2015's "Border Killer 1" is an impressive film, the cinematography is beautiful, and the male protagonists are powerful.
However, the heroine Emily. The interpretation and treatment of Blunt and director Villeneuve is like a fish in the throat, not spitting unpleasant feelings, at least in my case.
The anti-drug policewoman Kate, played by British beauty Emily Blunt, is too literary and prominent in the middle of a group of wolf-like agent killers and drug dealers, so that the audience can't help but question the establishment of this character.
Relatively speaking, in 1996's "Ice Storm" Fargo, the female policewoman played by Francis. McDormand, FBI Agent Gillian McDormand in "The X-Files" in 1993. Anderson is more in line with the audience's perception of american female police.
Border Killer 1 (2015).
And director Dennis from Canada. Villeneuve is more famous for his literature and art, with large sections of psychological depiction and emotional entanglement of the characters, and a slow rhythm, which is a common feature of his works.
Although the movie is supposed to spend its own eyes, this directing style also limits the audience of the film to a certain extent, such as "Arrival", which is more suitable for soft science fiction and female themes, and "Blade Runner 2049" has suffered market Waterloo.
Therefore, for the 2018 "Border Killer 2: Border Warrior", there were not too many expectations.
However, after the opening 30 minutes, the smooth plot, unrolled unfolding and the interspersing of the two main lines still make people feel obviously different from 1.
I inquired about it, and sure enough, I changed the director, this time from Stefano from Italy. Solima.
Frontier Killer 2: Border Warrior 2018, the poster style is significantly different from the previous game
Compared with 1, the style of 2 is obviously much harder, the two male protagonists are played by the handsome uncle Benicio and "Thanos" Josh Brolin, and the performances of the young man with Ilya and the female with Isabella are also quite sharp.
Therefore, the overall film style is completely in accordance with the style of the gangster action suspense drama set by the director, and there is no urine point in the middle of the 2-hour film length.
Perhaps, this has something to do with the fact that director Stefano is good at shooting this kind of black hardcore subject, such as his "Grimau" and "Deadly Creed".
Border Killer 2
The girl Isabella's performance is outstanding
Rarely, in the midst of the rain of bullets and bullets, it still shows the subtle psychological entanglement of the characters in the play through the plot setting and performance dialogue.
For example, when Brolin called to inform Benicio that his plans had changed and asked him to dispose of Isabella, the few words and body language of the two within 1 minute vividly portrayed Brolin's disobedience and Benicio's embarrassing situation that he and the little girl had become outcasts.
In addition, in terms of production, "Border Killer 2" inherits the photography style of 1, which is exquisite but not showy, coupled with a somber and close-knit soundtrack, making the viewing experience of the whole film quite smooth.
To say that the only groove point may be the producer's plan to create a series of films, so that the whole film has the feeling of being pressed to climax.
Still, if there's hardcore director Stefano in the next film, with Benicio and Josh Brolin, it's really looking forward to Border Killer 3.