American Hangman is a thriller built around a relentlessly ticking clock and a rapidly approaching deadline and verdict. A kidnapping, broadcast live on social media, turns into the trial of a judge who presided over a botched criminal case. This time, however, the audience gets to play judge and jury, deciding if the judge himself gets to live or die.
优点:构思不错,这样的故事设计非常适合探讨司法体制的问题。影片名字取得非常点题,这翻译不对,应该翻译成“美国刽子手”或”美国行刑者”。缺点:节奏过于平淡,开头简直拖沓的让人想睡觉。打了那么久嘴炮却还是游离在表面,没有一针见血戳到本源。片中一度提出了关于死刑的根本问题,“A power really doesnt belong to them.The power to give or take life.”“The validity of the death penalty”,但却又用别的话打岔过去了。
电影一开始,就抛出了空洞的理论和冗长的文戏剑指民主司法制,本质是刑事案法官及陪审团未保持疑罪从无的中立原则制造的一起冤假错案,其中又提出了对于制度的诸多怀疑,从角色的讲,媒体的立场很模糊,并未起到引导舆论的作用,其余配角也没有功能性体现,可有可无;倒计时数字统计甚至多余;从情节上看,剧中关于身份、位置及结局三处转折仔细观看均可猜测剧情走向;演技方面我们大腕儿老爷子的依然在线,good cop bad cop则更加脸谱化,最后提一句,世界上没有完美的制度,由人类拟写修改法律并加以审判,民意左右舆论舆论裹挟司
WoW, only five comments when I marked the movie! Well, movie reflects on the criminal justice system, and also brings up the question of how anyone does get a fair trial in today's 24 hour news cycle and viral social media.
可惜节奏没起来 例 第一个转折开枪系列动作干净迅速就会起节奏 没有利用剧中观众 毕竟是审判者议题 可以更讽刺更深入