Recently, the matter of President Park's best friend's political affairs has continued to ferment, and domestic doubts have been heard, and it has evolved into a contest between the opposition party and the ruling party.
Politics is a trick that individuals can play. Those who play politics need to survive, and so do the people. If the two types of people collide and contradict each other because of their survival, it will definitely arouse public anger, and the results will be ugly.
Coincidentally, I watched "The Insider" starring Lee Byung Hun and Cao Chengyou these days, and it was really fitting.
Although Lee Byung-hun is one of the most influential Korean actors in the world, he has never been interested in him, so he has seen very little of his works. After all, there are probably only "Common Security Area", "Bungee Jumping in Love" and "Good Guys, Bad Guys, Strange Guys", and this "Insider" was originally watched several times and didn't see Cao Chengyou appear at the beginning, so it was abandoned at that time.
Sometimes it's like this, if you don't watch it at the right time, no matter how good the movie is, you will miss it. It's really your mood that affects everything.
The "Insider" I watched this time is a director's cut version, 180 minutes and three hours, which is probably the longest crime drama I've ever seen. However, these 180 points are all dry goods, not sloppy, and it's worth it.
Through the experiences of conservative newspaper editors, members of Congress, big businessmen, underworld gangsters, prosecutors, etc., and through a series of narrative techniques such as interludes and flashbacks, the film exposes the corruption and dishonesty of South Korean politics. The president running for election and his aides and the big chaebol behind them use each other to do whatever they can for their supreme power and interests, even killing innocent people indiscriminately.
Lee Byung-hun plays a "hound" who is loyal to his backer. After being plotted and abandoned, he is a political hooligan who fights against those in power for revenge.
Cho Seung Woo plays a prosecutor with no background. He came from a poor family and grew up in the police force. Because he had no support, he was ostracized, so he resigned to become a prosecutor, and he tried his best to fight corrupt politicians in order to be transferred to Seoul.
It is worth mentioning that the old actors in this movie are commendable for their sacrifice and dedication, such as Li Jingrong, a professional professional with sanctimonious appearance, and Bai Yunzhi, who hides a knife in a sinister smile.
Bai Yunzhi, the amiable Gaozong in "The Lord of Dehui", and the Taoist Master in "Tian Yuzhi", calm, generous, righteous, and upright.
However, Li Jiangxi, the editor-in-chief and commentator in "The Insider", was played by him, which made the viewers get goosebumps, squinting a pair of thief's bright eyes, and wearing a fig leaf "Worthy of my heart" with a smile on his face. A hooligan, he acts as a mouthpiece, grasping the direction of public opinion for politicians and excluding dissidents.
Power is undoubtedly the dream that every political person wants to pursue. With it, one can satisfy selfish desires, improve social status, gild oneself, and increase the bargaining chip for showing off.
However, after any power there is a more powerful invisible black hand at the end.
The little gangster An Shangjiu once thought that he had found a backer, so there was a temporary wind and water.
And the prosecutor Yu Changxun, who represents justice, is actually one of them. It's just that he has not found a suitable and reliable hand behind him, so he has become a prosecutor from a policeman to a lawyer. Life must be hard.
Li Jiangxi's right hand was cut off. It seems that justice has triumphed over conspiracy, but in fact, only one was cut off, and there is another.
As long as there is politics, there are all kinds of interests and intrigues, killing a puppet, and more people wanting to be the next, so this is the darkness, the darkness that will never be dispelled.
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