Text/ Guan Yadi
watched in the theater that Jackie Chan, who was over half a hundred years old, was still fighting bad guys on the big screen, jumping up and down. To be honest, I couldn't bear it. Jackie Chan knew very well in this children's movie that his screen image could no longer be a tough guy who couldn't be beaten, so this time he simply appeared in the image of a "middle-aged strange bird" in a short-sleeved shirt and woolen vest. It's tough, it's more amiable. The most important thing is that in the previous Hollywood movies starring Jackie Chan, the partner was either a white chatter or a black chatter. This time the partner was changed to three children. From the results, this choice is wise.
"The Agents Next Door" has a very clear positioning itself. It is a children's adventure movie. This kind of theme has always had a large enough market in Hollywood. Last year, Qiangshi Rock also starred in the children's adventure film "The Adventures of Wushan" with two children. The more well-known "Very Little Agent" series is also typical of children's agent movies. The target audience of this kind of movie is those children who are full of all kinds of weird ideas. Obviously, this kind of movie can give them the greatest degree of imaginative satisfaction. The most important thing is to be with their parents. This is very safe. of. Therefore, the mothers of the first female children in "The Agents Next Door" can only play soy sauce most of the time, and all the scenes must be reserved for the three funny children.
The beginning of the movie is used to introduce Jackie Chan's retired agent Bob's bravery when he was young. This clip is all representative of Jackie Chan's heyday in movies, such as the "Police Story" series, which makes people feel embarrassed in a trance. Of course, you can also think of this as a cheap self-tribute, but for me, a fan who grew up in the video room and watched Jackie Chan movies over and over again, every time I saw this kind of nostalgic clips, my heart would Produce an inexplicable sense of intimacy. It is this kind of intimacy that keeps me happy most of the time when I watch the whole ninety minutes later. Although the story of "The Agent Next Door" is quite simple, even naive, and the characters are exaggerated and dull. This is really not an excellent Jackie Chan's work, but I still get happiness. Perhaps this happiness comes more from my childhood memories. But none of these can change the fact that "The Agent Next Door" is to Jackie Chan, what "Yangtze River No. 7" is to Stephen Chow, we have once again witnessed the aging of an idol and the end of an era. One is the end of the classic nonsensical comedy era in the 90s, and the other is the end of the action comedy in the heyday of the 90s.
The end of this era is helpless. For example, the failure of action stars to make Yen Zidan has become a popular fried chicken in the past two years, and even Zhao Wenzhuo can act as the male number one in A-level production. These are all proofs of domestic action actors. Scarcity. So when watching "The Agent Next Door", a children's movie that cannot be scrutinized from any angle, I was more tolerant, looking for fun in this movie in a limited space. For example, in this movie, the negative role is played by Russians, and I watched the English dialogue with Chinese subtitles. It is interesting to see that all the lines mentioned "Russia", and the subtitles below are replaced by "them". , The principle of "striving for harmony" in the Chinese subtitles of the imported films has been implemented again. And another friend of mine directly watched the dubbing version. In this movie, many of the fun of subtitle translation errors can't be realized.
When the movie is over and many viewers habitually leave, the usual ending NG shots of Jackie Chan movies appear again, and many viewers naturally return to their seats and watch Jackie Chan continue to be funny on the screen. It's just that these side-by-side shots are more of "literary play" such as mispronounced lines and laughter, and you can no longer see the many life-deathing stunts in Jackie Chan movies in the past. Jackie Chan's image of Uncle Jackie on the camera, at this time, can't help but produce a touch of sadness, because the golden age that really belongs to him has passed.
10-1-19
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