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Charlotte 2022-03-21 09:01:44

Probably because I like spy-themed movies very much, so I watched it smoothly.
It's just that the protagonist is not a spy material by any means: not self-controlled, emotional - of course, this is my understanding.

Maybe he doesn't have the terrifying spy charm of Byrne, but he's a kind and righteous spy man...it's flaws that make the characters come alive! Countless film and television works are interpreted in this way!

The most appreciative detail in this film: it is the realness of typing on the keyboard!
It's not that in other films, I never dared to make a close-up of the hand typing on the keyboard... It's just that the success rate of typing is also terrifying. This may be a fatal flaw in all films, right?

The details of the comparison failure: Presumably not many viewers understand what those command lines stand for. So a lot of clues can't be organized...

Maybe I need to take a good look at it too?
Of course, the plot is flawed, and the whole process may be empty!
No one believes that such a person can become a special agent, let alone that the internal staff of the data department need to do special agent-level training...

But still need to understand: no one could trust, everything is fake.

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Extended Reading
  • Lane 2022-04-20 09:01:38

    I didn't understand I didn't understand I didn't understand! ! ! ! !

  • Cheyenne 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Barely pass. The main focus of this film is the first 40 minutes of the CIA training course. The crew also invited CIA agents as consultants, involving psychological training, combat skills, equipment application, etc. It is quite cool with neat, asynchronous sound and picture editing. But unlike films such as "Kingsman", it has a more depressing tone, more classical, and is very concerned about ambush, "everything is a test", Pacino complained about the low income, "Lone Bird" will become a wall star and so on. The screenwriter is familiar with the genre. When Farrell's crappy relationship was annoying, the script reversed at the right time, but after this reversal, the plot is basically a routine of chasing genre films, and the second reversal is also lacking. The new idea, Pacino's good speech drama here has become the villain's law of death by talking too much, and it is suspected that Donaldson is deliberately trolling him. The cleverness at the end, the role of Farrell, whether he believes in his lover to break Pacino's situation, or pursues his fatherhood and realizes the success of his career, is the result of sticking to his beliefs (another foreshadowing), but his The characteristics of hackers are not very developed. Generally speaking, this old-fashioned character is too simple to write, and it is not enjoyable to watch.

The Recruit quotes

  • James Clayton: [apologetic] Sorry it's so early, but..

    Walter Burke: [tired] I don't sleep. I piss like a racehorse every two hours. Impossible. What you got?

  • Walter Burke: There's this parish priest, goes up to the Pope, drops down on his knees, starts weeping... asking forgiveness. "Holy father, holy father, what am I to do? What am I to do? I do not believe in God anymore. What am i to do?" And you know what the pope said... "Fake it."