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Russia and Ukraine are not over, Palestine and Israel are not over, and Iran and Israel have entered the next round of fighting. Especially in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, as time went by, more and more people began to call "Big Bear is an aggressor" in various comment areas, but it was praised by many netizens, and many people said that "Big Bear also invaded us, split Outer Mongolia, and occupied Sakhalin Island" and so on.
Whenever I see these comments, Luoxue will always be so stupid that she is speechless! I don't know if these people are really stupid, or deliberately stimulated to achieve the purpose of differentiation.
Therefore, today I will continue to recommend to you the last part of the international politics trilogy - "Iron Rain".
In Luoxue's eyes, this film can be said to be one of the best political films in the world, and one of the best action movies in Korea. Except for this film, there is no other film that speaks so clearly and so thoroughly about international relations.
The South Korean film "Iron Rain" was written and directed by "The Defender" director Yang Yusuk, starring Zheng Yusheng and Guo Daoyuan, and was released in December 2017, with a cost of 15.7 billion won (about 82 million yuan), in exchange for a box office of 32.783 million US dollars, making the film make a lot of money, and filmed the sequel "Iron Rain 2". It's just that the quality of the sequel is far inferior to the first one.
The film attracted 4.01 million viewers as soon as it was released, ranking ninth that year. At the same time, he won 4 nominations at the 54th Baeksang Art Awards. On Douban, 143,000 people gave it a rating of 8.2. It also has a 7.1 rating from 6.5K people on IMDB.
In terms of Luoxue's personal perception, the film has a strong rhythm, the action scenes are clean and atmospheric, and the literary drama is the core of the film, showing the political treacherous and treacherous to the fullest. Although this film is still a film centered on South Korea and "blacking" other countries, the thinking on the relationship between all parties in the film can be said to go straight to the heart, and it is an extremely rare political film.
In the whole movie, although there are no large-scale restrictive pictures like movies such as "The Witch" and "VIP", as well as the denunciation of politics or the chaebol itself. However, the film has a very deep reflection and presentation of the gloomy coup d'état, cultural abuse, weapon checks and balances, etc. It can be said that watching "Iron Rain" is not the boring conjecture of Koreans, but the reflection on international relations behind this conjecture.
Therefore, take a look at it the other way around, those who accuse the "Big Bear" of aggression in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, or deliberately point out that the "Big Bear" has a deep enmity with our blood, either have ulterior motives or are hopelessly stupid!
The following is a serious spoiler, it is recommended that friends who have not watched it go to the movie first, and then watch the falling snow recommendation! (remember to close the barrage)
1. The best political film
Globally, there are many movies or TV series that reflect political darkness, such as "House of Cards", "Yellowstone" (not completely), "Human Eradication Project", "Spy Series" and so on in the United States. And South Korea is a master of this, and even made the "black government" the loudest golden sign of Korean films.
Whether it is purely political films such as "The Ministers of Namsan", "The Insider", and "The King", or movies that allude to political darkness such as "Taxi Driver", "The Defender", "New World", and "Sebi Island", you can see the blossoming of Korean films in political films.
But whether it is the recently popular 10-million-person movie "Seoul Spring", or the "Taxi Driver" that was removed from the shelves in the mainland, to some extent, it is not as shocking as "Iron Rain".
Although the creation of "Iron Rain" is still centered on South Korea, the director has done his best to shape South Korea into a country as pure and flawless as a white lotus, and all the surrounding areas are eagle-eyed and ambitious. But under the selfishness, the director told a very objective international environment in an extremely cold way.
The movie tells the story of the Z change launched by the North Korean side, the No. 1 person was attacked by American weapons while cutting the ribbon for a local mainland company, and the Z change party officially declared war on South Korea and the United States, and the Chinese side mediated in it, and was noncommittal about the situation in North Korea. At the same time, the DPRK launched a nuclear bomb to attack Japan, and Japan also lifted the US missile strike against the DPRK in the process of interception. In the end, the male protagonist Yan Tieyu rebelled and eliminated the head of the Z mutiny of the North Korean side, and sent half of the nuclear weapons to welcome back No. 1, and finally realized the story of balancing the interests of all parties.
The most rare thing about this story is the director's clear understanding of the relationship between the surrounding countries, as well as his own strength, especially the fear of the lack of a nuclear threat.
"If we had nuclear weapons, the situation would not have been so troublesome, and if it really didn't work to become a quasi-nuclear power like Japan, if we were worried that we would be afraid to become a quasi-nuclear power, we would have announced that we were considering developing nuclear weapons in order to determine our strategic position."
In addition to concerns about the lack of nuclear weapons, the ROK side also has a very clear understanding of the ROK-US relationship, or it can be said to be a warning to the people.
In the movie, after the change of the DPRK, the United States actively advocates attacking the DPRK with a nuclear strike, regardless of whether this will cause deep suffering to the DPRK people. In the eyes of the US president, he does not have the national complex of the unity of the DPRK and the ROK, and some of them are just extremely cold economic calculations. Moreover, even in this kind of calculation, there is a difference between proximity and proximity and the size of interests.
After the DPRK launched a nuclear weapon against Japan, but Japan successfully intercepted it, the United States directly and unilaterally withdrew its nuclear strike against the DPRK in order to protect Japan's interests.
When the ROK did not want to do anything, the US tried its best to pry it out, but when the war broke out, the US side directly withdrew, throwing the mess that might be destroyed by the DPRK directly to the ROK, and the president, who had not yet left office, loudly accused: "The start of the nuclear bomb was also after North Korea canceled its declaration of war, so what is the point of arguing about this now? Is the ROK-US alliance far inferior to the US-Japan alliance?"
However, at this critical moment of survival, the US side still said in a condescending tone: "Please pay attention to your wording, don't always expect us to solve the problem for South Korea, please try to change your position, think about the situation of the allies, and endure it when you are patient."
Just this scene vividly shows the humility of the Korean side under the fence, and the director even corroborates it in the picture presentation in order to highlight this humility. For example, the video projection angle of the American side is significantly higher than that of the South Korean side, and the size of the characters is also significantly larger than that of the South Korean side. And when the US side wants to make the ROK side tolerate it, the picture of the ROK president is extremely small, and the US side occupies almost the entire picture, and the ROK president needs to look up when he looks at the other side.
In other words, through the expression of lines and pictures, the director let the audience see the lofty expressions of the so-called allies, as well as the indifference, ruthlessness and cruelty of political conflicts.
At the same time, although this film is also speculating about China in a more calm and objective way, it does have a good grasp of the mainland's bottom line.
"Although I am of Korean origin, I am 100 percent Chinese, and from our consistent position in China, no target of US assistance or a US military ally country should ever want to step into China's borders. If there is a nuclear explosion in North Korea, we will naturally take them in."
It is undeniable that the South Korean government in the movie portrays itself as a white lotus, but his perception of himself as a place for political games is very accurate in his handling of international relations. On the one hand, it shows the mainland's attitude towards the dispute on the peninsula, and on the other hand, it also shows the fragile relationship between the United States, which seems to be an ally, but in fact may be stabbed at any time.
The biggest significance of "Iron Rain" is not actually to make a good movie, but to try to warn people who are simply pro-US and pro-China that politics is always selfish, and everyone does everything just to protect their own interests, that's all!
2. Helpless reflection
From an objective point of view, "Iron Rain" has a side of distorting facts, as well as an in-depth reflection side, and this kind of reflection is actually just right for us today.
I don't know if you have seen it on various platforms such as Weibo and Douyin, under the news of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, some people must say that the big bear is the aggressor, or that the big bear once invaded us, plundered Sakhalin Island, Vladivostok, and split Outer Mongolia. Ignite national sentiments, and even show solidarity with Ukraine, and there are quite a lot of likes!
Is the Great Bear an Invasion? Of course it is! Does the Great Bear have an enmity with us? Of course there is! But the question is, should we say it now? Only those who have a hole in their brains will say it! Those who provoke national hatred at such a time are either outrageously stupid or have ulterior motives!
If NATO advances eastward, if the bear falls, who should be next? Europe and the United States are anti-bear, and if the bear falls, who should be next? Since the bear is now the main contradiction, and we are the secondary contradiction. Isn't it better to hope that the big bear can carry it until we are strong enough, and then discuss revenge?
What is the most stupid battle in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"? That is, Lu Meng's crossing of the river in white! Tactically speaking, it can be called perfect! Strategically speaking, it is so stupid that it makes people cry. Wu Guo was not strong because of this, and even killed himself, so why bother?
Since Shu Wei is the main contradiction, and Wu is inseparable from Shu, why does Wu have to take back Jingzhou, which belongs to him, which leads to a great reduction in Shu's national strength, defeat in the Shu Wei competition, and finally cause Wu to be destroyed?
When someone is in front of us to attract fire and resist damage, we need to make sure that the opponent can hold out as long as possible, rather than stabbing the enemy in the back when the ally attracts hatred, allowing the enemy to win, and also exposing ourselves prematurely, so that our not strong body can face dozens of pairs of fists.
Therefore, at this time, anyone who deliberately incites ethnic hatred is either outrageously stupid or disgustingly bad! In the face of this kind of political education, in fact, movies are the best way, and shooting a movie similar to "Iron Rain" is a safeguard of national security.
The reason why "Iron Rain" is one of the best political films is because it has a very good effect on "curing stupidity"! Of course, the audio-visual language of this film is also very good!
3. Excellent audio-visual language
The most amazing thing about Korean movies is that they talk about politics and human nature, but they also have a very good grasp of the rhythm! From the beginning of the coup d'état to the injury on the 1st, to the escape to South Korea, as well as the declaration of war between North Korea, South Korea and the United States, the destruction of peace talks, the beginning of nuclear weapons strikes and the defeat of villains. The whole movie is filled with an extremely tense mood.
And the director conveyed the tension of this kind of war about to start, the life and death of No. 1, and the uneasy tension of all forces through the movie. At the same time, even the presentation of the attitude towards various countries in this film actually aggravates this tension. And this sense of tension has gradually deepened as the movie deepens and the tension of the war is about to break out.
But it is not only tense but also timely relaxation, the director always adheres to the principle of relaxation to tell the story, and shows some funny satire after the tension, which not only shows the traditional skills of Korean films, but also increases the watchability of the movie.
For example, when the male protagonist and others rescued No. 1, the director added an exciting scene of "Isn't this white rice?", which not only mocked the poverty and ignorance of the neighbors, but also added a funny scene.
The fight scenes in the movie, although there is no sense of power and fierceness, but after all, there are still obvious martial arts routines, which are not as good as domestic action movies, but they are much stronger than European and American movies that only see who is more resistant to beating. The presentation of the steel rain missile effect in the movie is more shocking than the scene of testing weapons in "Iron Man 1".
Based on the political preaching, strong tension in this film, and good action scenes, it can be said that this film is another very rare spy war film after "Spy Series".
In addition, the presentation of Korean entertainment GD in this film is actually what Luo Xue has always believed, and the movie is not only entertainment, but also a concrete display of the weapon's point of view. The reason why the Dragon Boat Festival was successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List by South Korea is because their cultural export is very good, and cultural export is entertainment in peacetime and a powerful weapon in special times.
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