This Korean film, which is so nervous that it is suffocating, has been remade by a domestic film

Remington 2022-03-25 09:01:20

"To the End", a police and gangster film that makes people suffocate, the stories are interlocking, the first hour is extremely exciting, it makes the adrenaline run wild and can't stop at all.


Some fans said that they must smoke slowly to keep up with the rhythm of the film.

This South Korean film, released in 2014, has been buried by the domestic film company's copyright, and almost completely remade it into a new film "Breaking the Game", which will be released in August this year, starring Aaron Kwok and Wang Qianyuan. Great drama.


After watching the trailer, Fat Brother said that many of the remakes of "Breaking the Game" almost completely copied the classic scenes of "The End" in many sections.

Indeed, the story of "Going to the End" is too entertaining.

The film strives to excavate the dramatic conflict in each scene, as if doing a dojo in a snail shell, and arranges a seemingly bland drama with ups and downs, endless surprises, and constant surprises.


Police Gao Jianzhu was investigated by the Supervision Office that night. Fearing that the black money would be exposed, he left his mother's funeral and hurried back to the police station. On the way, he accidentally killed a stranger. In order to cover up the trail, he put the body in the trunk and continued on his way.


But halfway through, he encountered a police investigation for drunk driving. After some bravado, although he escaped the inspection, when the police station was already investigated, the black money ledger was taken away. Go Gun-soo can only return to his mother's funeral.

The house leaked during the night of rain, the account books were taken, the mother died, and now the body in the trunk had to be disposed of. It's been a hell of a day.

The most interesting part of the whole film is here.


In the first hour of "The End", there are few wasted pictures, and each picture either explains the story or lays a foreshadowing. The daughter's toys, the ventilation ducts in the hallway, and the wooden screws on the coffin were all prepared for this great show of hiding the corpse.

Seeing that the inspector was coming here to arrest Gao Jianzhu, he bought the coroner, blocked the surveillance with a balloon, and prepared to pull the body into the morgue through the air vent, and then put it in his mother's coffin and hide it.


This process also has twists and turns. I used my daughter's toy cable, but the remote control range was not enough...

Finally, I grabbed the end of the thread, but the body was stuck in the half center again.... The wooden screw that was picking up the coffin broke the shoelace.

The loud noise aroused the vigilance of the staff. A cross-cut, Gao Jianzhu in a panic, and a staff member who was leisurely and slowly delivering the keys outside, tightened and loosened, and quickly pulled the plot to an exciting climax.

Finally, before the staff came in, the corpse was finally put into the coffin. Gao Jianzhu sorted out his clothes, relieved his tension, wiped his sweat, and saw that everything was settled. As a result...

the cell phone ringtone was remembered in the coffin! ! !


On one side is the staff who is opening the door, and on the other is the cell phone that keeps ringing. Gao Jianzhu collapsed and was speechless.

Such a not-so-complicated scene has gradually escalated in constant accidents, causing more and more unbearable pressure on the characters. The audience is also nervous and exciting, for fear that if there are more mistakes, the protagonist will be irreversible. level.

The story of "To the End" is based on the hero's continuous crossing of the story gap between expectations and results, through repeated adventures and challenges, and finally reaching the end of desire as the plot arrangement of the main story.


With the development of the story, the protagonist will strive to cross one gap after another, taking actions again and again in the face of crises. At the same time, the risk and the cost of failure will become higher and higher. The protagonist must bear the loss of freedom and life after failure. Even the consequences of losing the soul.

The corpse hiding this time did not end the incident, but just the beginning. Soon the opponent appeared, calling and threatening him to hand over the body.

The other party is hiding in the dark, Gao Jianzhu is in the light, and he takes half a beat every step of the way.


Later, the opponent, Park Changmin, who is also a police officer, went directly to the police station to confront Gao Jianzhu directly. The buried corpse became a key part of the whole incident.

The two will start a life-and-death struggle for this.

"To the End" pays great attention to the construction of the story gap, the obstacles set up for the protagonist, and the gap that needs to be crossed is the hotbed of the story, which makes the character's subjective belief in the world before the final result. When it came to an end, the crisis immediately escalated, and with Park Changmin's aggressiveness, the plot was so repeated, tormenting the characters and the audience, until the climax of the story.

"To the End" will take deafening plot twists, one after another dangerous scene, constantly prying open the faults and fissures between the characters' expectations and results, probability and inevitability, making the audience feel anxious at the same time and empathize with the characters. .


After the audience empathizes with the characters, they will also feel the energy accumulation process of beat after beat, like a turbulent wave, until the end.

"To the End" attaches great importance to the in-depth excavation and form changes of each climax scene. Another impressive scene is the clever arrangement of time bombs.

The power of the time bomb is also foreshadowed at the beginning of the film. At the end of the film, this prop became the key to Gao Jianzhu's comeback.


Finally persuaded the opponent to show mercy, and from a distance, he would defeat his opponent with one blow. As a result, the car carrying the bomb slowly drove towards the male protagonist. Gao Jianzhu looked at his watch. It was not long before the bomb detonated, but the opponent was casually inviting Gao Jianzhu to go on his way. Eat at the side restaurant.


The director made a lot of use of such a slow-moving plot to create a sense of tension. The audience knew the bomb in advance, but they didn't know when the bomb exploded. This sense of insecurity that counts against every second has always affected the audience's emotions, making people restless.


When it comes to the protagonist of the film, the rival, the two male protagonists' battle between the two male protagonists is the usual de-masking setting. There is no perfect person with a high level of perfection. They are all flawed and greedy characters. The only difference may come from family. The fetters of the moral bottom line are slightly different.

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A Hard Day quotes

  • Park Chang-min: There are 2 types of humans. One who lowers his tail before the alpha. And the one who tries hard after a beat. Which one are you?

    Go Geon-soo: Are you a cop?

    Park Chang-min: Didn't I give you a jolt? That sinking feeling.

    Go Geon-soo: What do you want?

    Park Chang-min: That was the most important and smart thing you've ever said. What I want? It's simple.