The first half of the film is pretty good, except for the charming western scenery, the plot of hunting and escape is also good. This is the first time I've seen director David Von Ancken's work. It can be seen that he is very smart and ambitious. A cliché story of chasing and killing was made new by him - he did not focus on the process of chasing and killing. In terms of excitement and tension, after all, from a distance, such a plot can't surpass Stallone's "First Blood", and it can hardly compare to the thrilling hunt in Mel Gibson's "Revelation". Comparable to killing. Large sections of silent blank space and the majestic and desolate western scenery make people see the shadow of a masterpiece.
It's a pity that the director forgot to take Viagra, which caused the pleasure to not last long. The level of the second half of the film suddenly dropped sharply. fly.
As mentioned earlier, the director is very ambitious. He is unwilling to make "The Arrival of Angels" only an action film that pursues sensory stimulation. He has too many compassionate thoughts to pour out, so... Chen Kaige appeared. In the second half of the film, whether it's the cowboy who sits on the ground while guarding a pond in the desert, or the witch-like businesswoman who appears inexplicably, they all become the same characters as Chen Manshen in "The Promise". It will come out, full of big truth, for fear that the audience will not know what kind of mind and ambition the director has, and directly reverse the film from realism in the first half to magicism. At the end of the film, Pierce Brosnan drew his saber and threw it to the ground. The preaching idea of "put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot" is even more serious. Therefore, when the two male protagonists laughed and walked towards the end of the endless desert side by side, what the audience felt was not the soundness or contemplation after the hatred was resolved, but rather wandering in the overwhelmed emotions and stunned.
In fact, apart from the poor plot, this movie is still very good. The photographer is very good. The snow-capped pines in the Rocky Mountains in the north and the desert Gobi in New Mexico in the south are beautifully photographed. The two handsome men—Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson—have their shaggy beards, but their masculinity is still refreshing. If you don't care about the plot at all when you watch the movie, this is a great American western.
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