Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Blackhat (2015) - non-trivial crime story

Blackhat (2015) displays the different approaches from the start. Knowing nothing about the movie or the director, at first I thought it was some Korean production by the way things were shown. Then the American part began. The plot and the rest display similar ambiguity but IMO this makes this picture special, adds some depth to it.

Most impressed I was when at 3/4 of the movie most of the established team was wiped out and only the couple was left to deal with the crinimals. This part looks pretty Chinese, or rather Hong Kong, in the best traditions of John Wu or even perhaps a bit less spectacular so more realistic, so to speak. The end is not bad but it's not a triumph.

A worthy movie if you appreciate something a little more deep than the usual sugar and fire.

Very beautfilul actors, especially on Chinese sid. Not to diminish Chris Hemswroth - I did not realize I saw the man before until I ran back through my recent screenshots from Thor LOL

Also some good scape shots of Hong Kong.

More screenshots.