"The Most Evil 2": The late boss

Gladyce 2022-04-20 09:02:29

Some media said that Takeshi Kitano's 2010 return to the theme of "Extremely Wicked and Outrageous" was "too hard", and the violent and brutal scenes made many viewers unable to bear to look directly. Today, Kitano Takeshi, who is 66 years old, still refuses to accept his old age. It seems that he wants to announce to the outside world that his domineering has not faded with age. Therefore, he bid farewell to his side as a literary and artistic craftsman and followed the 10-year-old movie that went too far. As a result, "Extremely Evil 2" came into being. The big brother is back, and the younger brother is fortunate, but even though the brutal killing under the indifferent blue is still flying, it cannot hide the twilight sigh.
"Extremely Wicked 2" is the first sequel of Takeshi Kitano. The story takes place five years after the previous one. Ishihara, who betrayed Otomo, and Kato, who usurped power, became a traitor, and worked together to develop the Sanwanghui into the No. 1 violent group in Kanto. As everyone knows, Otomo is not dead. Under the instigation of the criminal detective Kataoka, who was released from prison, Otomo, who was released from prison, and his former enemy, Kimura, released their previous suspicions and colluded with another major force, the Hualing Society, in an attempt to strangle the Shanwanghui to avenge the past. The fire started and then opened up, but they didn't know that everything was a police annexation strategy. "Extremely Wicked 2", like Takeshi Kitano's few but classic gangster-themed works, relies on large dialogues to advance the narrative, and the characters are in a blue-based scene unique to Takeshi Kitano's movies. He had a heated conversation, thus brewing a strong explosive force for the upcoming killing. The first half of "Extremely Wicked 2" is extremely exciting. It not only explains the complex relationship between the film and the previous episode through the literary drama represented by dialogue, but also considers the substitution of new characters. However, as the foreshadowing of the fuse is about to burn However, the violence that broke out in the second half was somewhat disappointing. The violence of Takeshi Kitano is unpredictable and hearty, and it also challenges the audience's endurance time and time again, but the violent scenes in "Extremely Wicked 2" are not much new, and the film starts halfway through. The slaughter and torture, but apart from the scene of the gun battle with a strong sense of inaction, there is almost no more "inhumane" picture. The subtlety of "Chainsaw Skull" and the slowness of "baseball bursts" are not as shocking as the fateful shot in "Sonata" and the blood-spraying severed finger in "Big Brother", and even not as good as the previous work "Extremely Wicked" "The chopsticks and the tongue that brought "brutal humor". At the end of the movie, Otomo finally sent the treacherous and cunning Kataoka to the west, but it ended there. The ending of the movie was a little abrupt, which made the audience a little overwhelmed. Many characters did not give the final ending, and the upcoming funeral confrontation also Not a word was mentioned, and the blank space occupied everything. It seems that it is not impossible for "Extreme Evil 3" to kill again.
Perhaps, just like the members of the violent gang shown in the film, when he was young, he was wild with blood, and when he was old, he was scheming. Braking is hidden behind the scenes and manipulating the overall situation is what he is best at at this time. The filming of "The Wicked 2" is indeed a little late, but the flashes in it still show the charm and temperament of Kitano Takeshi as the domineering big man who is stepping outside the eight-character step - although Lao Tzu can't hold it himself The gun is gone, but there are more people around who are willing to block bullets for Lao Tzu!

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  • Kurtis 2022-04-21 09:03:24

    The Battle of No Kindness and Righteousness: Otomo's Revenge. The excitement and freshness are not as good as the first one, but it still deserves five stars decisively!

  • Colten 2022-04-21 09:03:24

    4 and a half stars. It's actually better than the first one. Conflicts and intrigues have increased significantly, each character's personality has become more abundant, and the group play is still amazing. Kohinata Fumiyo's threading makes the whole script more subtle. The ending is amazing~