The location of the film is still in the desolate state of New Mexico, and the reason for the generation of those aliens is still closely related to the nuclear test, but this time, the protagonists are no longer an ordinary family, but a group of soldiers with more American spirit. . If the performance of the common people in the first episode has a human outburst of despair, then the American soldiers in the sequel are somewhat ironic.
The routine of the film is extremely obvious. These soldiers are basically in the state of the reserve, but a military exercise has modernized and internationalized the problem. The imaginary enemies of the Afghan Taliban are haunted, and the terrain of Afghanistan is similar to that of New Mexico in the United States. Therefore, there is a metaphor for the consciousness of the modern enemy. Unfortunately, such a far-fetched connection cannot truly reflect the social and military problems of the United States. The film becomes quite impure.
I have been thinking about what a pure film is, so I understand the problem of American IQ. If the metaphorical problems in this film are eliminated, then this film is quite pure, so pure that the audience just wants to Enjoying the impact of sight and hearing, I just want to train my stomach. From this point of view, the fixed thinking of Chinese people is obviously a lot more complicated, and it is really ridiculous to care about the IQ of Westerners. It can be said that Chinese people have no chance to relax at all, and they are far less handsome than Americans.
Therefore, the film is putting aside these far-fetched backgrounds and the rational logic of these characters, then the rest is naturally the core of the film, killing and bloodshed, and the reason why this film can get a high box office depends on It's just these two points, but it's enough, because the film is obviously pure and has no ambition, no extravagant thoughts about the cultural context, Oscar awards, etc. This is a successful "movie". The reason why the quotation marks are added is due to the secularization of the film as a result of art, resulting in such a pure film losing its qualification as a film.
Without further ado, let's go back to the movie itself, whether it is purely based on the audience's ability to bear, after all, this is a movie with a complete story, and there are endless scenes of carnage, plus these American soldiers interact with each other. The relationship support between the two shows a consistent and conventional way of screenwriting. A group of people, no matter what their identities, will be chased by killing when they come to an unfamiliar place. This is the routine of such horror films.
But as a murderer, the practice of plundering women for the sake of the continuation of their own race is also endowed with human considerations, so the IQ of bloodthirsty has become an urgent problem for the soldiers in the film to solve, but unfortunately, this group of The soldiers who had only been trained in the imaginary enemy exercises obviously lacked the spirit of actual combat, so they suffered various ambushes, and each time they all showed the wisdom and strong physical strength of the slayer.
As a story, there are two very important characters in the film. One is a female soldier. She has a growth process from fear to strategy. Although the actor has almost no acting skills, this growth process is obvious. The other is the soldier who was frightened in the toilet. Calmness is his characteristic, and this characteristic has been maintained until the end, until the American spirit who does not want to escape manifests. Of course, there are also overconfident bosses, selfish deserters, a strong black man, and the unhinged soldier. In general, the characters are differentiated, which is an obvious improvement over the first film. .
But in fact, all the movies about killing in American movies will use this point and line method to describe the characters. Everyone in a group of people has different personalities and thinking, so from a point of view, the film Obviously it's just applying some formats, and there's nothing outstanding about it.
The following is the focus of the film, that is, the issue of bloody killings. It is very worth noting that all ogres kill real people in a fast and messy manner. Although there are many scenes of stumps, they are basically in Static, on the contrary, the killing of the ogres by those soldiers was full of blood and blood, especially the attack on the head fully demonstrated the violent potential of human beings. This is a rather interesting way of filming. Although it is difficult for me to determine whether the director did it intentionally, in fact this comparison confuses ogres with soldiers, and it is not difficult for us to see the inner meaning of those ogres wearing military uniforms. .
In this way, everything is violent, whether he is just or unjust, whether he is a predator or a predator, the violence is so flamboyantly placed in front of the audience. Obviously, the blood in the sequel is nowhere near as much use as the first, but there's no question that the violence in human potential is more eye-popping than the first, and maybe that's why the second is more than the first. It seems that there are some reasons for the story.
The story of the film and the relationship between the characters are stereotyped, and all the background and social factors told are also weak, but it is undeniable that the explanation of the nature of violence in this film is quite powerful. This is by no means dependent on how many gallons of blood can be exchanged. Come on, I think this may be the only place we'll see Wes Craven's shadow.
Han Xi
2007-6-7 in Tongzhou
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