When I watched "Triggered" this time, when the English title "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" appeared, I realized that it was a reboot of the character Jack Ryan after many years. The film directly uses the person's name as the title and the mission as the subtitle. The determination of the film party to recreate a series and commit to sustainable development in the future is evident. But it is estimated that they never dreamed that this wishful thinking was finally ruthlessly obliterated by the poor translation of the mainland name... Under normal circumstances, according to the current title, no ordinary audience should realize that this is a reboot of a series. do.
In order to regenerate Jack Klein's Cold War image, the first half of "Triggered" spends a lot of time paving the way for his history. The new Jackline is set to be a US soldier who was injured after the "911 Incident", and transformed himself to deal with the various crises faced by the United States and the mainland in the "post-911 era". His skill positioning also continues the "intelligent" setting in the previous work and the original novel. He has a high degree of economics doctorate, and has the identity cover of a regular Wall Street company. Compared with his bright mind, his individual combat skills are more obvious. Slightly inferior. In this way, it is naturally determined that the main focus of the film is espionage drama, which is completely different from the action films that have emerged crazily in Hollywood in recent years.
In addition, as a character from the famous political and military novelist Tom Clancy, the spy wars experienced by Jack Klein are also completely different from the general spy war routines. As we all know, stalking and anti-stalking, instigation and counter-insurgency are the essence of traditional espionage warfare, but "Trigger" just downplayed these traditional elements, and replaced them with the signature style of Tom Clancy's novels. The huge political conspiracy . The purpose of the villain is no longer the entry-level bad things like blowing up a building and taking a few hostages in a typical popcorn movie, but instead is a virtual currency war involving the financial field.
This also leads to the fact that the core suspense points in the film are closely related to financial knowledge, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge for mainland audiences who are used to watching simple and straightforward terrorist attacks for many years. , the "fighting" that everyone expects will only appear in the form of embellished films, while the "wisdom fighting" scenes are one after another. Therefore, it is especially important to adjust your mentality before watching it. If you watch this film with the mentality of watching the fast-cut spy action movie like "The Bourne Bourne", I am afraid it will be difficult to feel the ingenious story layout of "The Bourne". . Of course, audiences who pursue action scenes don’t need to worry too much. As Hollywood’s best genre film, the film still leaves a fierce editing battle after the delicate layout to ensure that the entire film can be pushed to a climax.
If Harrison Ford's Jack Klein in the '90s was what Sean Connery was to 007, then Chris Pine's version of Jack Klein is the equivalent of Daniel Craig to 007. He is like Bond in "Casino Royale", to a large extent, he has a kind of immaturity when he first debuted, and he is overwhelmed when faced with a crisis, but he finally overcomes it with tenacious will and grows into a Brand new hero character. At the same time, it also means that Chris Pine, like Daniel Craig, has to shoulder the fate of revitalizing the entire series.
Once the restart of the Jackline series is successful, the resurgence of political spy films is bound to inject fresh vitality into the Hollywood spy film market, which is increasingly lacking in new ideas.
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