The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
文戏和角色塑造一如预料，枪战戏比预期更火爆，动作戏还是差一口气。甄子丹虽然还是很拼命，但身手总归没有导火线和杀破狼时那么干净利落，但还是可以看到很多似曾相识的动作设计。谢霆锋的黑化警察演的很出色，非常邪魅，但感觉稍微有点用力过猛，导致人物被一眼看的透透的。教堂单挑固然是全片高潮，但令我印象最深的一个动作设计反而是甄子丹面对大货车抱着孩子飞身而起那一瞬间。香港真功夫硬打斗的动作片看一部少一部了。
双雄、追车、枪战，老匠人仍在一板一眼地召唤港产动作片的传统荣光，看到最后特意设置在教堂的肉搏戏，双方都拿出久违的相互撕咬的狠劲来了。但硬件的合格映照出的是软件的薄弱：叙事结构的飘忽提前把悬念揭晓，文本的空洞也人物的疯癫感站不住脚；尤其在和《拆弹专家2》核心创意相撞的情况下，衬出邱礼涛才是懂得隐秘捕捉时代情绪的大师。看的时候脑海里不断回旋着那个提给杜琪峰的问题：“19年以后，警匪片何去何从？”无论如何，陈木胜的突然离开，也让谢霆锋的倒下，意外染上了时代落幕的意味。
但是但是，SAO限定第一层亚丝娜呀awsl
甄子丹私心太重，明明前面全是枪战，到了最后一场戏非要小谢跟他肉搏，结果小谢还是比他帅，哼，气不气？往前数二十年谁还不是小谢梦女了？
对刀剑神域一直保持着最初的感情，个人对完全沉浸式游戏这类题材的影视剧都很感兴趣，比如斯皮尔伯格的头号玩家，在我眼中就是神作！动漫的刀剑神域亦是！从剧情上看，这部剧场版，完全可以新手入坑，因为它不同于动漫，可以看作是动漫的另起炉灶，只不过世界观相同而已！所以有很高的可看性，但是对于老粉来说，感觉就有点伤心，但是随着CP的推进，还是比较满意！不过100层的冲关设定，就有点费作者的脑子了，如果一层一剧场，那我只能说有生之年都看不到结局了，很伤心！期待继续更新，不要太监！
全程无尿点，拆弹2后有一部紧张刺激的港式警匪片。
我的天，真的好久没有看到这么硬，这么劲爆的警匪片了，虽然有点套路，但是耐不住甄子丹团队的动作戏，还有谢霆锋的脸，陈木胜导演牛逼。
这么多年过去了，那个耍刀的男人还是这么帅。
为缅怀陈木胜导演去看了《怒火·重案》。依然是熟悉的港片味道。制作也很精良，特别是闹市实景的枪战、追车、爆炸、群殴……这种戏的拍摄方法值得学习借鉴和继承。不过也有隐忧，譬如剧情缺乏新意，还是二三十年来警匪片的老套路。这个要警惕，场面再火爆，人物再传神也怕是难以为继了；再如艺人，甑子丹、谢霆锋、吕良伟、任达华、谭耀文，包括老龙套俞亢、林国斌、卢惠光、黄德斌….还是20年前的老班底，这大概是当下港片最大的隐患！一个向前赶路的人总不能一步三回头，港片也不可能仅靠怀旧来维系自身的发展。像出品方银都这种中资国企，眼光应该放得更长远，搞个中长期的港片人才计划，为港片培养一些新面孔。不然，再过十年，等华仔这一代年逾七旬，谢霆锋这一拨年过半百，如果那时新人还接不上，那么港片就真的要走上末日穷途了。加油💪！
低迷好些年的陈木胜卯足了劲在审讯室那场戏致敬了《黑暗骑士》，状态大勇，可惜这是他的遗作。谢霆锋的角色连嘴角都带着类似小丑那样的伤疤。最后的对决戏从双方用的兵器来看确实有《杀破狼》的感觉，只是当年丹哥年轻，揍吴京时的动作比现在老态尽显地揍谢霆锋狠多了…现在是从文戏到武戏，更别说颜值了，全方位被谢霆锋吊打….一年内第二部港产警匪猛片了，而且它们都是在2019这个年份拍的。
双雄对峙的剧情台词都不够张力
法庭审判算是全片最好看的文戏
0分。 别人遗作是沉稳地回顾人生，陈导的遗作是尽情地宣泄怒火。不过这火我真接受不了。以后2019估计会和1997并列成为港片绕不过去的年份了吧。
缅怀陈木胜导演。我一边看一边有点伤感，这是我非常熟悉非常正的拳拳到肉非常狠的港片警匪片的味道，可惜现在很难看到了。谢霆锋帅炸天，演得非常好，演这么一个角色估计他演得超级过瘾，希望他今后多多出来演戏。
6.5分。这部电影最打动我的一幕是最后飞虎队的无数道红色激光射满阿敖全身，阿敖说出“我认输，但不认命”（一句话道出所有香港人的心声），然后一步步走上自我毁灭的台阶的场景，那种作为弃子走投无路后油然而生的悲怆感（纯白的雕像和钢琴与阿敖的一身黑衣强化整个画面对比的同时，也在视觉上认同了阿敖的立场），我太久太久没在港片里见过了。这部电影和《拆弹专家2》主题、思路、情绪如出一辙，它们都是表达特定人群的情绪、拍给特定群体看的电影，也许时过境迁这两部电影都不会再被后人提起，但他们对于这段时期大众情绪的回应和记录将成为历史档案的重要注脚。邱礼涛在地缘政治上的思考表达毫无疑问比陈木胜深入完备，但陈木胜胜在他手艺上的精湛，他视听上的抒情技巧掩盖了逻辑的简化。不出意外《怒火》很可能是我今年的华语类型片最佳。
谢霆锋相当于把新少林寺+证人融合一起
节奏控制得真好，故事线很清晰，动作戏真的太精彩了。没有一场戏是废戏，除了剧情上有些落入俗套，没有太多出彩的地方，但是光线造型很出彩，尤其是教堂里的打戏部分。
他们在挣扎吧，他们也在反抗吧
上不如序列之争，下虽为剧场版优于原TV版，剧情修改太多，似平行世界。
就是这看似简单的枪战、追车、肉搏三板斧，也足够全世界电影人喝上几壶的了。陈木胜留给香港电影最后的遗产。
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