2021.02.27 Revisiting the classic John Woo deserves to be the director who filmed "The True Color of a Man". When Nicolas Cage gets off the car, the windbreaker is really fascinating. The violent aesthetics of Chinese-style Hong Kong films are vividly displayed.
John Tara Walter performed well, except for the first and last scenes, with a pure smile, he is a bad cop, but before participating in the task to change his face, he used irritability + integrity (traditional old-fashioned, obeying the rules) to show a policeman, It is a typical American police image: outstanding ability, constant conflicts with bosses, general family relations or even separation and divorce, children are rebellious and disobedient, etc. But the performance after the face change is real bad, a kind of evil spirit comes with it, and the feeling of arrogance arises spontaneously, especially the final disfigurement picture, which really explains why the desperados are.
Nicolas Cage's acting skills (10 years ago) are a sign, I don't know why Nicolas Cage's films are introduced in China so much? If it is true that a certain leader likes his films as rumored, then I applaud. Tara Walter's performance is qualified, but lacks a kind of inner battle. Seeing Cage's laughter with tears in his heart, he felt the same way.
How to perform inner contradictions and make the characters truly flesh and blood is the most powerful aspect of Cage in the early days. Director Wu, as a Hong Kong native, is carrying out "cultural export" throughout the film, whether it is Cage's face-changing "revenge does not hurt relatives and friends" or Tara Walter's adoption of Adam's "death of grievances, and disasters for future generations". The Roots of Thick Chinese Violent Aesthetics
Good movie, every time you watch it, you have a different experience
May Cage return to the top and owe him a movie ticket
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