It was shown earlier than in North America. This situation should not be new in the commodity society, so the author basically holds a negative attitude.
The second beak is the end of the North American collection in China. In fact, everyone who has watched this film knows that this collection does not make much sense, because the film has revealed who the final criminal is. It just asks the audience to give The power of a trial, the role of the jury has nothing to do with IQ imagination, the rest is the decision-making power of morality and whether to leave a commercial sequel.
The third question is about the suspenseful color of the film. To be honest, the author knew that Connors was not dead from the moment the hut exploded. This person is likely to be the last criminal. In fact, this point is not about boasting how wise you are, but about the commonality of the film.
This involves a movie-watching habit. When Connors defeats his opponent, the next shot is connected to the panoramic explosion scene. In the language of Hollywood lenses, the explosion and Connors should be in the same shot, if not , That means Connors was not attacked by the explosion. More importantly, when the corpse was transported out, a close-up police badge exposed everything. Generally, this close-up must be useful. If Connors is dead, then this close-up is definitely unnecessary. He is not dead. , This close-up will carry the important task of no silver here.
Speaking of the cracking of this doubt, I just want to prove one thing, that is, the technique of this film is extremely ordinary, anyone with some experience in watching movies can guess it, this is the most conventional technique in Hollywood.
In fact, aside from the hints in the camera, the story itself is chaotic, but in fact it is not difficult to understand. When it comes to suspense, although there is no shortage of highlights, it is ultimately a very ordinary commercial police film, compared with "L.A. Confidential Films such as "The Very Suspect" are obviously inferior.
At the beginning of the film, a case of bank robbery completely violently brought people from both good and evil sides to the forefront. This confrontation almost continued into the film for nearly an hour. I have to admit that in the course of the previous hour, the film not only showed the confrontation between the police and the robber, but also showed the relationship between Connors and the assistant Dirk. It is easy to think that this is another common American movie. The kind of young and old with gangster movies.
Connors is obviously a very experienced police detective, he is bold in doing things, and hateful. But Dirk was somewhat student-like. He carefully analyzed the robber's speaking habits, which made Connors disapproving, not only mocked Dirk, but also paid for the meal. This is an extremely small plot, but the setting of this plot can be said to be the most outstanding part of the film.
Connors was laughing at Dirk when he was paying the bill, so when Connors walked away and left the money to pay the bill, Dirk, whose self-esteem was frustrated, was obviously not convinced, so he put away the money on the table. I paid the bill with my own money. This detail explains the character's character very well, especially portraying Dirk, the young police detective's unwillingness to admit defeat, and also paved the way for Dirk to pursue this case in the future. Secondly, due to the unique taste of Connors' bill, Dirk finally realized that Connors was a criminal at the end of the film. Therefore, the setting of this plot also laid the groundwork for the unveiling of the final mystery.
This is a detail that not only reveals the inner character of the characters but also affects the development direction of the film's plot, so it is certainly not an exaggeration to call it a highlight. Seeing the end, we naturally understand that Connors’s conclusion that Dirk used voice to judge the robber is not a black man was not wrong, but deliberately made a gesture to undermine Dirk’s analytical direction.
Beyond the plot of banknotes, the film continues to develop downward. The second encounter between Connors and Dirk was when the first suspect was captured. Dirk not only saved Connors’ life, but also rode a motorcycle. Pursue the criminals. Although Connors caught the criminal in the end, Connors's words of praise made Dirk's relationship immediately healed. The conventional disagreement between young and old movies seems to be solved all at once. According to the general plot, this solution seems a bit too fast, but because of Lorenz's cunning, many people will ignore this problem and turn the goal to a normal confrontation between the police and the robber. Connors and Dirk became a pair of uncontradictory partners.
The following plot is obviously very regular, the film advances layer by layer due to various clues, and the relationship between Connors and Dirk is getting better and better. Including the heroic capture of the thief, including the method of interrogating the prisoner, the plot shown in the film at this time is very simple, and there is no suspense at all.
But as mentioned above, Connors suddenly "sacrificed", which made everyone in the police station very sad, especially Dirk, because the two people had already developed a friendship, especially Connors rescued. After Dirk's life, the relationship between the two people is quite good, so that in this case, Dirk hates the criminal Lorenz even more. But at this moment, Lorenz's call came.
At this stage of the film’s development, the audience should have a suspicion about this call, because when Lorenz was robbing the bank, he was talking to Connors, and a series of events that happened later seemed to prove that he saw Connors as His opponent, but after Connors died, he called Dirk, which is counterintuitive. But it was precisely because of this call that Dirk tracked down Lorenz and killed him.
The film developed to this point, in fact, it can be finished. At this time, the effect of the banknote was revealed. Dirk accidentally discovered that the banknote used by Connors also had a special smell, so he knew that Loren Zi's death is obviously not over yet, and the last culprit should be Connors. In fact, the film does not set up some inevitable plots for whether Connors is the last criminal. In other words, Connors may not be a criminal. So, obviously, the identity of Connors as a criminal was forced by the screenwriter. , Including the clue of banknotes, including the explosion, were written just to set Connors as a criminal.
The most direct reason for the audience's impression is that the previous presentation is not strong enough, it is just a banknote, and some words can only create a possibility rather than an inevitability. In this regard, the multiple possibilities of suspense proposed by the film are naturally established, but the multiple suspense may also be the reason for the film's failure. For a suspense film, the most important thing is not the suspense of the result, but the unique combination of the result and the suspense of the process. In this film, the director apparently reversed this relationship.
As a commercial film, the viewability of this film is still very good, the scenes are relatively hot, the characters are basically in place, and the story layout is also considered to be exhausting. Although there are some uncertain factors in it, it does not affect the audience. Thinking judgment. However, the film has not reached a higher level. This is probably a problem of the director's level. For example, the inertia of the lens narrative makes the suspense story carefully created by the director simple. Therefore, this film is basically a work under mass production.
Han Xi
2007-4-5 in Tongzhou
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