Bang Bang (2024)

Bang-Bang-(2024)
Bang Bang (2024)

Tim Blake Nelson stars as ‘Bang Bang’ Rozyski, a long-retired boxer who sold himself as a child and who believes that there is a way he can redeem himself.

When first introduced to Bernard “Bang Bang” Rozyski (Tim Blake Nelson), I am not sure I can say this is a pleasant experience. For example, there is that scene where he is shown stripping in front of his house trying to dance while only in a pair of boxers and a belt and a vodka bottle. I suppose if one contacts the female while on the floor, they could say that it is a dance. But what he is doing there cannot actually be termed to be one of the dances. To put it this way, he looks like he is going through some mental humiliation of sorts. And even in this state, he is just a complete loser. But Bang Bang appears not to be making any effort to veil this shame the way Dostoyevsky described 170 years ago as ‘the caterwaul that could drive a gorilla out of the wilderness.’ On the contrary, it is. It is this void that was not appropriate to the place with all those who would be all the more compassionate of the circumstances. Zubkov achieves this presentation with no subtexts. With the passage of the movie, such exaggerated behavior appears to be less worthy of appreciation and even becomes somewhat unsettling.

It is quite easy to comprehend that we have a character before us who probably after this tale will never know what peace feels like. This concept of a man being a bear in the context is simply a device to be used in order to restate a tortoise squashed by a fish.

Evidently, this is the segment in which Nelson exhibits the most competencies. However, there is more that can be picked up just from the two seconds before Bang, presents itself. It is quite evident that there is a lot of detailing that is mashed in the movie, such as how it is based in Detroit, however, the shoot is not. But the San Antonio screenplay makes sure to address within a short period what crises torture the city which has stood the test of time. Bernard is one of the many people who are in a delapidated city and a broken man. He has a sense of abandonment, and believes this to be true, and that the people whom he battled alongside have abandoned him, which in this case, most of them are still young and have either been shot or are in prison. Yes, he has some bitterness regarding how he has been dealt with, but moreover, he seems to be internally volatile over the constant pressure on the end result of the game he struggles with internally. This construes a rather contradicting reality we see through Justin, as all he can think of at that moment is reconstruction. Maybe in the end this will make up for the pain he caused to his family as the end result of his painful struggles.

To the average viewer, this could be considered brilliant sports writing as it touches on the subject of determination as well, and to some, determination and sport simply do not blend well. 

But I am sure that you are not used to stories narrated with cynicism, insults, brutality, and sarcasm, and that is where Bang Bang excels. The movie does seem to begin losing its flow once it starts to shift from one scene to the next.

Bang Bang is trying to depict the city of Detroit but fails to do so in an appealing manner. Information, analysis, and virtually anything concerning this city is missing, only ideas are presented. Still, its role in helping the events in the film makes them slightly more entertaining, although the story of Detroit is not the center of the movie. After all, one would expect such a device that ties the main character and the place that he or she often uses such information for a reason. Another puzzling aspect of Bang Bang is the manner in which the film addresses certain events. However, such a difference is exciting because of the difference between the two characters in the film – the public’s perspective of Bang Bang and the side of Bernard whom Sharon, Erica Gimpel, knows. They have been good friends for over 10 years, maybe they were even an item in the past but are the protagonists of a love story at the moment. At one point Grashaw portrays these two characters in a very emotional scene. This is not the same kind of episodic story that stands out as being unique when a viewer watches it for his or her self pertaining to how the scene was actually filmed.

But against the rest of the features, it looks rather discordant. It feels completely foreign. Let me explain: it is a good scene if it is just separated from the movie and taken as a clip. However, there is such a disparity in the other sequences that precede it and the latter parts of the movie that this change appears to be poorly justified. It does not mean that the character loses its appeal due to the scene, but it does raise a bunch of questions that the film seems less interested in addressing.

This movie is a perfect platform for Nelson, no matter how irked I was watching this movie, and he is the one who carries on with the movie. Nelson does his absolute best to deliver an astounding performance which revolves around painful life experiences disguised under bitter words and jokes. This transition from being supernatural in the film to presenting his wit is immense. Bang Bang is sanative to a cop when a cop is talking to Bang Bang. I guess from an audience standpoint, he feels absolutely nothing; something that I can rationally understand. This is because most of their sports dramas have poor scripts which Nelson tried his best to avoid. He may not have many character-revolutionized flaws to justify a particular stance but he is absolutely right when he says something towards the end of the film. Once again it was Nelson who grabbed everyone’s attention. Through pure wit and humor, Nelson tries his absolute best to fix all the imaginable flaws in his and their dramas. The climax of the movie subjectively speaking revolves around a particular twist gently circumventing those essential lessons.

What has been hinted at for long now stands as a promise to these or other societies in the like real conditions. Rather than showing those earlier fateful scenes in that towards the end, it would be better if it is a man with a crushed heart trying to hide that void in his chest. Bang Bang, on the whole, is an engaging movie at times with a pretty fascinating central character a hero in the true sense. I wouldn’t mind such sporting movies being in plenty as there should be more of such gory and grime. More importantly, such a lifestyle is never ever even attempted to be justified. It admits that the game of boxing can ruin lives in a variety of ways. But it is for the people themselves how far they wish to bear it all. The entire focus of the film is that the audience should be capable to take decisions on their own.

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