The plot of "Going Through Water and Fire" started out inexplicably. Two robbers appeared inexplicably. They robbered clumsily, and then they realized that they were two brothers. Then, there was another pair of local police officers who looked lazy. Although they seemed very calm and sophisticated, they seemed tepid in handling the case, and it seemed that they didn't care about the result. This movie is like this, it gives people a lazy feeling, full of the feeling of a western movie, in fact, the temperament of the film is the temperament of a western movie. Although Western films also have horse-riding pursuits, the overall rhythm is slow, but it is a kind of slow with a sense of tension and not knowing what will happen in the next second. In a typical shot, a group of people confronted each other in a small town, usually spitting saliva on the ground unhurriedly, and then the time seemed to freeze, the shot stopped on the hand of the pistol, you don’t know what will happen in the next second , Who will get down in the gunfire. Therefore, Western films are often full of feelings of wandering and helplessness. Cowboys are riding horses on the road no matter whether they are good or bad.
And the temperament of this film is exactly like this. The plot is that a group of people keep robbing and the police keep chasing, but the whole process is not so intense and exciting, even the robbery seems so innocent and conforms to the rules. However, the goodness of this film lies in the fact that it is undercurrents like a western movie. A pair of robber brothers, one looks wicked and full of self-destructive tendencies, and the other is like a walking dead with a cold attitude towards everything. What do they want? A pair of police partners, one white, one Indian, and two young men, like partners in westerns, often make silly jokes and talk about race, but they don't talk too much. In the film, what you feel is a depressing and dull life, even men and women flirting are dull, but in the dull, these people always seem to try to break the dull life.
The brothers are robbers, the elder brother is arrogant and fierce, but you don’t feel cruel to him. He is like a robber in a western film, robbed and snatched. He doesn’t ask for anything, but seems to be just to get his brother out of the destiny of poverty. At the same time Step by step towards destruction. However, in the whole film, you will feel that he is the most directionless. He can't live a stable life, he is restless, and he doesn't know what to do in the future? So, in the end, his stubborn resistance was more like a violent "seeking for help", seeking a kind of understanding and a kind of relief. In Western films, there are often such scenes of being under siege and finally rushing out of the "hunting for death", such as "Little Tiger and Leopard King". Western films also often have such images of fanatics. They rob banks but become folk legends. This is also the tangled part of this kind of role. They are criminals, but they don't seem so hateful. The younger brother has a classic line in the film. The narrator's ancestors are depressed for generations of poverty. Yes, poverty is like a genetic disease, making life dull and depressing, making life hopeless. In this family inheritance, he is a husband who seems to have failed. And father, in a decisive way, want to leave something for future generations, so that they can get out of poverty. Standing on their "opposite" is the bank, which is about to take their land, and the "antidote" of the family's poverty genetic disease is flowing under the land: oil, so they take the risk, but they cannot violently fight the financial system. Under the rules of taking their land under the system, it is also an irony to use the robbery of the modern financial system to pay off the loan in a way that conforms to the rules of the modern financial system and obtain the "antidote".
Compared with the brothers, the two policemen also looked dull and directionless. Their careers were approaching dusk, and the serial robbery made them perform a "cowboy, the last glory". Their arrests were not very passionate. Some appeared to be regular and methodical. The white sheriff was in a dominant position, joking with Indian partners. There was a period when the two of them stared at the potential robbed target and talked lazily, just like The retirement of two old men. In the end, the case ended with a bit of depression. There was no such pleasure to punish evil and promote good, nor the cleverness of the evil side to reverse power. In the end, the two planners appeared to be the "smartest" of the two sides. There was a man-like rivalry scene, and it still felt like a western movie, but at this time, it was about literary fighting, not fighting. In the dialogue, the sword was drawn and there was room for it, and it was finally resolved temporarily in the appearance of the children. Yes, in fact, this robbery was over on the surface, and it did not end their burdens, but the next generation, cut off from this matter, finally has the hope of saying goodbye to the "hereditary diseases" of poverty, although no one knows whether they are possible. It was harvested in another round of economic turmoil or financial crisis at some unknown time.
"Walking Through Water and Fire" is a lazy but mentally heavy movie. He didn't fiercely criticize or criticize it, but in all the details, it reflects a sick society. The plot of this film is not so intense and exciting, but it is solid enough, the extreme way of fighting against the dull life is enough to attract you to follow. Under such a story, not only the script gives the characters in the film a distinct personality, but the outstanding performance of several actors makes the film shine. Especially Chris Pine’s performance is particularly brilliant, like Ben Foster as a ruffian cowboy robber, Jeff Bridges as a calm and cynical policeman, these are all very similar to their performance style. They have also played such roles in matching roles. And Chris Pine, in the "Star Trek", is still the image of the dreadnought captain, and most of the previous performances are also very energetic. In this film, he plays a role that is uninteresting in life and passionately confronting destiny. , The interpretation was very successful and breakthrough. This is such a movie. Although the stars are brilliant, it is relatively small. This is the kind of movie that selects the audience. Once they are matched, for the audience, they can feel the slow but solemn tone, and appreciate the kind that shows the roughness but the exquisiteness. The performance is really fun.
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