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От : Rug Rat 1:135/250 05 авг 25 22:15:11
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Тема : Under The Light (Foreign)
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Yesterday I finally got a chance to watch the 2023 Crime Drama
by Zhang Yimou. I really like Yimou`s films (My favorite is still The
Road Home).
Under The Light is a Chinese crime drama starring Lei Jaiyin and
Zhou Dongyu. Jaiyin plays a meidocre Chinese Police Offier who has had
an lackluster career, dreams of being a Policeman for the people. Is
investigating the bombing of a city bus that looks like it was aimed at
assasinating his father who is a Deputy Mayor of their city Zheng Gang (Zhang
Guoli).
The investigation not only uncovers past shady dealings between his
father and Corrupt Businessman Li Zhitian (Yu Hewei), but the shocking
origins of his adoption. Even though he must face the fact that his father
is corrupt, he pushes through to see that justice is done, for the
people!
Zhang Yimou has always had a facisnation with capturing vivid
color, and experimenting with playing with light in his films. Under The
Light took this to an extreem, with oversaturated neon themes of the
Chinese urban life. To the point of distraction. Filmed purely in digital,
gone was any sort of grain or matte that would lend an artistic look
to his filmography.
While I was looking forward to how a criminal procedure drama in
China would be handled, where the outcome is largly driven by politics,
the muddy story line was confusing to follow at times. There is a
point where following plot twists become too cerebral. It did not help
that the subtibles for my print were often times too small, and inside
the picture instead of the letterboxing and got washed out by the
overuse of urban lighting to read at times, did not help the situation.
There definately was quite a bit of propaganda thrown in letting you know
that in China, corruption and bourgeoisie lifestyle will always be rooted
out and crushed by the collective "PEOPLE".
The movie was not terrible, but not one of my favorite Yimou
works. If you enjoy watching Chinese or foreign films it is a good watch,
but not something I would rave about.
Rug Rat (Brent Hendricks)
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