Someone got on the subway and died inside, who would find out?
City of Angels, Los Angeles. Home to Hollywood, Disneyland is also located here. People with different purposes come and go, the city is huge and gorgeous, and everyone is so small to them that it almost disappears.
Max (Max) is a "human" living in this city. He works hard, maintains the traditional kindness of humanity, and has beautiful and hard-to-achieve wishes. In a big city, someone feels like living, while someone else is just a hastily spinning tool, a money-making machine. Max was driving a night shift taxi and met prosecutor Annie (Annie) by chance. The two had a good chat, which seemed to be understood as a spark of love. Annie left a business card for Max.
Passengers changed, taxis passed through the flashy city of Los Angeles, jazz piano was played, and the night was lazy and quiet. "Every time I come, I want to leave early. No one in this city knows anyone. I read in the paper that a man died on the subway for six hours, people got on and off, and no one noticed him": Passenger That said, a typical Los Angeles passerby. For Max, this "unfamiliar" city is his home. The passenger was named Vincent, and he packaged Max's car. Although he violated the regulations, the $600 payment made Max wait for Vincent downstairs.
The jazz disappears as a man descends from the sky onto the roof of the Max, and the languid and serenity turns into tension and a steady stream of gunshots. Vincent turned out to be a professional killer. This night's journey, the goal is the lives of five people, the first one has ended. Max was taking Vincent at gunpoint to end the rest of his life. The second target ended silently. The third target, a jazz player who had performed a track with Miles Davis (Jazz Master), was shot dead in a mindless conversation. The fourth goal, encountered a little problem, the police rushed to the scene, and the goal also had a large number of bodyguards, after a chaotic shootout, the mission was achieved.
Max still didn't get out of Vincent's control and started to drive towards the fifth target. Exhausted and desperate, Max questioned Vincent's indifference towards life. Vincent reprimanded Max for his mediocre work and illusory dreams. At this moment, the two have the same "power", and Max is no longer psychologically manipulated by Vincent.
Max knocked the car over on purpose, and the dropped computer showed that Annie was the fifth target Vincent wanted to kill. The aura instantly changed from Vincent's killing to a confrontation with Max. After a thrilling chase, Max took Annie to the subway, and Vincent followed. Gunshots sounded in the last carriage, Max and Annie had no way out, Vincent and Max shot at each other through the door.
There were only the three of them left in the car, Vincent sat upside down on the bench and said to Max, "Someone got on the subway and died inside, who would find out?"
An indifferent person died in a city he thought was indifferent, director Michael Mann (Mike Mann) once again uses an exciting story to tell his serious view of human society. From his most classic works, [The Insider], which discusses the influence of the tobacco industry on the US government and society, to the biopic of Ali, a spiritual fighter representing American justice, and Michael Mann's commercial film, which makes people watch it. Think about it, not just watch the fun.
Vincent's actor Tom Cruise (Tom Cruise), need more introduction? Actors who can be guaranteed at the box office worldwide. The first attempt at the villain in [Collateral] was called by the critics, a great attempt for the director and the script.
The actor of Max, Jamie Foxx, is particularly important in his life [Ray] and [Collateral]. Both films were nominated for the 77th Academy Award for him. But that session [Ray] earned him his first Academy Award. He's also the only "multi-talented" black actor to ever win an Oscar. Jamie Foxx released records, hosted shows, and acted in movies. Before 2004, his film work was still a small supporting role, or some works that are difficult to praise. No one would have thought that in 2004, he began to choose the script very seriously and shoot a movie for viewing. Surprisingly, this serious move allowed him to successfully win the Oscar, which has made countless professional film actors struggle to win.
I talked about "dazzling starlight" at the beginning. Such starlight is indeed easy to make people see "fancy" and ignore "essence". The big city, the inevitable strangeness, the usual indifference, what is the difference between your life and mine, Vincent is just an exaggerated portrait sketch. Seeing that there are not a few Vincents around him, he wraps himself tightly, sculpts his personality, and has a "professional" work quality. Where is Max? Do you want to be Max? Or just a passer-by in the city?
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