Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
有著濃厚存在主義色彩的電影，以裝飾華麗的賭場帶出角色內心黑暗過去的設計，主人公那種在經歷痛苦後揮之不去的創傷後壓力癥候群，都環繞在整部電影里，讓他們飽受身心的折磨。雖然算牌人能夠依照牌桌上出現的卡片做出分數加減，借此判斷這場賽局對於賭客的有利程度，但這場名為人生的賭局卻沒有這麽簡單就能計算預測。
赎罪的本质是悔恨，而沉浸在计算里的是麻痹，到最后，只有在挣扎着以为原谅自己的一瞬，真正的原谅才刚刚开始。如何克服罪恶的过去，如何击败路上潜伏的恶魔，或许爱很重要，但只有死亡会终结一切。
本来应该给3分 毕竟oscar很帅 而且镜头也不错 但是最近真的厌倦这种遮遮掩掩的 还遮掩得不够有趣的 看得人好累
how do you forgive yourself… PS值得二刷
不要被片名骗了，只是个复仇的故事，还是为别人复仇的故事。
3.5+
只是单纯觉得既然叫The Card Counter那这个身份还有设计的赌博元素应该有更实际的意义才对。总觉得这部分跟救赎部分融合的并不很好。
并没有那么差，但又的确很多时候并没有满足类型期待。
What did I just watch😳泰和Oscar🤯Ending好听
7/10 全方位不如《第一归正会》，赌场是施拉德随手抓的一个类型元素么？
Tell和Crik的对白将表达引向了另一种思考，暴力的归因究竟是functionalism还是intentionalism？类似于对纳粹德国和希特勒针对犹太人大屠杀行为研究中的观点，本片中在封闭的监禁过程中发生单向的暴力行为同样也可以从这两方面讨论，即是权力最高层的意识最大化，或者累积式激进下的恶行。作为施暴者去揭开这段心理创伤时的态度与受阴影折磨而选择自杀的施暴者的后代状态去观点对撞，是催生日后一切行为的原点。
种族文化大旗深入骨髓了，现在非得一部电影里主角肤色对半才足够政治正确吗？
（不知所云之下气氛和节奏却很好）（奥爹太帅了吧！！！！！！！！！！！！！！）（不得不说他的狠脸又脆弱的样子让这部片子的可信度提高了许多）
7/10 全方位不如《第一归正会》，赌场是施拉德随手抓的一个类型元素么？
馬丁團隊的四不像劇作，似曾相識的專業賭戲+出租車司機翻版再翻版；編劇不適合當導演重要的事說三遍，被一幕幕“杯中酒”支配的感覺太詭異了…
有种90年代剧情片的感觉，两个男主选的都不错，特别是伊萨克，造型非常有张力。罪与罚，是与非，在人间的审判之上的是“上帝”的审判。
nonononono除了监狱里的几个镜头和奥斯卡伊萨克 这部电影浪费了我宝贵的两个小时
关于赌博和虐囚部分都很不错 但主角帮助男孩和放弃比赛的动机仍然缺乏必然性
整个就太刻意太硬了。有些段落感觉就像学生作品那种生硬感。随便翻翻看到海报辣爹点进去的。就喜欢辣爹肉体嘿嘿 不是皮包肌肉那种紧实的感觉 而是皮和肌肉之间还有一层脂肪的肉感 圆润 穿着衣服又有型 就很恰到好处。
Oscar Isaac is FINEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
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