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.
硬朗严峻，各种死者的特写（突然觉得相衬起来《拆弹专家2》还真的更像神话（不是贬义，是说周处除三害）文戏的比例很大，大到那种迷失在暴力中的痛苦有了现实的和超现实的重叠，令人难过。我觉得不是“用过即弃”。而是异化。被残害的警察和作恶的警察的形象交错出现。腐败的高层（但任达华吕良伟都好暖），自私的上级，清高的前辈，不甘心的干才。不是没有错，但是有冤仇有恨。个人的快感极点是兜眉心打死霍兆堂，在现金窟里。爆破广东道太酷烈，进地道的时候我突然大哭起来。忍不住。最后那个装修中的教堂也可以说在致敬吴宇森吧。但最好评的场景，提名泥烂南亚村。香港之伤。很喜欢最后越南仔的运命之问。然而张sir没有回答
教堂中的圣象注视一场审判将至，可一但接受了“如果那天是你”的最终发问，好似内在逻辑就已接受了执法者在形式所迫下可以使用暴力的设定。借人物黑化揭示被盘剥拉扯的人性困境的前提，依旧是角色的行为动机值得共情，这一点邱礼涛明显更胜一筹。
新瓶旧酒，打斗犀利，很多俯拍镜头特别有好感。3.6星
还行吧，只许州官放火不许百姓点灯啊，可是出狱后除了一心报仇外不那么反社会就好喽。
感謝陳木勝導演帶來的故事，讓我又一次深刻體會到這個世界並不只有黑與白，還有更多的灰色地帶。好人也有可能變成徹頭徹尾的壞人。看完這部電影後，突然有想要重溫一遍《掃毒》的衝動。因為再也看不到陳導的新片了。然後在動作設計上，拳拳到肉的真實感，直接讓我叫絕。
谢霆锋不愧是疯批美人，有经典港片的味道，警匪片场景还是很爆的，可是啊可是，反派这么帅，不会带坏观众的三观么😂
核心的东西和拆弹2很相似，如果看IMAX很多镜头挺带劲的，三星可以有呢
《新警察故事》“霆锋黑化阿祖上身”的精神续作，同事牺牲和炸弹危机的情节既视感强烈。作为陈木胜导演的遗作，影片保持了中上水准，双雄的立体程度和互动都优于《扫毒》的三个人。正派角色带有一种痞气和怒火，台词中夹杂的粤语俗语和英语尤其之多却很自然，并且有意去表现主角受伤之后蹒跚、喘息的姿态，塑造出更有血有肉不虚浮的角色形象。甄子丹的打戏硬朗，谢霆锋的刀功优雅锐利，教堂对决梦回《杀破狼》。结尾抛出的疑问，再次串起人物前史，点出两个游走在灰色地带的人因理念之差结局相异的悲情，结合这个教堂场景本身，很难不让人想起《喋血双雄》。不过情节发展仓促、段落之间情绪跳跃、女性角色花瓶也是近年来港产警匪片的通病了
谢霆锋演啥角色都是一副阴灿灿的猥琐样，时不时露出一抹邪笑，够了。知道了他对俩儿子漠不关心，就知道这人差劲！甄子丹越老越有味道了🌹
最后的弹簧刀vs警棍真的泪目了，甄子丹时隔15年多打一把刀（上次吴京是一把）。文戏还是没什么看头，秦岚就出场两幕，阿敖一帮人到底是怎么慢慢转变的，阿邦是不是代表着过于理想化过于绝对的至善了？
剧本一般，比较套路，很多地方都能够猜到，秦岚果然又是工具人，看的时候还想谢柠檬会不会穿厨师装，结果他带着一帮人穿着围裙出来了🤣打戏和追车戏不错，比较喜欢追车戏，毕竟有我喜欢的机车！
y1s1 教堂景做得不错。谢霆锋可能身上的块是不如甄子丹，所以每次肉搏都穿着衣服…谭耀文！！让刚复习完壹号皇庭的我情何以堪。阿安肯定没有打botox…剧情就不说了…来看老邦瓜的为什么要看剧情…
本来只是好看，但想想这之后再也没有陈木胜的作品了，就会觉得这部片子绝无仅有了。甄子丹打的还是漂亮，谢霆锋仿佛回到1998，很多让人兴奋的情节，这就够了。
和《拆弹专家2》的背景设定有相似处，都有香港现实社会矛盾的映射，剧作灵感明显来自“七警案”。剧情走向小心翼翼，八面玲珑，电影内外有着相似的无奈，还有点小深刻。
首先是部剧情片，其次是枪战片，然后才是动作片，甄子丹要在片子开始快一小时后才真正动了下手。至于剧情，我认为这与其说是部陈木胜电影，还不如说是甄子丹作品，他这些年的时装动作片，以剧情来说《特殊身份》当然最差，最好一点的其实是《导火线》，当然我不知道最大的功劳要算在谁的身上。谢霆锋全程在下意识的模仿邹兆龙，按正常的演员世代更替，他和甄子丹的角色应该互换。一个真正有智慧的反派，不会这么片段式的报仇，而秦岚角色的惊鸿一瞥，与其说对是内地演员的轻视，还不如说是此类港片本身就不会处理女性角色。
延续了《冲锋队之怒火街头》和《新警察故事》里警匪对立的癫狂，这种不计代价的惨烈一直是港片的优势，能给观众传递出痛感，一些近身肉搏尤甚。文戏上也做到了给主角注入灰色属性，上级成了背信弃义的代名词，权贵更是鼠目小人的嘴脸，谢霆锋的正邪转换多少夹带些无奈，而这个角色也和警察故事里的吴彦祖一样成为了令人印象深刻的反派。
虽然谢霆锋在耍帅，但他娘的真的太帅了！！！！
我知道这不是重点，但导演遗作，top billing是动作总监是不是有点奇怪。
谢霆锋嘴角的伤疤是香港joker嘛？就算他是，那甄子丹也不是Wayne，更何况他并不是joker。有那么几场戏很像《黑暗骑士》，但也仅限“像”而已了。动作戏看得出来还是留有昔日港片的影子，陈木胜也是想要探讨些东西出来的，奈何并未挖深，最后只变成了谢霆锋等人的贪财和复仇。又一大陆女星解锁此类电影中的“工具人”属性。Ps：刘德华可以联动舞蹈室绑架中的拆弹部分。最后投靠谢霆锋一起掀翻香港，摧毁所谓“正义与秩序”。
能看粤语看粤语！能看IMAX看IMAX！听国语实在是太别扭了哇😢爱港片的朋友一定要去看！观感就是很爽，整体故事结构有点像拆弹专家2，套路就还是那个套路，中间有点tdk的影子（低配低配哈）但其实谢霆锋的反派角色塑造的并不饱满，教堂自杀的刻意升华也有点找补的意思。谢霆锋请你放弃你的厨房多拍点电影！太好看了！不过...他最后一幕个人镜头好像理发师...而且我不觉得他像是能单挑甄子丹的人...
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