"Shocking Rescue" is the latest screenwriting work of Marvel's current celebrity Russell Brothers, a directorial debut by a stuntman, and the latest work of "Thor" Chris Hemsworth. It can be said that the film has a luxurious lineup in terms of script, action, and cast, and the quality is guaranteed to a certain extent.
From the story point of view, the film is actually very similar to the Russell Brothers version of "This Killer Is Not So Cold"-that is, a story about saving a child who has nothing to do with him, and obtaining salvation from it, and finally sacrificing himself to achieve others. However, there is a clear difference between the two in terms of the focus of the story. The key point of "This Killer is Not Too Cold" is the contradiction and fetters between the two protagonists in the process of getting along, and in the process, they establish emotions that transcend friendship. In other words, it focuses on the person itself. The film focuses on the creation of action scenes and thrilling atmosphere, and is operated in the mode of a standard Hollywood action blockbuster, that is, light literary drama and heavy martial arts.
However, unlike the traditional Hollywood action blockbuster, this film draws on the secret of the success of the low-cost action movie "Quick Chase" series that has unexpectedly become popular in recent years-minimalism. That is to simplify the story as much as possible, delete unnecessary literary drama, and only retain the framework and basic logic of the story, so that the action scene can be maximized in a limited time, so that the audience can enjoy it at once. Commercially speaking, this is a very smart and wise choice.
Another thing to note is that this movie is produced by the streaming media giant NETFLIX, which creates the visual effects of a traditional blockbuster as a "net big", which has to make people marvel at the industrial level of Hollywood.
This arrangement can naturally allow the audience to experience more visual enjoyment, but it is also because of the excessive loss of literary drama that makes the character logic and story logic seem extremely strange to a certain extent.
As the protagonist Tyler is a mercenary killer who has experienced many battles, what we see in the film is a taciturn, emotionally indifferent and decadent image. His first reaction when outsiders asked about his past and even revealed his scars. It should be vigilance and avoidance, rather than revealing the bottom to others along the dialogue, so as to conform to the character of the character. And we can see that the two of them didn't talk and interact too much, but they confided to each other when they took refuge, surpassing the relationship between the mercenary and the target. This is because limited by the length of the film, there is not much time left for the two to interact, so the emotions that the two have established in the escape are difficult to convince.
The story tries to tell us that after the guilt and grief caused by abandoning his terminally ill son, he could not bear to give up the boy, hoping to save the boy to make up for the pain in his heart. The general logic can make sense, but because of the unconvincing emotional relationship between the two, it is difficult for people to empathize with Tyler's spiritual sustenance for the boy.
One of the reasons why "This Killer Is Not So Cold" as an action genre can become a classic in film and television is that it always focuses on the characters, so that the audience can be moved from the characters themselves, which is also different from the traditional Hollywood action. One of the most obvious places for the blockbuster. Although "Shocking Rescue" is a story similar to the former to a certain extent, in order to show more thrilling action and martial arts scenes, it has made so many subtractions that even the story and background are not important. In order to create another "Hollywood blockbuster" with a strong commercial atmosphere just to create a visual spectacle.
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