The satirical intent of the film's creators is clearly greater than the intent of telling and discussing.
The rule of karate groups is "If it works, use it", but they are very secretive about guns because of the precedents of being killed in attacks; actions that infinitely increase male dominance are restrictions on women; on the one hand, encouragement The students pursue progress towards the rank, but on the other hand, they cruelly ruin the career of the transcender...
In addition, what I particularly like is that in order to lay out the world under this kind of rules, the movie has carried out relatively good designs on the lines of some characters or the performance of non-important characters, creating a kind of overhead social rules and atmosphere. The more typical one is the play between Casey and three male colleagues in the unit.
But there is a fly in the ointment. Too many issues are given in the finale, which is confusing for a while, but a moral call can still be vaguely seen - the double standard of chaos and autocratic concentration ends in the anger of the world and more ferocity Disorderly revenge.
What baffles me is that the role of the gun in this film is a little too important—its stark symbolic nature, which should have been used more flexibly and sparingly, has been somewhat dissipated by overuse. We know that the last karate group leader was shot to add a firearms denial to the rules, which is not the same as Casey's motive for shooting Sensei. Referring to the comments of other viewers, there seems to be an arms brand among the sponsors of this movie, then we can understand this setting as a helpless act with a purpose.
One more thing I have to say, grinding core ≠ metal. If the creator understands this, then after being recommended for metal music, it is a bit of a design feeling intertextual with the ending to hear the grinding core. Traditional metal music pays attention to rules and repetition, while the grinding core is more brutal and chaotic. Casey's final act is also a challenge to the rules and the utmost honesty of human nature. But unfortunately the text of the film is not like that.
Overall this is a charming film. Except for the finale, the lines of the whole film are very literary and restrained; the humorous arrangements are clever and ingenious; the details and intertextuality are perfect; the film quality is very good.
Finally, two screenshots that are more suitable for the situation are attached to the article, which is also for everyone to enjoy. It reminds me of last year's movie Mandy, which despite all the flaws, are lovely movies anyway.
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