The classic of Wu's police and bandit films

Winona 2022-04-21 09:01:19

Revisit the Hollywood classic directed by John Woo. In terms of casting, John Travolta's performance in Pulp Fiction is definitely a monument in film history, but his performance here was obviously overwhelmed by Cage. After that, there were a lot of pictures of direct confrontation. From the perspective of tactics and the inner direction of the characters, Travolta should have the advantage, but maybe Cage is not short of money at this time. It is indeed more attractive to grasp the details. people.

Back in the movie, director John Woo rarely took over the film with a face-changing plot that was rarely made in the world. The result was rave reviews and really opened up his fame in Hollywood. Of course, John Woo is in Hollywood can only make police and gangster films that it is good at, and it does not have the variety of Ang Lee's performance.

Many details in the movie are very particular. First of all, the mirror shots in the movie are really good. It may be because two people change their faces. Relying on the mirror, what is in the mirror is the self before the face change, and the one outside the mirror is the self after the face change, and the effect of the mirror several times is good enough. Another point is the last scene where people confront each other with guns, which is full of Hong Kong film style.

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  • Castor Troy: Isn't this religious, ah yes. The eternal battle between good and evil, saint and sinners... but you're still not having any FUN!

  • Castor Troy: [Jamie shot Archer in the shoulder, now Troy has the gun on her] Clod! No daughter of mine would shoot so wide.

    [to Archer]

    Castor Troy: DAD! *Put* the gun down! Put it down. Dad, put it down.

    [to Jamie]

    Castor Troy: Now we're going to find out what's in Papa's bag, Peaches!

    [licks Jamie's face]

    Castor Troy: Say good-bye to Papa.