Recently, the epidemic broke out, and I had nothing to do, so I reviewed "First Blood 4" again.
The look and feel of this film is one word: cool.
Why use another word? Because in fact, a long time ago, probably when I was in high school, I was very keen on this kind of cool movie about mercenary combat, so I found this movie. In fact, I haven't seen the original film in the first three films, the main reason is that the age is too old, and the special effects are definitely not as exciting as those after the millennium. Back then, I didn't have much experience watching movies, and there was no such type of film in China. It was the first time I saw Lao Mei make such a straightforward, flesh-and-blood movie, and I was very excited. I remember that I downloaded it at my sister's home Thunder (in those days, I could download almost any movie in Movie Paradise, the copyright awareness is not as good as it is now, I miss that period!), the film's compact plot, oppression and blood-splattered feeling left me at that time. very impressed.
At the time, in my mind, this film was a perfect movie. This may be because when I was a minor, watching movies was relatively simple, and it was easier to enter the plot. So I was thinking: What would it feel like to look back on a film that I thought was particularly good when I was a child? Now I have read countless films, and I have seen countless good and bad films. Will I still stick to the idea of the year? After reading it now, I already have the answer: it is still a rare masterpiece!
In fact, what many people don't know is that "First Blood" actually has an original novel. But the plot in the novel only played the first part, and then the protagonist committed suicide. It was Stallone who unearthed the potential of this story, continued his life for the protagonist, and finally created one of the most classic personal heroic war movie IPs in the world.
4 is similar to the previous ones, in which the protagonist changes his life against the sky and directly destroys dozens or hundreds of people on the opposite side. The story of this part is very compact, Ye Yu set out to rescue, and there is a battle in the daytime the next day, with a total of two battle scenes. Due to the blessing of special effects, the biggest highlight of this film is the inhuman and horrific war scenes with bloody corpses everywhere, and the plot of the mine-burying race is also fresh in memory. I'm not a military fan, but it feels very real. I also learned from this movie that a bullet hits a person with more than just a small hole. A powerful bullet can directly cut the person in the middle. This scene of a lot of blood splashing gives people the most original visual impact. (This reminds me of another old American movie - Starship Troopers. It is also full of a lot of disgusting flesh and blood scenes.) Another point is that there is no love scene between male and female protagonists in this film, which also makes this work very pure The reason for the cool film of war.
Of course, in addition to the protagonist's daily show operation, this film also has some details worth thinking about. Some viewers may think that the cause of this incident is that the characters who are overbearing and full of the heart of the Virgin have to go to the Burmese theater for rescue. I don't think this is the real reason. The behavior of the female lead group is actually very great, and they should have known in advance that it is very dangerous to go deep into the war zone, but they don't know that the situation is so bad. It is worthy of respect that they can make such a choice when they know that there is a danger. In fact, the reason why the war area in the film has become so poor, backward and full of war is still the fault of the Europeans and Americans (the giant bomb in the film was left by the British during World War II). The so-called politics is the concentrated expression of the economy, and war is the The highest form of politics, in the final analysis, is that Westerners disturb other people's countries for their own interests. Of course, there will be other Westerners who oppose the causes that Westerners have planted themselves. These opponents are peace-loving advocates of fraternity. The heroine group is one of these people. Even if the female lead group doesn't go, in fact, a different group of people can go. For example, I imagined a version: a wave of people lied that they were rescuers, went deep into the war zone, and actually wanted to do drug deals with the rebels (film) It also explained that the military expenses of the rebel leaders basically came from the production of drugs, and the total amount of drugs produced was very large), but the deal was not negotiated, and the rebels detained them, and then hired Rambo to rescue them. Of course Rambo thought that the rescue group was a Good man, when he was rescued, he finally found out that the rescue group was actually a drug dealer and a swindler, but it was halfway through the operation and had to complete the task. In the end, the rebels were killed, and the male protagonist fell into deep self-blame again. . Haha I think the plot can be more profound if it is written like this. Because the interests of the war zone are very complex, there will definitely be various types of people who want to enter. Whether it is a good person like the heroine, or other forces, Rambo has to face such a situation, from him to an American Since the beginning of the military, this identity has trapped him in this "trap of justice".
Of course, the film also has its weak points. It is also a common problem of this type of film, that is, the literary drama is relatively weak. For example, the male protagonist has experienced so many cruel wars, but he was convinced by the female protagonist in a few words, and the female protagonist's reason is also very American: you have lost your faith in people, but you must still have faith in certain things. This sentence means that Rambo still has good intentions and will be willing to help the heroine group to help the innocent people in the war zone. In fact, this reason is quite nonsensical for a warrior like the male protagonist who has experienced many battles.
"First Blood" is an anti-war film, but at the end of each film, although Rambo killed a lot of rebels, has he really changed anything? Even if he is as strong as Rambo, he has no ability to change anything in the face of war. In the previous works, Rambo once said: I hope our country can love us as we love him. This sentence is a concentrated expression of the whole anti-war thought, and it also raised the thought of this series of works to a higher level. Of course, since the film was made by an American, it is inevitable that some American values will be exported. For example, the invasion of Afghanistan is said to be helping Afghanistan to drive out the Soviet army, and there are such shameless operations.
In 2008, Stallone was 62 years old. I really did not expect that there would be a next part of this story! "First Blood 5: The Last Blood" came out in 2019, and Stallone was 73 years old at this time! The whole story from the first part to the last has maintained a considerable level, and it is also a perfect ending for the series. We know that a type of film is influenced by the times. For example, the Hong Kong film zombie film slumped after Lin Zhengying, largely due to the influence of the background of the times. Stallone is a representative of the mercenary genre. The series of personal heroic war movies he created can be so famous all over the world, not only because of the wonderfulness of the film itself, but also by the background of the times. After Stallone, who can take over the baton of this type of film?
Finally, hope for world peace!
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