The storyline of the film is coherent, and there are even clear prompts before every key event. The reason why it is called "deception in deception" is because the film has two deceptions, light and dark, which is also the genius of the film. Bright Line is a scam planned and led by Gondorf to defraud Lonnigan with a huge sum of 500,000. This scam is seamless, has a long time span, and has a large number of participants. It looks very exciting. The Dark Line was a hoax that Gondorf set up to deal with the cops pursuing Hooker, but the hoax wasn't made known to the audience in the first place, so the audience remained in the dark. At the end, the plot of Gondorff killing Hook and the FBI killing Gondorff was very surprising and even unacceptable. Later, it was revealed that this was also a scam, which made the audience relieved and made the audience feel the ingeniousness of the film. Applaud for the idea.
The male lead in the film is Hooker played by Robert Redford, but the one who left the deepest impression on me is Gondorf, played by Paul Newman, who not only kills the audience with his eyes, but also exudes a personality all over his body. charm. When Hook came to him for help, although he knew that his opponent was very difficult to deal with, he took risks for the sake of his former friendship. When designing a scam, he responded to every call and easily assembled a deception team of dozens of people, which shows his charisma and status in the hearts of his peers. When dealing with opponents, he is composed and skilled, and no matter how difficult the situation, his eyes always convey a sense of control.
For poor Lonnegan who was deceived to 500,000, I just want to say: "If you don't die, you won't die." Who made you greedy for money?
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