This is an Oscar-level movie, the rain of bullets and aircraft cannons, mixed with the unique suspicion of spy films, the atmosphere is breathless, and a love that was once born into death, but in the plain place sounded a sunny thunderbolt, heaven and hell seem to have no way to escape, testing the filmmakers, but also shocked our long-dormant hearts.
Many viewers have a strong "Casablanca" complex in their hearts, Rick killed the German colonel for love, escorted his wife Ilsa and his old lover Victor out of Casablanca, let the lover and others fly amphibiously, GuoFrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henred jointly staged the poignant love tears, but also established a solid view of love, regardless of return, willing to pay, even sacrifice.
I believe that the main creative team of "Spy League" also deeply loves Casablanca, a city that was once full of flowers and weapons, romance and danger, prosperity and confusion, so from here, a scene of spy love story was re-interpreted, and unlike the classics of that year, the perfectionist Robert Zemeckis did not show the entanglement of triangles, but challenged the fringes under the banner of justice, through the fate tragedy of a spy couple, explored the question of how to choose when love and faith contradicted.
Max and Marianne, who met in Casablanca, together on a mission to assassinate the German ambassador, after the baptism of death, the drama came true, back in London, Max entered the intelligence agency, Mary was at home and had a husband, the family was busy but warm, until Max suddenly discovered that his wife Marianne may be an enemy, and the dreamy life may sink into hell. And he did not investigate whether he was deceived, whether love was used, but exhausted all resources and methods, even at the risk of proving his wife's innocence.
Max must race against time to find evidence that his wife is not a German spy before the V department moves, and the terrible thing is that this time the two cannot fight side by side, and he must avoid his wife and reverse the situation independently. At this stage, the film controls the suspense very well, in the face of countless subtle clues, Max is trapped in the fog, full of dangers, but under the guidance of love, moving forward, at the same time, this pair of spy couples who are also proficient in hiding their hearts with top disguise skills, the relationship is in a delicate situation of touching hair.
Robert Zemeckis is undoubtedly a director with a craftsman spirit, "Back to the Future", "Forrest Gump" and last year's "Walking in the Clouds" have all been popular around the world, the core selling points are technology, technology and technology, and this time, "Spy League" from beginning to end is still reflecting the top hollywood productions.
The film has enough good scenes, before Pitt calmly strangled the German officer in the telephone room in the bakery door, the clean and clean violent aesthetic set the tone for the rhythm of the whole film, and then Pitt and Cotillard killed the tiger's den when he assassinated the ambassador in Casablan, the airtight atmosphere, comparable to the classic long shot, all reflect the top spy film technology, and the 007 type of spy film always challenges the laws of physics, the action of "Spy League" is more realistic, highlighting the real atmosphere, more tense, Follow-up operations such as Pitt's night raid on French prisons and cleaning up spy networks were also handled very well.
In addition to audio-visual technology, "Spy League" is more powerful is the narrative skills, more irresistible for the story processing of the full details, the film has too many touching details, every line, every look is so accurate inadvertently through the viewer's mind, until the end, let people recall the original character's heart is so rich. Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard reached the pinnacle of their performances together with this film, in the cruel and cold-blooded war, with the subtlest performances, showing fiery love.
Under the indoctrination of many Red War films, we have become accustomed to putting faith first, or faith and love are always confused, and "Spy League" shows in a more human way how to choose between love and faith, giving a breathless answer after the dark clouds of suspense.