"At the beginning of the film, the narration tells the truth that with the popularity of mobile phones, public phone booths are becoming less and less, and public telephones in many neighborhoods have been removed. But there are still many people using public phones, some for convenience, some for concealment, and the actor of the movie belongs to the latter.

Sean? Don plays Stu as a small agent who coaxes customers with big words all day long, likes to pretend, but in reality he gets nowhere. He has a good wife, but he wants to mess with flowers and grass outside all day long, so he fell in love with a young actress and wanted to seduce her by various means. In order to prevent his wife from discovering his little movements through the phone, he always used the payphone to contact the young girl, and when he came to the fixed payphone booth again on this day, the phone rang on its own initiative, and it turned out that a psychopathic killer who took pleasure in shooting pedestrians in high-rise buildings targeted him.

The story unfolds with a 90-minute film that shows what happens in 90 minutes, with Stu trying to leave again and again, only to be forced back again and again by the psychopathic killer. During this time, the pimp, who had been using the payphone to solicit customers for prostitutes, had an argument with Stu because he wanted to use the phone, and was shot dead by a psychopathic killer, so the police arrived and regarded Sean in the phone booth as a suspect.

Stu couldn't retreat, and the police captain was still sober and found his wife to persuade him, and the girl he wanted to hook up with also rushed because he saw the news. Stu was threatened by a psychopathic killer who was having fun, and he had to expose his dirty thoughts in front of the media and in front of everyone.

Needless to say, I have to leave a suspense here, and if I want to know the outcome, it's best to go to the cinema and see Sean's wonderful performance with my own eyes.

That's right, I used the word 'wonderful,' and I think Sean's performance in "Sniper Phone Booth" fully deserves the word. 90 minutes of the movie, at least 70 minutes or more, is supported by him alone, Stu's pride, Stu's panic, Stu's panic, Stu's panic, Stu's struggle, Stu's pain, are all vividly shown by him! He is sometimes overwhelmed, sometimes frightened, sometimes desperate and struggling, and every close-up shot is full of impact, this is an unparalleled solo show!

I can't put this movie into more words to describe the brilliance of this film, I can only say that maybe it can't compare to the gorgeous images of the big production, and it doesn't have an instant adrenaline rush plot, but Sean's excellent performance and the story that always maintains the tense atmosphere, coupled with the director Schumacher's cold control of the camera, clearly shows what happened to this character in just 90 minutes, the pace is surprisingly tight, and there is no extra time at all, enough to make people applaud.

Although Schumacher has directed many films after the much-criticized "Batman and Robin", I think it wasn't until "Sniper Phone Booth" that his notoriety at the time was cleared.

In short, this is a story about the telephone, but also a story about a man saving himself, and I highly recommend everyone to go to the cinema to see how a great actor can support a movie, and it is a wonderful end for Sean, who has played six consecutive starring or important supporting roles. ”

-- The New York Times, Roman? Acheson

As a film with an investment of just over 10 million, "Sniper Phone Booth" naturally has no premiere, not even a test screening by film critics, but as mentioned earlier, the media pays no less attention to it than those big productions.

As a result, when the film was released, most of the critics immediately watched it and wrote reviews, and most of them gave it quite high reviews, just like Mr. Acheson, who has a column in the New York Times.

"Just like Ripley's The Genius, when you watch the movie seriously, you quickly forget that this one-man actor is actually in his early twenties. The frivolity, smugness, fear, fear, remorse, etc., he showed were no different from those of a thirty-year-old adult! One film critic said the same.

"I think it's a textbook show, Sean? Don's one-man show is very impressive. The Hollywood Reporter also commented.

It's not without critical and even mocking comments, at least Sean's old rival The New York Post is dismissive: "Exaggerated expressions and body language, that's what the movie is all about, I can't imagine what kind of pervert would hide between the high-rise buildings of New York with a sniper rifle and kill people for fun, and the police can be so stupid that they exhaust the methods, Zuihou has to rely on the kind of hints of the male protagonist to find the culprit." Of course, according to reliable sources, the film was shot on the streets of Los Angeles, so it's understandable to think about it. ”

Basically, there are no good words, especially deliberately standing in the position of New Yorkers, criticizing the movie for not understanding New York, and also seducing the resonance of some Easterners, but the effect is not particularly good, but some comments have a greater impact.

"There's no doubt that it's a pretty tense ending, but again, it has a terrible ending. I can't imagine what kind of pervert can escape from the police surrounding, and can also threaten the actor to do it again at any time, what is the director's purpose in creating such a pervert? If this is the foreshadowing that the producers want to leave for the sequel, then all I can say is that this is the worst foreshadowing! This is a review for the Los Angeles Times.

Although at the time of filming, Sean repeatedly suggested that the ending be changed to the sniper with only a voice was killed by the police, because his approach was completely morally indefensible. Let's not talk about whether an extramarital affair is a crime, even if it is clearly stipulated in the law as a crime, let the judge and jury try it, it should not be sentenced to death, not to mention that he also killed two innocent people.

Modified to a sniper and finally killed, it is undoubtedly more in line with the values of mainstream society and can also win a higher box office.

But when Zach and Schumacher wanted to revise it, they found that if this was the case, then the entire script would have to be adjusted, unless the audience could ignore the sniper who played the actor and the police in the first 80 minutes, Zuihou was simply killed in this kind of anticlimactic ending. Although there is no shortage of such movies in Hollywood, this will obviously affect the box office, and it was originally modified for the box office, and it would be stupid if the modification affected the box office.

It's not appropriate not to modify it, and the problem raised by Sean does exist, and in a dilemma, Zach Zuihou decides to set the sniper to escape the police with the body of a pizza delivery man, and comes over to threaten the actor when he is sedated and sent to an ambulance, and his vision is blurred.

Of course, that moral aura is no, the sniper has become a complete perverted murderer, he just warned the male protagonist that for the sake of having a good time today, he won't kill him, but he will appear at any time in the future.

Although Sean felt that there was still something wrong, he didn't say much, and it was already very face-saving for the other party to listen to his opinions and make modifications, so after the release, this still became a target: the criminal did not get the punishment he deserved.

Not every movie criminals will be sanctioned, but they will definitely get more than they don't, and Sean proposed it based on this in the first place, so it is inevitable that he will be criticized for it now.

It's just that, no matter what, this is a flaw in the movie script, and it has nothing to do with Sean, even if someone wants to play, it can't be implicated. What's more, 90 percent of critics, including the New York Post, didn't mention whether Sean's six films in six months ended perfectly, because the result was obvious.

20 million US dollars, this is the North American box office of the first weekend of "Sniper Phone Booth", although it is only one-third or even less of the "Ace Cheap Spy 3" released together, but it trampled on the productions of "Road to Destruction", "Elf Mouse Brother", "Men in Black 2" and other productions, occupying the second place in the North American box office list!

It is true that these movies have been released for two or three weeks, "Men in Black 2" has even been released for a month, but "Country Bear", which was also released together, only has a box office of 5 million. And Fox only contacted 1,800 theaters for "Sniper Phone Booth", and the above films, including "Country Bear", have more than 2,000 theaters in theaters.

In fact, except for "Sniper Phone Booth" and "Minority Report", which has been in theaters for 6 weeks and fell to 10th on the box office list, the remaining 8 films on the list have more than 2,000 theaters.

In this case, there is no need to say what the prospects of the film are.

"There has never been a young actor in Hollywood like Sean? Don is always surprising in this way, and although he is indeed lucky to always meet good scripts and directors who appreciate him, it is undoubtedly wrong to attribute all his achievements to this. For any actor to succeed, there must be something extraordinary, although Sean came to Hollywood in 98, he was already an important member of the high school stage drama group before that. His excellent acting skills did not come out of nowhere, of course, he did have excellent talent and a mature temperament that could not be exchanged for anything. I am sure that any person with a fair attitude, after watching "The Genius Ripley" and "Sniper Phone Booth", will admit that he has no youthful youth in it......"

This report is from Vane? Levitt is the independent journalist who found out that five films starring Sean or starring or starring in important supporting roles had been released in five consecutive months, and he aspired to develop into a film critic. Because of that report and the subsequent interview, Sean established a good relationship with him, so after the release of "Sniper Phone Booth", he immediately wrote a detailed film review and praised it.

Of course, as before, it is posted in its own blog, so it is still slightly less influential than traditional media - although blogs are growing rapidly, it is still difficult to replace traditional media in a short period of time.