The background of the film is set in the Middle Ages ruled by the Church in Europe, a dark and terrifying era, where all atrocities and killings are carried out in the name of God. In the story, it can be said that a lot of writing is spent on this. The gloomy castle, the hazy sky, and the scenes where the plague is prevalent can be seen to be expensive, but the cliché background setting and the normal devil shape, except for the fur of "Van Helsing" Other than that, nothing else. In addition, the story line of this film is single, without any branches, it is completely a narrative mode that goes all the way to the black, the plot and the contradictions and confrontations between the characters are even more simple, it is just a one-way confrontation between you and me. It is said that the key words of magic, the Middle Ages, the church, and the plague can support the general skeleton of the whole story. If we add a little polish around a few characters in the details, it will not be too good, but it will not be so mediocre. After all, "Sleepy Hollow" and "400 Years of Fright" have brought such magical themes to the extreme, and not everyone can surpass them.
Obviously, this film plays a lot of visual effects cards, and it seems a bit unkind to criticize a film that does not want to tell a story. To compare the plot, let’s talk about the visual effects: in the film, when the devil borrows the girl’s body to exert his power, the change between the two is only reflected in the girl’s facial expressions and eyes, how the devil becomes a girl, a girl The special effects such as how to become a devil do not have any foreshadowing in the details, but just change bluntly. Except for some technical processing of the wolf, I really don't see any shocking and novel visual effects in this film. place. Therefore, in the end, when the devil died and the girl returned naked, it seemed very abrupt and rude. Although the audience could understand it, it was very awkward. In addition, the devil's killing skills are also very limited. It seems that he can only hold the enemy in his arms and incinerate or stab him to death with his wings. He has no other special abilities at all. Is this still the devil who is good at disguising changes and calling for wolves? How did the girl turn into a demon and become so exhausted? The display of special effects should reach its climax here, alas, let alone the entanglement and depression.
The film is directed by Dominic Senna, the director who has filmed "Operation Swordfish". This is also the second collaboration between him and Cage in ten years after "60 Seconds". Cage is obviously old, and every move is only bluffing and ruthless, without any dexterous flashes and moves, I really wanted to talk to Cage when watching the movie: "You are too tired, you should rest, it is impossible to All the bad movies were shot at once.” Hehe... It can be seen from this that after the economic crisis, Cage, who is old and decrepit, is no longer able to be picky. The "legendary" journey, we may wish to wait and see.
In fact, the historical background of this film is very large, and its ambitions are not small. Just looking at the picture, it really tastes like a "magic epic", but due to the lack of goodness in the story and the simplicity and rudeness in technology, this film is very similar to "The White Master". ", it is unavoidable to pull the banner as a tiger's skin, although there is a grand historical background and story material, it is still inevitable to fall into the stereotype of cliché and mediocrity.
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