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Incomplete film reviews-the unknown fear of the dampness of the tropical rainforests in Central America, the psychedelic violence in the hot and dry urban areas of North America. Second re-evaluation of the hard-line science fiction action horror movie in the early 1990s-"Predator 2": "Predator" is a "female" with a certain crude and poor "feminism". This series is also suitable for "Leaves & Stars".
Re-entry of the old review-three questions, one fantasy. (Written on the first impression of this sequel film by "Mtime.com" twelve years ago, which was more subjective at the time, with suggestions from other fans.) And, this "old review" old film is so difficult to live with. The reason for the trial was the "Vietnam War"? Or "Xinjiang"?
Yes, this is a new personal "re-evaluation", or "re-evaluation" of "Predator 2", a sci-fi horror and thriller action movie. If someone asked why I called the "Reassessment", Cipian "related critic" I also put a personal 12 years ago (2009) in August, " Time network " with some initial "mystified" the Comment at that time, and those who are interested can check it out. However, after so many years, I don’t want to keep such a superficial review with a lot of "incomprehensibility", so I still write such an article. In fact, personally, there is no need for "re-evaluation". . In fact, this sequel movie does not have much more profound meaning that can be "infinitely memorable", and it is more inclined to "fan-oriented" series of movies. This sequel has two points worth mentioning:
First of all, of course, the dazzling array of skulls "trophies" appearing on the "collector shelf" of the "Predator" spacecraft that movie fans at least already know, and among them, there is a skull, which is another famous monster. The cultural endorsement creature-" Alien/Alien ". Although the 20th Century Fox owned the copyrights of two heavyweight alien creatures at the time, at that time, the film companies didn’t seem to think about “causal connection”, let alone think about how (what) would the two aliens be? Living body, carry out reasonable and effective crossover. However, the pioneering idea of the visual effects/special effects makeup master " Stan Winston/Stan Winston " can be said to be a very predictable "Easter Egg" language (prophecy). It's a pity that later related movies about the monster images of these two mainstream American film commercial cultures did not become classics.
The other is the sequel to "Predator 2", which is the first restricted film rated as "NC-17" after the emergence of the American film classification system. (People under the age of 17 are prohibited from watching) And this rating is closer to the “pornographic” rating of the “adult system” than “R” movies. And such a classification is obviously very unfavorable for a commercial movie that still wants to make money. Therefore, this sequel is only cut before and after, it is said that there are twenty times. In the end, it was hurriedly released in the form of "R" grade. This may also be the sequel to this movie, why some plots really make people feel jumpy, and even some inexplicable reasons. But there is no way, because this work is too uncontrollable when the victim is skinned, meat, blood sucked, and the victim is very clear and intuitive. There are also many naked male and female intercourse, casualties of police and criminals who hurt both sides, and the bloody extreme of drug addiction. Exhausted. It can be said that there are no taboos, the lines of foul language, and the content of the black language among the gangs are also undisguised in this part. There is no such thing as the first "Predator" from the depths of the secluded dense forest, with a somewhat claustrophobic and horrible atmosphere. Instead, it uses a more wild way to show a hot city with serious ethnic divisions and mixed factions. The towering steel-concrete combined with today's architecture is the literal translation of this "predator" alien creature, looking for honor, showing pride, and completing the "baptism" of the urban jungle.
If the first "Predator" has a little bit of "Vietnam War Trauma" and a little fear of "War Memories"; then this sequel is more concentrated on everyone in it, encountering all kinds of negative news, personnel, and news. And the subsequent emotional mania of high-risk occupational pressure. Among them, the African-American Lieutenant Detective Mike Harrigan is the main manifestation center of "tempered". I think it is reasonable for this sequel to use the "city" as the center of the "battlefield", because the "closed" horror atmosphere in the first part has been used, and the second part is to choose the inaccessible hot and humid forest, which may appear to be Some are too much copying of previous works. And this series does not have "alien" more room for display. how you said that? Because "alien" they come from the realm of "outer space", this monster has not actually participated in the center of activity within "earth" for a long time. (Don't remind me of the "Alien vs. Predator" series. I will not make reference to this series.) So in that elusive space environment, how to create a crisis is actually "conventional." But the "predators"...they, these creatures, actually "take the initiative to attack", in the earth's environment, "dominate the blessing", this is actually a good idea, but the battle on the earth is affected by " Because of the constraints of the "earth" environment and ecology, it is impossible to "do whatever you want". So since the front part is already the adventure jungle of "Guatemala", this part, or to continue the contents of the front part, seems to be somewhat difficult to expand. Of course, it just "seems." The "Alien" series does not change the main background of the "outer space" environment, but this series is more classic. Yes, the reason for the initial birth of the "Predator" is more or less a "joke", but it is not too rigorous. In the later period, it was just "extended" and "upgraded", but in fact, this image is more diluted and adapted to make the viewers bewildered. I am also a somewhat "iron and blood" fan. According to my personal opinion, don't restart this series, sincerely.
It's just a pity for me. A movie with a "sequel" at its core does not have a character, which is slightly related to the previous one. This in itself is an excellent proof of the limited ability of the author of this series. But the overall chaotic narrative rhythm of this movie, and the popular visual effects, um...the "old-fashioned Hong Kong movie" is full of flavor. If you look at this sequel from this perspective, you might really find it "noisy" and "exciting". Although I don't want to say that, but the facts in my memory, some of my old friends, such as Han Dan and Ling, seem to prefer this sequel. The meaning of these female viewers back then was: "It's quite lively." Of course, this is not a very "professional" understanding, but it is also true. If this sequel really picks out what is better than the first one, I would say that it is its chaos, its disorder, and it has some "out of state" anxiety, anxiety, and anxiety frequency from beginning to end. But to say that this is not as good as the previous one, it's totally okay. Because of this sequel, those gangs such as "Jamaica Voodoo" and "Colombia" have fired and the content is somewhat "enhanced" for the chaotic urban security in this book, but some viewers cannot concentrate on it. Pay attention to the real protagonist of the film-"Predator". That is, the "Predator". Somewhat distracting. Regarding the interpretation of this part of the "gang" content, except for the "Jamaica Voodoo" teacher from Africa, how much has some "connection" with the "predator", what about the rest? Does that supporting role bring more exciting passages to this sequel that people can remember? It seems that there is also a cruel process of "predator" turning his skull into "trophies" when the leader of the shamanism was killed. The scenes including "shaving hair", "sucking brain" and "cleaning bones" may be a kind of visual "enjoyment" for some fans who love "cult fragments". However, in addition to the intuitive gore, this shot did not give the monster image of "Predator" more "charm" to show. As for holding a spear on the roof of the building and carrying the skull of the "Lone Ranger" played by " Bill Paxton " on the back, it is quite "handsome" but meaningless. Just like this film, it didn't finally say whether the fetus in the womb of the Cuban heroine was the "male second". I think if this paragraph is in the original film, it shouldn't be cut. Because it can be regarded as the "partner" of the protagonist. The supporting role modeling in this part is also far less than the first episode. All the explanations are quite anticlimactic, very hastily.
The "Predator" in this movie is obviously more "young and vigorous", and loves "attractive". The targets of the hunt were gangsters with "faces and faces", cult leaders, and the indiscriminate killing of all gunmen in the "Metro tragedy" scene. And to the release of the only female protagonist in the film "Leona/Leona" because of her pregnancy and then "show mercy". From this clip in this film, it is also sufficient to prove that the "Predator" can not Killing a woman is an "alien breed" that does not kill a woman. In other words, they do not target children. For example, in the scene of the "cemetery", the little boy curiously asked the "predator" in the "semi-invisible" state-"Can you eat sugar?" When "Iron Blood" realized that it was just a fake gun, it was No one kills minors. But the content of the killings in the "subway", I think, it's not good, it's just a mess. This "predator" is too ostentatious. By this time, this sequel did appear to be broken. Fortunately, in the end, the protagonist of the detective "Mike" and "Predator" had a one-on-one duel on the edge of a tall building, which somewhat saved some face. Yes, the scene on the edge of the high-rise building was still very nervous, but this "predator", really, there is too much nonsense, like me, is it because the protagonist of this film is of African descent ? How much "Iron Blood" is "affected" and will "Rap" too? However, the dialogue lines between the police and the "aliens" that disdain each other is indeed a bit funny, here, I will not "spoiler" more. But to a certain extent, the black protagonist became the black protagonist in this film, and he was also the loser. It depends on how the fans watched. Personally, I still think this police detective is quite interesting, and he keeps talking. But compared to the "Major Dazhi" in the first part, he is less wise, calm, and vigorous. It is really clumsy, and more often, it's just lonely and courageous. This sequel is far inferior to the previous one in terms of the final duel. This is also a fact. However, " Danny Glover " actually performed fairly well in this movie, which is especially in line with the anxiety of not being able to "calm down" from start to finish in this sequel.
Yes, in this "old review and re-evaluation", by the way, I "corrected" some misunderstandings in that "old review": The area where "Predator" took place was in "Central America". Rather than "South America"; "Dazhi" is not a "colonel" rank, he is a "major." But I admit that for these details, the memory is not too deep. As for the " directly related film review" twelve years ago , some of my character names were a bit wrong, but the discs I bought back then were not professionally "Chinese translation", which was "Meghan Xiati". A federal investigator is "Jason", not "Keys." In fact, I laughed back then. The "Time Net" fan who kindly gave me more "tips" hadn't figured out the location of the first part of the "Predator". The "Vietnam" and the "Vietnamese heroine" who are still struggling... But back then, I didn't want to investigate anything in detail. Then tonight, write this big misunderstanding. The first "Predator" did mention the war, but it was definitely not "Vietnam". It's the tropical jungle of "Guatemala".
Okay, about this sequel to science fiction, I will write here first.
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