "beautiful woman" first, that is , Sasha Luss, who plays the heroine Anna in the film . She was originally a 92-year-old Russian supermodel, with excellent physical conditions, and has repeatedly walked for Dior, Prada, Burberry and other big names.
Prior to this, she had a brief appearance in Luc Besson's last work "Interstellar Agents: The City of A Thousand Stars". "Anna" was her first movie to play the leading role, and she also brought her supermodel aura into the movie. No matter what the scene, as long as there is a scene of walking, it has become a T stage for her to show her personal charm.
In terms of "beautiful action scenes" , movies are still remarkable. Especially when Anna accepted the KGB's first test, there was a 5-minute action scene in the film. After discovering that there was no bullet in the gun, she had to fight with many people. As a result, the dishes, forks, cutlery and other tools in the restaurant have become her weapons, which is exciting but very enjoyable.
Speaking of which, movies with female agents as the theme are not uncommon in recent years. For example, "Cold City" starring Charlize Theron, and "Cardinals" starring Big Cousin Jennifer Lawrence and so on. Compared with the atmosphere of the previous two works, "Anna" is more fresh and lively. In particular, the addition of the emotional line of two female characters falling in love has injected a bit of romance into the film, and also added a bit of tenderness to this cool film.
Objectively speaking, this movie also has some shortcomings. The first is the acting skills of the heroine. In different situations, the changes in expressions and emotions are not obvious, so it has also been criticized by foreign media. In addition, bugs appeared on the timeline many times in the film, such as wifi that did not meet the background of the story, small mobile phones, and so on. But overall, "Anna" is still a qualified R-rated cool film. Whether you are going for beauty or action scenes, this movie is worth watching.
*Author of this article: Zhang Bucai
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