Watching Cold Pursuit, your inner voice would scream, "What a bad day to be a Lane Ennison kid in court!" Although the plot structure and the previous earth's strongest father revenge, almost can be regarded as the same. But in the hands of Director Hans Peter Mullan, it is completely presented in a way that has never been seen before. Of course, such a breakthrough would be risky, and audiences would be very polarizing.
I really like this kind of thinking mode, which seems to be similar to director Quentin at first glance. The black humor full of creative sense is added. Compared with the insane pursuit, no matter it is unrealistic killing method or corpse killing method, it is refreshing. In Cold Pursuit, there are no bad guys, and the carnage is a misunderstanding, one after another, and one on top of another. A lot of little details coalesced into Cold Pursuit, which is a fun and inventive work to play with.
Neil is still enjoying the joy of being praised as a good citizen when he is suddenly informed that his only son has been found dead in an outdoor cafe for a long time, and the cause of death is unexpectedly caused by drug overdose. The sudden death of the son, let the wife more deep-rooted that the initiator is to this family and their relatives, always be aloof husband Neil; But Neal's image as a father outside the realm of mad revenge is similar to that of more than half of the fathers in the world, who believe that by supporting the entire family financially, they have fulfilled 100 percent of their responsibilities.
Revenge is not only for his son, but also to make up for his own feelings of regret. Faced with his wife's convincing accusations, Neal suddenly decided to find out the truth for his son. Before this, Neil, who was just a snowplow driver, also tried to kill himself on the night he lost his son. The cowardice of this scene completely exceeded the impression of Even Nison by the audience, and gave a cry of surprise, but the next second began to turn the plot of the high point, ready to come!
In Cold Pursuit, there's not a lot of violence or gore, but a lot of short cuts. The plot is so elaborate that it can be considered a farce, but it can also be considered one of the strangest and most surprising works of all. But there are plenty of clever plots that push the limits of what audiences can accept as novel. To put it bluntly, every character in the whole film, in fact, intentionally or unintentionally provokes trouble, so that every attack of blood and murder contains an irresistible motive of revenge. Although on some level, it may be the lack of excitement in life, so very indulgent, enjoy the process of revenge. Interestingly, when his older brother asked him how he knew how to destroy a body, Neil answered without hesitation: I read crime novels.
By the end of Cold Pursuit, it's the biggest gangland fight in the region, with all sorts of weird gallows humor and weird coincidences that make the audience laugh without feeling out of place. It's a weird episode, but it's also the best contrast between Neal and his son. If you're tired of even Nison, the ever-present dad who can't die, make sure to watch Cold Pursuit, which is featured and topical.
