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.
纪念在天国的陈木胜导演，您的新警察故事是影响我最深的警匪片，也是我最喜欢的一部电影。
三星半。动作场面不错，从头打到尾还有变化。但故事情节太陈旧没新意，基本是几部港片的合体。导演的态度与邱礼涛《拆弹专家2》的“用后即弃”有异曲同工之意，值得玩味。谢霆锋演得很硬气，结尾一场双刀对单棍有模有样。无论反派还是甄子丹，角色都太平面了。
吃完茶餐厅来看港片，最后哭了，谢霆锋这张脸谁能恨的起来，最后时刻，他身上那些激光点像萤火虫一样美，这告诉我们警队不要随便开除警籍，会出事。那辆车穿过橱窗，小鹿摆设掉出来了，npy：哇，一只烧鸭飞出来了。
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
无语凝噎，说不出话来！已经准备好二刷的票了。陈导在这部遗作里表现出了从影生涯的最高水准！游走在黑与白之间的灰色人物，一场雨夜的奇妙捉弄，两个走上不同的兄弟，一切充满了港式江湖的味道。反派虽然下手狠辣，目无法纪人性，却是被真正手段肮脏的上级逼得走投无路，是在一朵在罪恶和血腥中绽放的绝美花朵，依然是义薄云天，值得敬佩的。印象最深的三场戏：法庭对峙，南亚贫民窟小巷追逐和下水道戏，光影斑驳的教堂里的搏斗。最后身上布满红外线狙击枪的粉红光点，灰尘浮动下朦胧的圣光打在邱刚敖的身上，那一刻宛如一尊怀抱基督的玛利亚，在痛苦和罪孽中走向皈依。陈导的激烈火药味中饱含着对这个黑白颠倒的世界的愤怒，还有那绽放于血海中的恶之花的迷人炫目绝美。（小声：陈导对小谢肯定是真爱，拍得太太太绝美了！）
剧本不洽处多，正派无甚惊喜，怀孕太太必人质，什么年代抢纸钞，货币天然是金银。小谢的反派是陈木胜电影里少见的复杂，私心会想邱礼涛拍会怎样。警队官僚气已换了天地，看甄子丹穿衬衫西装打动作我倍感窒息，文戏大多走过场，庭审情节不出意料，倒是剪出小谢黑化过程，他一头卷发，面上轻疤，恰似小丑的造型。时光轮转被体制出卖枪战北京道的不再是大圈，而是自己手足了。摩托车神技再现江湖，以前港片是休班商场，这次是满目执笠，最后教堂棚感还是略重，没人拍得过吴宇森。结尾气氛接陈木胜花絮又很唏嘘
非常血腥暴力，但是这个暴力的源头（谢霆锋）却不够邪恶黑暗，所以如此暴力的镜头其实算“滥用”了。外部动作都集中在了人民内部矛盾（身份认同上的深度精分），而对阶级矛盾和敌我矛盾却着墨不多，这是近年来香港警匪片的通病。卡司强大，香港男演员真是个个冻龄，身材相貌精神全都很在线。
陈木胜的名字对喜欢港片的观众算是耳熟能详，第一部导演作品《天若有情》已经是永恒的经典，导演和演员们有最好的化学反应。……之后的作品都是大牌演员，稳定性却不好，忽高忽低，但一个导演有几部堪称经典的作品，就已经足够未来的观众穿越了。……本片并不好，本以为会是第二个《男儿本色》，没想到从剧本到表演都立不住。……《男儿本色》的武指李忠志负责飞车特技，甄子丹负责武术指导，飞车还行，甄子丹负责的武戏并不好，还不如《龙虎门》。……香港的老演员，一个个都来蹭一下，投资人的钱变成了救济款？……秦岚，合拍片的女主，都是花瓶+酱油？……故事实在太差，堪比张艺谋。
剧情用两个字概括就是复仇，结尾枪战戏有点像风暴，最后那场对打戏有点像杀破狼，虽然节奏有些慢，不过还是说一句谢霆锋好帅，大爱！
没别的，去看。疯批美人敖哥帅哭我，美强惨的设定yyds！只要反派长得好，三观跟着五官跑，放他走！打戏荷尔蒙爆棚，真的是拳拳到肉，尤其是敖哥带着毁灭的报复的戾气，最后挥小刀抡大锤隔屏幕我都肉疼，怕他砸到我，太酷了，只恨自己词汇量太少！美中一点点不足，最后敖哥那句“如果当初是你，我们结局会不会相反”实在太ooc了，这是我敖哥能说出来的？我敖哥不会后悔，不如改成敖哥咧嘴魅邪一笑，“有谁连累兄弟，耶稣我都不给他面子”，然后手比枪，“啪”～黑屏，这样帅不帅！我敖哥不会低头的一生，是兄弟的，这辈子上刀山下火海，大家一起. 来生成佛成魔下地狱，再一起走一趟.
动作场面还是很精彩的，小谢太帅了太帅了太帅了太帅了太帅了太帅了，别做厨子了回来演戏吧！！！
陈导的最后一部影片，做的确实好，打戏精彩...这也只有香港的导演拍的出来
经典的港片黑白双雄模式，再也没有过去的味道
奔着陈木胜导演给谢霆锋准备的打戏来看的，港味被甄子丹稀释了2333
不过中环都要炸飞了，每一拳都到肉了，谁还管这些呢？陈导一路走好，希望有人继续您的衣钵，香港电影不死，警匪片不死！
陈木胜的警匪片大多有血有肉，动作很扎实，善恶往往越界，有一定的对错探讨，最后一作也不例外，丹哥和霆锋都很卖命，动作的激烈近年少有，警察背了锅坐了牢出来报私仇，这样的反派能够博取更多认同，所抛出的问题，值得思考。
曾几何时，我们可能不会对如此质量的港片喝彩。 但现在，且看且珍惜吧
陈木胜的遗作，港风很重，音乐很振，打斗很硬，谢霆锋很飒，甄子丹很勇。
看到最后一直在纠结两个主要人物的人物形象，到底哪个让我更不适，但后来想想把他们放在那个系统里他们也只能这样了，而且主要矛盾也不在他们那，电影尽量不着重那些恶兽，而是所谓的正邪双雄对决，愤怒都寄托在密集的动作戏和浅层的人物塑造上。他们或许应该站在一起的，正如当下，但没有
谢霆锋演技炸裂，多演戏吧！俨然盖过主角光芒。甄子丹也很棒。
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