will enter the Lunar New Year file soon, and many heavyweight movies will be released one after another, and the "Whistleblower" starring Tang Wei and Lei Jiayin is the most anticipated. As the third part of director Xue Xiaolu's "Overseas Narrative Trilogy", she did not expect her to make the leap from a literary romance film to a commercial genre film, and she did such an outstanding job.
"The Whistleblower" gave me the biggest surprise is the plot. Xue Xiaolu has more screenwriters than directors. Whether it is "Don't Talk to Strangers" focusing on family ethics, "Ocean Paradise" focusing on autism,
or the romantic and beautiful "Beijing Meets Seattle", Xue Xiaolu focuses on literature and art. The soothing rhythm is a long aftertaste. But this time "Whistleblower" is a 180-degree turn. The
movie started from an accidental air disaster, an "ordinary" cross-border transaction, and the bizarre death of a competitor. Ma Ke, played by Lei Jiayin, perceives the strangeness. At this time, his former lover Zhou Wen (played by Tang Wei) encouraged him to become a "whistleblower", blowing the whistle of justice and making the truth public. The plot of
has been full of energy from the moment Ma Ke decides to become a "whistleblower". He and Zhou Wen form a pair of "deadly mandarin ducks". On the one hand, it is difficult to expose the truth. The first strange discovery is only the tip of the iceberg, hidden behind it. It is a conspiracy involving the lives of millions of people. The deeper the investigation, the more complicated the situation is. He has no turning back;
On the other hand, Ma Ke was very dangerous during the investigation. He was followed by strangers and killed. He was chased and killed, threatened in disguise by his boss, and pushed to the brink of life and death again and again. What's more difficult is that behind the truth he wants to explore is a huge force. In addition to death threats, he is isolated and helpless. Even the mainstream media questioned him about extortion.
is like Zhou Wen’s saying, "All the people are public enemies!"
So, like Ma Ke, the audience does not know what traps and dangers will be encountered next, nor what ending will be ushered in. , Like a winding clockwork, followed Ma Ke all the way down. In this process, there is no wasteful scene, which makes people nervous enough to forget to turn on the phone to check the time. The plot of
is the basis for the achievement of a movie, but only with exciting and thrilling scenes can the audience be satisfied, and it can be worthy of the label of a commercial film. In this regard, Xue Xiaolu, who was the main literary film before, made me admire. The
film, at any cost, was shot in China, Australia, and Africa, creating an ultimate pursuit across three continents. In the film, you can see that Ma Ke and Zhou Wen are used by heavy weapons in the uninhabited desert of Africa. In the chase, two people’s cars were knocked over, life and death were unpredictable;
two people were chased by the killer, panicking, crossing the speeding high-speed train, life and death line;
, Tang Weizhi died and then fell through the glass. There is also Lei Jiayin's volley jump;
also has a variety of intensive crash shots, which is as thrilling as a Hollywood blockbuster.
has more intensive blasting that challenges the limits of the senses. It can be said that the various big scenes of "The Whistleblower" are worth the price. What is rare is that the purpose of laying out the big scenes of the movie is not to create pure sensory stimulation for the audience, but a reasonable existence based on a solid plot. Let the audience watch it more deeply. The small details of the movie and the big scenes are taken into account. The small foreshadowing and the big reversal coexist. The whole movie is completed in one go, with a very high degree of completion.
In addition, I want to give a thumbs up to Lei Jiayin and Tang Wei. I didn’t expect two people to be able to challenge such a difficult action, especially Tang Wei, as the publicly recognized goddess of art, it is not easy to challenge the difficult action scene so well for the first time. For actors without professional movement training, running, jumping and other movements are inherently difficult. What is even more difficult is the actor's subconscious expressions and reactions in extreme environments. Tang Wei has excellent performance in every scene.
Most action movies can't do both action scenes and character creation, but "The Whistleblower" did it. As mentioned earlier, Ma Ke and Zhou Wen were once lovers, and Zhou Wen was persuaded to become whistleblowers. Ma Ke, in the process of tracing, couldn't see this former girlfriend. Zhou Wen is weak on the surface, but she seems to be laundering money behind her back. On the other hand, Ma Ke felt that she was being played by Zhou Wen in the palm of her hand. He even had doubts about "You can let me go by doing what you want me to do". The two of them are chasing the truth, fleeing, and constantly suspicion., This relationship of falling in love and killing each other has achieved two roles. The last thing
wants to say is that in September of this year, my country established a system of "whistleblower" and internal whistleblower, so this movie became the first movie focusing on whistleblower, creating an unknown hero and digging into humanity. A matter of course. Ma Ke in the movie is an ordinary Chinese working in Australia. When an ordinary person discovers the dark side that needs to be reported, does he choose to remain silent and turn a blind eye, or face the darkness and bravely expose the truth? This is a deep torture for everyone. "The Whistleblower" is a discussion of this theme under the packaging of commercial genre films. This gives the film important practical significance, and both art and business are emphasized. "Whistleblower" is a must-see movie in December.
