What's the best cop movie in your mind? Infernal Affairs? Cat and Mouse Games? Or "The True Colors of Heroes"? Brother T chose to vote for "The Line of Fire".
Released in 1995, Heat co-stars the godfathers of famed actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The story takes place in the "Vice City" of Los Angeles, where Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) is the director of the Los Angeles Police Department's Major Crimes Bureau, and he is obsessed with solving the case, and he can no longer live an ordinary life like an ordinary person, and when the story takes place, his third marriage has reached the final moment. Neil Macaulay (Robert De Niro) is a professional gangster, fierce, retributive, clean and clean, and the size of the crime is just right. During one of Neil's operations, he receives special attention from the police due to the brutality of the temporary inmates, and the duel between Vincent and Neil begins. In several back-and-forth duels between the two, Neil and Vincent gradually develop a heroic affection for each other, but the confrontation of identities makes the two destined to become enemies. The story ends with Neil dying at Vincent's gun.
Brother T saw the best comment on Douban: "My feelings are biased toward robbers, but I still support the end of justice." "Decent Vincent is eclectic, often using unconventional means to get the information he needs, he longs to have a stable family, but because of his addiction to the case, he has never been able to have a stable family like ordinary people. The villain, Neil, has a thief-like taste, seeking wealth and not killing people in most actions, and is not merciful when necessary. After meeting his beloved, Neil decisively chose to withdraw from his past "career" and quickly formulated a plan to gradually withdraw, but due to his wide-eyed personality, in order to "execute" traitors, he finally died under Vincent's gun.
In addition to the superb acting skills of the actors, the language of the entire film is also what impresses Brother T, in the final foreshadowing before the climax of the film's gunfight - a conversation between Neil and Vincent in a coffee shop. In 6 minutes and 13 seconds, there is not a single shot of two people facing each other in the same frame, and as the dialogue between the two people progresses, the camera is constantly pulled closer from far away, and the frequent switching of the over-the-shoulder counter-shot from the beginning who speaks, who the camera cuts to, and finally the opposite. Although it is a literary drama, the confrontation between good and evil and the sympathy between the two are highlighted vividly under the blessing of the language of the camera. In addition, one of the scenes that impressed Brother T the most was the inner oscillation between clearing the portal and leaving at the end of Neil's drive to the airport. From the moment he hung up the phone with the upper line, his eyes began to trance, after comforting his lover, as his expression changed, the vehicle passed through a strong light, Neil began to fall into a deep entanglement, after the strong light, the camera continued to switch back and forth between the two people in the car, Neil's eyes continued to swing, when the whole picture was about to be the darkest, Neil made a choice and turned the front of the car. When Brother T saw it with the TCL 98Q6E IMAX Enhanced giant screen, he was shocked by the use of the whole color, the intersection of light and shadow, and the perfect combination of actor acting skills, Brother T seemed to be sitting in the car feeling empathy for The mental journey chosen by Neil
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