After watching movies for the past two days, I discovered that the original 1998 "Who Am I" paid tribute to the 1988 "Die Hard".
One is to face the terrorist organization in the blockade of the building,
One is being hunted down with amnesia.
Although the story is completely different, there are two action scenes with a similarity of 99.9%.
The same wind crawls; the same villain pretends to be a good person when the pros and cons meet, but the protagonist uses a bulletless gun to see through; the final battle location is also in a building.
The difference is that Jack (Jackie Chan), the protagonist of "Who Am I", seems to have stepped into the dark night jungle because of amnesia, in a dangerous situation and perilous, but he can't tell whether the person on the opposite side is an enemy or a friend. Amnesia, facing unpredictable chase, and not knowing who to believe in, in such a dilemma, the character's psychological shaping is naturally more plump and complicated than that of Die Hard.
In 2002, "The Bourne Fly" was released. Damon played Jason, just like Jack in "Who Am I". He was rescued after a catastrophe. He lost his memory and was an agent. The documents showed multiple identities and suffered a lot of trouble. Kill the donkey... the plot similarity is 99%.
Look, genre stories are such a cliché, changing the soup without changing the medicine.
But take a sip
——It's so fragrant!
ps:
"Who Am I" is still Jackie Chan's best movie in my mind.
The most memorable scene is that he escaped a chase and climbed to the top of the slope, angrily shouting "who am I" towards the sky.
The camera rotates around him, zooming out.
The world is big, he is very small.
The deep despair, anger, helplessness, and pain are vividly expressed. The hero's failure is sympathetic.
Jackie Chan's role in this film is different from the past. It is not a down-to-earth comedy role, nor does it have much social background introduction.
We only know that he is a well-trained special soldier, what he was like in the past, what kind of person he is, we know nothing.
This kind of "blank" treatment gives the whole story more tension and imagination. I think this is the charm of this movie.
View more about Who Am I? reviews
