The Gao An Brothers' "Burning after reading" (translated as "C IA Disc Theft Case" when it was released in Hong Kong) belongs to the above-mentioned typical style, and its performance is better than their previous work "No Country For Old Men" (Hong Kong). When it was released, it was translated as "2 Million Deadly Cases") much better.
The films of the Gao An brothers are often well-received by those who know them, because their works are not only superficial, but have deep connotations. If the audience wants to go deeper, they will find that the director has buried the ridicule.
In this film this time, the Gao An brothers first let us see the failure of the United States today. Even in the CIA, a government agency with many capable employees in the United States, it is still filthy, administratively inefficient, and intriguing among colleagues. Stir up office politics, and when things go wrong, everyone wants to absolve them.
What is interesting is that the bizarre stories created by the Gao An brothers this time can actually be drawn from the elite government departments to a middle-aged stupid woman who can't marry. Therefore, the film contains two classes of social elites and civilians, and it is disadvantageous to criticize both. The strokes are equally to the flesh. A bunch of people in the social elite have problems with their marriages, and husbands and wives have different ideas. As for the people in the civilian class, they are stupid, ignorant and ignorant, daydreaming all day long, but they get nothing for nothing. The Gao An brothers showed us the Ukiyo-e paintings and the images of all living beings in the United States today.
The great thing about the Gao An brothers is that in addition to presenting the current state of American society today, they also bring us a thrilling crime story, whose plot is a bit twisty and bizarre, and the ending is even unexpected.
It should be mentioned in particular that the Hong Kong translation of this film is a bit misleading, but that misleading is appropriate, and it quite matches the effect requested by the director. The lost CD does not belong to the CIA, but is the personal property of a former CIA employee, and it is the absurdity of life that such a small misunderstanding can lead to a catastrophe.
All this is caused by two staff members in the gym. Fitness room and fitness room staff, these two are very common in the United States today. The Gao An brothers showed these two to the public, obviously expressing their dislike of this "show body" culture? The two employees who are not doing their job well, one is a young boy who is ignorant and likes to fight snakes and sticks, and the other is a middle-aged foolish woman who is eager to find a man for comfort. Body sculpting surgery. These two roles are fairly common in America today, and that's where the writer-director Gao An brothers criticize American society today. There are so many useless people in the United States today, how can the United States not go into decline?
The two little characters in the film lack wisdom and knowledge, do not work down-to-earth, and only want to take shortcuts all day long. They accidentally found a CD and found that the content seemed to be a password. , they are too obsessed with money. In the end, they didn't end well. The Gao An brothers' handling is really appropriate, because there is no other more suitable way to criticize them. Stupid people are actually not a crime, but they are so high and far, they should have their sins if they have bad intentions and extort huge sums of money from others.
If this film only explains the process of two stupid people going to their demise, of course, it is meaningless. The clever director naturally has another broad space to provide. The Gao An brothers have created a plot similar to the international conspiracy pattern, which makes it interesting and absurd. Heavier, and the joke is bigger. Movies are like this, life is like this, they are all rambling, there is no logic or reason at all. The lesson of this story is that something should not be taken too seriously, it is better to delete it after reading it. (over)
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