Chapter 502: God's Work!
Bang——! bang——!bang——!
"Oh oh!" the change came so quickly, there was a burst of exclamations in the dimly lit screening room, and after three gunshots, I saw that on the big screen, Billy, Brown, and Barrigan died one after another on the concrete floor of the broken hallway, and the puddles of blood witnessed the cruelty.
"It's unbelievable!" Although the audience felt a sullen breath in their chests, they secretly praised it, and it was even more shocking! The atmosphere of the whole film was pushed here, and it suddenly exploded! They began to understand why the film was called "The Dead". Evelyn took a deep breath, although she had known that Billy would not survive to the end, she still had expectations, of course not now, Gwen had not seen and inquired about "Infernal Affairs", she frowned, could it be that the victor was actually Colin?
"Exquisite Killing Game!", "Relentless Violence." "Critics aren't they praising it, it's a thrilling, hearty explosion, it depends on the next ending.
The poignant bagpipe song sounds, the story comes to Billy's funeral, everyone in attendance is either expressionless or grief-stricken, Colin is silent as if the whole thing has nothing to do with him, the psychiatrist's eyes are moist, and Billy's police uniform photo rack is placed next to the coffin. The sound of bagpipes and gunshots makes the audience's mood more and more complex and indescribable, in fact, the whole film has not much soundtrack, only a few that can be counted, and the sound effects are even more impressive.
After the funeral, on this day, Colin went out shopping and came home, he walked out of the elevator with a bag of bread, and there happened to be an old woman in the corridor walking towards the elevator with a Yorkshire puppy, Colin lowered his head to tease it, but the puppy was pulled away by the old woman, and she still looked at him vigilantly, Colin was bored with himself.
“YES。 The Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt nodded in agreement. This shot does not mean that even passers-by hate Colin, but to some extent reflects the real world, the United States after 911, as the fat man said in "The Hangover", "everyone is crazy", people are full of estrangement, deception, distrust and a sense of crisis, these are the texture brought by the confrontation between the police and the gangsters, Billy and Colin all the way, and it is also one of the themes throughout the film.
Under the gaze of countless spectators, Colin opened the door of the apartment, and when he saw the inside of the house, he was stunned, only to see the camera turn, "Oh!" The audience was very surprised, it was Frank who escaped from the construction site!
"Sliver, I won't let you suffer. The bearded man didn't ramble on anything, he just laughed and said something like the other gangsters had done when they had killed people before, and at the same time raised his silenced pistol and shot it at Colin, who hadn't said anything, beep! As the silenced gun rang out, blood burst open, splashing the door and the corridor outside, and Colin fell to the ground with a headshot, and a bag of bread in his hand also fell to the floor.
"Another death!", "Actually killed by gangsters." The audience's eyes widened as Colin was killed as a criminal who thought he was a police officer! But before they and the critics think about it, there is a new situation!
Dressed in tight tracksuits, wearing a hood, gloves and paper shoes, Tignam walked down the hallway, perhaps he had originally wanted to kill Colin, but seeing the current situation, he immediately raised his silenced pistol and saw that it was a gangster thug who walked out ——!of the door, and the bloodshot exploded, and the bearded gangster fell to the ground and died. Tignam stepped forward to look at Colin who was lying in a pool of blood, scattered bread on the floor, his frown gradually loosened, and turned to leave.
Accompanied by old-fashioned music, the camera rises, only to see the Brooklyn, New York buildings outside the window, a mouse runs out of the window frame, forages for food, runs into the other side and disappears into the camera, the building camera stagnates for a few seconds, and the film ends.
Film critics have a kind of heartbeat excitement, first of all, the last shot of the rat and the building complex represents a lot, the mouse is not only a return and tribute to the old-fashioned gangster film, but also deepens almost all the themes of the film, survival, good and evil, delusion, betrayal, the bottom society, identity, and the building complex, so dense, so depressing, feeling lonely, just like can't see through those buildings, a person never knows what others are thinking, What others are doing, and whether he can trust others, when walls are built between people, this loneliness is incurable.
In the whole ending, everything is uncontrollable, no one knows what will happen in the next second, Colin doesn't know, the bearded gangster doesn't know, Tignam doesn't know, and the choice between just one thought determines life and death, and everything.
Looking at the big screen with the cast and credits, the audience's mood couldn't calm down for a long time, HAT-THE-FUCK!
"Jesus!" is so sad that Lisa has not yet come to her senses, her mind is churning, and it hurts that Miraculous Young brings such a film at Christmas! Hey! Heath Ledger is so good at acting! So much so that she still can't get rid of his sad, irritable, painful, smiling appearance, "Billy" has touched her too much, and Michael Pitt has a big explosion, she thinks that "Colin" will officially make him a big star, a good actor with excellent acting skills.
"Incredible!" Claire clapped vigorously, with a bright smile on her face, this is a masterpiece! Adam next to him also slapped his hands violently, and these applause instantly spread, and hundreds of spectators in the screening hall applauded! At a glance, most of the faces of the people were calm, or smiling, but the applause was like thunder.
Maybe people are always a product of their environment, anyway, Billy and Colin are, and "The Dead" expresses this theme very clearly and profoundly by focusing on the journey and changes of the two from childhood to death.
"I used to go the wrong way, and I wanted to be a good person. "Colin's change comes from the change of identity and life, he likes the life of a police officer, the life of a good person, and the praise and wives of police officers who are positively appreciated, not the shady gangsters and bitches who don't necessarily know people. However, he is not righteous, he just likes the benefits of justice, he is the kind of person who "looks like a policeman", so when he has a choice, he still does not turn himself in, he never wants to be a good person.
Sadly, Colin has always wanted to get rid of Frank, and the code of conduct that he believes in and lives by is the same one that Frank taught him.
Billy has also changed, not only living a life that does not match his ideals can create tragedy, he started out as a righteous and enthusiastic teenager, and went undercover to prove that he wanted to be a real police officer. But then, he didn't want to do it, he didn't want to be an undercover agent, he didn't want to be a police officer, he said that he would go home after settling the money, he wanted to get back an identity, and he would never pay attention to this shit anymore, where did justice go? What caused him to change?
It is precisely because he is obviously a righteous policeman all the way, but he has not received the slightest benefit, praise and recognition, only pain and anxiety, and he can't sleep, he doesn't like it anymore.
Laughing and applauding, Nancy knows that this is one of the reasons why "I'm sorry, I'm a police officer" doesn't show up, and there is no doubt that people tend to be encouraged and rewarded, and tend to live in a group that is recognized by more people, rather than in a silent effort, rather than in an uncomfortable niche, no matter which group is good or evil, no matter what they do is good or evil. Fortunately, the universal values and the largest group on the planet today belong to the light.
Human nature is so complex, good and evil are sometimes indistinguishable, and both have betrayed themselves and are loyal to themselves.
"Best Picture of the Year!Absolutely!", "Great Movie!", "It's been a long time since I've seen such a great violent movie!", "O-" The discussion and praise in the screening room were overwhelming, and most ordinary viewers couldn't interpret it for a while, but the sensory feeling of the film is everything, and more importantly, the mesmerizing entertainment of "The Dead". It is naturally not as incomparable as "Firefly", there is no humor and laughter, but there is a tense thriller that Wang Yang has never missed.
The rhythm of the whole film is tight, without dragging the mud and water, and I can't find a useless scene, from the beginning to the end of the two entering the police academy, it is full of crackling heartbeats, it is definitely a classic of film history that is worth watching and watching!
But Ye Feng, a Chinese student, was very disappointed, not that "The Dead" was bad, maybe he had too high expectations, this film was far worse than "Infernal Affairs"! The plot has not changed much, okay, but it is lost, the stupid is gone, and Chen Yongren's ex-girlfriend is gone...... AND MANY CLASSIC SCENES ARE MESSED UP, SUCH AS HUANG SIR'S DEATH, THE ROOFTOP CONFRONTATION, AND FINALLY LIU JIANMING HUNG UP INEXPLICABLY, WHICH IS REALLY TOO FAR FROM THE HONG KONG VERSION.
"Huhu!!" Listening to the spontaneous applause and cheers of the audience around him, he couldn't help but sigh with his friend Li Ming next to him: "Sure enough, there are differences between Eastern and Western cultures! ”
"Infernal Affairs" doesn't scare them to death! But then again, what kind of artistic conception do these ghosts know! What kind of morality do they know, brotherhood? There are a lot fewer classic lines, and they will FUCK, fuck, fuck! and blood is sprinkled everywhere. Sure enough, Wang Yang's ABC is unreliable, and he can't shoot Liu Jianming's inner torment or Chen Yongren's subtle feelings for the gang...... It's simply ruining "Infernal Affairs".
"This is a good movie!" Li Ming didn't agree with Ye Feng's words, this guy watched "The Dead" with prejudice from the beginning, he didn't want to think about if they were all remade according to the Hong Kong version, why not just release "Infernal Affairs"? In fact, the two movies are not comparable, they are both so good!
He thinks that the most exciting thing about the Hong Kong version is that the two undercover agents are affected by their own environment, and then they have doubts about their original beliefs and identities, and they are in a painful struggle in their hearts; Li Ming feels that "The Dead" really deserves 7 Golden Globe nominations, and Wang Yang's greatest thing is that it integrates some cultures and elements from the East and the West.
For example, Colin was killed by gangsters, this is a karmic cycle that belongs to the oriental culture, retribution is unpleasant, and it is also a very intriguing dramatic conflict, Colin is most afraid that his undercover identity will be revealed, and he desperately tries to cover it up, but he did not expect to die in the end, and when the policeman and the criminal are faced with a loaded gun, what is the difference? Whether Colin finally wants to shout "I am not a strip"? It is unknown.
And in the whole ending, the shooting relationship between Billy, Brown, Barrigan, Colin, Gangster, and Tignam forms a circle! These are not as incomprehensible to Western audiences as "Life is Better Than Death" and "Infernal Affairs", but there is a full oriental charm behind them. In the end, Tignam killed the gangsters, and it was again to eliminate evil and promote good, with some entertainment of Western personal superheroism, and in the end, victory belongs to justice, and always belongs to justice, which is the difference between police and criminals.
This impression is left in many places throughout the film, and under the full flavor of the bottom society in New York, USA, Magic Young handles the whole story and the whole movie with traces of both East and West, and tells a lot of words, which is really.
Li Ming also joined in the applause, he knew that this was not "Infernal Affairs", this was The-Departed.
"Huhuhu-" 3,765 theaters across North America applauded, and both ordinary audiences and media critics gave praise to "The Dead", which was shocking and entertaining enough!
Packed up the depressed mood, the fans left the theater happily, the fans tensed their faces, the "simultaneous shooting" did not mess up at all, the young director and his team really staged a myth, and they couldn't be convinced. Everyone knows that the limelight of "Fantastic Director" is about to recede, and films such as "Shepherd" are likely to be bombarded, because the Pokémon Wang Yang, who has been silent recently, is going to shock the world again!
"As a fan of the Infernal Affairs trilogy, I've been paying special attention to this remake, a subtle Hong Kong thriller turned into a Hollywood blockbuster? But I think we need to remind ourselves that this is Wang Yang, the magic Yang who never disappoints. Antony-S's full score of five stars is already indicative of his attitude, he described: "There are so many surprising changes and magical looks in the film that the whole screening room is deep in thought, and it is great to see that Amazing Young has completed another great work." ”
"Incredible movies, Ledger, Pitt, Nicholson, their performances are incredible, incredible lines, incredible music, incredible magic Young!" Alonso-A must have been so thrilled that he used five Incredible in one go. Tom M also gave a perfect score excitedly: "It's a fucking good movie! It has so many great reasons that everyone should go to the theater and watch it twice! You need to sit in your seat and enjoy all its twists and turns!"
Macchilyn-P, who also gave a perfect score, has other reasons to like it: "There are a lot of sexy men in this movie, and the director is also very hot...... A lot of blood. Jennifer B gave only 4 stars: "Love this movie, hate its ending." A reminder to those who haven't seen it yet that it won't go the way you think it should, and it's not the first time Marvel Jan has done so. Krista-C also gave four stars: "It's violent, a lot of blood! It's not suitable for children, the role of Yang is even more ruthless, you have to be mentally prepared to watch it, but you have to watch it." ”
VIOLENT, BLOODY, AND CRUEL ARE ALMOST AS MANY KEYWORDS AS PERFECTION, BRILLIANT, GREAT, AND INCREDIBLE, AND THERE ARE MANY DAMNS THAT EXPRESS EXCLAMATION, AND EVEN FUCKING.
"It's crazy!! Stephen T ticks off a perfect score;"It's that kind of rare movie, with an all-star cast!Ledger's best performance, Wang Yang is as magical as ever, I think I'm in love with him!"Justin G is also a little bit of a nymphomaniac;"Very cool movie, but the ending is really disgusting and terrible!" Bobby P gave four and a half stars, and probably all he was dissatisfied with was the dead; "All the good parts of the movie you can list, it's all in it, it's all brilliant! It is the best picture at this year's Oscars. Paul M was full of praise, and Leslie A was so excited that he expletively said, "Hahaha, you! (Go-**-yourself,You-idiot。 Amazing Jan, that's great!"...... As the minutes ticked by, "The Dead" was screened one after another, and the reviews and comments on various websites on the Internet were increasing one by one, and if someone opened its Rotten Tomatoes page, they would find that its audience liked it...... Up to 95%!With an average rating of 4.3/5, it is the favorite film of this winter.
The sky is clear blue in the early morning, new newspapers that smell of ink are put on the shelves, smashed to the doors of every house by newsboys, mainstream media, tabloids, online media, etc.
"O-" Jessica's cry of joy echoed through the bedroom, in fact, she had already refreshed Rotten Tomatoes many times, and checked it out on IMDb, film critics' blogs, newspaper official columns, etc., Merry Christmas! "O-" Seeing the numbers on the screen, Natalie burst out laughing after a few seconds of silence, there really is him, she has left a figure in a film history classic. "O-" Seeing the fresh Rotten Tomatoes, Rachel smiled like a flower, crazy and magical. “o——”…… An exclamation resounded all over the world, 100% freshness of popular film critics! 100% freshness of well-known film critics! The first response of the film critics of "The Dead" was that it was a perfect 100%/100%, this is a masterpiece.
(To be continued)