The story tells that Jimmy, played by the governor, was in charge of bomb demolition work at the police station. Because the job was too dangerous, he quit his job to teach at the police academy. However, a colleague who took over from him shortly after was killed by a bomb explosion. He suspected that the bomb was planted by someone he knew. When he investigates further, he discovers that Tommy lee jones, his former teacher and partner in the IRA, who was imprisoned for his whistleblower, is now coming to avenge him.
As a commercial action film, the final ending is naturally happy and evil, and the plot is as unremarkable as the above, but it is worth mentioning that the film's description of the explosion details, compared to the same 5 years ago. The cannonball expert of Brother Long is no longer impressed in his mind, but the details of the explosion in the dispersal are vivid in his mind, which can be said to be the best in similar movies.
We know that if the explosion scene requires a large size, it is not difficult with the current CG technology. As long as you have enough dollars, it is not a problem to destroy the entire galaxy. However, action movies like Dispersion pursue a real sense of explosion. They are all real shots. Compared with CG shots, the difficulty of shooting will increase by more than one grade. From the scene, the cannonball experts and the dispersal are equally divided in the finale explosion treatment. One is a serial bombing of a bungalow, and the other is a cruise ship. It can be called one of the biggest blasts without CG in film history, and it is indeed shocking!
However, the performance of the details is far superior to dispersal, especially the professional description of the bomb disposal process such as answering the telephone line, the magical effect of the gas stove, etc. In addition, the director spent a lot of space describing the role played by tommy lee jones. The bomb-making process of the former Irish bomb expert has reached the level of the artist. Each bomb is a unique work of art. There are two scenes where the governor defuses the hostages with CG special effects to see the inside of the bomb. , Just like looking at the mechanical watch movement from the transparent case, it not only satisfies the audience's voyeurism, but also enhances the sense of tension. From triggering the fuse to the explosion, it is all advanced through complex mechanical operations like dominoes. If you take a wrong step, you will die together. If the screenwriter of the film is not a master watchmaker, he must have won the Rube Goldberg Machinery Award, otherwise how could he have designed such an exquisite mechanical device.
But it is precisely because the director put all his energy on the bomb, and ignored the precious resources that action movies rarely invite two acting schools, did not focus too much on the inner battle between the pros and cons of the two characters, and did not excavate enough literary dramas. Two pieces of good material were wasted in vain, and for Stephen Hopkins, who has directed commercial films like Elm Street, he can only say that he did his best.
PS Although I like Du Ye very much, I have to say that the old man in black, who was holding the Oscar award last year, overshadowed him. He portrayed the eccentricity, extremeness, and ruthlessness of Irish terrorists. The performance can only be said to be quite satisfactory. At that time, I didn't particularly like the Governor, but I was surprised that I liked action movies. I didn't know that there were such characters in Hollywood who didn't use their muscles to act in action movies, and they were able to win 20 million Oscars. The old man in black in the club played the villain in his movie, and he started to pay attention to the Governor's movie in D city. As for that movie that made me fall in love with him, that will be a later story.
The movie grossed 30 million at the box office.
The soundtrack is Alan Silvestri (Forrest Gump).
The actor Whitaker played a small role in it.
The director has directed the harvest
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