There is a talented director in The UK named Guy Ritchie. The works he directs are wonderful, with ups and downs of the storyline and unexpected absurd irony. Every work gets a super high rating, and even after many years, the audience will still be attracted.
Among his works, the most famous is the Douban Top 250 classic movie "Two Big Smoking Guns", and the most unexpected is the "Aladdin Divine Lamp" released some time ago.
The former is known for its intricate storyline, while the latter is Guy Ritchie's new venture in the field of mythological storytelling, both of which have achieved great reputation.
Today, Diandian once again brings you the high-scoring work of director Guy Ritchie, called "Kidnapping and Robbery". With its interlocking clues and absurd and interesting plot, it has attracted countless audiences, thus becoming one of the highest-grossing films in British film history.
The story takes place between black market boxing agent "Turkey" and the thief Frank. (That's right, this broker is called Turkey, and it's really not a place name.)
Turkey is a particularly opportunistic person who specializes in "making competitions shady". Choose specific players to play, let the players play according to their own requirements, so as to obtain a certain amount of money and benefits.
Frank is a powerful thief with only what he doesn't want to steal, nothing he can't steal.
Recently, Turkey was working with a big guy who demanded that Turkey's boxers lose the game. Unexpectedly, the Turkish selected player had an accident before the competition and was overturned by gypsy boxer Mitch. In desperation, Turkey had to hit Mitch on the head, hoping that Mitch would agree to cooperate with him.
On the other side is Frank, who is already stealing a "fist-sized" diamond. The next thing he had to do was to bring the diamonds to New York and give them to his boss, and get paid when it was all done.
However, contrary to his wishes, Frank, who successfully stole the thief, failed to resist the temptation and was lured to the casino by the people who had the heart to waste time. Obviously, the diamond in hand will be lost from the hands of frank who is addicted to the casino...
"Kidnapping and Robbery" adopts a two-line narrative approach. Turkey and Frank are located in different time and space, seemingly unrelated, but in fact inextricably linked. Countless accidental combinations are linked into necessity, and finally, two unrelated groups of centaurs are brought together by the "diamond" item, resulting in a series of ridiculous laughs.
Either the Turkish people inexplicably found traces of the diamond, or Frank was suddenly forced to appear in the Turkish camp. The two sides do not want to intersect with each other at all, but they are yin and yang in one place.
This narrative technique is exactly the same as the domestic classic film noir "Crazy Stone". Director Ning Hao learned the storytelling method of director Guy Richie to eight levels. If "Crazy Stone" is 80 points, then "Kidnapping and Robbery" is a proper 100 points.
In addition to the amazing coincidences that took place between Turkey and Frank, there are particularly absurd and interesting settings in the film.
For example, when Turkey asked to cooperate with Mickey in boxing. Mickey's shelf was particularly large, and he exclaimed, "This is not a profit." Turkey is disheartened that cooperation cannot be achieved, but suddenly hears Mitch's request for a jeep.
Don't want a motorcycle with a generous reward?
Turkey really doesn't understand the world of young people today.
Another example is the plot in which multiple people kill red eyes because of the competition for diamonds. The atmosphere is intense, and the audience is nervous, afraid that the characters will be hurt in the competition, especially wondering who got the diamond in the end.
Guess what?!
None of the people who killed the red-eyed got the diamond. The wealth that everyone regarded as a treasure was so lightly fluttering, taken away by a passing dog.
The plot development is strange and reasonable, directly laughing at the audience out of the pig bark.
Because of such a peculiar narrative style and absurd jokes, the score of "Kidnapping and Robbery" has been stable at 8.5. Even the old movies of 20 years ago have always had the audience go back and watch it repeatedly, and once again taste the wonder and fun of this story.
Layer by layer reverse the whole process without urine points, even if you understand the routine of the story, you can never guess the subsequent development of the story. Such a good-looking film, of course, it is worth brushing a hundred times!
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