The first scene of the movie starts Louis' criminal career, and the first image will feel that Louis is trying to survive for the sake of life. We haven't been able to understand his past, what happened to him that led him to have such a life, no partner, no family, no social interaction, maybe we didn't see him socializing. But for such a character, maybe he is an orphan, maybe he has experienced some huge life changes, causing him to be desperate, stealing or robbing, he only lives for himself, as long as it is beneficial to himself, he will Do.
Louis forcibly robbed the security guard or the police's watch, and when the homicide in the wealthy area was later, their camera team could arrive 10 minutes earlier than the police, which was considered to reflect the incompetence and inefficiency of the local police. And there are no strong local laws, such as the bloody, violent, and even immoral videos that Louis and the others filmed, can they be broadcast on TV?
Afterwards, Louis started his news video shooting career after he accidentally came into contact with filming accidents, crimes, and selling them to TV stations in exchange for benefits. From the $250 in the first order to the video of $10,000 for the lion's mouth, the equipment and shooting skills, as well as the competitiveness with peers, have gradually improved. Although he hired Rick as his assistant, all these improvements are due to Louis' amazing dedication and learning ability. He is very smart, analytical and creative. Most importantly, he did not put This kind of life is regarded as work only, but as one's own life. You don't give up your life at will, because it's the only thing you have to fight for. Of course, Louis will also remove all the crises for his life and kick away the obstacles that affect the development of his career. When a vehicle is wrecked, creating a video "unique vision" without any means, can easily take other people's lives.
In many scenes, we can see that assistant Rick is a very young person in terms of work experience, and has been led by the nose of the boss Louis. The education level is not high, and later on, they follow the boss to break the law, or to be more accurate, they are criminalized and immoral. Louis knew Rick's needs, so Louis gave Rick the opportunity to meet his own needs and satisfy the psychology of his employees, and he became resolute at work. When Louis promoted Rick to become the only two-person company vice president, it was not difficult to see that Rick was actually inflating himself. From Rick's point of view, he finally came out and was appreciated by his boss. All kinds of demands are made slowly, of course, also because Louis tells Rick the truth about the murder in the wealthy area and orders Rick to take the risk to help him film the shooting scene. Rick therefore kept making demands, and even asked for a 50-50 split with the boss Louis. For someone like Louis who is selfish and follows the principle of extreme self-interest, he has always worked hard for his own interests, but now he feels more and more threatened by his subordinates and infringes on his rights and interests. Louis's loyalty to Rick was shaken, which also led to the final "borrowed knife to kill".
In many car chase scenes, Rick's cowardly act undoubtedly added points to the tense and urgent chase scenes. In these chase scenes, the pictures are very textured, and the visual feeling is relatively good.
The story line of Louis and Nina is actually not comprehensive. Maybe the writer thinks that the story line has little influence, so he did not dig deeper. Because Louis and Nina's emotional line may involve Louis' past. Or maybe the role of TV station Nina was just a stepping stone to Louis' "great career."
At the end of the film, we see that Louis is not punished by law for his actions, but his career is getting bigger and bigger. We don't see this ending very often, we see more that bad people get bad results for doing bad things. Desire is a bottomless pit. Once you enter the cave, it will go deeper and deeper, and finally it will be eroded by darkness. Louis found the light outside the cave, but this light followed the world before the cave was obviously different.
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