"Papillon" is a remake of the film of the same name in 1973. The film not only retains the success of the original, but also improves the shortcomings, strengthens the relationship between the characters, and enriches the background story. It is a more coherent film than the original. And the film is very well done. It fills in the blanks in some of the background stories of the protagonist Henry, including showing how he was convicted of murder and how he was framed, which allows the audience to have a role in the story before the beginning of the story. It resonates.
A lot of time was spent in the film exploring the relationship between Papillon and Louis. Obviously this finally paid off. The film explored their friendship from the beginning. Director Michael Noer, while pushing the story forward and keeping the audience entertained, also focused on the theme of the story-"Friendship". "Papillon" is a rare and excellent remake. It reproduces all the wonderful features of the original film, removes all the shortcomings, and creates a new film experience based on the original.
The film director Michael Noer took a more low-key approach, incorporating more character drive and suffering elements into the processing of the film. The starring performances of Charles Matthew Hunnam and Rami Said Malek were excellent, but the film was not as smooth as expected, and there were some fluctuations in showing some cruel inhumane scenes and adventure elements scenes.
Although the film is also adapted from Henry Charrell's book and Dalton Trombeau's script, the whole seems to be just going through the scene, rather than creating new things. If there is no double rendering of violence and blood, there will be no real theme sound in this story, there will be nothing special in the picture, and the ending will not resonate with the audience.
The degree of violence in the film has increased, but it does not reflect the moving core content of the film. "Papillon" is full of superficial adventures and eye-catching shocks, such as dismemberment, attempts to escape from prison, and a sadistic warden. , But there is no real sense of drama. In the epic two-hour masterpiece, the first act makes the audience feel too rushed, while the rest moves slowly at a tedious and unpleasant pace.
