Chapter 435: Agent X, which is bound to make history
The premiere of "Agent X" ended smoothly, Xiaofeng's performance gave reporters not much time to ask the director and several starring actors about the relevant content of the movie, although Xiaofeng's performance did not disappoint the reporters, but they had a headache at the thought of handing in the manuscript about the movie tomorrow, after this period of hype, Luo Fengen's performance and "Agent X" have become two independent things, at this time these reporters can only pin their hopes on watching the movie.
Xiaofeng, who sat in the first row and watched the movie, felt a little weird, although the people on the screen were very familiar with the plot, Xiaofeng also remembered the plot very clearly, but filming and watching a movie are really two different things, not to mention that the shots were taken out individually to shoot, that is, after editing, soundtrack and blessing special effects, the official version is completely different from shooting.
The plot of the movie is still very attractive, from the perspective of a bystander, Xiaofeng has a certain understanding of his acting skills, and at the same time, he is also comparing himself with the two actors, so as to find his own shortcomings in performance, although the skills are good, Xiaofeng is still far from the day when he is fully controlled.
A good movie must first have a good script as the foundation, and then a good director to set up the framework, and finally a few good actors plump up the flesh and blood, Kim Kui-tae's script condenses his hard work for more than ten years, which can be said to be a rare boutique, Jiang Digui's macro control and Kim Kui-tae's personal actions have sublimated the script, the high-quality performances of the two major actors, the extraordinary performance of a movie queen and a representative of the young generation of actors, coupled with the wonderful performance of Xiaofeng, a newcomer, makes the acting skills of this play impeccable, and when the movie ended, the audience burst into warm applause, Xiaofeng knew that the movie was successful。 But what makes Xiaofeng happiest is that she doesn't have to carry the black pot.
The applause rang for a minute, but the lights weren't on yet, and just when everyone was very confused, the screen that finished playing the subtitles began to play images, and it was obvious that Kang Di-gyu and Kim Kyu-tae had a big joke with everyone. Easter eggs are not the preserve of American blockbusters.
But soon everyone found out that this was not an easter egg, Xiaofeng was puzzled why so many scenes that he thought were good and important were edited out, Xiaofeng originally thought that the two directors had to reluctantly cut their love for the length of the movie, or cut out those key shots so that the audience could see the grade of the movie in a fog, what Xiaofeng didn't expect was that those scenes were actually edited into a 10-minute relatively independent short film by the two directors.
If the 167-minute feature film brings a lot of doubts to everyone, then this 10-minute short film exists to answer these doubts.
After watching the feature film, although the audience feels that the story is very strong, and it is very real and cruel, there are some key points that make people very confused. Although Song Shizheng, played by Xiaofeng at the end of the film, named him as a patient with a split personality when he committed suicide, the audience couldn't figure out which characters were split from Xiaofeng, whether they were those who only showed one side but were full of weird tricks or those leading actors. The only thing that made them confirm was that the role played by Choi Min-sik was definitely Xiaofeng's split personality.
The film begins with three children standing in the snow in thin clothes, covered in scars and blood, covered in blood, with several wolf corpses lying on the snow not far from them, and the chaotic scenes around them hint at how tragic the fight was.
Just when the three children's immature faces showed happy smiles and began to hug and celebrate. The demon Choi Min-sik appeared in front of them. Choi Demon congratulates them on passing the test, but there is still a final test waiting for them, and only one of the three of them can survive, this is the final test, Choi Min-sik leaves after leaving a dagger.
The three children were blinded by the sudden news, several years of life and life and death together made the three of them form a deep friendship, they have saved each other's lives, although they are not related by blood but are better than relatives, in the face of this difficult choice a child collapsed directly, he asked loudly why this is. But the only answer to him was the cold winter wind.
The other two children exchanged glances and then pounced on the daggers in the snow, and the two of them touched the daggers almost at the same time. The two people who fought for the dagger began to fight on the snow, and the weeping child watched this cruel scene in a daze, and the relationship of several years was so fragile in the face of life and death.
The two people fighting on the snow did not get a dagger, and without the most lethal weapons, both of them began to use their bodies, punching with their hands, hitting their heads with their teeth, although the scene was not shocking and did not look very bloody, but it made the audience feel an endless chill.
Finally the weeping child stood firmly, picked up the dagger and came to the two men, who had little strength and were more seriously wounded.
The two who fell on the snow smiled when they saw the child crying with the dagger, they knew what they were going to face, and their only hope was that the child with the dagger would live with their share of it.
When the child holding the dagger shouted in tears that he was sorry to send the dagger into the stomachs of the two of them, the clip came to an end, and the child holding the dagger and crying was the young Song Shizheng.
When the picture was restored, it was Song Shizheng who covered himself with a quilt and shivered, he saw the two brothers covered in blood and asked him why he killed himself, Song Shizheng had completely collapsed.
Choi Min-sik came to him and told him that crying was cowardly, that as an agent he shouldn't have feelings, and that if Song Se-jeong couldn't return to normal, he wouldn't mind sending Soong Se-jeong to meet his two brothers, he didn't want waste.
In order to survive, in order to live with the hope of the other two, Song Shizheng forced himself to return to normal, but he couldn't accept the reality, he could only split two personalities to replace his former brother, only in this way could he keep himself "normal" , the film also explains why Song Shizheng's agent number has changed, but his two teammates' numbers have not changed, and it also explains why the two teammates in the film only show their faces in childhood, and they don't show their faces in adults, and careful film critics also found that the voices of the two adult figures are still the same as when they were children.
The scene turned to the scene where Choi Min-sik led Xiaofeng from North Korea to South Korea to assassinate dignitaries. There was no one around Xiaofeng, but he was talking to himself strangely about the details of the assassination plan, because in his mind his teammates were sitting next to him.
The assassination plan did not go well. One agent from North Korea fell, Song Se-jung flinched, and the big boss Choi Min-sik's shot only hit Song Kang-ho, who was responsible for protecting the dignitaries, and Song Kang-ho also gave Choi Min-sik the last blow before he fell, Choi Min-sik fell in front of Xiaofeng's eyes, he asked Xiaofeng why he didn't shoot before he died, and the big boss swallowed his last breath with regret and anger.
Xiaofeng was stimulated. In the senses, his teammates died to protect him, and he escaped so that he could survive, and then the audience had the idea that it was indeed so. From then on, Cui Min-sik was really a split personality of Xiaofeng, but they had another doubt, so from now on, whether Song Kang-ho would not die or another personality split from Xiaofeng, if it is the former, obviously there are many details in the film that don't make sense. But if it's the latter, there are also a lot of plots that people can't understand. Especially the picture of Son Ye-jin's life with Song Kang-ho.
Then the film began to proceed at high speed, Xiaofeng ran away in the rainy night and met a person, and after communicating with that person on the same road, the two encountered a landslide, that person saved Xiaofeng, but Xiaofeng killed that person in order to get an identity, what makes the audience remember the most is that the person asked Xiaofeng why before he lost his breath, and Xiaofeng cried in the heavy rain while digging the soil with his hands to bury that person, Xiaofeng's mouth shouted sorry I want to live is too shocking.
The picture changed to a picture of Xiaofeng's life in the village. The people of the village loved Xiaofeng as a helpful outsider, but everything changed on a rainy night. The old man who was called Xiaofeng's uncle found out that Xiaofeng was not his nephew at all, and Xiaofeng turned into the cold-blooded agent in the old man's questioning, and the old man was strangled to death, and Xiaofeng still silently said I'm sorry I want to live when he cried at the old man's corpse.
Xiaofeng left the village and came to the city, he met his beloved Han Xiaozhu while working in a noodle shop, Xiaofeng finally lived an ordinary life, but the good times did not last long, and soon Xiaofeng saw Han Xiaozhu chatting with Son Yezhen, Son Yezhen's face Xiaofeng will never forget for the rest of his life, and it was this woman who chased him the most fiercely at that time.
Son Ye-jin moved next door to Xiaofeng's house, and the frightened Xiaofeng didn't let Han Hyo-joo have more contact with Son Ye-jin, and his moving plan was also vetoed by Han Hyo-joo, in this case, Choi Min-sik appeared, Xiaofeng killed Han Hyo-joo under the coercion and guidance of Choi Min-sik, the same tears and said I'm sorry I want to live, and the next task that Choi Min-sik gave to Xiaofeng was to kill Son Ye-jin.
Xiaofeng suddenly gave up when he was about to kill Son Ye-jin, a large amount of blood loss put him on the verge of death, at this time he remembered everything, it was he who killed the brother who shared life and death with his own hands, it was he who killed the benefactor who saved his life, it was he who killed the old man who gave him the warmth of his family, it was he who killed Han Hyo-joo who loved him and also loved him, Xiaofeng jumped from the rooftop with a mocking smile, and a figure broke away from his body, there was Han Hyo-joo, Choi Min-sik, What are the people he has killed with his own hands and those who died because of him, the moment he came into contact with the ground, Xiao Feng really sat back on himself, and his shouts of sorry echoed in the air, but there is no longer me to live.
The compact 10-minute short film made the attentive audience finally breathe a sigh of relief at this moment, I have to say that this paragraph touched the audience's tears, although Xiaofeng is not worthy of forgiveness, but his life is too sad, the simplest and most basic requirement to live is a luxury for Xiaofeng, but the rational audience still feels that the film is not completely explained, where did Song Kanghao go, and the figure that floated out of Xiaofeng's body at the end did not have Song Kanghao.
The short film doesn't end here, the feature film and the short film have the same picture, that is, Son Ye-jin stood up from the ground with a bloody face, Song Kang-ho has sacrificed in order to protect the dignitaries, but Son Ye-jin, who is Song Kang-ho's colleague and crush, can't accept all this, and soon Son Ye-jin's spirit is abnormal, Song Kang-ho reappears in her life, she and Song Kang-ho left their current jobs and live happily together, but all this was destroyed because of a move, although Son Ye-jin is no longer engaged in agent work, but she still found out that Xiaofeng had a problem, Son Ye-jin, who was about to be killed after a fierce fight, saw a scene that made her unbelievable, and only then did the audience know that Song Kang-ho was Son Ye-jin's split personality.
The real ending of the film came, Son Ye-jin who was lying on the hospital bed opened her eyes, Song Kang-ho, who was sitting in front of her bed, looked at Son Ye-jin affectionately, and Song Kang-ho left with a smile in Son Ye-jin's reluctant gaze, and at the end of the film was Son Ye-jin's tear-stained face.
The movie is over, the lights are on, but this time the applause has not sounded, the last ten minutes of the film is too shocking, all the audience is in thought, comparing the last 10 minutes of the short film with the feature film one by one, they need time to digest, only in this way can they understand the plot of the whole movie.
I don't know who applauded first, and then the applause of the entire theater was like a tidal wave, unlike the previous slightly perfunctory formulaic applause, this applause was heartfelt.
The two directors, Kang Di-gyu and Kim Kyu-tae, breathed a sigh of relief, they also quarreled for a long time about how to edit, and finally they determined this very strange editing method, and they succeeded, although they do not pursue fame or profit, they only seek to shoot the work they want, but what can reflect the value of the work is the audience's recognition.
The two directors and several leading actors came to the stage to bow and thank them, the reporter and the film critic were very excited, the reporter felt that the main body of the report had something to deal with, and the film critic wanted to return home quickly, and some comments about the movie they couldn't wait to share with others.
There was also a drinking party after the movie, but apparently no one has put their minds on it anymore, and the unique theme and powerful hardware of "Agent X" have made these people realize that the film is likely to leave its own mark on the history of Korean cinema, so the only people attending the reception are the organizers and some artists.
Xiaofeng finally relaxed, and the action performance can be regarded as passing, but Xiaofeng believes that only a small number of people will pay attention to his action performance tomorrow, and the hottest topic tomorrow must be the movie "Agent X" itself. (To be continued......)