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.
中规中矩，还行吧，感觉不如《解救吾先生》真实、恐怖
失败的翻拍，完全靠黄政民撑场面，一时分不清反派和警察谁更傻逼~5.5
没有惊喜，绑匪们的智商跟他们的演技一样都不行，全程只剩下西八式耍狠和狂躁。如果是黄氏的粉丝看看cut就可以了。
《解救吾先生》实在看不下去，这部勉强可以，但看韩国电影的节奏，就是忍不住的会动怒。
黄政民的演技永远可以相信，哈哈哈哈哈哈感觉绑匪皮肤太好了……
❌黄晸珉是演惯了小人物的大明星 这次本色出演大明星黄晸珉 反而不对味了 或许演@黄千源 那样的反派绑匪 才是黄晸珉更适合的角色
普普通通商业片，用了 解救吾先生 的故事线
意思欠奉，没有挖绑匪背景就没有动机，没有动机就没有情绪驱动力，只剩一幕幕话剧式的拼接段落，好在每一段的情节设计都干脆又有趣。黄政民还是适合大荧幕，上一部小荧幕把很多缺点都暴露出来了，加上搭的也是木偶花瓶，简直灾难，还是大荧幕舒服多了
普通动作片，意思不大，设定的魅力没有发挥出来
拍得没《吾先生》好看，不过《吾先生》也主要是王千源演得好，韩国还是拍出了自己特色的！
黄政民演黄政民反而失去了特色。看的时候忍不住想，如果是李政宰来演李政宰，会不会很出彩？就像看鱿鱼游戏的时候想，如果黄政民演成奇勋，又会是什么样的呈现？
所以说啊，大背头并不是都比刘海好看的，绑匪那个脸确实还是挡上点更好看
唉，c罩杯领盒饭领得太早了。这电影跟解酒吾先生比真是差的太多了
江湖人称“电梯战神”的黑帮大佬黄政民…..被绑架
以为是完完全全的模仿翻拍中国的电影，没想到韩版做了很多调整和自己独有的创新，黄政民一如既往的给观众一份好的演技答卷，反派的话个人感觉中国版的王千源更胜一筹。
【毕感成】导演处女作 ～
每一个演员都声嘶力竭的非常用力，演的也很辛苦很不容易。但是真的不好看。全程男主一人carry全场，每次被打爆到残血然后马上满血复活继续再战。胜利不靠警察，全靠男主自救➕绑匪内讧。仔细想，每一个绑匪都是内讧死的。除了女绑匪是被绑女的误杀的 。刘德华的版本里面，刘德华的线最弱，这样才合理，被绑架的人能发挥空间非常有限。大量的戏都在王千源，人物丰满，有老妈有情人，吃饺子，看情人，跟妈妈告别全是张力。本片绑匪就是全员恶人全员扁平。只要很恶就够了。被绑架女孩也极度没有存在感。这个角色没有必要存在，删了也没什么影响。包括女绑匪也不影响什么主线。警察更是弱鸡到爆炸。全被绑匪耍到底裤都没了炸死一堆，结尾出来收拾一下残局。最亮眼是最结尾。黄正民看到男演员的那里，瞬间ptsd然后转回正常。这个是好看的地方
黄政民演黄政民反而失去了特色。看的时候忍不住想，如果是李政宰来演李政宰，会不会很出彩？就像看鱿鱼游戏的时候想，如果黄政民演成奇勋，又会是什么样的呈现？
翻拍《解救吾先生》，但是韩国人就是黄政民演黄政民，朴圣雄演朴圣雄。开头还挺有意思的，绑匪上来就问了一个尖锐的问题：你和哪些女演员睡过。不过，后面就不行了，绑匪选角太差又太蠢了。其他的卡司完全配不上黄政民的咔。警察也总是不给力，所以，黄政民就又上了。黄政民又演了一部黄政民勇斗绑匪的犯罪片。
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