The disaster film madman Emmerich, who has directed films such as "Independence Day", "The Day After Tomorrow", "2012" and "Crisis", has turned his attention to the battlefield of World War II this time after ravaging the world's major landmarks. "Decisive Battle of Midway" adheres to the director's consistent style, and still does enough big scenes with low investment costs, but the story is as flat as ever.
There are many clues to the characters in the movie. Although it is easy for Xiaobai to understand the true restoration of the history as a war science film, the character cutscenes like watching flowers make each character become an extra, and wearing a soldier's costume makes his face blind. At one point I had trouble distinguishing each character, let alone the broken story rhythm. The director obviously wants to focus on the war. All kinds of warships, aircraft carriers, submarines, bombers... The dense firepower network is really cool enough to watch, but there is no more room for digging. What makes me play is that Pearl Harbor on one side has been raging for war, and the American soldiers who are going through this incident can go back to their homes after going to the battlefield. There is a party in the backyard, and there is no tension and war at all. The psychological impact it brings, to the audience, is that the victory seems to belong to the United States. Although the little Japan on the other side is not portrayed as a mentally retarded image like an anti-Japanese drama, it is completely a loser. Although the Yankee's anti-Japanese drama is not like a devil, it is completely self-centered. Center, typical American heroism.
In the case of war films becoming more and more unpleasant to investors, Bona Films invested 80 million US dollars to make "Midway" and became the largest producer of the film, so the film also brought a little Chinese elements. It's not a great masterpiece, but all kinds of big scenes can still be enjoyable. In the market environment where there are fewer and fewer war blockbusters, let's watch and cherish them.
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