In fact, when it came to the premiere of "Blade of Despair", most media people were a little bored.

They feel that realistic movies like this may not be good or sell well, but because it is a film directed by Hawke, they are worried about missing something.

It's like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to throw it away.

But after the movie started, all these thoughts were forgotten, because all their minds were attracted to the plot on the big screen.

Veteran film critic Tong Han is one of them.

The reason why he came to this premiere is more because this movie is starring Yi Shuihan.

He has attended the premieres of movies starring Yi Shuihan many times and is impressed by his acting skills.

Few actors can maintain such a high standard in almost every movie like Yi Shuihan.

And this film works ...... Didn't disappoint him either.

Heck's level is unquestionable, and his design and handling of details and structures are simply at the pinnacle.

The whole movie is not deliberately sensational or amplified, but that tense and heavy atmosphere has always enveloped everyone.

The relaxed and smooth narrative rhythm also grabbed the hearts of all the audience, and it couldn't be separated for a moment.

And Yi Shuihan's performance made him feel even more amazing!

The restrained, heavy emotional expression is so real that it can't even be remembered that this is a performance.

It's as if everything is his experience, just showing this experience in front of everyone.

Just like after everyone saw the young murderer Wang Lei enter the house, the accumulated negative energy found a catharsis point.

Seeing Yi Shui Han shouting hoarsely, 'I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you', it was not even the hatred of losing a loved one, but a feeling that could not be described in any words.

It was as if his heart was crushed little by little, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he could never recover.

When the movie saw this, it was already a small emotional explosion.

Tong Han had to sigh again about Heke's control of the audience's psychology.

At this point, the dull mood has reached the very top, and if it can't be released, I'm afraid not many people will be able to stick to it.

The right amount of revenge and catharsis gave the audience the motivation to continue watching, and then there was a new round of emotional control and the accumulation of hatred......

And Yi Shuihan's appeal and tension in the performance perfectly present this effect.

"I really didn't expect that Yi Shuihan's acting skills would reach this point, this is an actor-level performance......"

"He has already won the actor, have you noticed that until now, we have not paid special attention to the scars on Yi Shuihan's face. ”

"yes, that's one of our focuses!"

This shows that his characteristics are completely integrated with the characters in the play, and if you don't pay attention to it, the audience will basically not notice the abruptness. ”

……

The discussions of the surrounding reporters and film critics reached Tong Han's ears, making him laugh dumbly.

When he heard someone comment that Yi Shuihan's car accident disfigurement would be a turning point in his acting career, he felt ridiculous.

They obviously ignore an obvious fact, Yi Shuihan is definitely an acting school, not an idol school.

There is a clear difference, just like now, he uses his superb acting skills to make everyone forget the scars on his face.

The story continues to develop, and Xu Chengliang, played by Yi Shuihan, leads everyone through a confusing and painful road of revenge.

After killing Wang Lei, he did not forget another young murderer.

The boy who committed the murder has no repentance and never repents of his own vicious repentance, but there are still laws and lawyers to protect him.

The law is such a high and high being, and everyone is innocent until the court issues a final verdict.

After the teenager broke the law, he continued to live freely and chicly, without any guilt, and continued to look for someone who could make them happy.

It also made everyone ponder what the purpose of the existence of the law is.

Like the policeman Zhou Changye in the play, the audience is also confused.

It is procedural justice in the system of following the law, and in the shooting of a juvenile murderer, it is consequential justice.

Whether procedural justice or outcome justice is more important is a human choice.

This is Zhou Changye's heartfelt torture, and it is also a cruel reality that all viewers can't ignore.

If they were Xu Chengliang in the play, what would they do? Many people think of this question.

I'm afraid they will make the same choice as Xu Chengliang......

Compared with the direct hatred for the murderer, the driving force that drove Xu Chengliang to stumble to death was actually the unwillingness from his heart.

A juvenile delinquent who has no remorse, a juvenile delinquent who will not be severely punished, is precisely this situation that makes him a peaceful and virtuous person pick up the gun in his hand again.

Xu Chengliang is evading the pursuit of the police on one side, and on the other hand, he has been chasing clues about the young murderer.

The visual presentation of the scene of the pursuit of the snow mountain once again amazed everyone, and the pause in the rhythm also avoided the sense of symmetry, which made people feel relaxed, Xu Chengliang, who was crawling forward, was tired and struggling, still small in the vast snowy night.

Pure, direct and powerful!

As a senior film critic, Tong Han often sighs: A movie can only be a movie.

But after seeing this "Blade of Despair", I felt a sigh in my heart: movies are not just movies.

The meaning behind him was so heavy that they were stuck in it and couldn't extricate themselves.

In the movie, the siren is getting closer and closer to Xu Chengliang, and Xu Chengliang is getting closer and closer to Zhou Yuanting.

Zhou Changye took a loudspeaker to persuade Xu Chengliang to hand over Zhou Yuanting to the law.

This picture made all the viewers feel absurd and ridiculous, and in the end, the murderer became the object of legal protection......

Xu Chengliang did not give the police a chance to rescue Zhou Yuanting, did not give Zhou Yuanting a chance to escape and survive, and did not even give himself a chance.

Without the slightest hesitation, under the shocked and moving gaze of all the audience, he jumped down with Zhou Yuanting in his arms, ending Zhou Yuanting's sinful life and completing self-redemption.

"The police are not protecting citizens, they are protecting the law, and they are desperately running around to prevent the law from being broken.

But is the law absolutely correct, and if so, why should it be amended so often......

Even though I've been a police officer for so long, I haven't really learned anything......"

The ending of the movie is thought-provoking and shocks everyone.

All the audience members even wanted to shout to vent their complex and unspeakable emotions in their hearts.

But in the end, it all turned into long-lasting applause.