Text/Levin is
not afraid of not knowing the goods, but afraid of comparing goods! If you watch this movie alone, many people’s first impression is probably the most common Hollywood action movie of "Heroes Save the World", but it’s not difficult to compare with Gerald Butler’s "The White House" Discovered the advantages of "Shocking Crisis" in all aspects, as well as the originality and novelty embodied by the adjustment of the traditional action film mode, especially in the face of such an absurd setting as "The Fall of the White House", the film has been using character motivation, Laws, politics, environmental details, etc. create a sense of reality and rationality, and "The White House has fallen" is just a nonsense from beginning to end!
Speaking of director Roland Emmerich, people love to put the title of "disaster film director" in front of his name, because of his series of masterpieces "Godzilla, Godzilla," "The Day After Acquired" and "2012" are all famous for their super grand and shocking scenes. However, those who think he will continue to "do a big fight" in "Shocking Crisis" may be disappointed, because the whole film has nothing to be called a "big deal" except for the bombing of the Capitol Building and the downing of the Vice President's plane. Even if these two big scenes were in front of Emmerich’s previous “miracle” that “destroyed the world”, they were not worth mentioning. This just reflects Emmerich’s creative thinking in this film that is very different from the previous work, that is, "do subtraction" and play with reality. The setting of "Terrorists Occupy the White House" is no less exaggerated than the destruction of the world, and the audience's psychological needs for the "authenticity" of the plot are far greater than those of science fiction disasters, so Emmerich gave up rendering the big scene and turned And to create the film’s sense of reality in all directions, trying to shape the film’s unique personality different from the conventional routines of traditional action blockbusters, so as to give the audience a sense of freshness in new wines in old bottles to a certain extent.
The personality of the film is first reflected in the fact that the male protagonist is not powerful, and the president is not powerful. Traditional Hollywood action movies like to create heroes who are brave and invincible. Schwarzenegger and Stallone are representatives of such action stars. Gerald Butler in "The White House has fallen" is also of this type, alone. Can chop melons and vegetables to kill all the terrorists occupying the White House. The actor Channing Tatum in "Shocking Crisis" is not the case. He is nothing extraordinary, but only courage and courage. He went to the White House to apply for a special service agent, but was deemed unqualified and rejected. It can only be said that saving the president is just in time. Dayi has to save it now. It is not the traditional hero image of Gerald Butler who is dedicated to saving the president. And Tatum's skills are not very sharp. The whole film is almost that he and the president are chased by terrorists and run around the White House. All kinds of embarrassed rollovers and evasions, almost no fight back, knocking down the enemy even more. Most of them rely on guns, instead of showing more powerful hand-to-hand combat capabilities like traditional action heroes, and their expressions are always tense, unlike the calmness of traditional action heroes that collapse in front of you without changing color. The president played by Jamie Fox does not have the kind of domineering he did in "Liberated Jiang Ge". The whole process is a gentle and cute image, all kinds of embarrassing, frequently bursting cold jokes just make him a man. Funny character, "Get your hands off my Jordans" can definitely be regarded as an impressive annual classic hilarious line. It is completely different from Alan Eckhart's tough and tough president in "The White House has fallen." Image. This kind of character creation, which is different from the traditional, is undoubtedly an attempt to get rid of the stereotyped and routine image of the protagonist in the conventional action movie, so that the character appears more real and human. The playfulness and sense of humor revealed by the characters are extremely rare for serious-themed action movies like "Occupy the White House," and it also makes the film present an excellent entertainment effect of relaxation.
Secondly, the personality of the film is reflected in the rationality of the suspense design. Traditional action movies only need to be lively enough, and they don't pay much attention to logical rationality. For example, "The White House has fallen" from the beginning to the end did not explain why the big villain can obtain so many advanced American weapons and know the core secrets of the United States, such as the high-tech machine guns of the SEAL helicopters on the roof of the White House, and how Learn about the "Hellhound" nuclear bomb self-destruction plan. The most unreasonable thing is the motive and purpose of the villain’s behavior. It seems that he hijacked the US president for nothing because of politics or for money, and he has no relationship with South Korea or North Korea. He suffered as a North Korean refugee as a child. The perverted mentality of revenge is just to destroy the United States and plunge the world into chaos. Well, for the time being, I believe this person is so crazy, but what is the reason for his gang of elite soldiers to die with him and go crazy with him? There is also the "beautiful traitor" who had also worked as a presidential agent, and his motive for his behavior had to be fooled by a "cynic" reason given by An. The "Shocking Crisis" obviously has been carefully conceived in these aspects, and the suspense and motivation are woven into a large and dense web. Each node of the web has echoes before and after, and it is reasonable to justify the argument. For the villain, the film’s first motivation for behavior was to extortion, and then the background of his son’s death on mission in Iran emerged and became a more convincing motivation for behavior. The film also deliberately strengthened this motivation for the audience to create " Suspense Trap". Suddenly there was a shocking reversal at the end. The villain’s motive was by no means revenge and anti-war, but rather "belligerent." He believed that the president was too weak and believed in pacifism. Not only did he fail to strike Iran strongly, he was also preparing to withdraw his troops from the Middle East. He could not tolerate this weak behavior of the US President, so he kidnapped the President and launched a nuclear strike in person with the President's nuclear suitcase. Moreover, this is only the second level of suspense. After the crisis is resolved, the film hints that "there is a bigger man behind the scenes" through the protagonist's mouth, and the third level of the deepest hidden suspense is revealed. It turned out that the Speaker of the House of Representatives who temporarily took over as the President is the ambitionist who controls everything. It represents the interests of military enterprises that have been harmed by the President’s pacifist policies. Therefore, why terrorists have to shoot down the Vice President’s plane and why terrorists can obtain nuclear mobile phones. The box code, why the Speaker insists on bombing the White House, all these questions have reasonable answers. And as far as the terrorists occupying the White House are concerned, the motives are also different. The old secret service director and the former special force are both determined lunatics. They only have the purpose of destruction without the need for profit. Their subordinates are fooled by them. Driven by the benefit of hundreds of millions of dollars in ransoms, special forces shot before the end
Again, the personality of the film is also reflected in the authenticity of the plot details. Unlike "The White House Has Fallen" in the White House, "Sky Shocking Crisis" pays great attention to the emphasis on the environment. The old elevator of the White House, the bunker where the president avoids danger, the layout of the president's bedroom, the secret passage between Kennedy and Monroe, The swimming pool tunnels where Carter dodges candid photos, the underground garage of the White House, the lawn outside the White House passing by when he drove and escaped, basketball courts, etc., these real environmental details continue to strengthen the audience's true feeling of watching the movie. That is to say, the director is treating the exaggerated setting of "Occupy the White House" with a more serious attitude, to seriously discuss the various situations that will happen when the White House is occupied and the president is captured. It is reflected in the political level that the presidential power takes over. The order is the Vice President first, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the transfer of nuclear codes, and even legal details such as the military’s inability to enter the White House are included in the scope of discussion. Realistic political topics such as the U.S. Middle East policy, Iran’s nuclear crisis, and U.S. far-right militant forces have also been subtly integrated into the plot to be connected with reality.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the excellent performance of "Shocking Crisis" in terms of realism and rationality, as well as the perfect combination of real details and action scenes, that the film is unique and unique in traditional action movies.
View more about White House Down reviews
