Expectations are high, waited for a long time, overall a little disappointed, but still can beat Samsung. Looking at Jun Zhixian, it has the same three-tier development as "The League of Thieves", so it will still be a bit messy.
"Assassination" is directed by Choi Dong-hoon, starring Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae and Ha Jung-woo. The film takes Shanghai in 1933 and the capital of North Korea occupied by Japan as the background, and tells a series of stories that happened during the assassination of pro-Japanese factions by members of the Independence Army, South Korean interim government officials and professional killers. Choi Dong-hoon, Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae have worked together on "League of Thieves" before, so there are inevitably some similar elements in this film, the most prominent of which is the third-line development.
1. Three-tier development
In "Assassination", the forces of all parties are intricate:
the spy "assassination trio" selected by the South Korean Provisional Government
includes the independent army soldier An Woyun (played by Quan Zhixian),
a graduate of the new military attache school, "Rapid Fire Cannon"
blasting expert Hwang
Deoksanri Assassination
mission of the North Korean garrison commander
Assassination mission of the traitor Kang Yinguo
Provisional Government Police Chief Yeom Suk-jin (played by Lee Jung-jae) Han traitor
and hired killer
Hawaii Pisto (played by Ha Jung-woo),
partner of Pomad, the three-
way relationship is as follows :
The director very skillfully chose a powerful faction on each side. Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae and Ha Jung-woo are all big names in the Korean film industry. This movie has gathered so many superstars and the lineup is quite strong.
In addition to the three superstars of the tripartite forces, there are also two-sided roles.
2. Two-faced roles
The assassination leader played by Jun Ji-hyun is the long-lost daughter of Kang In-guk, one of the assassination missions. In the movie, Jun Ji-hyun was a sharpshooter in the previous paragraph, living a simple life for a long time, not knowing that coffee should be sweetened, sales activities in department stores, etc. In the latter paragraph, when her twin sister was accidentally killed by her father, she was transformed into the daughter of a wealthy businessman, and held a wedding with the son of a high-ranking official.
Lee Jung-jae, played by Yeon Seok-jin, was once a famous patriot, but turned to Japan to survive. On the one hand, he served as the police chief in the interim government, found the members of the "assassination trio" and organized the assassination, on the other hand, he was a Korean traitor, he disclosed the information of the assassination to the Japanese side and hired a killer to assassinate" Assassination trio".
Ha Jung Woo's Hawaii was hired to assassinate the "Assassination Trio". He is a well-known cold-blooded killer in the arena, because as long as you get 300 points, he can help you kill anyone. But at the end of the film, he helped An Woyun, who had been too late to kill Kang Yinguo, to kill Kang Yinguo, which revealed that he was a member of the "Father Killing Alliance", and he killed his father and became a walking dead.
The film focuses on assassination. The killer played by Jun Zhixian is the absolute protagonist. The two male protagonists also have emotional entanglements with her, and wrote a touching love song in the era of war.
3. A heroine
Let us focus on what the heroine is like in it. (Finally wrote this!)
Jeon Ji-hyun is famous in Asia for "My Sassy Girl". After that, important film and television works include the gentle "Daisy", the tragic "Snowflake Secret Fan", the arrogant "The Thieves", and 2013. "You Who Came From The Stars", which is popular in Asia, etc. Quan Zhixian has been known as a savage girlfriend for many years, and most of the roles he plays are flamboyant. The "beautiful" Qian Songyi is a combination of goddess and female nerves, and Jun Ji-hyun's perfect interpretation makes this role shine.
The role played by Jun Zhixian in "Assassination" is restrained, and to a certain extent, it is different from the acting style that Jun Zhixian has always been good at, but it turns out that her acting skills can stand up to scrutiny. Let's take a closer look at how to see the movie~
So, here comes the part that everyone likes to hear and hear! Let's take a look at Jun Ji Hyun's goddess fan in "Assassination" while connecting the plot.
Dressed as an assassination agent, she's waiting to shoot. A gray windbreaker and a dark yellow scarf are very simple and capable.
The twin sisters, shopping in the mall, is also where she discovered the existence of An Woyun. She is pampered and has a prosperous life. She wears a blue coat with a fur collar, which sets off the delicacy of a wealthy girl.
The pink long coat looks white and beautiful, and the dark fur scarf is matched with a black clutch and a long skirt, which looks noble, elegant and charming.
An Woyun pretended to be the sister who was killed by mistake and returned home, with a cautious attitude, and a purple skirt showed her heaviness.
An Woyun continued to pretend and held the wedding. At the wedding scene, she took out the gun hidden in the flower and continued the unfinished task.
After Korea's independence, Han traitor Lian Shuo-jin escaped justice, but Ahn Wo-yoon still found him and shot him.
Several interpretations emerge at the end of the film. One is that "Assassination" is like "The Crucible", the court makes criminals go unpunished, while private forces complete their punishment, which may contain references and reflections on the status quo of justice; the second point of view is that this represents As the war is not over yet, South Korea treats Korean traitors differently than China. Some Korean traitors still hold important positions in society due to interference from external forces. The third point of view is that Lian Shuojin’s subordinates once shouldered orders and found Lian Shuo Jin was a traitor and killed him. After many years, the order was finally executed perfectly. Therefore, the theme of "assassination" is once again detained - the executor will not care about time or even life, and is bound to carry out the task.
So which view do you agree with?
But no matter what the ending says, this movie is worth watching.
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