"Illusion: The Game of Life": High-end Intent, Ending

Magnus 2022-04-20 09:01:46

Imaginative or fanciful words such as rebirth, rebirth, reshaping, etc., express human desire for immortality and immortality. With the recent spread of a breaking news about the planned implementation of the world's first head transplant in 2017, the proposition of life and death for human beings to gain immortality has become the focus of heated discussions for a while. "I am in charge of my life, and I am in charge of my body." Will the desire to play God really become possible? The film "Phantom Body: The Game of Life" is one such topic. From the point of view of the theme, as a serious religious topic to explore the ultimate destiny of human beings, it is not unique and new in literary and artistic creations including film works, but it is also timeless because it concerns the existence of every living individual. , and the film "Illusionary Body" carries the color of science fiction and suspense, and the advantages of all sides make the film aim at high-end atmosphere and high-grade, and the tone is good.

The film begins with a stunning opening of the rich man played by Ben Kingsley, who is in a critical condition, to the stage where the reborn rich man played by the grotesque "Deadpool" Ryan Reynolds successfully changes his body. , mirror movement techniques, etc. are more delicate and smooth. In particular, the quick editing and rhythmic soundtrack after the rebirth is quite exciting, which makes the film full of force for a while, which shows the director's good skills for the title of "modern artist". However, after the gorgeous surprise, the chaotic logic, the far-fetched plot, the sluggish acting skills of the actors, etc., make the film like a rich man after changing his body, with a mutated temperament and a different soul. During the transmission process, the consciousness of the director seems to be stuck in the body-changing machine modified by a medical CT scanner, which suddenly loses the original sci-fi style and life-and-death concept, and turns into the lame rendering of family love and the hormonal stimulation of action violence.

After the body change, Fu Jia is rejuvenated and handsome, and indulges in a beautiful life of passion and vitality with a new healthy body. But then, due to the memory and conscience remaining in the body, charity burst out. The rich businessman who used to be ruthless, narrow-minded, and with a strong desire to survive has turned into a loving father who saves others and respects life. If it is because the father who has experienced life and death has a complex of guilt for his daughter and tries to make up for it, and thus transferred to the little girl, this character change is too blunt and abrupt, which is unconvincing. And when Ryan Reynolds was exploring various mysteries, the shaping of the open-hung supernatural ability made the plot completely favorably favor the male protagonist, and also made the original suspenseful mysteries easy to see through without new ideas. In addition to the contradiction in the character setting, there are also many loopholes in the logic of the play. The most obvious is that the male protagonist's body was finally forced to be replaced with Anton by the doctor. The male protagonist did not arouse the slightest suspicion from the doctor, which is quite surprising.

Old wine in a new bottle is desirable, but if the wine is boring and the bottle is uninspired, consumers will have to abandon it decisively. Under the guise of sci-fi, "Illusory Body" has a high-level idea, but its content is lacking. When the gimmick was seen through and the grandstanding noise was over, the theater left the audience disappointed.

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  • Albright: Without me your mind will relapse. And we both know who takes over.I'm the only one standing between you and oblivion.

  • Young Damian: [opening his eyes for the first time] It didn't work.