In 1961, Stanislaw Rozewicz created the novella film "Birth Certificate" in cooperation with his brother, Taduesz Rozewicz as screenwriter. Such brother tandems are rare in the history of film but aside from family ties, Stanislaw (born in 1924) and Taduesz (born in 1921) were mutually bound by their love for the cinema. They were born and grew up in Radomsk, a small town which had "its madmen and its saints" and most importanly, the "Kinema" cinema, as Stanislaw recalls: for him cinema is "heaven, the whole world, enchantment". Tadeusz says he considers cinema both a charming market stall and a mysterious temple. "All this savage land has always attracted and fascinated me," he says. "I am devoured by cinema and I devour cinema; I'm a cinema eater." But Taduesz Rozewicz, an eminent writer, admits this unique form of cooperation was a problem to him: "It is the presence of the other person not only in the process of writing, but at its very core, which is inserperable for me from absolute solitude." Some scenes the brothers wrote together; others were created by the writer himself, following discussions with the director. But from the perspective of time, it is "Birth Certificate", rather than "Echo" or "The Wicked Gate", that Taduesz describes as his most intimate film. This is understandable. The tradgey from September 1939 in Poland was for the Rozewicz brothers their personal "birth certificate". When working on the film, the director said "This time it is all about shaking off, getting rid of the psychological burden which the war was for all of us. ... Cooperation with my brother was in this case easier, as we share many war memories. We wanted to show to adult viewers a picture of war as seen by a child. ... In reality, it is the adults who created the real world of massacres. Children beheld the horrors coming back to life, exhumed from underneath the ground, overwhelming the earth."
The principle of composition of "Birth Certificate" is not obvious. When watching a novella film, we tend to think in terms of traditional theatre. We expect that a miniature story will finish with a sharp point; the three film novellas in Rozewicz's work lack this feature. We do not know what will be happen to the boy making his alone through the forest towards the end of "On the Road". We do not know whether in "Letter from the Camp", the help offered by the small heroes to a Soviet prisoner will rescue him from the unknown fate of his compatriots. The fate of the Jewish girl from "Drop of Blood" is also unclear. Will she keep her new impersonation as "Marysia Malinowska"? Or will the Nazis make her into a representative of the "Nordic race"? Those questions were asked by the director for a reason. He preceived war as chaos and perdition, and not as linear history that could be reflected in a plot. Although "Birth Certificate" is saturated with moral content, it does not aim to be a morality play. But with the immense pressure of reality, no varient of fate should be excluded. This approached can be compared wth Krzysztof Kieslowski's "Blind Chance" 25 years later, which pictured dramatic choices of a different era.
The film novella "On the Road" has a very sparing plot, but it drew special attention of the reviewers. The ominating overtone of the war films created by the Polish Film School at that time should be kept in mind. Mainly owing to Wajda, those films dealt with romantic heritage. They were permeated with pathos, bitterness, and irony. Rozewicz is an extraordinary artist. When narrating a story about a boy lost in a war zone, carrying some documents from the regiment office as if they were a treasure, the narrator in "On the Road" discovers rough prose where one should find poetry. And suddenly, the irrational touches this rather tame world. The boy, who until that moment resembled a Polish version of the Good Soldier Schweik, sets off, like Don Quixote, for his first and last battle. A critic described it as "an absurd gesture and someone else could surely use it to criticise the Polish style of dying. ... But the Rozewicz brothers do no accuse: they only compose an elegy for the picturesque peasant-soldier, probably the most important veteran of the Polish war of 1939-1945." "Birth Certificate" is not a lofty statement about national imponderabilia. The film reveals a plebeian perspective which Aleksander Jackieqicz once contrasted with those "lyrical lamentations" inherent in the Kordian tradition. However, a historical overview of Rozewicz's work shows that the distinctive style does not signify a fundamental difference in illustrating the Polish September. Just as the memorable scene from Wajda's "Lotna" was in fact an expression of desperation and distress, the same emotions permeate the final scene of "Birth Certificate". These are not ideological concepts, though once described as such and fervently debated, but rather psychological creations. In this specific case, observes Witold Zalewski, it is not about manifesting knightly pride, but about a gesture of a simple man who does not agree to be enslaved.
The novella "Drop of Blood" is, with Aleksander Ford's "Border Street", one of the first narrations of the fate of the Polish Jews during the Nazi occupation. The story about a girl literally looking for her place on earth has a dramatic dimension. Especially in the age of today's journalistic disputes, often manipulative, lacking in empathy and imbued with bad will, Rozewicz's story from the past shocks with its authenticity. The small herione of the story is the only one who survives a German raid on her family home. Physical survial does not, however, mean a return to normality. Her frightened departure from the rubbish dump that was her hideout lead her to a ruined apartment. Her walk around it is painful because still fresh signs of life are mixed with evidence of annihilation. Help is needed, but Mirka does not know anyone in the outside world. Her subsequent attempts express the state of the fugitive's spirits - from hope and faith, moving to doubt, a sense of oppression, and thickening fear, and finally to despair.
At the same time, the Jewish girl's search for refuge resembles the state of Polish society. The appearance of Mirka results in confusion, and later, trouble. This was already signalled by Rozewicz in an exceptional scene from "Letter from the Camp" in which the boy's neighbour, seeing a fugitive Russian soldier, retreats immediately, admitting that "Now, people worry only about themselves." Such embarassing excuses mask fear. During the occupation, no one feels safe. Neither social status not the aegis of a charity organisation protects against repression. We see the potential guardians of Mirka passing her back and forth among themselves. These are friendly hands but they cannot offer strong support. The story takes place on that thin line between solidarity and heroism. Solidarity arises spontaneously, but only some are capable of heroism. Help for the girl does not always result from compassion; sometimes it is based on past relations and personal ties (a neighbour of the doctor takes in the fugitive for a few days because of past friendship). Rozewicz portrays all of this in a subtle way; even the smallest gesture has significance. Take, for example, the conversation with a stranger on the train: short, as if jotted down on the margin, but so full of tension. And earlier, a peculiar examination of Polishness: the "Holy Father" prayer forced on Mirka by the village boys to check that she is not a Jew. Would not rising to the challenge mean a death sentance?
Viewed after many years, "Birth Certificate" discloses yet another quality that is not present in the works of the Polish School, but is prominent in later B-class war films. This is the picture of everyday life during the war and occupation outlined in the three novellas. It harmonises with the logic of speaking about "life after life". Small heroes of Rozewicz suddenly enter the reality of war, with no experience or scale with which to compare it. For them, the present is a natural extension of and at the same time a complete negation of the past. Consider the sleey small-town marketplace, through which armoured columns will shortly pass. Or meet the German motorcyclists, who look like aliens from outer space - a picture taken from an autopsy because this is how Stanislaw and Taduesz perceived the first Germans they ever met. Note the blurred silhouettes of people against a white wall who are being shot - at first they are shocking, but soon they will probably become a part of the grim landscape. In the city centre stands a prisoner camp on a sodden bog ("People perish likes flies; the bodies are transported during the night"); in the street the childern are running after a coal wagon to collect some precious pieces of fuel. There's a bustle around some food (a boy reproaches his younger brother's actions by singing: "The warrant officer's son is begging in front of the church? I'm going to tell mother!"); and the kitchen, which one evening becomes the proscenium of a real drama. And there are the symbols: a bar of chocolate forced upon a boy by a Wehrmacht soldier ("On the Road"); a pair of shoes belonging to Zbyszek's father which the boy spontaneously gives to a Russian fugitive; a priceless slice of bread, ground under the heel of a policeman in the guter ("Letters from the Camp"). As the director put it: "In every film, I communicate my own vision of the world and of the people. Only then the style follows, the defined way of experiencing things." In Birth Certificate, he adds, his approach was driven by the subject: "I attempted to create not only the texture of the document but also to add some poetic element. I know it is risky but as for the merger of documentation and poety, often hidden very deep, if only it manages to make its way onto the screen, it results in what can referred to as 'art'."
After 1945, there were numerous films created in Europe that dealt with war and children, including "Somewhere in Europe" ("Valahol Europaban", 1947 by Geza Radvanyi), "Shoeshine" ("Sciescia", 1946 by Vittorio de Sica), and "Childhood of Ivan" ("Iwanowo dietstwo" by Andriej Tarkowski). Yet there were fewer than one would expect. Pursuing a subject so imbued with sentimentalism requires stylistic disipline and a special ability to manage child actors. The author of "Birth Certificate" mastered both - and it was not by chance. Stanislaw Rozewicz was always the beneficent spirit of the film milieu; he could unite people around a common goal. He emanated peace and sensitivity, which flowed to his co-workers and pupils. A film, being a group work, necessitates some form of empathy - tuning in with others.
In a biographical documentary about Stanislaw Rozewicz entitled "Walking, Meeting" (1999 by Antoni Krauze), there is a beautiful scene when the director, after a few decades, meets Beata Barszczewska, who plays Mireczka in the novella "Drops of Blood". The woman falls into the arms of the elderly man. They are both moved. He wonders how many years have passed. She answers: "A few years. Not too many." And Rozewicz, with his characteristic smile says: "It is true. We spent this entire time together."
一位名叫凯特的职业女杀手在日本的一次行动中失手，随后被注射了致命的钋-204，只剩下不到24小时的时间复仇。另一条副线是凯特与被她暗杀的一个黑帮骨干的女儿Ani的纠葛关系。
完全没有超出预期，从头打到尾，但就是没有看《致命黑兰》《安娜》《疯狂的麦克斯4》《极寒之城》《特工绍特》《龙纹身的女孩》时过瘾，可能是导演选角的问题吧，女主说不上好看也就是一般人吧，特别是身材。再加上女二号的牙套实在让人倒胃口！
前半部分的动作戏干净利落，故事、配乐比较差
去年看完塞隆女王的永生守卫以后，我还在说希望未来能多一点认真对待女性动作片的导演和团队。没想到这一年过去，出了一堆大女主动作片，竟然连一部比永生守卫能看的都没有。这部姑且算是相对接近的了，也只不过贡献了两小场勉强能上70分的段落，其余部分只能把脑子关上当日本观光MV看。女主之前在双子杀手里的表现明明还蛮不错，这部却时好时坏，力量感时强时弱，估计还是导演要求低拍摄赶工的锅。哎，本以为塞隆女王当初的极寒之城算个75分的女性动作片标准线，现在却变成了上限…………真的希望制片厂们上点心吧，你们不会是故意这么一通框框瞎搞，以便未来能让动作片重回男性天下吧？？也希望女星能再出几个像塞隆姐和哈利姐那样足够敬业的，突袭2的锤妹都结婚去了，这女打星可别就这么断档了呀！
亦正亦邪，过眼瘾很不错。何种动作戏，搏斗，枪战。女杀手被投毒，剩一天命，以同归于尽的觉悟复仇，也够血腥刺激。p.s. 火了一把“柠檬炸弹”，哪里能买到……
全片除了国村隼和浅野忠信对刀的那场戏 几乎没有亮点 按道理说拍的也不错 可能这类片子看多了也审美疲劳吧
亚仁打凯特那抢打哪了 我一直找也没找到伤口
好糟糕的片。女主如果是日本人的话，只是普通烂片，故事发生在日本，女主一美国人，搞得全片到处英文，出现的日本元素完全没融入剧情，并没有尊重只是强行拼接（灰色和室？）。其他日本演员都挺好，唯独小女孩表演超烂（日文还有口音），她的镜头和剧情还特多，存在就很烦。动作戏让人不耐烦，女主杀一片全靠对手弱鸡，偶尔试图走心只流于表面，节奏稀烂（被下毒的那一夜最莫名），反转是最传统的套路。不如看Jolt。
唯一亮点几处杀人场面够血腥暴力。
剧本平庸，女主的演技和打斗场面设计太配不上这个杀手角色了
查看了一下导演履历，不愧是拿过奥斯卡的专业视效师，奉上了我迄今为止所有看过的动作片里最丝滑的一场飙车戏
导演是特效出身，果然还是影像上比较惊艳。霓虹美学+新潮配乐，东京的赛博朋克味道瞬间出来了。故事老套，全靠酷拽女主硬撑。不过，结尾处还是有被感动到。
杀手妹子被下毒后啪啪了，然后开始找根源，原来都是被所谓的家人出卖。故事简单，老套，看效果，就是场景太黑。最后一场打斗很精彩，特别是俩鬼子，一个商人一个流氓的决斗，介错很漂亮，手起刀落头滚。鬼子小萝莉还是很不错的。mary好好发展能成为硬汉派的代表，不愧是干死僵尸的女汉子。
看起来太干瘦了
坦白说吧，对Kate立刻变身一体机，妈妈姐姐老婆老公我都能不要脸地喊出口🥺😭
色调像攻壳机动队黑霓虹，人物造型后半程像考拉，打法像杀死比尔，只有最后一幕🌸出现像暴力美学，色彩太单调，故事也数见不鲜了，但是只要杀小日子过得不错的人就看着很过瘾。
Dinner killing scene's cool. But horrendous after Band-Maid. Fucking kid cringe like hell. 不知道给梅津泰臣版权费没？估计没有。英文一字之差，都叫カイト也没辙。开场给玛丽·伊丽莎白·温斯蒂德的第一个镜头就车内强光不打粉，根本是犯罪。
无脑爽片，色彩运镜都很好，打斗场面更是又血腥又暴力。日本混血妹子表情丰富，挺可爱的。结尾有点乏力，但胜在无用脑负担。
开始还在想为什么狂cue东京喰种，想必就是要暗示女主立场不定反复横跳。不过真的拍得非常无聊，无敌哈里森和女主的一出场就能直接看穿结局，立本人都跟傻子似的。唯一让人稍微兴奋的是给浅野忠信甩了个同性恋设定，但是跟他对象没有一点对手戏，挂名对象实质工具人，不知道同来干嘛的……
有几个亮点，比如日料店里的血腥插刀，砸碎玻璃杯cos金刚狼造型，最后大战女主黑帮老大式登场，还有选用的J-POP。但总体故事还是很俗套，死亡倒计时的复仇女杀手怎么也没有《怒火攻心》带劲。当然这些年所有的杀手片都不能和John Wick比。
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