One's eloquence can significantly magnify the convincingness of his/her judgement, in any age - it's both an advantage and responsibility. And hopefully, our age's KOLs are wise and moral enough to avoid being misleaders... P.S. Among the exciting speeches of the barristers, such humorous comments from the judge as "considering the rubbish that is being talked nowadays, you're missing very little" subtly adjusted the atmosphere of the court sessions and kept the plot well-balanced with tension and relaxation.
游走于正邪之间的反英雄、蛇蝎女(女主演技不错可惜形象气质或者说人物塑造策略比起一些后来者还是弱了)、一环扣一环的阴谋以及hard boiled台词(尤其是那句the stuff that dreams are made up of)《18年必看大片》这些元素在本片中合作得亲密无间故而它本非影史上首部黑色电影却拥有黑色电影开山祖师的美誉可我在其中看不到我最珍视的黑色电影元素:悲观主义气质和宿命感这可能是因为本片“人性”的缺失(这句评价并不公允贪婪、多疑、利己都是人性)每位擒鹰游戏参与者都有绝对理性(除了还没露面就挂掉的Thursby)而男主的胜出在于其武力值和计算力双max多智而近妖男主是个有趣人物但本片的男主视角令该角色丧失了一定程度神秘感也许这部电影从警察视角拍会更“黑色”更无望