Plot introduction
"Black Money" is a Korean suspenseful crime film released in 2019. It is directed by Jung Ji Young, starring Zhao Zhenxiong and Lee Houni. He was accused of sexual harassment before his death. In order to clean up his unjustified injustice, he teamed up with elite lawyer Nellie to launch an investigation. It turned out that a huge bank acquisition fraud was traced online, and all the suspects involved were also recently Was killed one after another, is this a coincidence? Or is it manipulated by someone who is interested?
reveals the invisible hands behind the system
's works often contain strong social realism, mostly centered on Korean historical events or reflecting various social issues, director Jung Ji-young, in 2012, tells about South Korea’s experience of the 1980 Gwangju incident, democracy After activists were tortured by the dictatorship in the film "Namyeong-dong 1985", 7 years later, it put real social events on the big screen again and released "Black Money" adapted from the 2003 Korean Foreign Exchange Bank acquisition fraud. , Presenting important events that people don’t usually care about and don’t think they have much to do with their lives, but are real and have a profound impact on the entire society.
The best story of Korean directors
There is no doubt that "Black Money" has once again proved the maturity and strength of the Korean film industry. It can always be based on the historical scars of Korea or the true stories of government corruption cases. Realistic reluctance to shoot a series of works with a strong critique that arouse people's thinking and start to care about related issues with movies, whether it is the past few extremely tearful "Melting Pot" and "Suyuan", or people thinking The democratic meaning of "1987: The Day When Dawn Comes", I think their high level of mastery of this kind of story theme is enough to make these works qualified to be defined and summarized into a new film like "black history" or "reflection" Types of.
"Black Money" focuses the story together because the staff forged documents and the bank was sold at a low price. Through a prosecutor Min Hyuk who had nothing to do with the bank, he tried to help himself after being accused of sexual harassment During the investigation process to find out the real cause of the death of the deceased, because I accidentally discovered that there is a seemingly unconnected connection between the two cases, I was surprised that I was just being used by someone to blur the focus and cover up the unknown secret behind the murder. Combining the originally blunt and complicated financial subject matter with the murder case that the audience is more familiar with, just watching the entire plot structure "Black Money" is very interesting.
The historical background of "Black Money"
Looking at the main story of the "Black Money" acquisition fraud, it is not difficult to release it with 2018. It also takes the theme of finance and national insider, and tells the story of South Korea’s 1997 Asian financial crisis "National Shame Day" "The Day of National Bankruptcy" is linked together. Although "Black Money" condensed the real "acquisition to sale" events that lasted from 2003 to 2012 into a few months in the movie in 2011, the time seems to be nearly 14 years away from "The Day of National Bankruptcy", but in fact However, there is a correlation between the two. In 1997, the South Korean government went bankrupt and sought financing assistance from the "International Monetary Fund," the agreement signed to allow South Korea to open up to foreign investment in the financial market and mergers and acquisitions of local companies. Although it changed South Korea’s closed economic structure in the past, But it also caused financial crimes such as money laundering of overseas funds because of the flaws of capitalism. Therefore, "Dark Money" used the forged bank’s “capital adequacy ratio, BIS” to purchase at a low price. The financial malpractice showed in detail the injustice of the collusion between government agencies and financial institutions. In the end, he was completely involved in it, and he desperately uncovered the dark side of society hidden behind the system.
The basic theme of "Black Money"
I think this is what makes Korean movies great. Although we have seen so many similar themes, we can still be deeply attracted by "Black Money"'s relaxed and deep story style, maybe The film itself is not perfect, but it can explain the difficult and difficult financial terms in an approachable way, allowing the audience to see that capitalist society is behind the free market economy. In fact, to a certain extent, it is still "watched" by a few power classes. "Invisible hands" are controlled by those deep-rooted interest structures. Perhaps this is a question that everyone must clearly understand, care, and gather influence from individuals to try to monitor and change.question.
I like the role modeling of "Dark Money". I can fully feel the screenwriter’s attention to the script and the director’s mastery of the plot. Zhao Zhenxiong and Li Hani have the same ideals to cooperate with each other in the story, but at the same time can compare each other. Existence, which in turn strengthens the theme of the movie itself "whether it can stick to its own bottom line of justice and morality in temptation". We will be disappointed that the lawyer Nari in the film has no choice but to compromise in the face of huge interests. We will also be transformed by the prosecutor Min Hyuk from a small person who originally only hoped to clean up his stigma, and finally because of being a law enforcement officer. The hard-working behavior is encouraging, even if Xiao Xiami cannot beat the big whale after all, but like the movie "Black Money", achieving the goal of awakening the people and arousing social attention to issues is still very moving.
The true story of "Dark Money"
Back to reality, Lone Star, a "foreign company (?)" that acquired the foreign exchange bank at a low price of 1.3 trillion won in 2003, was sold for 5.9 trillion in 2007. The South Korean Financial Regulatory Commission refused. Although it was finally sold at 3.9 trillion won in 2012, it still filed an international lawsuit (ISD) requesting the South Korean government to compensate the loss of 5.3 trillion won. The lawsuit is still ongoing. I think just as the ending of "Black Money" said, if the government loses the lawsuit, the amount will be borne by all the Korean people. When we see the full story through the director's perspective, should we take the initiative to care about everything that happens around us? ? I think this is the main core of "Black Money".
Film review conclusion
Overall, "Black Money" uses this prosecutor who always faces all incidents with high emotions, whether it is his own grievances, or the prosecutor who was pressured and indignant in the process of investigating malpractices, to compare the present Most people hope that they will not cause trouble and condone crime. There is also a social state where people can do things as long as they have money. They can't help but reflect on their indifference to current affairs. Perhaps the end of the movie is still sensational, but I think Min Hyuk’s attitude toward social injustice in the film alone makes "Black Money" highly significant, and Korean movies cannot be called Korean movies without making people cry. Is not it?
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