Almost Buddhist - 戲‧論

★★★☆☆ 個人看的是導演版，片長三小時，感覺劇情節奏有點拖。雖然敘事手法已經不是平鋪直敘，但開頭至中段還是頗沉悶的！〈寒流黑金〉顧名思義，是講政治、黑社會、官商勾結，貪污賄賂。雖然題材嚴肅，但整體格調十分輕鬆，大可當作商業娛樂片種來看，而事實上，故事也並非基於真人真事，而是漫畫改編，自然也少了韓國犯罪片以往那份悲情與無奈。看到最後才恍然發覺，沉悶的前段原來是為了引爆熱血、有點出乎意料的結局，加上頗為激昂的配樂，實在教人看得亢奮過癮！ 雖然電影找來韓國三大明星 李炳憲、曹承佑、白潤植 chok 住上，但實際上較有空間發揮演技的只有白潤植，但個人對這位老人家的印象實在一般。好在李炳憲在當今一眾「白白淨、無性病」的韓星當中，又顯得真的挺有型。而曹承佑的魅力，個人是 buy 的，雖然他都只是行行企企、抽煙兩味。所以如果你要看甚麼演技，還是算了吧，故事結構和敘事手法是電影的賣點，其他方面請不要太認真，認真你就輸了！ 〈寒〉的結局並不寒，頗為溫暖，但現實裡，事情哪會那麼順利？牽連甚廣的利益關係網，以及精密的犯罪系統，哪是兩三個人策劃一下就能搗破的？現實是，他們要你收聲，你就要收聲；他們要你說他們要你說的話，你就要照說；他們要你認罪，你就要認罪；他們要你死的話，你隨時都可以被自殺……這個世界到底有沒有公義，及為公義發聲的戰士？；有沒有所謂的真相？真相是不是真的那麼重要？你知道了又如何？會不會接受？亦或覺得真相背後還有真相？其實，所謂的公義、真相，都視乎你站在甚麼立場、選擇去相信甚麼而已！還是那句：你對這個世界認真，你就是它的受害者！

★★★☆☆ Right, it’s been a real while since my last update. No, I’m not gone! Not yet! I guess I’d be left in a miserable void if I give it up now. It’s just that there’re no movies worth checking out or reviewing lately. Most of them just slipped right out of my mind after watching. Some stayed a little while but faded when I finally decided to write something about it. This local cult film somehow lingers! ‘Robbery’ is a cult so rare that you don’t even know it exists. Like any other cult films, it tells a story that doesn’t really make sense, or say, it makes no sense at all if you get serious looking at it, but I guess the point of a cult film is not a sensible story but instead a ridiculous one to make you feel sick and wonder why the hell you wanna check out a film like that. You won’t be able to find the answer though, because you’re nothing but a weirdo like me and everyone else out there, helplessly going around the circle of cult reality! With frequent sudden viole

★☆☆☆☆ ‘Triple 9’ is a dirty film of dirty figures going around a dirty plot set in a dirty city. Yeah, it’s all made up. Nothing happening in there is true or based on facts. Or maybe, I’m naively oblivious of what’s going on; that the world we dwell in is dirty in a way that we think is bound to be, and somewhat forgivable. Either way you’re not gonna be happy, I guess, checking out this film that’s dragged out a lot, bleak a bit, and an absolute waste of talented casts like Woody Harrelson, Kate Winslet and many others thanks to the mundane screenplay indeed, especially the second half! I don’t mind a film being dirty, but a clueless dirty film like that simply leaves a bad taste in my mouth!