Hard Target evaluation action
2022-02-11 08:02
Since John Woo’s first Hollywood movie has not been watched, I downloaded it when I saw it online. One is that this movie is John woo, and the protagonist is still Shang Gyunton. I did not expect that this movie disappointed me. The simple plot and character have no bright spots. There is only a muscular man who deals with the big gang with murder. The illegal businessmen of the game and the rich to prove the meaning of life can only be seen at a glance as the violent aesthetics of the Woo movie style (the pigeon, the villain with artistic cells.)
There is vision, no "mind"
This is John Woo's first film to enter Hollywood. Compared with his directed "The True Colors of Heroes", the action range is larger, the methods are advanced, and the scenes are better, but the characters are dim. It only pursues the visual impact, but ignores the shock of the soul. People may have a kind of "evil", that is, they want to get the pleasure of killing, so a game of hunting is produced. In order to pursue excitement and avoid troubles, veterans who have no relatives and no reason are used as targets. The loneliness of the film.
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Hard Target quotes
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Waitress: How's that gumbo, Chance?
Chance Boudreaux: A tragedy. The coffee was tolerable, though.
Waitress: It ain't free, neither.
Chance Boudreaux: Yeah. I know.
Waitress: Leave your wallet in your tuxedo?
Chance Boudreaux: I play that one on you before?
Waitress: Yeah. For the gumbo.
Chance Boudreaux: That's right.
[hands her a whole bunch of change]
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Emil Fouchon: [after a hunt] Was it worth it?
Mr. Lopacki: Every nickel.