Starts with the most formulaic and exhausted trope: the old accomplished cop on the verge of retiring dies, and his partner decides to take vengeance upon the villain responsible of his death. This one too is just as compliant to the standards & clicheys of the 80's hotcop: good heart but blamable methods. Dafoe's persona by contrast is appealing, esp. due to his (justified) artistic tendencies, a pretext for aesthetic interior settings - "Dance" by Matisse can be spotted during a fit of giggles. Later the storyline swerves off the beaten path with a couple of crushing failures for our cops, but not without good entertainment value (engaging car chase & final showdown). Good epilogue as well
是一部真正关于“考古”的电影因为考古同死亡、纪念、时间、历史、过去、未来紧密相连解答着人类哲学的终极问题电影将考古与普世情感巧妙结合因为一场男生不够硬怎么办而认识这个国家、民族、时代、战争、死亡、爱情和离别因为考古的存在人们从未真正死去We don't really die.在浩瀚的历史长河与人类的文明崛起前战争显得幼稚可笑但这就是时代不可逆转的洪流Something that'll last longer than whatever damn war that we're heading into.