Fortunately, the core of this gangster film is very "soft" and "sweet". I don't know whether it was Zhao In-sung's temperament that changed the direction of the movie, or some kind of change was made to adapt to Zhao's temperament. In fact, from the whole story, it can develop in two different classic directions. Either write the struggle history of the grassroots at the bottom, a little worm with the dream of Jackie Chan, after reaching the top at all costs and becoming transformed, in the end, he is no match for the tricks of fate, and still faces the cold fact that he is a worm. If it is arranged according to this route, then its role model is "Scarface" or "The Godfather". Minho, who is the incarnation of the director in the film, said in an interview that the inspiration for his work came from those two films. I believe it is also the voice of the director. Unfortunately, if you look at it as a gangster biopic, this film is extremely unsuccessful in character creation. Although there are many room for development in the plot, the director only scratches the surface and lacks in-depth exploration. For example, the psychological depiction of the protagonist Bing Doo when he killed twice, and finally the ambivalence of Min Ho Shi must be eliminated. And the principle that the protagonist fights for money and dignity, after being raised in a high-profile at the beginning, seems to be slowly forgotten by the director later.
Like many Korean films, the movie inevitably went down the path of sensationalism at the end, and the ending where the protagonist was killed by his younger brother also seemed to imply that the director was reminding the audience of the existence of reincarnation. Seeing this, the movie seems to have come to Hong Kong from Hollywood again. The sense of blackness and fate in To Qifeng's works is faintly revealed. However, in the face of the bright and relaxed tone of the whole movie, it seems that it is difficult for people to fall into heavy thoughts. .
For a story that requires enough ambition to tell a good story, the Koreans are born with a small family once again. The grand gangster epic or the serious black fable has been framed, but the director is confused and stuffed a lot of water. Serious idol drama raw material, which makes the whole film seem mediocre. Although the story is told smoothly and neatly, it always feels that there is a heavy sense of film missing.
Possibly, the gangsters still have to have uncles like Choi Min-sik or Ha Jung-woo to play the role.
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