"Dangerous Hour": a scalpel-like commercial film

Sandrine 2021-10-22 14:33:07

Note: I have to make it clear that this article is based on an assumption from the comments on "Dangerous Hour". This assumption is that the story told in the film is completely fictitious. Therefore, if you happen to read this article, your friends don't have to entangle with me such as "the truth is like this". Taking a step back, if this event is really as dramatic as the movie, then I can only say that this life is really a movie.

Before the movie was released, I didn't see any large-scale publicity for "Dangerous Hour", if it weren't for Denzel Washington (although his previous starring "Book of Avery" was one of my least favorite movies), then The vulgar poster and the vulgar title won't even give me the desire to enter the theater. But after seeing the movie, I realized that the low-key and quality of this uncool film is simply out of proportion.

When Tony Scott was tossing "Dangerous Hour", he was like a ox B surgeon, with precise knives, no more and no less. It is precisely because of this very professional "surgery director" that we see such a wonderful popcorn movie-in fact, this movie can not be said to be a popcorn movie, because in the film The out-of-control train slowly accelerates until it dashes, your paws may be in the popcorn bath for the rest of the time, until your paws are full of the greasy sweetness, or a popcorn will arrive at you Lie quietly for an hour until your mouth is soft. Simply put, watching this movie and eating popcorn is obviously not a wise choice. There are two types of movies that are not suitable for watching while eating popcorn. One is very mind-conscious, such as "Inception" a while ago, and the other type will make you forget to eat popcorn, such as "Dangerous Love Hour" (In a sense, the demand for popcorn may be inversely proportional to the level of excellence in the movie).

"Dangerous Hour" combines the elements of a Hollywood standard theme commercial film: family, love, hot scenes, lonely heroes and happy endings. Even the setting of the film's protagonist is full of American flavor. The two male protagonists of the film both encounter a certain family crisis. The old one is a family crisis, and the young one is a love crisis. This slightly "imperfect" setting often makes the heroic behavior of the protagonist more moving and more effective. The final reunion was even more exciting. If this setting is based on the artistic exaggeration of the movie, then I can only say that Tony Scott has thoroughly found the audience's itching, and knows how to scratch it in order to make the audience comfortable.

After knowing how to disturb, it depends on the intensity and duration of the scratching. "Dangerous Hour" is as accurate as pinching a stopwatch. It always presents the plot that the audience needs or desires at the right moment, even if the plot is what the audience can guess. Even in a sense, what kind of plot the audience hopes to appear is the plot that Tony Scott made after satisfying the audience's appetite. (In this sense, directors like Tony Scott are truly "people's artists".) After

watching "Dangerous Hour", you feel family, love, and the speeding train to you The feeling of suffocation, the shock brought by the overturning of the train, and even the preciousness of life. A commercial film has already done this, what else can you still desire? So, let me give you a suggestion, find a time to enter the cinema, and feel the heartiness of such a standard Hollywood commercial film that does not pretend to be B, and is slightly hypocritical!

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Unstoppable quotes

  • Connie: No, it's definitely under power. We're not sure of the exact speed yet.

    Captain Allen: I thought all these trains had some sort of dead-man brake.

    Connie: There's a wand the engineer has to hit periodically or the air brakes are automatically applied. Unfortunately, this train's were disconnected. Sir, I would gladly explain the particulars of locomotive operation to you if we had time, but right now I really need your assistance posting officers at all the mainline crossings.

    Captain Allen: Uh, one question. How do you all plan to stop it?

    Connie: We're working on it.

  • Frank: How many cars are we supposed to cut in?

    Will: 20. Why?

    Frank: 20 cars, okay. See the switch stand ahead of us? The switch stand, yeah?

    Will: Uh-huh.

    Frank: Yeah. Take a look in the rearview mirror. You see the one behind us? Way back there. You see it?

    Will: Uh-huh.

    Frank: There's exactly 21 cars between the two stands. Don't ask me how I know. So why is it that there's still more than four and a half cars that are yet to clear?