Column: "Edge of Darkness" Film Critic
Author: Chocolate
We like to see the old policemen who avenge women are determined and invincible, and take out all the power. All anger will only vent when you kill the enemy, and preaching is bullshit. This is the greatest charm of revenge films.
"Edge of Darkness" is a new film by Mel Gibson. A resolute and silent veteran police officer loves his daughter more than anything else. He took his daughter home that night, but he didn't greet enough. The daughter was shot and killed in front of him. Afterwards, public opinion all pointed to the possibility that the daughter died on behalf of the father. The old police officer suppressed the sadness in his heart, and the phantoms of the daughter when he was a child appeared from time to time. He chose to trace it to the end and avenge himself. Facts proved that her daughter was deeply involved in a conspiracy. The work she was engaged in was against the national interest, but the president and congressmen colluded, and her daughter's disclosure made them very passive, so she secretly killed and washed away all traces. The old police officer persevered and kept investigating. He encountered repeated pursuits, betrayed by colleagues, threats and inducements, and never compromised. In the end, he slashed the enemy. At the same time, his actions also influenced an agent who wiped the buttocks of the upper-level villain (this person has cancer). The agent helped the protagonist kill the evil congressman and was shot himself. The old police officer fell into a coma in the hospital, and finally the soul reunited with his daughter...
From the perspective of the plot, this film is terribly well-formed and nothing new. This kind of revenge for the pros has been blocked and obstructed by the upper-level conspiracy. It has been performed for many years, but it is still difficult to conceal its charm. It is not only the attractiveness of the subject-we must know that although the law says that police officers will help us revenge, but the damn justice The world is still in the same way, and there is nowhere to complain about grievances. Only the appearance of that American hero kills the enemy can be very happy. It also lies in the rendering of the fortitude throughout the story, a kind of dull and suppressed hero awakening, just like an epic blockbuster, a revenge story is always needed A protagonist who is firm and almost stubborn, he puts the confidence and hope of mankind to break the repression and resist tyranny. In reality, we have too much pressure to speak. In the revenge film, we are depressed and excited together. And he always commits crimes and kills for his life, which is also a way of doing things for the heavens. What's more, such a lovely daughter, and she inherited the upright personality of her father, in order to expose the evil deeds. In the end, we know that desperate fathers generally do not have any good deaths, but it is not important. The key is revenge.
What is commendable in this film is the suppressive and introverted atmosphere it has always created. The opening scene was a video of the daughter when she was young, and then the father took her daughter home. The two cared for each other in the heavy rain, and they had a little bit of life. Immediately the daughter was shot to death. My father only experienced a few silent thoughts, and it was full of memories. He decided to cheer up and encourage himself to avenge him. During the investigation, assassinations and threats were everywhere. For example, after the daughter's friend opened the car door and was knocked into the air after talking to his father, the other scenes were very restrained, which made people deeply feel the masculine and masculine style of the individual hero. As the truth is revealed more and more, the hypocrisy and morality of the two upper-class people are extremely disgusting, but they are vivid and true. At this time, if there is no way of revenge, it seems that justice has nowhere to vent, and my father chose to solve everything by himself. This is also a sign that American heroism films were all the rage and criticized. But at the moment when you see the enemy killed, you will be very happy, sweeping away the previously suppressed emotions. Then the effect of the film will be achieved. This is a bit of a manly movie.
The style of the whole film is extremely restrained, but it still combines many subtle close-up close-ups, which are mostly used to portray Mel Gibson's acting skills. Having said that, because Gibson's "Brave Heart", "Patriot" and even "Man Hundred Percent" really gave me too many wonderful impressions. This is a well-known tough guy in the United States, but in terms of acting skills, he is the most The wonderful thing is the tender eyes of Tiehan, which is extremely vivid. In this film, I feel that Mel is not her best performance before the death of her daughter. I always feel a little out of state, but the introverted father began to embark on the road of revenge and the surly appearance when necessary are enough to be too obvious. Label".
I still look forward to him making more films. Even if he doesn't play complicated roles, he has a charm that makes people willing to go crazy for him. This is probably the heroic temperament in the legend, this time he played a loving father.
At the end of the revenge film, I am looking forward to new ideas. Personally, I have always admired the "Old Boy"-style weird film that almost tells the story to the extreme, but an occasional very orthodox revenge film like Mel can also cheer up my spirits. It's just that every time the suspense is conspired and covered up at the top, it is always a bit boring. Looking forward to more exciting focus points.
There is a saying in psychology that if the father whose daughter was killed cannot avenge himself, even if the court pronounces a verdict, that kind of hatred will be suppressed in his heart for a long time. And if you commit suicide and kill the enemy, that kind of cheerful feeling will greatly vent your pain. Then there will be a sense of emptiness, because everyone has revenge in this way, and the world seems to be chaotic. But it cannot be denied that humans expect to need heroes when justice is violently insulted and there is nowhere to avenge justice.
If you can't expect a hero, then become a hero yourself. This is probably the enduring secret of the revenge film.
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