Grandly recommend "British Showdown", a textbook of genre films. While watching this film, my heart is only learning. Ireland was a few independent kingdoms before 1171. In 1171, Henry II designated Ireland as a territory of the Kingdom of England, and Ireland has always been under British rule. At the beginning of the 20th century, the consciousness of Irish independence was awakened, and the Irish Republican Army was formed and fought with Britain for three years. In 1922, Ireland became independent from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The 6 counties of Northern Ireland are pro-British and choose to stay in the United Kingdom; Irish nationalists believe that Northern Ireland should be incorporated into the Republic of Ireland, so in the 1970s, the nationalists in the Irish Republican Army began to send the temporary Irish Republican Army. A bunch of violent rebellion movements have been launched one after another. The original novel "The Chinese" of "British Showdown" was written against such a historical background. The version released in China under the suggestion of fmprc has downplayed the conflict between Britain and Ireland, and viewers who do not understand the background of the Northern Ireland issue may need to add some relevant knowledge before watching the film. Pierce Brosnan's Irish accent is very heavy in the film. I also watched the film and realized that Brosnan was originally Irish. The director of the film, Martin Campbell, who has filmed "Zorro", "Golden Eye" and "Casino Royale", is a master of true genre films. On the one hand, he is very familiar with the way of filming political thriller movies: to keep the audience emotionally calm, so when the scenes themselves are more emotional, he uses very simple audio-visual language, shorter shots, and rapid progress of the plot, etc. way, to control the emotions. The opening of the film is a very intense explosion, and unnecessary formalism such as the soundtrack has been abandoned by him here. His mentality is very calm, and he is absolutely not worried that you can't catch the contradictions, don't play tricks, don't deliberately do very good editing, very outrageous sound effects, he can successfully create tension, the rhythm is very stable, and the story is fully explored. Native tension, the film is entirely propelled by the internal force of the story. The screenwriter is very skillful, and the general pattern of the story cannot be fully seen until the middle and later stages of the film. Most of the film can convey a sense of freshness to the audience in terms of plot, and there is no redundant plot when it is time to go over it. "British Showdown" is a model for genre film directors and definitely worth a watch.
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