Machinist 2: Rotten Wu Ke and Big Wave

Gregory 2021-12-20 08:01:07

Many people attribute the failure of action movies to the lack of acceptance of action film actors, but the lack of acceptance has never been the key to this problem. The shortage of newcomers is only the late stage of the decline of a whole genre. The stuntman turns up and down, and is able to lie down to earn money by practicing a tendon pose. Why bother for 90 minutes or even 120 minutes, and a head concussion. Battered?
It is true that the pure blood of Action packed action movies has not been broken yet, but the iron-blooded men who had been popular from the 70s to the 90s were inadvertently destroyed by others-the rapid development of CGI gave birth to epic Blockbuster movies to fantasy worlds to new generations of superheroes. In this new era, purebreds are definitely no match for half-blood princes.
To be specific, the current B-level action movies, especially those starring Guoda Statham, are already on par with the human appendix and male nipples, and they completely surpass the existence of chicken ribs.
In that case, why can it exist? Without him, he can only earn a little money.
Only when a person can no longer arrogantly say that "existence is reasonable" is a rogue language that scorns preconditions to protect your appendix, then it is possible to understand movies.
Fruits and vegetables like to eat shit, but shit is still shit. Eating shit never represents the mainstream.
The actors who have already become famous all have a "lien po point"-this is a wonderful stage, the previous film is still enjoying flowers and applause and bank cards, the next film has begun to make people doubt him/her in the end You can also eat a few bowls of dry rice—especially for action actors. It doesn't matter whether you can continue to do it, or simply give up on yourself. The important thing is that once people start to doubt, they plant a seed in their hearts, or a top that will not stop. If you want to put down this top again, you can't solve it with just two catties of ramen.
Take three "old friends of the Chinese people" from different eras as examples:
Nicholas Cage's "Lianpodian" appeared after "The King of War" in 2005; Bruce Willis's "Lianpodian", which is "Future Men" in 2009. For Guoda Statham, this "Lian Po point" is probably between 2009's "Furious Attack 2" and 2012's "Expendables 2".
How bad is Jason Statham's solo movie? "Fate Tracking", "Iron Elite", "Mechanic", "Temporary Security", "Hummingbird Attack", and "Parker". The similarities between all these unnecessary movies are almost the same as the faces of Weibo Internet celebrities. The difference is that even a defining moment can't be made up. By 2016, "Mechanic 2", even if we have seen "Fast and Furious 7", even if we have seen "Female Spy", this Jason Statham action film is still the same as those 5 years ago The cheap stupid action movie is exactly the same, still, it is still an extremely cheap and extremely stupid action movie.
It's as if Jason Statham's personal signature is a cheap, stupid action movie.
The entire plot of "Machinist 2" is unsurprisingly full of blandness and absurdity. The action scenes are even illogical. They go crazy and even slap their own faces-the "accidental" style said. Assassination? Almost from the beginning to the end, I was fighting with abrupt abruptness. Is there any reason not to let me watch Zheng Baorui's "Accident"?
What's more ridiculous is that, as an old school action movie, "Machinist 2" is almost completely beaten by terrible CG special effects. The excuse behind this may be because of finding a bad special effects studio (Worldwide FX has been committed to creating cheap visual effects for small and medium-cost action movies for many years), or because the budget is spent on big yachts and bikinis, or two Both of them, Who knows.
As for the romantic scene between Jessica Alba and Jason Statham who never called, it is simply synonymous with vulgarity. Just looking at it is enough to cause discomfort and conscience.
Pathetic, just pathetic.
As for Jessica Alba's "Lian Po Dian", it is probably the next film after "Sin City" in 2005. It is also a kind of forever 24 to keep fans' delusional dreams of first love with many bad movies that have lasted for many years.


In the seven years since 2009, Jason Statham only made one new movie, and then kept remaking this new movie. For some people, seeing an expressionless muscle Wu Ke blasting the enemy’s throat with his biceps is a happy thing to make my day, but this is not a reason for not being enterprising—— Why not try the deltoid muscle. In fact, in "Machinist 2", when an "assassin killer" hangs on the outer wall of a 50-story (CG) building and uses the transparent swimming pool suspended at the bottom to kill an unfortunate McGeffen character , Can still make people feel a little excited. But if this is the only refreshing moment in the whole movie, and it is also full of visual noise caused by bad CG, then it can't be too contemptuous.
It is not uncommon to come back to life for the sake of the death of the sequel. In the Cult movie "The Heart of Fury", Jason Statham can survive jumping from a 14,000-foot helicopter, not only has his adrenaline rushed, but also has no problem at all (because we are Cult). But when it comes to "Machinist", you need to think about it. In a large number of self-repetitive Jason Statham action films, the style and design of "The Mechanic" is a bit higher than other levels. On the one hand, there is the original version of the 70s as the backer, on the other hand, the director is Simon West. These two important factors disappeared in the twisted sequel.
German director Dennis Gansell encountered this kind of brainless action film when he first came into contact with Hollywood. The script of the story is shaky, there are many actors in the vase and under-trained, only the pensioner Tommy Lee Jones is worth seeing-the shape of the old pimp is both rare and fun.
Because the script itself has too many loopholes, there is no need for any special performance in "Mechanic 2". Although Jason Statham is already doing his best (to perform), the real protagonist of "Mechanic 2" is still action stunts and bullets. However, this genuine protagonist was hit by two sides: On the one hand, a large number of inferior CG special effects reduced the credibility of the stunt performance. For example, during a flight in Rio de Janeiro, the inferior background immediately downgraded this "Jackie Chan's hot-air balloon" performance to the level of "Captain America"-not that "Captain America" ​​is bad, but "Captain America" ​​lacks impact On the other hand, Jason Statham’s signature fancy action design was almost completely dropped. Whenever a new film starring Jason Statham is released, there will always be a lot of martial arts designs interspersed with it, and "Machinist 2" seems to require no action guidance at all.
In short, the "Furious Attacking Heart" series is still the best Jason Statham action film. If you don't like that tune, go to "Destiny Express".


How uncomfortable is the current market for action movies? "Mechanic 2" has just tied with the restarted "Destiny Express" in North America, which is much lower than that of "Killer Code 47" which restarted last year. You know, the biggest star of that movie is Zachary Quinto-and Angela Baby.
Perhaps many people think that action movies do not need a plot, nor do they need acting and good characters. However, when we mentioned Stallone nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, we thought of Rocky and Rambo, "Rocky" was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 3 awards (best film, best director and best editing). Works; when we mention Schwarzenegger, we think of the Terminator and the predator, and the tango with the screaming queen Jamie Lee Curtis, the daddy who accompanies the zombie daughter in "Maggie" ; When we mention Bruce Willis, we think of Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker; when we mention Mel Gibson, we think of "Freedoooooom!" and Danny Glover's "I'm too old for this shit"; even Jackie Chan, who has been widely criticized, can easily distinguish Ma Rulong from Chen Jiaju.
And Guoda Statham, who missed the golden age of action films, has only countless, boring, and inexhaustible good impressions of Guoda Statham's action movies.
And the "Destiny Express" that was usurped.
As for "Machinist 2", this is a product, not a movie.

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