JOHN WICK (2014)

J O H N W I C K
(2014)

**serius. Ini ENTRI YG PANJANG***

aka Johnathan Wick aka Baba Yaga, worst than Boogeyman, role played by Keanu Reeves. Happens to be his role walaupun pada awalnya nak diberi pada seseorang yg berada dalam usia 60-an.

Saja throwback this 1st series memandangkan xlama lagi akan kluar 3rd series of JW : Parabellum.

5 years, enough. A man of focus, commitment & sheer will pilih untuk retired dari dunia hitman, mafia. Lost his weight for about 60 pound. Settle down & leave over a woman. His late wife, namanya Helen. Sadly his-late-wife.
Not long after that, unfortunately, he's back!

Itupun selepas kereta mustang '69 miliknya kena curik & anjing dia, Daisy yang merupakan final gift dari Helen, mati.

Iosef Tarasov, the one who starts the fire. Anak kepada Viggo, ketua mafia. Russian. Dia bawak kereta JW ke Workshop Aurelio & semuanya berlangsung begitu pantas. Aurelio hello-hello JW, skjp je JW dpt tahu dalang penyerang.

Viggo dapat tahu dan terus gusar.
Dia bedal anak dia dan cakap :- " John will come to you. And you will do nothing. Because you can do nothing. "
Nak cerita yg JW dlu associate with the organization tapi dah stop that way of life.

Viggo sangat banyak script yang wise. Bertanggungjawab memperkenalkan watak John kpd anaknya.
" He killed 3 people in the bar using a f****** pencil! " -which this scene wujud dlm JW 2. Dramatik nau.

Oh ya, just my view, to me, the mafia organization sgt wicked and fully, sistematically organized.

Bermula dengan waste disposable yang bersihkan mayat2 dalam rumah JW conducted by Charlie, open killing/bounty contract 2 million dari Viggo ke Marcus, code of conduct : no business can be conducted in this premise lest incurring heavy penalties yg dijalankan di hotel The Continental, milik Winston, the world most elite assasine stay, dan pergh! Bagi gold coin je kot, semua urusniaga boleh berlaku.

Dalam club yg tletak dalam hotel tu jugak, JW dpt info yg Iosef ada di Red Circle, happen to be kelab hiburan 2 tingkat.

JW menyelinap masuk Red Circle, shoot semua orang macam main game PS4 ,headshot point tak terkira, fuh! Seriously hahahaha. Gila sharpshooter.
Dia bunuh Victor, kenalan baik Iosef dan dpt maklumat anak si Viggo tu dkt Bath House.

Scene action takyah ctelah, mmg worth watching. Takde chance langsung nk selamatkan diri. Teknik dan gerakan semua JW boleh baca tapi still tercedera, left abdomen.

Balik Continental, ada doktor yg mmg dlm dunia mafia(kot) rawat luka & bg painkiller pd dia.

3 pagi. Marcus aka kwn lama yg pada aku masa tu, unsure dia baik ke x, shoot dkt dlm bilik hotel JW utk sedarkan dia, ada seseorang mmburu.

Perkins. Ms Perkins. The girl who knows how to fight. Villain yg defeated akhirnya buka mulut utk selamatkan diri. " Little Russia. Church near Cannon Court. Place where he put his private stash. " - duit kotor milik Viggo.

Kejap je JW sampai church siangnya lepastu ugut paderi utk buka gate security dan bakar the vault. Lol!

Ashes to ashes. Kempunan member nak merasa duit haram.

Tak lama tu ada scene action gila2 punya sampai JW defeated dan jadi tahanan Viggo.

" PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE. TIMES, THEY DO. "
Power whoa ayat ni! Viggo yg cakap. Kuat falsafah ketua mafia ni. Huhuhu..

Time ni dpt tahu Marcus ni baik. Dia tembak org Viggo lps llki tua tu blah. JW berjaya lepaskan diri dari pergelutan dan kejar Viggo.

Dapat Viggo, ingatkan JW nk setelkan je llki ni tapi tak. Dia walked away with info yg Iosef ada di Safe house. Brooklyn. 434 Wallace Palace.

Marcus jumpa JW ckp bla-bla-bla pasal settle down. Tak lama lpstu dia kena dragged dalam satu rumah, kena bunuh dgn Viggo bersaksikan Perkins sebab betrayed dan langgar cardinal rule, settle.

Penamat Perkins, dia trima call dari Continental pergi ke 1 tempat, dtg 4 lelaki setiap penjuru pegang revolver, bersama Winston, " Miss Perkins. Your membership to The Continental has been by thine own hand, revoked! " Bamm! Empat2 org tu shoot dia serentak.

Viggo? Konon nak lari dengan heli tapi come on, JW kot. Kompom dpt kejar walau bagai nk gila shooting scene. Lama. Satu2 mati. Sampailah battle between JW dgn Viggo. No guns. No bullet.
Fight like a real man.

Last, Viggo mati dengan last word, " Be seeing you. "

Scene yang very fast moving.
Few flashbacks.

Finally, JW pegi vet, rawat diri, staple his open wound yg kena stabbed by Viggo dan bebaskan seekor anjing.

Dan itulah kisah John Wick yg kembali semula ke dalam dunia gelapnya kerana kematian Daisy, si anjing hadiah terakhir dari Helen.

The final gift.
Semblance of hope.
Opportunity to grieve unalone.

#JohnWick

CHRIS EVAN in SNOWPIERCER

S N O W P I E R C E R (2013)

lakonan Chris Evan as Curtis Everett.
Arahan Bong Joon Hu, Korean people.
Durasi : To be precise 2 hours. 6 min lagi ending penghargaan.
Plot cerita : Dalam gerabak keretapi
Plot masa : 2014 (past), 2031 (present)
Analogi : Allegori (what you perceive tak bermaksud ianya adalah suatu kebenaran yang hakiki)

Video ni terlalu panjang sampai aku rasa kena cut tapi siapa kenal aku, aku tetap nak cuba jugak bercakap walaupun bakat aku tak hebat mana. Sebab the only thing yang aku selalu put trust dalam diri adalah practise makes perfect.

Kau nak baca,baca. Kau nak layan video aku bercakap,layan. Simple treatment.

Ok, back to apa yg aku nak sampaikan, movie ni adalah pengisahan dystopia yang berlaku dalam train. Suatu kawalan sosial yg berlaku dalam gerabak depan ke belakang. Belakang sekali of courselah yg darkness life punya cerita.

Dipendekkan cerita, Curtis memimpin satu revolusi dari gerabak belakang semata2 untuk menawan Wilford.

Masa Giliam(lelaki tua, so called wise man with wisdom) ni tanya apa yg Curtis nak buat kalau berjaya tawan gerabak hadapan yg menempatkan Wilford, dia macam tak pasti dengan apa yg akan dia buat. Bunuh? Jawab Curtis.

Gilliam balas, killing only continue this oppressive system. Lol!

Aku pun macam tak jelas dengan tujuan Curtin.
In fact, sampai ke akhirnya. Apa yang kau cuba nak ubah sebenarnya? Tak steadfast langsung niat dia.

For ur info, Wilford ni adalah pembina train yg juga merupakan penjaga enjin suci lagi abadi. Enjin tu lah yg menjadikan train yg mereka naiki tu terus menerus bergerak walaupun di atas landasan yg tak diselenggara.

Train ni kalau korg dgr video aku, adalah train yg tahan suhu sejuk melampau dan panas melampau. Bergerak dalam bulatan merentas dunia bertahun2 lamanya. Setiap tahun baru akan disambut ketika train melepasi Jambatan Yekaterina.

Demi nak merealisasikan revolusi, Curtis & survivors yg ada kena melepasi dari satu seksyen gerabak ke satu gerabak yg lain selepas dpt klu red note dalam block protein milik Timothy anak Tanya (perempuan middle age bkulit gelap) berusia 5 tahun yg tertulis nama Nam Koong Min Su (Korean people) pakar keselamatan yg ada di seksyen penjara dan seorang penagih dadah sintetik, Konole.
Dia ada anak perempuan nama Yona umur 17 tahun dan dia minta diorang bebaskan Yona sekali in order to fulfil the revolution.

Aku selitkan tahap gross blok protein ni adalah level paling menggelikan dalam skala yg ada, bayangkan benda alah tu diproses daripada lipas dan benda yg diorang makan tu adalah lipas. Wekkk! Nak muntah hijau dibuatnya.

Diorg travel dari gerabak ke gerabak sampai ke seksyen sbelum sampai ke bahagian seksyen bekalan air, diorang terpaksa tempuh masked man with an axe yg disalurkan dgn darah ikan (anti-coagulent).

Antara manusia yg menakutkan. Time ni fighting scene gila2 lepas Mason (menteri Wilford aka jurucakap) bagi arahan manusia ni utk pakai night vision teropong dan membunuh.

Walaupun at last diorang survive dlm pembunuhan yg very impossible to win ni, aku still merasakan yg thats all about luck.

Aku cepatkan penceritaan sampai ke part Curtis terpaksa buat pilihan antara Edgar yg hampir dibunuh dengan nak tawan Mason. Guess what, Curtis pilih utk tawan Mason dan Edgar si kawan baik dia ni mati.

Next, Mason tawarkan Curtis & the geng ni expedite way utk cepat sampai ke Wilford. Dari situ diorang lintas seksyen yg penuh tanaman hijau, lpstu satu ekosistem akuarium yg tertutup, sempat makan sushi yg hanya dibuat 2 kali setahun (Jan & Julai sahaja **noted dlm video aku tsalah sebut. Hehe), seksyen daging mentah, sampailah ke seksyen paling cerah dengan warna iaitu sekolah.

Sekolah ni tempat battle yg diorang kena survive lepas memerhatikan dakyah yg disebarkan. Menurut kanak2 kat situ, gerabak belakang adalah manusia pemalas dan suka buat hal sendiri. Pada diorg jgk, kluar dari train bermakna menempah kematian sendiri. Kt sinilah part alegori menjadi premis utama selain daripada penekanan ideologi distopia, capitalism dan feudalism.

Survive serangan dkt seksyen sekolah, Curtis tembak Mason lps tgok Giliam kena tembak mati, dia bergerak ke depan. Ke seksyen yg menempatkan klinik gigi, tempat ukur baju, luxury stuff, bar, salon, swimming pool. Like wow!

Sampai ke satu tempat berlampu warna kuning (shower room) satu pergelutan dan pembunuhan berlaku lagi dan yang survive hanya Curtis, Nam & Yona.

Diorg teruskan bergerak sampai ke gerabak last sebelum bertemu Wilford, Nam stop buka pintu.

Pada dia mission dia dh selesai tapi x pada Curtis. Dia nak berdepan dgn Wilford and worst thing he want to do is probably by killing that man without mercy.

Sampai part yang beberapa minit kebelakang ni memang banyak wisdom. Korang kena teliti dan fahamkan mengenai teori keseimbangan populasi dalam closed ecosystem, revolt, natural selection, buruh paksaan dan kenapa Wilford terpaksa lakukan oppression demi mengekalkan apa yang telah dia bina selama 18 tahun ini.

Pada yg tak tengok lagi, aku suggest korang tengok.

Ending dia biasalah bagai nak gila aku hadam walau tak seindah ending Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2.

Mgkin penunjukan wujudnya polar bear dalam last scene adalah simbol hope.
Bak kata Presiden Snow dalam first series of Hunger Games,

" A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. So contain it. "

Kisahnya relevan.
Khusus pada masyarakat kini, marhaen macam kita yg selesa duduk dalam dakyah feudalism.
Membiarkan orang atasan memikirkan dan memberi garis panduan tanpa kita sendiri cuba sedaya upaya memikirkan sesuatu. Aku admit, termasuk aku.

Kita takutkan percaturan kita silap.
Kita takutkan apa yang kita pertahankan musnah.
Kita terlalu takut keamanan yg kita ada tak dapat dipertahankan.
Kita selesa dalam circle yang kita ada.
Lupa yang masih ada manusia yang hidup dalam kegelapan mengharap tingkah keadilan dari pihak atasan.
Sehingga segalanya berlalu dalam bystander effect. Kita pilih untuk menolak-nolak daripada kluar membantu.
People just keep going. Avoid all pains & sacrifice.

Dari sentimen yang berbeza, buat aku terfikir, bagaimanakah nanti caranya kebangkitan Islam akan berlaku?

Bangkit selepas kemusnahan atau bangkit selepas berlakunya proses diplomasi yang panjang?

Whatever it is, one day we will have to face it.

Sekian.

My verdict : 8/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#snowpiercer

Song Lyrics Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth ft Emeli Sande

This song stuck inside my mind.
A beautiful song, guys. R&B ballad
Sixth single of Labrinth's debut album.

BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL

You tell all the boys no

Makes you feel good yeah

I know you're out of my league

But that won't scare me away oh no

You've carried on so long

You couldn't stop if you tried it

You've built your wall so high

That no one could climb it

But I'm gonna try

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful

Would you let me see beneath your perfect

Take it off now girl, take it off now girl

I wanna see inside

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight

You let all the girls go

Makes you feel good, don't it?

Behind your Broadway show

I heard a voice say please don't hurt me

You've carried on so long

You couldn't stop if you tried it

You've built your wall so high

That no one could climb it

But I'm gonna try

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful

Would you let me see beneath your perfect

Take it off now boy, take it off now boy

I wanna see inside

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight

Oh, tonight

See beneath, see beneath,

I Tonight I

I'm gonna climb on top your ivory tower

I'll hold your hand and then we'll jump right out

We'll be falling, falling

But that's okay

Cause I'll be right here

I just wanna know

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful

Would you let me see beneath your perfect

Take it off now girl, take it off now girl

Cause I wanna see you say

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight

Tonight, see beneath your beautiful

Oh tonight, we ain't perfect, we ain't perfect

Would you let me see beneath your beautiful tonight

My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella

Please refer the pictures down below guys!

Just want to show you how Sophie Kinsella separated the place plot inside this novel (My Not So Perfect Life)

A Londoner life vs Farm's Life.

How Katie so desperately want to keep up with her job at London (disclosure : living in a tiny room with no space wardrobe) rather than living peacefully at Somerset.
She even thought that being lame is better than looking broke.

She thoughts that Demeter (her boss who had random attitude that makes people tired to keep up with her) noticed her and that would be her calling card, but later where all things become worst, when Demeter who never ever could really remember her name, fired her just like that.

Cat (Nickname as Londoner) would never get a chance to pitch her the right idea.

Next, Cat going back to Somerset saying that she's in sabbatical to her stepmom and dad and since then she had built up a whole fictitious life.
They trust her just like that.

Then, Cat manage all glampings camp at her family's farm and the conflicts began when Demeter came to her place for vacation.

Is Demeter will noticed her at the first glance?
If she noticed, would she brag to Cat's dad that his daugther are unemployed from her company?
Or maybe Cat should use the chance by getting her job back?
Or is it Demeter- who potray the life that I am a woman who own everything -actually have such an idyllic life herself (Cat).

Well i've only read at Chapter 13 but this story is sooooo amazing!
I mean every single lines falls in a right place.

I dunno why but I kinda miss life during the time when I read her Shopaholic's series.

All the imagination created inside my mind just came alive like a movie.

Maybe I should find some time to have a good movie during free time.

😉