The special effects screen has made great progress - "Moscow Has Fallen 2"
Today, let's talk about the movie "Moscow Has Fallen 2".
The title of the film is Вторжение / Притяжение 2 / Vtorzheniye / Invasion / Attraction 2: Invasion (2020), alias Doomsday (Taiwan).
On January 1 this year, "Moscow Has Fallen 2" was released in Russia.
The story follows the plot of the first part, in which Julia was seriously injured and critically ill, and regained her health after getting the alien. The alien technology carried by Julia has also become a key research object of the Russian Ministry of Defense. At the same time, in order to prevent alien technology from falling into the hands of human beings, the advanced civilization of the universe is preparing to come to earth to destroy Julia.
The most intuitive feeling of "Moscow Has Fallen 2" to the audience is the change of the picture, and the special effects have made great progress compared with the first film.
Don't ask how unreasonable the future water world is, just ask the anti-gravity device. I once imagined that the autumn waters are the same color as the sky, and now they are perfectly displayed on the big screen. The sky and the ground are full of surging tides.
The final climactic scene in "Moscow Has Fallen 2" is almost entirely made up of special effects. The large-scale and long-term special effects in the film make the special effects of the film seem like they don’t cost money. I can’t help but doubt whether this film can recover the cost, and the film’s release area is much smaller than that of the first film, and it has not been released in China.
So I checked the box office again.
The production cost of the first "Moscow Has Fallen" was 350 million Russian rubles, or about $4.903 million, and the global box office was $19.455 million. The box office was 3.97 times the cost, exceeding the critical point. The producer had the motivation to make money, so he launched the second part.
"Moscow Has Fallen 2" spent a lot of money on special effects, and the production budget was upgraded to 650 million Russian rubles, or about $9.117 million. According to BoxOffice data, it grossed $15.87 million worldwide. The box office was only 1.74 times the cost.
The general opinion is that the box office must reach three times the production cost before the film can break even. The box office of "Moscow Has Fallen 2" did not even reach 60% of the profit point. It seems that this series will not have a sequel.
In the film, Julia is still in high spirits, full of firepower. When surrounded by licking dogs, he tirelessly raised a spare tire, waiting for the day when Prince Charming descended from the sky.
And the licking dog beside her did not fail her at all. She studied hard and practiced various skills in exchange for licking, even if she suffered a stroke. When Lick Dog took his own life, I didn't feel his repentance, but felt contempt.
The first part tells the story of the alien mistress and the official second-generation green tea. tears.
If "Moscow Has Fallen 2" is still based on the youth love triangle routine of the first part, there is a high probability that the cost can be greatly reduced, and the difficulty of recovering the cost will not be as great as it is now.
It's a pity that the producer is not willing to tell a simple triangular sadomasochism, but an alien sadomasochism full of cool and dazzling special effects. On the basis of not learning the lessons of the first film, the investment in special effects has been further increased. The result of taking too many steps will be overwhelming. Funds are used for special effects. The script lacks polishing, and the film has nothing to watch except for the visual effects.
If "Moscow Has Fallen 2" is a show of muscle in the Russian army, and not so focused on revenue, things can make sense.
The fighting nation has shown its own air combat troops many times in this film. Although Mao Xiong is half dead and the economy is in a mess, but the military strength is definitely the strongest king on earth. A few close-ups of sassy figures of fighter jets, bombers, Wu Zhi, and missiles. If you can fool the third brother to buy it, then Mao Xiong will definitely make a profit.
The second part has made great progress on the screen compared to the first part, and in addition, it has truly "fallen". When the first book was translated as "Moscow Has Fallen", the translators were thinking about "The White House Has Fallen" and "London Has Fallen", which has nothing to do with the fall.
The second title is "Invasion", which also means "aggression" and "intervention". Fortunately, the special effects are very good, and Moscow is all wrapped up, barely able to give this head-slap translation some face.
The special effects screen has made great progress,
The storyline is still sloppy.
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