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.
想象力贫乏，创造力欠奉。子弹、刀刃、锤子，都不会让演员痛楚，所以你也不能切身感受到危险，无法入戏。打斗和枪战从动机到环境都毫无新意，或者停车场或者废弃厂房或者无人商场或者码头或者贫民窟或者教堂。马路追逐中给的镜头稍微顿一下，你就能知道那个人下一秒肯定被撞。你不能因为它一直在打，就管这种叫「经典香港动作片」，最多只能算是，套路。
观众觉得的人物逻辑问题，其实是因为整部影片并不是警察逻辑，它内核是老香港的帮派片，把“为了警队我付出那么多”改成“为了社团我付出那么多”，把谢霆锋理解为叛出帮派的前骨干，然后与从前的师父对决，甚至把任达华那三位白衣看做整个社团的话事人，就毫无违和感了。只不过为了过审上映把帮派改成了警察，也是蛮黑色幽默的。陈木胜导演R.I.P.＋1星。
论找一个帅哥演反派的重要性。甄子丹真是正义得让人反胃。
【B】故事上没多少可说的，审查尺度与导演水准共同限制了文戏上限，电影一开始抛出的有关「程序正义」和「司法腐败」的对抗命题到了最后已不见踪迹，仍旧桎梏于旧有港式警匪片的套路之中，也并未有作出突破的打算。实质便是陈木胜在生命最后时刻，倾其所有为观众展现香港动作片的昔日荣光。枪战、爆破、肉搏、追逐，种种娱乐大片元素都那般眼熟，因为它们只是过往类型经验的反复挑选再利用。教堂决斗一段又能看出多少经典动作片的影子？满腔怒火下的镜头剪切却稍显细碎，似乎也在告诉观众武打演员的黄金时代早已远去。倒也绝非港味时装动作片的“绝唱”，只是每隔一段时间电影市场所施展的回魂术，新瓶旧酒反反复复，让观众适时缅怀而后走人。
就算是第一季的扩充，无论看多少遍都觉得帅炸了，热血沸腾！永远都喜欢
疯批美人我很喜欢，起初有点担心谢霆锋不会里面有感情戏吧，原来一出监狱就把未婚妻杀了哈哈哈哈。
甄子丹，中国传统大男子主义式自以为是代言人，人设脑子有大🧊，告别人的状告得大义凌然，破案全靠白捡，轮到自己的时候开始讲道德仁义了，做警察完全无视规章制度，做人以自我为中心完全不考虑别人，全程只知道发脾气打人给别人上课。还跟谢霆锋打，你这叫登月式碰瓷，你好意思吗？
双雄、追车、枪战，展现出港产动作片的传统荣光，最后特意设置在教堂的肉搏戏，双方都拿出了相互撕咬的狠劲。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。
不知道是川原老贼在进击篇文库版就吃了书还是改编剧场版的时候吃的。虽然发了许多桐亚糖，但按这个关系走下去，他俩早该「结婚」了，用不着把「圈内事件」当作契机。
2.如果命运转换，我觉得邦主也不会走上犯罪的道路
九七之前，有好警坏警，好匪烂匪，但好在泾渭分明，警是警，匪是匪……
先是成龙老了，然后李连杰也老了，现在甄能打也老了，就问还有谁。
双雄、追车、枪战，展现出港产动作片的传统荣光，最后特意设置在教堂的肉搏戏，双方都拿出了相互撕咬的狠劲。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。
打得很提劲 / 陈木胜拍了霆锋出道主演的电影 霆锋演了他的遗作 光这一点 就值得为香港电影哭一鼻子
如果，删掉——开篇设局狂杀前同僚、口述之出狱后杀掉前未婚妻、劫银行逃亡路上枪战祸及路人；增加——因弃卒缘由入狱而扭转自身价值观的心路历程刻画渲染文戏。谢霆锋将是逻辑自洽、没有异议、绝对讨喜、异常高光的一个人设。教堂圣母像是个让我非常非常非常钟爱的细节设置，当她由上至下狠狠砸向甄子丹，我心领神会；当她最后由下而上用胸怀承托绝望倒下的谢霆锋，意味着接受了他的赎罪。那一刻，谁不为他泪目——“如果那天是你去追可乐，我们俩的命运，会不会反过来”。
片尾的影像还挺泪目的，陈木胜在内地上映的电影基本上都去电影院看过，有些个人的情结。前几年他也有被内地的资本裹挟过，但庆幸遗作里又找回了曾经的自我。
三段论：芜湖百合——把桐人画得好崩——喜闻乐见夫妻档！
3.5背叛与复仇，跟之前那部拆弹专家的内核有一点相似，但这部情绪更加私人直白，没有那么伟光正，也没有太多煽情的温情回顾。发展虽然套路，但打戏稳准狠，非常精彩，双刀那里有点想到《师父》。秦岚戏份这么少居然能排到三番？以及配音里好多熟人hh 看到片尾才知道陈木胜导演去世了…ご冥福を
这种剧情老套平平无奇的电影居然都有7.7分，看来还是疫情期间太缺好电影了。看完耳朵疼。2021.7.31 @梅溪湖步步高。
以后谁说谢霆锋没演技，把本片投射到其双目可以治好他的白内障。但除了他，其他老人的肉毒打太多，完全做不出任何表情，更不用说什么表演了。动作场面到位又多变，久看不厌。剧情方面，重来没有那么想反派赢。
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