The filming style of the entire film is similar to the "French Drug Network" in 1971, which is more classic or more earthy, depending on how you look at it. But the action scenes are really too rough, there are very few fights, basically big fists swipe the face or tear the mouth, the gunfight is the pistol bang bang bang, so the bad guy falls to the ground, or the bazooka bangs, so the car blows up. In addition, the car in this movie loves to catch fire and explode.
In terms of the development of the plot, although a not unexpected reversal was set, the timing of the reversal was not very reasonable, which led to the procrastination of the following revenge and killing scenes, and we could only use the car chase scenes to pile up time. There was a scene in Paris. The car chase is unbelievably long. After seeing it, this kind of car chase scene with a strong sense of repetition makes people lack the basic sense of fun. More importantly, the editing of the car chase scene in this film itself is very problematic. There are often discrepancies between the front and rear shots, which greatly affects the viewing effect.
The story outline of this film is relatively normal in the big picture, but it is mysterious on the question of what the box is, and it is too far-fetched to apply the world events at that time:
1. The key motive is vague and mysterious: what is the box? Why are the concubine Russians and the desperate IRA desperately wanting it? The box may be a weapon, a diamond, or a nuclear code, but what it is, it should be pointed out in the plot, because it is related to the audience's sense of engagement. Watching this movie is like watching puppies fighting in the garden, you don't know what they're up to. If you love an actor, you're in it, but if you're a neutral fan, if you're just watching the fun, it's kind of baffling.
2. The final jump is unreliable and grand, and a current event is put into it. The IRA has completely changed its stance because of the death of such a terrorist with only one maid? The interlude news narration really thinks that the characters can suddenly rise up like this? Don't make grand narratives for grand narratives' sake.
The details of this film are too unreasonable and sloppy:
1. The character setting is full of redundant people. For example, the fake British veteran Spence played by Sean Bean is a typical redundant writing. It does not play a major role in the plot, but gives the audience an inappropriate hint - it seems that this person will come to revenge , will bring big trouble to this group of people in the back, however, no, he just disappeared with a frown and unwillingness.
Another example, the reclusive French Jean-Pierre, except for the far-fetched title Ronin, did not play any role in the development of the plot. Jean Reno alone is enough to satisfy this wounded plot.
2. There is a lack of logic in the plot, and some key links are connected by random events with small probability, and so many accidents, superimposed, form a very low probability storyline.
For example, in the scene of the Colosseum, the Irish villain Seamus just happened to block the escape route of the mutineer Gregor, although there are many exits in the Colosseum, and Gregor just chose the locked exit, although the streets such as Capillaries usually radiate from the Colosseum, but Seamus was so lucky to be able to block this cunning trapped beast.
Another example is when I went to a car repair shop to find a car repair guy with a Russian network to find out who was Gregor's on-line, it was so coincidental that a figure skating poster was posted on the face; it was so coincidental that these people thought that all the , It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of Russians in Paris will go to such a sports performance in a small stadium; it is so coincidental that the box is a figure skating box; it is so coincidental that the Russian villain happens to be the sponsor of the skater , not some ordinary spectator sitting under the auditorium; it is so coincidental that the security guards are chatter; it is so coincidental...
Again, after the chaos of the stadium, Seamus can be so lucky to wait on the retreat line of the two Russians , can find two Russians mixed in the flow of people in such a chaotic evacuation flow.
3. The characters in the film are monotonous, without any sense of hierarchy, and cannot leave any impression. What kind of person is Jean Reno? Good man, kind man. What kind of person is De Niro? Fierce, Iron Man. What kind of person is Seamus? God operator, especially a bad guy who blocks other people's retreat routes. What is Deirdre like? The traditional scorpion beauty who likes to let people taste the taste of kisses and knows how to run without a firm stand. What kind of person is Gregor? Well, he's a... person.
Cassettes, car chases, gunfights, exotics, big ears, nothing else. The whole movie is a bit like the kind of fake houses in the countryside that are temporarily built near the highway because of the leaders' inspections.
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