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As a western film made by Koreans, the plot of "The Yellow Sand Warrior" adopts the most primitive and simple western film mode. The prototype of the story of the collision between this western town and the gangsters and robbers ranges from "Noon" to "Unforgivable" I don’t know how many times it was told by Americans, but the audience can figure out the direction and ending of the story with their heels. In fact, Li Shengmao's pursuit does not lie in this. The intervention of New Zealand's Weta special effects studio has made "Warrior of the Yellow Sand" a standard visual film. Weta Studios has provided special effects for "The Lord of the Rings", "King Kong", "Avatar" and other works that shine in the history of the film, and the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "The Adventures of Tintin", which are currently and will be released in China, are also their disgusting works. do. "Sand Warriors" is only a small job for Weta Workshop, but the quality of the film is largely determined by them. "Warrior of the Yellow Sand" uses a lot of green screen synthesis technology, basically every frame has a distinct visual pursuit, the characters and the environment have a sense of rupture, and some backgrounds are so beautiful and distorted, but this fits the film's unrealistic nature. The poetic temperament gives those exaggerated samurai duel actions that pierce clouds and rip silk and Jang Dong Gun's head-drenched coolness with a certain sense of presence. Coupled with the majestic soundtrack and sound effects, this is a movie that can only experience its audio-visual impact in theaters.
This is a cool movie. Jang Dong Gun's expression is basically a symbolic footnote because he doesn't know whether to use indifference or indifference. The lines are also greatly compressed because of the language barrier. Around this oriental face, there are a bunch of crooked and dirty ghosts. Even the heroine is unkempt most of the time, and the only thing that puts the spotlight on is the child of the enemy in his arms. The so-called Tie Han's tenderness is shown here between killing people, talking about love, and taking children. It seems to be the routine of "Killing the Dead", but it also has an oriental obscenity. The residents of the town work together to resist the invasion of pirates, much like "Thirteen Assassins" by Takashi Miike, but with the cult color of a bloody carnival, with a lot of hi points. In the final showdown, it still returned to the sword and halberd style of the Eastern Samurai. Dillon didn't have to look up or down to look cool like Jang Dong Gun did, and he was still a god-like existence. When Tsui Hark filmed "Once Upon a Time in the Western Regions", he was using Chinese martial arts to rescue the barbarians. More than ten years later, the oriental people are still continuing this kind of "what is meant by a hundred refinements, transforming The way of redemption is to wrap your fingers around softly, but the back of the hero is even more lonely.
Although it is a rotten and vulgar story, "The Yellow Sand Warrior" still shows the personal pursuit of style, and the smooth audio-visual language ensures the pleasure of instant consumption. In fact, this is enough. This is a film in the A movie that doesn't need to be studied in many aspects, everything is given directly on the face. But I find it difficult to make such an authentic popcorn movie in China. In terms of the pursuit of extreme style, Wu Ershan's "Laughing at the Sword" is very close to this film, but it lacks the soundness and simplicity of "Warrior of the Yellow Sand", and in many cases, he stumbles on himself. From the perspective of introduction channels, "Warrior of the Yellow Sand" is not a blockbuster film, but a buyout film. However, a major feature of this year's film market is that small and medium-sized film productions can still make new domestic films. The gap is exposed. It's more intriguing than being surrounded by Hollywood blockbusters. 【Hebei Youth Daily】

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