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)
所以影片的主旨是确实有什么凌驾于法律之上，比如财富。被害人的父亲如果不是大亨，真凶就能逍遥法外？
方中信演律师还是挺有气质的。李逸峰在酒吧认识漂亮的美女，一夜邂逅就变成了杀人嫌疑犯。这个案件还是比较简单，有点以前TVB港剧的感觉。
太过理想的反博一击，顺利制服富家子，匡扶正义。
有点老套，在各种题材各个角度都被电影拍过的情况下，如何能推陈出新呢？
比较真实，方中信的演技靠得住！ 律师绝对不是只有一腔正义就行的职业，牢记初心，有手段有谋略才行。最后一段老套路，略显得做作。雷也是确定了郭一定会为女儿豁出去才能成功。
廖启智遗作，造型完全可以拿来演个跛豪之类的黑老大，对廖启智印象最深的是门徒里被砍掉手的警察
我们之所以坚持公义，是为了让我们的后代，活在保有公义的世界上！
随着香港法制基础的加速被毁，以后这种法律撒手、权位斗法的故事，会不断上演。
现在的香港电影能讲明白一个故事就已经很好了，而且看来看去，还是20年前这些的这些演员才有看点。故事的最后争议战胜邪恶，不过也还是要靠金钱，也还是要靠一些under table的手段，正义才能战胜邪恶。很残酷，但是很现实。
这部案件调查电影已经非常优秀，但破案的诡计设置还是显得如此取巧，简直如坐火箭一般直奔结局，让人觉得超不真实。可见诡计设置有多困难。
浪费了一个惬意下午的103分钟，这种连电视剧都不如的东西为什么能/要拍出来？
最近港片有点奇怪。故事主题弄的很大，但是叙事逻辑节奏跟不上主题。拍出来的东西外壳很华丽，演员没问题，就是尬
垃圾啊！前面搞得困难重重，后面分分钟就搞定了这么大的集团。郭老板的倒戈也是太快了一点
一开始就知道剧情结局的片子，毕竟是看tvb港片长大的，但是感叹为何港片还没长大？致敬智叔！！
其实，这片子没有表达完整，但是，在最后方中信的陈词里，把本片引入高潮部分！起到了画龙点睛的作用！
低分原因估计是因为还是要靠富豪弄倒富豪，我感觉还可以这片。牵强的地方稍微多了点哈。
挺遗憾的，这个卡司居然不配一个好剧本，节奏实在太烂了，一些人设和剧情转变得太突然，看得有点疑惑，突然就这样那样了。新生代的女演员是真的各方面都不太行，还没出场只有几分钟没台词的廖碧儿强。多一星给廖启智。
整个剧情和节奏都很一般。在感情纠缠中，官二代杀了富二代，找了穷小子背锅，看起来是律师“伪造”文书实现公义。但实际是富二代老爸用钱疏通了阻碍拿到了证据，在法庭上直接锤死了官二代。
也不是不能看，只是为hk拍这种程度的片而感到遗憾
故事套路，转折过于轻易，雷律师的小惊喜是为数不多的亮点。
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