American and German Matryoshka Dolls - "The Insider 2"
Today, let's talk about the movie "The Insider 2".
片名Inside Man: Most Wanted (2019)。
The film "The Insider" is called "The Insider", there are the film emperors Al Pacino and Russell Crowe exposing the truth of "The Insider" (1999), there are the classic "The Insider" produced by the film emperor Denzel Washington, Cliff Owen, and the film queen Judy Foster (2006), there is also the Korean "Insider" (2015), as well as the British film "The Insider", and the mainland drama "The Insider".
It can be seen that the audience is quite fond of such films, as long as they can expose the unknown insiders, let the conspiracy be exposed, and let people see those unimaginable evils, there will be a large number of clusters.
The film "The Insider 2" is the sequel to the 2006 Denzel Washington version of "The Insider", and the plot continues the setting of the previous game, still a group of robbers breaking into the bank and preparing to plunder.
The sister of the horse, Rosani Maggie, is the sister of the robber Cliff Owen in the first part, and her style and methods are the same as those of her brother, which is really tried and tested.
This time the robbers broke into not ordinary banks, but the Federal Reserve. There was a lot of gold stored here, and the purpose of the robbers was to rob the large amount of gold stored here. The robbers were well prepared, quickly took control of the Fed, and took a large number of hostages, and the incident became very urgent and difficult.
The FBI immediately dispatched senior negotiators, together with local police negotiators, to persuade the robbers to successfully resolve the incident.
If the film only focuses on bank robbery, the pattern will appear small. As a sequel, it is natural not so foolish, so the film adds some social background, so that the bank robbery rises to the level of national hatred and family hatred, so that the robbers are full of national mission and family honor.
The real purpose of the robbers was to snatch gold that had originally belonged to the Nazis. During World War II, the Nazi gold was shipped back to the United States by the Allies and placed in an underground warehouse at the Federal Reserve. As neo-Nazism grew back, the Nazi descendants wanted to recover their gold, so they planned the robbery.
The setting of this sequel is quite similar to that of the first one, especially in terms of the setting of the robbers.
The line between perpetrator and victim has become blurred.
The relationship between the Nazis and the robbers is more like instigation and coercion, and robbing a bank is not simply a bank robbery, but also involves other cases.
Interestingly, none of the forces in the film feel like they are committing a crime.
The neo-Nazis felt that they were "retrieving" the gold that originally belonged to their own family, not a crime, but correcting the "mistakes" of the Allies. The robbers were forced to do so out of desperation and in the event of a deadly threat. The FBI and the police are even more committed to maintaining social tranquility.
The film always needs a villain, anyway, if there is a black cauldron, it will be thrown to the human enemy Nazis, no matter how loud the justice in the Nazi mouth is, it will definitely be a wrong act caused by the wrong starting point.
The plot setting is like the title, everyone is an insider, and everyone is setting up a game for each other.
The Nazis and the robbers set up a situation with each other, the robbers and the FBI set up a situation with each other, the robbers and the robbers set up a situation with each other, the FBI and the Nazi set up a situation between each other, everyone was in the bureau, everyone was setting up a bureau.
From the perspective of setting up the bureau alone, the plot arrangement of this film is still relatively qualified. The plot is like a matryoshka doll, one inning and another, and the Russian matryoshka doll game is played between the Americans and the Germans. It is not until one side wins a big victory that the whole situation of mutual set-up cannot be ended.
As a sequel, the plot may not be able to meet the audience's expectations, if it can not exceed the previous work in all directions, as long as there is a little less than the previous work, there will always be people who feel that the sequel is a dog tail sequel.
The sequel has several obvious weaknesses, on the one hand, the actors are small, and on the other hand, the narrative is protracted.
The number of sequel actors is small, the main actors have basically performed in the TV series, if the audience watches less American dramas, it will have a strange feeling to the actors. I prefer Rosanie Maggie's performance in the British drama Strikes Back.
The narrative technique of "The Insider 2" is slightly protracted, and the overall atmosphere is relatively tense, but it is always maintained at the same level of tension, which will soon make the audience feel tired of watching the movie, but not perceive the tension.
Many forces set up nesting dolls for each other,
The lack of eye-catching highlights is difficult to meet expectations.