Now, after watching the movie, there is only one feeling that this killer is still not too cold. Whether it's a movie or letting Uncle Renault, you will subconsciously feel a sense of tribute. Perhaps, as the movie's title is, it's an immortal.
In fact, this movie has two translations, one is called Immortal and the other is called Twenty-two Bullets. If you just look at the translated name, you will find two interesting things. One: Let Uncle Renault go from Lyon to Charlie, from a ruthless killer to a gang leader, and from a Lolita to a loner. All this looks like an immortal legend, with a bullet-like penetrating power, shooting through the thick wall of time, taking you back from "Immortal" to "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", and experience an unforgettable trip. Immortal Screen Tour. Two: If a person is hit by twenty-two bullets, but does not die, it should be considered immortal.
Maybe it's the romance that permeates the heart of the French. The same is about gangsters and revenge movies. If they were put in the Hong Kong film era, they would mostly be about morality, brotherhood, self-redemption, etc. These usually carry a sense of fate that Chinese people have always believed in. Isn't that sentence "you will have to pay it back sooner or later" just the most appropriate explanation for this kind of fate? However, the French romance gives such films a different kind of feeling.
The story told in the film has a bit of a Hong Kong film flavor. When he debuted, he formed brothers and entered the arena; when he was a hero, he rebelled against his brothers and retired. The rules of the rivers and lakes formulated by the mob boss Charlie curb the acquisition of interests and the growth of greed. As a result, an organized, disciplined, and targeted assassination operation was carried out. Sadly, their defeat was doomed when Charlie was not killed by twenty-two bullets. They should regret not having heard an old Chinese saying: if you don't die, you will have good luck. Then, the aged Charlie was forced to transform into the former Lyon, and the killer career continued.
Such a Hong Kong-flavored film is full of French romance, which can be seen from the warm and beautiful opera at the beginning of the film. However, if you want to ask where is the specific romance? Hard to say. Maybe this is the realm that can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words. Just like the first reaction when you heard the name "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", just like the first feeling when you heard the song "Shape of My Heart", the only thing that pops into your mind is romance word. But again, like the word friendship in this movie, it's not just a word.
Throughout the movie, it's actually a bit bland, just like Charlie's always calm expression. Maybe the director wants to use this narrative to reflect the French elegance and calmness. However, from when Charlie hit someone's head and heart precisely for revenge, from when Charlie went through the barbed wire in order to save his son, you can't help but think of the not-so-cold killer once, and then feel Sigh, it turns out that after several years, this killer is still not too cold.
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