Showtime recently released a new drama, based on the Israeli drama of the same name "Your Honor", the original Israeli drama performed well, and this time the adaptation premiere set a Showtime limited drama ratings record, with a total of more than 770,000 viewers.
The poster of the series clearly shows the positioning of judge Michael's big protagonist, and actor Brian Colanster once again makes us feel impeccable acting skills after "Breaking Bad" and "Untouchable", and he also won the nomination for best actor at the 78th Golden Globe Awards for this film.
"Your Honor"
Director: Edward Berger
Writers: Peter Moffat
Starring: Brian Colonston / Hunter Doohan / Michael Stubb / Hope Davis / Sophia Black-de-Elia
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Crime
Country of Production: United States
Language: English
Premiere: 2020-12-06 (USA)
Episodes: 10
Episode length: 55 minutes
01
The opening king is exploding, tense and suspenseful
The series consists of one season and ten episodes. The first episode exploded, the gangster boss son Rocco was hit by the judge's son Adam, and died tragically on the side of the road, the picture is bloody and cruel, and the truth is creepy.
Adam escapes by car, so the later plot is rolled out one by one, allowing us to see how the judge, when faced with his son's crime, put aside justice and justice and became a criminal.
From the beginning of the clip of Adam driving and Rocco riding a motorcycle, it is expected that something will happen, but the whole plot is both unexpected and reasonable.
Alone, Adam drives to Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and is targeted by black.
He panicked and fled back to the car, ready to drive away, but the other party chased after him.
Adam was an asthmatic, and he soon lost control of his breathing.
At the critical moment, the inhaler rolled down to the bottom of the passenger seat.
Adam, who wanted to pick up the inhaler, did not notice the motorcycle speeding across from him.
Accidents happen.
Originally planned to rescue the strange boy, but Adam himself was scared half to death, not only could not save, but also could not open his mouth to call 911.
Between yin and yang, Adam decided to escape.
When the judge learned of this, he took his son to turn himself in, but the moment he stepped into the police station, he regretted it.
The boy Adam bumped into turned out to be the son of the biggest local underworld boss.
In other words, as long as Adam confessed his sins, the father and son would surely be retaliated against.
At this point, the judge decided to hide the crime for his son, but a large amount of human evidence was difficult to hide, and one lie triggered more lies, and the disaster caused by the crime began.
At the end of the first episode, the father and son who return home revisit "The Shawshank Redemption".
The music that originally represented freedom and hope in the film is full of unknown and desperate meanings, and the camera focuses on the face of "Lao Bai", who alternates between cold and warm as the TV picture changes, pushing the anxiety of the first episode to a climax.
02
A just choice
The film begins with a tight rhythm and a slightly lengthy middle, but at the end it begins to be compact, and the style reminds me of the Coen brothers' black crime drama "Ice Storm", there is always a rationality behind the twists and turns of the bizarre plot, and all kinds of strange coincidences not only make the judge anxious, but also make us in front of the screen very worried.
The tone of the series is dark and gloomy, the "old white" acting skills are exploded, the rich layers of the judge's personality are interpreted by him very delicately, and the fierce changes in the eyes of the later episodes are amazing.
The supporting characters in the play are the gangster boss, the old lady, and their eldest son also play quite well.
The judge was a hundred times stronger than his son who was not a weapon, and later, when so many people died because of him, he still slept soundly, the rhythm of work and life remained unchanged, and his psychology was too strong.
There can be many identities of a person, he can be a righteous judge, a considerate husband, a loving father, but when he can only choose one identity because of the misfortunes of life, how will he choose?
In the play, the judge who lost his wife is already more loving to his son, and his final choice has surpassed the justice and moral integrity in his heart.
When he abandons his status as a righteous judge, in order to maintain the identity of a loving father, and even uses power relations to directly or indirectly commit evil, violate his professional ethics, trample on the law, and sway the courtroom, is love at this time truly loving to his son?
When a father protects his son from the punishment he deserves in the name of love, when a judge overrides the law for his own selfish interests, does he really love his son?
03
One wrong step, one wrong step
There is no doubt that he loves his son, but excessive love has blinded the judge to his own reason and go step by step into the abyss.
In order to cover up the evidence, he cleaned up all the blood-stained areas and found a channel to help destroy the vehicle that caused the accident.
Adam was even brought up near the accident site to disturb the impressions of potential witnesses.
But is it really that good to escape guilt? Adam left a lot of traces on the scene.
After the accident, Adam, in a trance, underwent a psychopathic tramp car wash.
Afterwards, he went to the gas station, and although he wore a hat, he was also seen by others.
When the judge cleaned up the blood, there was a blood-stained towel that was also secretly grabbed under the sofa by the dog.
There are really too many flaws left, as long as these are found by the police, Adam is naturally doomed.
Michael found a black man with a gang background to help, and the black man asked his little brother to steal the car, originally intending to make it a theft.
Unexpectedly, the younger brother was checked by a racist white policeman while driving.
The police directly detained the little brother regardless of three seven twenty-one, and the car pointed to Michael's family after a little investigation.
When he saw the lost car in the warehouse, Michael really panicked.
Although he desperately tried to find a reason for the thief who stole the car, hoping that the police would let him go and not pursue him, it was too late.
The police inadvertently found a motorcycle part hanging on the chassis of the car.
The thief was born in a black community, and the car accident also occurred in the black community, and there were many in the black community.
In such an association, the police directly detained the thief, believing that he first stole the car, and then hit and ran away.
Later, this matter reached the ears of the gangster, who was very angry and used his connections to torture the thief.
Everything Michael saw in his eyes, although his heart was extremely tormented, but he did not say a word for his son.
The police closed the case, the driver who caused the accident was also caught, and the gangster took revenge.
With the joint efforts of the underworld and the white, the thief finally confessed his guilt in court because he could not stand the torture and threats.
But is that the end of it? Apparently, not at all.
04
The Way of Heaven will come
Although Adam told Michael that there were no witnesses to the crash, he forgot the car that was trailing him.
Also, most importantly, when he fled, he was in too much of a hurry and left his inhaler, which was full of his DNA.
The black thief is not an asthmatic and has been beaten up, and the thief's mother, convinced that her son has been wronged, constantly incites the media.
Because the gangster could not bear the result of the white-haired people sending the black-haired people, he decided to encircle and suppress the gang forces behind the thieves.
Things are getting bigger and bigger, and they are already beyond Michael's control, but for the sake of his son, Michael can only take risks again and again.
Would the judge who once judged others from on high think that one day he would be judged by fate?
The play repeatedly shows the judge's son and the black son in the same scene, the guilty person stays at home, but the innocent person is imprisoned.
At the end of the series, the black Man Who retaliated against the gangster xiao Mo mistakenly killed Adam, the location of the shot was almost the same as the site where Rocco was injured and killed, the judge witnessed the tragedy of his son, and Figaro's wedding resounded here, full of irony and desolation.
All this is due to the difference between the judge's thoughts, repentance at the beginning, if the right decision was made at that moment, the story behind it would not have happened, and there would not have been so many innocent people who died.
A car accident caused an uproar in a seemingly quiet city.
A seemingly fair judge, covering up the truth for his son.
The seemingly righteous police officers used lynchings in order to close the case as soon as possible.
The seemingly impartial mayor is actually colluding with the gang to solicit votes for himself.
Under the undercurrent, sin is inadvertently born.
This article is a special fund support project for cultural development in Changning District, Shanghai
Map index of major cinemas in Changning District, Shanghai
SFC Shanghai Cinemas
(Panyu Intersection, No. 160 Xinhua Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Shanghai Hongqiao Linkong International Cinema
(B1, Building 7, Lingkong Soho, No. 968 Jinzhong Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Huaxia Wanmu International Cinema
(B1F, No. 938 Songhong Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Shanghai Century Xianxia Cinema
(4th Floor, Bailian West Suburbs Shopping Center, No. 88 Xianxia West Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Tianshan Cinema - the flagship store of Hongqiao Art Center
(888 Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
SFC Shangying Cinema - Tianshan Bingu Plaza Store
(5th Floor, East Block, Bingu Plaza, No. 345 Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Wanda Cinema - Jinhongqiao store
(LG1, Jinhongqiao Shopping Mall, No. 179 Moutai Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Wanjun International Cinema - Huijin Department Store Hongqiao Store
(6th Floor, Huijin Department Store, No. 900 Tianshan Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Wanda Cinema - Hongqiao store
(4th Floor, Nanfeng City, No. 100 Zunyi Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Shanghai Paragon Cinema - LUXE Raffles City Changning
(7th Floor, No. 1123 Changning Road, Changning District, Shanghai)
Tianshan Cinema - Dragon's Dream Cinema
(9th Floor, Dragon Dream Shopping Center, No. 1018 Changning Road, Changning District, Shanghai)