"Sky Rescue" is the most personal and least personal movie starring Dwayne Johnson. I say it's the most personal because tough guy action movies are Johnson's best film genre, and he's played a series of roles in recent years, both in comedies and action movies. Surprisingly, Johnson's acting skills in this film have improved significantly, especially at the moment of saying goodbye to his daughter, he performed very well. It is said that it has the least personal characteristics, because the tough guy action movie has long been one of the most vulgar and most streamlined movies in Hollywood. Almost the same plot trend, the same character relationship, family-centered story tension and thrilling action scenes have become standard in this type of film, so much so that the protagonist of "Sky Rescue" has changed from Johnson to Liam Neeson. Or Harrison Ford, there will be no sense of disobedience. Among the young and middle-aged male stars in Hollywood, who has enough popularity and tough physique? Wei Qiangsen, who am I to return?
The most attractive thing about "Sky Rescue" is not the ideological core of family supremacy, but the director's super control of the film's rhythm and strong rendering of the atmosphere. Whether it is jumping from a crane into the opposite building or hovering outside the building tied with thick ropes, or in a sea of fire, on a high platform, setting up planks to rescue a daughter and other thrilling and exciting action scenes, or creating intense and exciting action scenes through soundtracks and editing The tense martial arts rhythm , or the suspenseful atmosphere created by the film before the mystery is revealed, firmly captures the audience's emotions.
In fact, the character of Will Sawyer, played by Johnson, is worth mentioning. This is the usual method of Jackie Chan movies: the masters are weak first . This aspect can show the transition process from weak to strong, from defense to attack, more intuitive display of strength, while narrowing the distance between the master and the audience. Incorporating family elements, the audience can reflect the strong attraction flowing from this character. More importantly, in addition to the above functions, Will's disability is also closely integrated with the action scenes, which highlights the character's characteristics. For example, Will, whose prosthetic leg was removed, fought with the enemy and had to jump on one foot to maintain his balance; he missed a fall from the building, and Johnson had to sit upside down and grab the prosthesis that was about to fall off.
The combination of skyscrapers and action movies is not the first time, and I personally think that the action scenes pay tribute to "Die Hard" and "Mission Impossible 4" many times, and the plot is similar to Liam Neeson's "Hurricane Rescue", "Commuter Rescue" and "Speed Tribulation" is highly similar, except that the character name and the place of occurrence have been changed. Almost all the elements of "Sky Rescue" are scumbags on the side of the road. They are almost placed on the chopping board and added in proportion. Without even thinking about it, you can make a decent action movie meal . Even when I mentioned "shut down and restart" at the beginning, I immediately thought that it must be echoed here. However, the director still manages to win the attention it deserves with good control and action, as well as Johnson's own charisma.
In addition, the image of the Chinese businessman played by Huang Jinghan is relatively positive, which can be said to be one of the few more realistic and positive depictions of the Chinese since the movie "2012".
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