When the film Infernal Affairs finally met the audience after more than half a year of shooting, he immediately became a topic of conversation in the entire Hollywood.

Levy's new film has always attracted a lot of attention, and this time it was the same, after the premiere of the movie, the whole of Hollywood had already set its eyes on it. Although there are two more movies released at the same time, both the media and the audience are looking at Infernal Affairs at this moment.

For the audience, it's quite a blockbuster, and for the media, it's quite a film worth discussing.

"A wonderful movie, every turn can't help but make people scream."

The Chicago Post's film review gave the movie a high rating. For them, it was definitely a successful film - the tension runs from the beginning to the end, and the battle of the characters in the movie is hidden in every line, every look. The ruthless gangster boss, the excellent police officer, the witty undercover agent, the excellent supporting role, coupled with the unguessable story development, made the media highly rated the movie.

After getting used to watching all kinds of commercial films are big explosions, gunfights, and the protagonist of the movie is a hundred, such a movie has a different flavor. Especially the kind of decision of the big-name leading actor to say that he will die, which makes anyone think it is quite exciting after watching it.

In contrast, those protagonists can not care if they are hit by a nuclear bomb, and they don't forget to pick up girls in life and death, this movie is obviously more watchable in terms of plot.

"A top-notch feast – performances by the film actors. Let anyone who has seen it have a hearty pleasure. ”

The Los Angeles Times review was aimed at the film's performance. Four top actors. All of their performances are memorable. The two undercover agents have their own struggles, entanglements, scheming, and desires, and the two bosses, each with their own domineering and courage. Brain, wrist, even. The return of the two small supporting roles who did not appear much at a critical moment, and even the grasp of their respective roles by the two heroines - these actors have all done their best.

In general, inside a movie. As long as there is one actor who can perform well. That's enough to be commendable. How long has it been since no one has seen a scene like this where four big names are playing on the same stage?

"The film was made with a lot of care, and the details in the film were amazing."

The New York Times' commentary is in a different direction. They pay more attention to the details of the movie. Although this movie is a commercial film, the details in the movie are amazing enough. The setting of various details in the movie is still amazing. Artistically speaking. Those backgrounds, lines in the movie. The arrangement of the details and actions, from the perspective of storytelling, and the various shooting methods that shape the atmosphere during the shooting, these things are all amazing.

Wind chimes, bells, smoke rising from the muzzle, these things make the film in detail, and not lag behind anyone.

"This film shows us that the artistry and commerciality of a film can coexist. While taking into account the commercial, the film has produced extremely wonderful artistic effects. ”

The San Francisco Post praised the artistry of the film. Indeed, if there is one way that makes this film difficult for other gangster films to achieve, it is his artistry. With the exploration of human nature, the exploration of good and evil, the grasp of the emotions of each character, and not forgetting the ridicule of religion, politics and other things, such movies and movies are amazing.

"The greatest thing about movies is that they show us that movies can make good movies even if they don't follow certain rules."

As a professional magazine, magazines such as "Variety" no longer evaluate the shooting level of the movie or whether the story is exciting, they pay more attention to the way the movie gives the shooting. It's not difficult to shoot a good movie, but it's amazing that a movie that is based on the fighting of wits, and relies on the acting skills of the actors, rather than the fight scenes, can be made so well.

In the past two years, I have received Titanic inspiration, the scale of investment in movies has become larger and larger, and the more movies are made, the more magnificent they become, but most of these magnificent movies are quite traditional and old-fashioned stories. And Levy's films dare to jump out of this routine, which is quite rare.

From innovation to connotation, from story to characters, every aspect of this film is thought-provoking. Being able to shoot to this extent is definitely a rare and good film.

It's a fantastic movie in every sense of the word.

Of course, even so, the film has no shortage of criticism.

"It's exciting enough, but it's still a bit out of reality."

Among the criticisms of the film, the biggest problem is that the film is not realistic enough.

In fact, there are some parts of the film that are not all realistic: for example, how did Andy stay in New York? The police in the United States, who are randomly assigned from all over the country, are quite unlikely to stay in New York.

Similarly, the ten years of undercover for each other seem to be too child's play. Such a long confrontation is really unrealistic. What's more, ten years later, Andy and Tony have become leaders in each other's camp, and after the death of the police officer, Andy has become the real controller of the police. And after the death of the gang boss, if Tony hadn't run away, the next gang boss would have to be him.

Such an undercover agent is inevitably too domineering.

"There are too few gangster scenes in the movie, and too many scenes in the police station. The standards for black and white on both the police and the bandit are still not deep enough. ”

Another criticism is that the gangsters in the movie are too black and the police are too upright. Since both the black and white sides in the movie have done a lot of things, it is a bit dissatisfying to just treat the gangster's drug trade as a crime without discussing the crime of the police department.

"As a gangster movie, I have to say that there are too few fight scenes in the movie. There are only a few simple shots of shooting and killing, there is only one scene of the gunfight scene, there is only one scene of the arrest scene, and the other killings are all done directly with one shot, such a movie is not exciting enough. ”

In addition, there are complaints that I dislike that movies are not exciting enough. Originally, many people heard that the script was written by Hong Kong people, and thought that Levy wanted to shoot some Hong Kong-style fights. But who knew that there were so few fight scenes in this movie. Not to mention the supporting roles, even when the protagonist dies, it is said that death is death, there is no hand-to-hand combat, no gunfight, no explosion, so it is not exciting enough.

These questions are very important for some people who love gangster movies and think that gangsters are justice, or some people who have a research fetish, or who like movies full of fights all the time, but for others, movies are still great.

For example, for a wide audience, there is nothing wrong with this film. After the movie was released, they flocked to the theaters to watch the movie.

"I like watching this movie very much, the police should be like this, the brain is the key, what age is it, and it is not real at all to take on the gang alone."

The audience was not disgusted by the lack of fight scenes in the movie: the original selling point of the movie was not to preemptive. Compared to shootouts, such a battle of wits is rare. What's more, American audiences are not fools, I don't know how many TV series have already been acted, where is the case handled by the blue waves?

Those who think that Americans only like hand-to-hand combat are pure brains.

"The characters in the movie are very well portrayed, and several of the characters are very charismatic. I like Tony's character a lot, and I think Andy is pathetic. ”

This audience is the character of the movie that is watching. People can also have opinions about the two people in the movie. What is quite surprising is that although Andy is the last person to live, in the eyes of most people, he is the more pathetic one.

A controversial story can ruin a movie, but controversial characters can often make a movie. Tony in the movie is a media standout and quite decent person, and his encounter can only make people feel sorry. However, Andy's fate makes people not know whether to be happy or sad. His controversy quickly became the focus of discussion after the film was completed.

"I watched this movie for the second time, and when I watched it for the first time, I didn't understand some details, and after watching the back, I felt that there seemed to be something echoing in the front, but I couldn't remember it, so I watched it again. Good no good? Why should I watch it twice? ”

These audiences are more serious, and when they watch movies, they like to look at details.

There are many details in the movie that really can't be seen at once. The dates on the video shop and the tombstone, the age of the little girl, the performance of the two undercover agents in the previous conversations with the police, all kinds of small foreshadowing, if you don't dig deeper, you can't see clearly. And after digging deeper, these details that either make people feel warm or chilling also make the movie more exciting.

If you want people to watch a movie a second time, then you have to make people see something different. The portrayal of details has such a role.

How can a movie, with a story, characters, and details, not be popular? After the premiere of the movie, almost all the movies released in the United States were sold out.

If a movie is only well-received but not a hit, the movie cannot be considered a success. It's just that it was a hit but didn't get good reviews, and the movie can't be considered a success. However, the film's word-of-mouth and box office were excellent, and the film was an indisputable success.

"The popularity of this film is extraordinary, and director Levy has proved that his film can be made even better, and Infernal Affairs has left us with the biggest question: is this film the number one of the year in this year's film?" (To be continued......)