How to evaluate the rescue of her husband? Is it worth seeing?

Save My Husband is a typical Chinese mainland gangster film. It's a documentary, nuanced, with simple shots but excellent control of details.

There are no big scenes like fierce gun battles or car chases in the street, and there is no outstanding personal heroism in the whole film. What the audience sees more is the full cooperation between police officers and the meticulous process of solving crimes. Based on the real events, it also means that the plot has been played out for a long time, but the director keeps the whole story tense and suspenseful by using cross-editing and flashback interspersed with narrative.

What happened in the most critical 20 hours after the kidnapping.

In the past, crime films involving kidnapping were mostly aimed at the wits and wits of police and robbers, and there were many thrilling and famous scenes, such as chasing cars and the final confrontation between the pros and cons. Mr. Save Me focuses on the psychological portrayal of the victims (Mr. Wu and Xiao Dou) and villains (mainly Hanako). In the 20 hours after being kidnapped, the mode of getting along with her husband (Andy Lau) and the kidnappers sometimes made the audience laugh and sometimes pinched a cold sweat. Although Mr. Wu is a big star, he has been a soldier and has a very strong psychological quality. He knows how to mediate and communicate with kidnappers, and even fight for more survival time for himself by chatting and playing cards.

The four kidnappers depicted in the film also have their own characteristics. They represent four personalities: high IQ, cruelty, loyalty and kindness. Among them, Hanako (Wang Qianyuan), who represents a high IQ, and Mr. Wu's several opposite plays are even more enjoyable for the audience. The high-level game between the victim and the kidnapper leader and PK are both real and eye-catching, and the cold jokes interspersed from time to time ease the tense and depressed atmosphere.

At this time, the police are also racing against time. Their division of labor is clear and orderly, and they are weaving an inescapable legal net for criminals.

Use exquisite editing to spell out a story with known ending.

"Save My Husband" is adapted from the once sensational real case "Wu Ruofu Kidnapping". After solving the case that year, CCTV's legal program exposed the details of the whole case. How can such a "thriller" story with almost no suspense be revived? Sheng Ding, the film director and editor, wasted a lot of energy on it.

The film begins with a conversation in the interrogation room. The camera flashes and the lights are dim. Hanako's hand is roasting behind his back, but people still refuse to confess when they are at the end of the road. As soon as the camera turned, I went back to the day when my husband was kidnapped in flashback, and the reasons and details of the kidnapping were also explained clearly. The camera turns again, reappearing the process of fashion (Liu Ye) and Hanako's arrest. The time axis of the film has been constantly disrupted throughout, but it is rare that the lens switching and multi-line narration have not confused the story, and the plot is still smooth, provided that you can't miss any details easily.

The film was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Award for best editing and finally won the Golden Rooster Award for best editing. Sheng Ding deserved it.

Extraordinary stories need extraordinary actors to interpret.

This film is a collection of Liu Ye, Andy Lau, Wang Qianyuan and an idol: Wu Ruofu (the prototype of the case), which is also a typical tough guy style in Sheng Ding. Many powerful factions compete on the same stage, which is simply the gospel of the audience. Wang Qianyuan, who shines brilliantly, shows us what the real bad guys are. That kind of bad is hopeless, arrogant. You don't want to save him at all, because crime is his only happiness.

Andy Lau was once laughed at as "the most relaxed actor" in this film, and he can make money by sitting all the time. However, the best actor is the best actor. Even if there is limited space, he will not hesitate to release his acting talent. From the moment of being tied to panic, to calmly facing the kidnapper's self-help, to the silent singing and waiting for death in Before Death, and finally to the empty eyes looking at the void after being rescued, Andy Lau is obviously full of drama. How can he be said to be the most relaxed one?

And Liu Ye, he is finally not the leading role this time. His role as a policeman played a key role in the whole case He always has a strong look in his eyes, but he knows the truth of not usurping the role of master. He is very restrained and plays his role as a green leaf in a low key.

It is worth mentioning that the prototype of the case, Wu Ruofu, and his friendship also created a documentary feeling for this film. Interestingly, Wu Ruofu plays a policeman who rescues others in the film, but in fact he is the rescued person. The "I" in Save My Husband is me, and this movie is sometimes more like Wu Ruofu's self-redemption. At the end of the film, my husband said, "Thank you, thank you for saving me." At that time, Wu Ruofu was sitting opposite him, his eyes moist and thoughtful, which was also the biggest crowning touch of the film.

Of course, the score of "Save My Husband" in Douban is 7.8, which is only between excellent and average. Such an excellent film only gets such a score, and I think the audience is too obsessed with the shortcomings of the film. Admittedly, it has shortcomings, such as those three "fantasy montages" that seem unnecessary.

The first fantasy of the movie is that my husband fantasized that he got robbed and then killed all the kidnappers like a god of war. The truth is that he didn't get the money, and it was quite surprising to be interspersed in a tense atmosphere.

The second fantasy is that Hanako fantasizes that he got the most advanced equipment and robbed the vault with his younger brother. In my husband's words, that sentence is: "impossible, he is just thinking."

The third fantasy is that the police imagine the tragic scene of catching prisoners at the gate of a complex community. This fantasy drama has some chicken ribs, and it has the feeling of mocking the audience's IQ.

These three fantasy scenes are the most unreasonable places in the film, and they are also the "culprits" who lower the score. However, this film is still a very rare good film. Really telling a story, not preaching, not sensational, and many details contain the intention of the creative team. This is a film worth seeing.