Forced into a cramped chamber.
This happened.
In order to prevent the young man with the back from smoking indoors, the red tie uncle did not care about the impact at all——
Take off your pants.
Fart.
Hahaha, for a time to cover the clouds...
funny?
If Sir tells you, these three are the president of the United States, the president of South Korea, and the leader of North Korea.
Sleeper?
It's not a comedy.
After the epidemic in South Korea, another hit came with a taste.
Iron Rain 2: Summit
Steel Cost 2: Summit
"Iron Rain" in 17 years, Douban 8.2.
A masterpiece of Korean-style political thrillers.
This year's "Iron Rain 2", the opening of the painting topped the Korean local box office.
As a result, Douban 5.8...
Don't rush to scold.
Frankly speaking, Sir feels that it is not a rotten work, and it is higher than the "Busan Line 2" that he complained about before.
Sir's heartache was this director.
Yang Yushuo.
Destroy "Iron Rain" not to say.
He is the director of "The Defender"!
So far ranked in the Douban top list of god's work!
How did the tragedy happen?
The answer was unexpected by Sir – excessive "obscenity".
01
Obscene background
The original cast of actors, the story started another stove.
Subtitle: Summit.
The opening scene is to hold high:
South Korea, North Korea, the United States, the political showdown between the three countries.
In 2018, the two Koreas will decide to sign a peace agreement, north Korea will hand over nuclear weapons to the United States, and accordingly, the United States will end sanctions and formally establish diplomatic relations with North Korea.
Peace on the peninsula is about to be achieved.
Of course it can't go so smoothly.
In order to create a sense of international news, the director began to obsess over a big game of chess across Asia, Europe and the United States.
The protagonist is, of course, South Korea.
So who is The enemy of South Korea?
North Korea is a brother.
△ This is the most handsome North Korean leader in history
United States? That's Daddy.
△ Trump-like imitation show
Russia? Hit the soy sauce.
That's the rest...
Well, you get the idea.
On the eve of peace on the peninsula, South Korean President Han Kyung-jae (Jung Woo-sung) accidentally uncovers a conspiracy against South Korea.
The Chinese government, in collusion with Japan's far right, has allowed Japan to do things in Dokdo (Takeshima), a disputed territory between Japan and South Korea.
Create friction, conflict, and even war.
Here's why:
If there is an armed conflict on Dokdo
The trilateral alliance between the United States, Japan, and South Korea will collapse
Well, the biggest beneficiary countries
It will be China
That's right, in order not to allow peace on the peninsula, the Chinese government has joined forces with the remnants of Japanese fascism on the far right.
Well, Sir is not good at saying anything.
In short, a bunch of things have been said, which is to highlight a wave of conspiracy.
Let the leaders of the three countries appear in the same place.
Then kidnap the three of them.
The place where the peace treaty was signed, placed in Wonsan in North Korea (don't ask, ask is the setting, north Korea can not continue the plot).
The leaders of the three countries were all present for the talks.
Things didn't go well.
The US president is unreasonable and arrogant, demanding that the DPRK first hand over nuclear weapons before negotiating the establishment of diplomatic relations.
The North Korean leader is angry and stubborn, and firmly demands that diplomatic relations be established before the nuclear weapons are handed over.
Only the President of South Korea has been able to support the entire amount.
At this time, another group of people came to add to the chaos.
The leader of the North Korean Armed Forces Department, Park Jin-woo (Guo Do-won), rushed into the venue and staged a coup d'état.
The reason is simpler: they are neither willing to give up nuclear weapons nor hope for peace on the peninsula, behind which China and Japan support it.
Our only hope now
It's a blood pact with China
As long as the coup is launched, not only will Japan give him $500 million, but China will also assist North Korea with $5 billion a year to help North Korea recover and revitalize its economy.
For this reason, he was willing to be a pawn of the horse and rushed.
It's messed up.
Sir to cover up.
How many countries have appeared above?
-- Korea, the United States, Japan, China, and Russia, in which Japan is still divided into "left and right," and north Korea is also divided into two factions.
How many "conspiracies" have appeared above?
--Sino-Japanese conspiracy, US-Japan conspiracy, Korean coup conspiracy, Japan is actually pretending to carry out the US-Japan conspiracy .
And also.
How many film elements appear above?
- Politics, war, suspense, espionage...
stop.
Disorder is the first layer of "Iron Rain 2".
In the opening half an hour, the director is doing an international political/military observation program, giving us a detailed analysis of the tense international situation in our hearts.
Ranks, one higher than the other.
Conspiracy, one more bluff than the other.
Nuclear bombs, submarines, armies, just come.
As a political thriller.
The curtain it pulls open is big enough to be eye-catching enough.
Big also means empty.
Sir really did not feel the tension of pulling his whole body in this complex and empty "international situation".
In terms of settings, it can be completely streamlined.
02
Obscene
How does the intricate story line land?
Hard.
Let's see how the political thriller in the first "Iron Rain" convinces the audience.
It's also obscene.
But its cut point is small enough:
North Korea's supreme leader was wounded and exiled to South Korea.
And on this basis, it detonated one chain reaction after another: North Korean agents intervened, South Korean security services assisted, nuclear weapons fell into the hands of the coup d'état, and national leaders stepped forward...
See the big in the small.
However, in Iron Rain 2.
Because there are many characters and complex forces on all sides, we can only see a political tool with a vague face and a slogan on the lips.
Japan's far-right fascists will not die in the heart of South Korea:
The rise of Japan has always started on the Korean Peninsula
If there is a war with Korea, the dormant spirit of Great Japan will awaken
The unprovoked blood of the Generals of the Korean Rebellion:
It also made the South Korean president tirelessly run back and forth between everyone.
Talk to the President of the United States about the American spirit.
Talk about national reconciliation with the North Korean leader.
Show fearless courage to the officers and men of the submarine and win them to resist.
……
The beginning of the film's political horror is an empty and nihilistic political ideal.
Even if the director works very hard to add weight to the film.
International crises, national contradictions, great power games...
The film also looks like a boring debriefing speech.
There is one biggest problem to be solved:
How to create a tall Image of a South Korean President?
The answer given by Iron Rain 2 is not surprising at all:
vilify.
President of the United States, impolite, rude.
Between meetings, they would only eat hamburgers, drink Coke, and tweet.
Wearing a red tie, maximum pressure during negotiations, the slogan is, MAGA.
Sir can only say that this "innuendo" is also too explicit.
What's even more interesting is that his American colleagues are almost comparable to special actors.
△ The picture above is a movie character, and the picture below is us Secretary of State Pompeo
After his abduction, the government's attitude was even more sarcastic:
Our party will have the first heroic president to sacrifice for the national interest
On the other hand, the chairman of the North Korean committee is sentenced to two people in reality.
Thin, handsome, self-respecting, yearning for the West, fluent in English, but at the same time with a strong sense of national identity.
The biggest bad habit is smoking indoors.
Very much in line with the Korean fandom fantasies about the leader of the North.
"A poor man who has an elite education, but is trapped in his family position and cannot do what he wants."
The biggest problem here is that we never think of Chaplin as Hitler, and Sasha Byron Cohen as Gaddafi.
Nor will these dramatically changed characters be truly treated as real people.
Stereotypical, the second layer of "Iron Rain 2".
There are no "people" in the characters, only politics.
03
Fornication of oneself
The first act of the film shows the director's idea:
The huge Korean Peninsula is the center of the map.
The unification of the peninsula is a common narrative of almost all Korean directors.
The stronger the desire, the more restraint there must be.
There are a few things that Sir thinks is good.
The South Korean president couldn't sleep late at night and talked to his wife about the korean war:
Sixty-eight years ago, the June 25 War (Korean War) ended with this agreement
This peace talk, though invited
We still do not have the right to sign
South Korea itself does not have the right to sign the armistice.
Wars that take place on the territory of one's own country, whether they begin or end, have no right to interfere.
In a word, it shows the powerlessness of the president.
It also shows the aphasia of the entire nation.
This is why South Korea desperately craves a sense of existence.
The aphasia was so long that every opening of the mouth was used as a cry.
Unwilling to eventually develop into a pathology.
South Korea's president has pinned all his hopes on the United States.
A man who speaks even English is more committed to American values than the United States itself.
Personally give the president of the United States ideological and political lessons.
The most serious problem with Iron Rain 2 is that—
The director himself was also "obscene".
The film's perspective is so wrapped up in a grand narrative that he can't see the struggle that is really stuck in the dirt.
Political thriller, where is the thriller?
It's not how powerful the force is, how big the conspiracy is.
It is precisely to show that after the individual is kidnapped by a certain value, it exposes a twisted fanaticism and shows the inhuman side.
What's so moving about this kind of movie?
It is not the "awakening" of a single character to bear the fate of the country and save all mankind.
Rather, it recreates the moment of humanity.
Regain your dignity.
Find kindness back.
Find the faith hidden in the hearts of everyone in your own nation.
Sir was indifferent to the background and great power game in "Iron Rain 2", and the only moving moment was the scene mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Three "big people", trapped in a small room.
They are no longer the presidents, the presidents of a certain country.
It's three people who are going to die.
Some people can't hide the addiction that can't be quit, and the long-term anxiety of the heart.
Someone finally put down the "big country face", began to fart, and began to chat about the taste of food.
Isn't there the "big picture" that the director wants?
Think about it —
That cigarette is not a "nuclear bomb" that wants to be lit but does not dare to light;
That fart is not a bluff of "great power sanctions".
The most interesting is the President of South Korea.
At first, he habitually said that he could fully understand English.
But in the face of the US president's questioning, he was blinded.
Explain each time more than the next virtual:
I can definitely understand 100%, I just can't say it!
I can understand 90%!
Well, 85%.
Uh, 80%...
See.
Only back on the ground.
Only then can the film re-examine the so-called "international events" from the perspective of ordinary people.
Unfortunately, such moments are never again.
Turning his head, the South Korean president once again emitted a strong aura of heroism.
When you are ready to sacrifice for your country, leave your last words.
Without mentioning his family, he did not show the slightest fear, and once again pronounced the "slogan" in a righteous manner.
How to say it.
"Iron Rain 2" gives Sir the feeling -
You walk into a splendid theater, look at the gorgeous lighting and dance, and then someone comes out and gives you a chest crushing stone.
The director was also intoxicated backstage by the stage he had created.
Is there a problem with fornication?
No.
"Obscenity" itself is a neutral word, and the film is based on a certain degree of "obscenity".
The problem is --
After fornication, there is no "awakening" back to reality.
After waking up, there is no "fear" of remembering the self being manipulated.
The "perfection" at your fingertips is certainly more deceptive than the shattering of reality.
Flawless heroes are certainly more seductive than flawed ordinary people.
But it is precisely because the betrayal of the self is so effortless.
Sober questioning is more worthy of applause.
Don't forget.
A grand stage is bound to cause screams.
It really excites the audience.
Always those nervous and enthusiastic people on stage.