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excellent spy story
I will actually try not to spoil the movie. After alot of drama watching a film seems as fragile as a butterfly's wing, and I dont want to ruin it.
Just finished the show and it is the real deal Zhang Yi Mou. Very beautiful.
Classic double and triple crosses.
No holds barred, no sentiment.
It is a movie, so not every end is tied up in a bow (his pregnant wife? and the ex-girlfriend?).
Patriotism, as in most serious spy stories, is a pretty bleak state. There are quite a few C-movies that I will never watch, but everything in the spy world is already a shade of grey, so you can feel secure watching it.
Straight-up, a movie about double-crossing spies and moles has got to be difficult to figure out. (I can hear the complaints already! For spy shows, if you cant stand the heat....) My wits seem to have been dulled by long dramas, so I may have to watch it again, but as with most good action movies, things seem to be settling into mental place in this hour afterwards.
Excellent sound and visuals, the lazy crawl of traffic on the elevated highways is a recurrent motif, with the focus on one big circular interchange. I do not think I saw a piece of red or orange in the entire film -- it is mostly blue and black, with some green and yellow for relief.
I really liked it. I was captivated by Jackson Yee. Want to see the next film he is in, sequel to this or no.
Just finished the show and it is the real deal Zhang Yi Mou. Very beautiful.
Classic double and triple crosses.
No holds barred, no sentiment.
It is a movie, so not every end is tied up in a bow (his pregnant wife? and the ex-girlfriend?).
Patriotism, as in most serious spy stories, is a pretty bleak state. There are quite a few C-movies that I will never watch, but everything in the spy world is already a shade of grey, so you can feel secure watching it.
Straight-up, a movie about double-crossing spies and moles has got to be difficult to figure out. (I can hear the complaints already! For spy shows, if you cant stand the heat....) My wits seem to have been dulled by long dramas, so I may have to watch it again, but as with most good action movies, things seem to be settling into mental place in this hour afterwards.
Excellent sound and visuals, the lazy crawl of traffic on the elevated highways is a recurrent motif, with the focus on one big circular interchange. I do not think I saw a piece of red or orange in the entire film -- it is mostly blue and black, with some green and yellow for relief.
I really liked it. I was captivated by Jackson Yee. Want to see the next film he is in, sequel to this or no.
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