At first glance, the first 15 minutes, I thought it was a good suspense film. The rhythm is also well controlled, the atmosphere is also created quite well, the suspense is laid down by the way, and every clue is taken care of later.
Half an hour in the middle, I thought it was a good reasoning film. The previously buried clues are peeled off like an onion layer by layer, the meaning of the digital code is gradually parsed out, and then cut to the upcoming moment.
After another half hour, I thought it was a good thriller. The alien in black appeared, creating a creepy atmosphere from time to time. At this time, I didn't know yet, it turned out that the image of the silent perverted male that often appeared in American movies with black clothes and blond hair was a metaphor for the Archangel Michael. I really thought that what they had accomplished was just the transformation from monster to Ultraman.
After another 15 minutes, I thought it was a good disaster movie. Although the sound effects of the crash of the plane are not good, the whole visual effect is really amazing, and there is no trace of computer operation. Although the subway section is a bit fake, at least the simulation is high enough, and it is the first time in the history of movies that such a big subway disaster can be simulated. It is worth remembering.
The last 15 minutes were utterly tragic. Just as I was facing the flying ears of wheat on the big screen and waiting to solve the puzzle, the director once again used a metaphorical method to tell me that the previous stunts cost too much money, and the film failed. The law continued to shoot. The result can be imagined, all the suspense and horror are fixed on the two little chosen people of God. I would rather believe that Brother Cage returned to the land of prophecy and found the password to save the world, rather than seeing such an ending. It's like putting three hamburgers on it, and suddenly giving you a candlelit dinner to sublimate it. It's a bit inhumane. I can understand that it is not easy for the director to work hard to make the first half of the blockbuster, but please distribute the budget evenly for future films, so that a thriller will not become a themed educational film.
On the bright side, this film shows us the endless possibilities of human-made genre films; on the other hand, since we already have so many sound and light experiences, why should we raise the meaning of this star. Metaphors are not terrible, what is really terrible is that, with metaphors, the world is surrounded by dog-blood romance.
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