The praise of the "Los Angeles Times" almost pushed "L.A. Confidential" to the top, although Nicholas did not say it directly, but between the lines revealed a message: this is Hugo's best overall work since filming, surpassing "Schindler's List", surpassing "vulgarity", and surpassing "Seven Deadly Sins".

In fact, Nicholas's sentence "the perfect combination of business and art" is the greatest praise for the film. In the entire history of cinema, there are only a handful of films that can combine commercial and artistic heights, and now Nicholas has added a seat to it, so the praise is incomparable!

A perfect score of 100 points of praise, coupled with a full score of five stars for recommendation, Nicholas almost did not hesitate to give all the words of praise to the "Los Angeles Confidential", in addition to perfection or perfection, is it really good to be so full of firepower? Wouldn't it make the audience's expectations too high and disappoint? Won't things be the opposite, but make the audience reject the movie? Won't it lead to a scolding war and make the audience pick a bone in the egg?

Obviously, Nicholas was not worried, because the famous Roger Ebert expressed his support for him, and the "Chicago Sun" published Roger's professional film review for the first time, "Someone wins the world, someone wins from the prostitute." A trip to Arizona for a prostitute. What do you choose? ”

The title of this film review is obviously a bit long, but it is full of Roger's biggest perception of this movie: choice.

"'Someone wins the whole world, someone wins prostitution. Prostitute's trip to Arizona', this is the last sentence of the movie, a pithy and accurate sentence, but without losing the black humor, which is precisely the philosophy behind life. At the end of the day, life is about choices and, more importantly, what you choose.

We can discuss the wonderful work of 'L.A. Confidential' with the following theme: Three men, who would you choose?

There are three protagonists in the movie, Hugo Lancaster, Russell Crowe, and Kevin Spacey, and the arrangement and setting of the characters are meaningful and intriguing.

Bard - played by Russell, impulsive and straightforward, jealous and hateful, hot-tempered, a fist all over the world, unaccustomed to all violence, it seems absolutely impossible to get involved with evil, but it has become a tool for evil. The most interesting thing is that Bud has a fanatical bigotry about justice on the one hand, but on the other hand, he is willing to break the law for the sake of his partners, which precisely represents the general people in society: they insist on legal justice, but in the face of ruthless laws, they are often prone to be emotional, overpunish criminals or sentence criminals lightly because of sympathy, emotion is the scaffold that governs them, and morality is their bottom line.

The movie gives Bard the most perfect ending, which seems to imply that as long as you stick to your integrity, you can be happy. This is one of the most mainstream subplots of the whole story, but at the same time, it is also the only hope left in the movie. Unlike the 'Seven Deadly Sins,' Bard's Good Beginnings and Good Ends offer an answer: How should we survive in such a sinister and dark society?

Russell, who has made a name for himself in Hollywood, is obviously the least trusted part of the entire crew of 'L.A. Confidential', but there is no doubt that he has completed the final task brilliantly, and the fiery and fragile tenderness of the iron man has been perfectly displayed, and the sunshine of the dark society has been continued in a limited space.

Jack, played by Kevin, is a very interesting character, smooth, personable, elegant and calm, but he understands the rules of society, trades power for money, is very happy, and is smart and cunning. In fact, what Jack represents is the backbone of the current society, they have everything, wisdom, fame, interests, and they skillfully use the so-called potential. Rules work for their own benefit, but they never cross the line, and they do not easily offend the interests of others, and they are gentle, tactful, and sophisticated, and control most of the key institutions of society.

It can be said that Jack is the person who can really live for a long time in this society, this is the social reality. But 'L.A. Confidential' has given Jack more soul, behind the glamorous, Jack's confusion and emptiness, behind the staggered planning, Jack's loss and loneliness, behind the success, Jack's defense and loneliness...... All this is a common problem in contemporary society, in the middle of the night after the party, the emptiness and loneliness in the heart make all the fame and fortune become bubbles, like fireworks, bright bloom but fleeting.

Kevin's weight-lifting, unobtrusive interpretation clearly interprets the delicacy and layers of Jack's heart, giving this character a new vitality, with a deep afterglow, full of charming charm, but people can't help but start looking for their own figure in him.

The movie gave Jack a chance, a chance to break through himself and chase his dreams, and Jack seized it, but whether it was realized or not can only be judged by the audience. This is the most profound and private self-question and answer in everyone's heart after the story ends, maybe everyone's answer is different, maybe everyone's choice is different, but it is a wake-up call in the heart.

In the end, the topic came to Hugo, and the Hollywood genius made a surprising choice again, and he played the role of Ed. Although the movie is the strength of the three protagonists, there is no doubt that Ed is the core of the core, because he carries the weight of the whole movie and also shoulders the core of the whole movie.

Ed seems to be an idealist, simply insisting on legal justice, even at the expense of offending his colleagues in order to uphold the so-called justice, but in fact his ingenuity and power are astonishing, as cunning and indifferent as a politician, in stark contrast to Bard, even more cold-blooded and annoying than Jack. All signs seem that he is the one behind the scenes, and it is only a matter of time before he falls into the darkness, but in fact, under the surface of unscrupulous means, there is a persistent obsession that will not give up on justice, and finally breaks the game.

At the very beginning of the movie, two details appear in Ed's first appearance, but they are overlooked by many people.

The first detail is that Ed, in an interview with the media, was indifferent to the injury of his colleague, only calmly believing that it was a professional collateral injury. The second detail is the seemingly useless conversation between him and Dudley, which sets the tone of the whole film, in the face of Dudley's three questions, 'Are you willing to use a false accusation to ensure that the court finds him guilty?' Are you willing to torture a prisoner to confess? Are you willing to shoot a recalcitrant criminal in the back so that the lawyer doesn't exonerate him? Ed's answer was a categorical 'no'.

Both of these details are echoed in the second half of the story.

The first is that Ed not only chose to cooperate with Jack and Bud who are on opposite sides, but also caused strong emotional fluctuations because of what happened to the two of them, which made him understand what the friendship that Bud insisted on was, which was the first change. Secondly, in order to pursue the truth, Ed agreed to Budd's use of violence to extract a confession, and in the face of the real mastermind, Ed made a choice against his original intention, which is the second change.

The truth has been found, and justice has been served, but in the process, the pure heart of justice has been irretrievably destroyed.

In fact, Ed's transformation is the transformation of society as a whole, and in the movie, Bud, Jack, and Ed all three face the same problem: becoming police officers in the first place. What is the reason for Cha? The answers of the three people are different, Bard's confusion, Jack's forgetfulness, and Ed's blindness all make the three of them lose their original selves and lose their direction in the erosion of social life.

This is precisely the reality of society. When were dreams abandoned? It's ridiculous, it's cruel, it's real, it's in the process of chasing your dreams. This discovery is really desperate, maybe what we are pursuing is something that never exists, just like Ed, who chased idealistic justice, but in the end betrayed his dream step by step, he first chose evil means to achieve justice, and then traded justice for benefits and achieved reality.

One step, one step, just two steps, but it took Ed's entire life.

Ed is a portrayal of today's society, he was Bard at first, then Ed, then Jack, then Jack, then a high-ranking official, and finally ...... Will he be behind it? This becomes the biggest suspense left in the whole movie, and at the end of the story, Ed takes off his glasses, which represent his protective color, but the chilling cold in the sun.

Ed's body embodies all the director's ambitions, and makes a profound and real interpretation of the changes in real society, drenched in blood and piercing in ice. Ed's transformation is undoubtedly the biggest challenge, and in the compact and dense plot, Hugo's room for play is really limited, even pitiful, but Hugo still did not disappoint us.

Hugo's interpretation is undoubtedly wonderful and expressive, from the delicate change of expression to the complete transformation of his eyes, Hugo gives Ed a complete personality and soul, which is almost inseparable from good and evil. But in the absence of any flashpoints and turning points, Hugo completed the foreshadowing of the role little by little with a quiet performance, a look, a smile, a pause, a gesture, and the unmarked performance was even more delicate and outstanding than Kevin, almost before the audience reacted, forming a transformation, making every turning point become real and believable, and smoothly connecting the whole movie.

The most typical is the three rivalry scenes between Hugo and Kevin, Hugo and Russell, Hugo and Charlize, the powerful aura can almost be said to dominate every moment, and the emotional changes between the gestures are so strong that they successfully drive the emotions of every audience, and even the glasses have become the finishing touch, and the eyes, lines, expressions, and movements have reached a perfect combination, quietly advancing the progress of each plot, which is admirable.

Maybe the character of Ed is not as rich and wonderful as many characters, but Hugo has made an incredible breakthrough in this role, and the kind of change that goes deep into the soul is terrifyingly real. ”