Action movies, especially hardcore action movies like "The Raid" and "Tom Yum Kung", are really hard to write, because they don't have an evocative plot. To rule out bad movies (such as "47 Ronin", "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth"), let's just talk about the aftermath of the 120 minutes.
The two hardcore action films released this year, "The Raid 2 Thugs" and "Tom Yam Kung 2", are generally good, although they are a bit backward compared to "The Raid 1" and "Tom Yam Kung 1", compared to other actions in recent years. Movies (such as "Special Identity") are still worth watching.
The two films of the "Raid" series were co-produced by Indonesia and the United States. When "Raid 1" was released, it really caught the eye and was praised by European and American media as the strongest action movie in the past 10 years and the world's largest movie. The imdb netizen's rating is as high as 8.4 points. There are no special effects and no stars. It is all about action scenes, and it beats the seed players of the year, such as "Men in Black 3", "The Amazing Spider-Man" and other sci-fi blockbusters. The action design and scene selection of "Raid 1" are just right. In the narrow corridors and rooms, the use of daggers, batons and professional melee combat CQC (different from MMA mixed martial arts), with the background music specially produced by Sony, really gives People have a sense of urgency in "the narrow alleys meet with each other, killing people like grass without hearing a word". It has a different style from "Tom Yam Kung 1", but both are rare classics. In contrast, "Tom Yam Kung" is more More gorgeous, all kinds of 360-degree, 720-degree roundabout kicks and anti-joint techniques are unprecedented; while "Raid 1" is more realistic and bloody, with dagger moves and blood splashes, Rush punches to the flesh, and novel action design There is no repetition, it is dazzling, and there is no sense of slack. Therefore, once again, it is strongly recommended that friends who like action movies take a look at the "Raid" and "Tom Yam Kung" series. The following is a comparison of "The Raid 1" and "The Raid 2" in terms of plot, scene, action design, and other details.
In terms of plot, for action movies, there is no need for any plot at all, or a simple plot can be downplayed, because the audience is not watching the plot, and "Raid 1" belongs to the non-plot flow, and you can play it when you see it. , the whole film is 140 minutes long, the large and small action rounds are as long as 120 minutes, and there are only less than 20 minutes of dialogue and story introduction, but this does not reduce the score of the film, but makes the film rhythm more compact, without wasting a minute of the audience. As a sequel, "The Raid 2 Thugs" obviously wants to surpass the previous work in all aspects, but the result is "too much". In my impression, the action and plot are often in a state of fish and bear's paw, which can control the popularity at the same time. There are only a handful of movies with action scenes and compelling plots. "Assassin League" is a rare classic, and the action and plot are well balanced. "Fast and Furious 6", "Blade Warrior 2", and "Slay the Wolf" are also good , but the plot is slightly weaker; "Reverse War" and "The Bourne Bourne" have good plots, but weaker action, but the overall reputation of these movies is very good. Obviously, "The Raid 2 Thugs" is not listed, and the director seems to want to render it well Let's take a look at the background of the gangster family fighting, but unfortunately, it takes a lot of time for action plots, but only creates a few gangster leaders with too simple images. The narrative ability is far less than the "Ranger" co-operated by Jet Li and Jason Statham. , Therefore, repeating the plot here will seriously detract from this film. I feel that Donnie Yen’s films in recent years also have this common trend. I really think "Special Identity" is a bit of a bad movie. The large number of plots in "Wu Xia" are nothing to be reminiscent of, but It takes up too much action time, which is a bit overwhelming.
In terms of scenes, it is often easier to create an urgent atmosphere in a small space, and the visual impact is stronger. The corridor battle in "Raid 1" and the street battle in "Slaying the Wolf" are all successful cases, and another big advantage of small space duel is that you can Create a superman who is one enemy, one husband, and one husband. There will not be a group of people surrounding the male protagonist. Only one or two of them are fighting with the male protagonist, and the others are embarrassed; The scene depends on the director's editing level. The scene at the end of the scene that breaks into the restaurant obviously imitates the battle of the restaurant in "Tom Yum Kung 1". , cleverly avoided the embarrassment of the dragon tricks appearing in the picture, Jet Li's "Fighting Heroes", "Dragon Kiss", "Deadly Cradle" are all classic examples of group battles with one enemy against a hundred. As for "Raid" 2", the director's editing is good, if you don't look carefully, you may not be able to find the phenomenon of group battles, but I still found it, see Figure 1; the worst is Donnie Yen's "Special Identity" and "Jingwu Fengyun", If you don't know how to shoot group battles, then don't shoot them. It's too much to underestimate the IQ of the audience by having a group of dragons swaying around without doing anything. . . I feel that in order to avoid the tricks of the group battle, it is necessary to use dynamic cameras + fast switching of perspectives. In fact, this has been done well at the end of "Raid 1".
In terms of action design, to be honest, "The Raid 2" doesn't feel particularly bright. It may be because I have seen "The Raid 1", and I always feel that there is not much breakthrough. This feeling also appeared when I watched "Tom Yam Kung 2". The climactic duel of "Raid 2" is also at the end, about 6 minutes long. The ultimate duel of such hardcore action movies is often longer. The ultimate duel of "Raid 1" is about 8 minutes, and the final duel between Donnie Yen and Zou Zhaolong in "Fuse" is about 7 and a half minutes, Jet Li's fight scene at the end of "Fighting Heroes" is about 8 minutes. In fact, a fight scene of more than 5 minutes is considered a heavyweight, because an action plot usually only lasts two or three minutes, like the end of "The Ultimate Fighter 2" The climax duel is only 4 minutes. Action movies are taboo against the repeated use of actions, so they are gorgeous. "The Raid" and "Tom Yum Kung" are still good for the current two movies. If you want to make a trick, it depends on the level of the martial arts instructor, and I always feel that Donnie Yen's performance this year is good Action movies are going downhill. The MMA mixed martial arts in "Slaying the Wolf" was really good, but in the past two years, I always feel that MMA has been abused by Donnie Yen. When people see people, they scissor their feet, twist their arms and hug their thighs. The repeated intentions are too obvious. It's not okay to be so indifferent. . . . . .
In terms of other details, let’s first talk about the significance of firearms elements in action movies. In fact, gunfights can be said to be double-edged swords in action movies. There is no gunfight scene in Yin Gong, so at least it won't detract from the movie, because the gunfight scenes in action movies are either gorgeous or brainless. The action elements of "Assassin League" are mainly reflected in the firearms, and the gunfight is the highlight of the film. "The Raid 1" cleverly separates gunfights and melee bunts. It's also a good example. At the end of "The Jungle Raider", Dwayne Johnson's shotgun plays beautifully, so it can also add points, but not all action movies have the ability to integrate Gunfight elements, because the transition between gunfight scenes and action hand-to-hand combat is a very difficult issue. Often directors like to use "no bullets" to link the previous and the next, but there are no bullets at the critical moment, or the hit rate is 0 when shooting from the front. Is this too much? I look down on the IQ of the audience. Donnie Yen suddenly ran out of bullets at the end of "Fuse", and the gunfight in the car chase part of "Raid 2" also missed + suddenly ran out of bullets. Finally, let's talk about the actor's image. The actor's image in "The Raid 1" is not satisfactory. Since he is not a star, he has no requirements. At that time, the male protagonist was wearing a black police uniform. If you don't have abs, don't take it off. Really, the other opponents, each of them looks like beggars, are really dealing with things, so you can't practice your muscles first. Here we have to praise our Peng Yuyan and Zhang Jiahui. Comrade, the body type of the filming "Guild War" was also practiced a few months in advance. This is called a professional, especially Zhang Jiahui, who is almost 50. He can still train his muscles and be more dedicated.
Finally, give "The Raid 2" a score. The plot is 5 points, the action is 7.5 points, and the actors are 5 points. As far as the action is concerned, as an action movie, this movie can still be watched~
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