As always, it is still very Guy Ritchie, the plot of the film is interlocking, not procrastination, but of course the reversal and drama of the ending are not comparable to two big smoking guns. The second time I watched it, I still felt some obvious metaphors.
The film clearly talks about the competition between gentlemen over the British flying leaf industry. In fact, it is mixed with a lot of reality and political satire. The Mickey that the film portrays represents the United States. It symbolizes the British who have a lot of wealth through capital accumulation, and the thousand-eyed people of the yellow race are undoubtedly descendants of the dragon, obviously our country. Thousand Eyes challenged Mickey, which undoubtedly represents the hegemony between China and the United States. Guy Ritchie's portrayal of Thousand Eyes as the villain in Hong Kong movies in the 1980s is undoubtedly a stereotype of China. The film affirms that China is a brat who will not know how to challenge authority and fail, which undoubtedly represents the attitude of the European and American countries led by the United Kingdom to the rise of China. It's funny to describe Thousand Eyes as the dragon offspring who annexed, bribed, assassinated, and wanted to fuck Mickey's wife. There is no doubt that the final outcome expresses what Western countries expect from China.
Gentlemen are not gentlemen, and under the surface is a bloody power struggle.
I always feel that it is a bit embarrassing to use a dark humor film and politics together. This article does not mean that we do not recognize the excellence of the film. We relax our minds to see what others think of us and know what others think of us. That’s fine, let us more awake.
Any assumptions are sheer nonsense.
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