Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
确实不错，紧张刺激。值得一看，男主不错，女主不搭。
蹭扎导热度，网飞能用这么快时间拍出部60分的电影，也是厉害
这就是导演在自嗨然后把一爽片拍成慢节奏片的典型……
not bad！搞笑刺激旅游大片 开锁还是很刺激的 不要究细节就好
【2.5/5】是扎导正传里的德国开锁小哥的人物小传，虽然跟正传续接上了，但本作自身的缺点还是很多，除了男主，其他人物都多多少少没太立住，很多转折都显刻意。音乐的选取和男主自己的表演倒是不错，而且把瓦格纳的《尼伯龙根的指环》全系列揉进去变成全片的线索有点意思（但是用得很生硬不巧妙不自然）。整体的执导把控有硬伤，没有必要拍成两小时那么长。
21.10.31
我说女主咋这么美呢 就是权游里面那个美好肉体
比《活死人军团》好，但在一系列“神偷”电影里属实一般
比《活死人军团》好看，各方面都好看；作为类型片就很一般了，不说和《XX罗汉》比吧，和《瞒天过海美人计》比都要差一点。
烂片的前作能好到哪？典型的美式商业片，组团打怪类，没新意
开锁过程显得好容易，其实是想表现出他的天才，可是….中间有点冗长，开始还是不错的，四部锁，一部史诗，结尾衔接活死人军团
在第一案前，团队过半都被通缉，不戴帽子或变妆，各种招摇过市和直接把车停银行路边真是艺高人胆大；在开锁时聊历史可勉强解释为“与解密有关”，但谈感情好尬好无意义开完锁还大叫大笑，只觉得离谱！
11.6晚，其实应该选择看曼市德比的，可能还精彩一点。
21.10.31
比起女主，我倒是更喜欢女二那种独特的俏皮，整个故事行云流水，又不失紧张感，非常棒！
第一次有前传和正传完全不相干的感觉，片子拖太长，剧情太薄弱，角色太一般
原来是“活死人军团”开锁小哥的前传。开锁可真是个技术活儿啊！女主是权力游戏里的尼桑黛啊
【B＋】
竟然从正传里抽出个小配角拍了部个人小传，还蛮有意思的，展现出了专注的魅力，虽然讲了一大堆《尼伯龙根的指环》背景故事，最后还是靠耳朵来开锁。
还行吧，打三星。前面一直套路，唯独结尾没想到没套路。小感动了一下。懂你的人才会惺惺相惜，灵魂相见。看完忍不住又想把《活死人军团》最后开地下金库“诸神的黄昏〞保险箱那段再看一遍了。这德国小哥到美国发展，能导又能演，前途无量啊。
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