With the wave set off by the Marvel Universe, in today's Hollywood, "superhero" and "movie universe" have become two key words.
In this regard, many manufacturers naturally continue to rely on these two keywords. The giants either claim to create their own movie universe, or they are shooting some comics.
The "Blood Warrior" that I want to talk about today is a film with these two keywords. It is the superhero of the American Warriors comics, and it is also the pioneering work of the Warriors movie universe.
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Just look at Marvel to see how beneficial it is to successfully build a cinematic universe.
In this limelight, although Warrior Comics is not as good as the two giants of DC Marvel in North America, as a veteran comic book dealer, it still has a certain audience, so it has the conditions to form a movie universe.
However, after the release of "Blood Warrior", the word of mouth both at home and abroad is quite poor. The global box office is only 280 million US dollars, and the hometown of North America is only over 100 million. Such word of mouth and achievements have directly made the Warriors movie universe. Uncertain future.
Speaking of the film itself, "Bloodshot", as the pioneering work of a movie universe, did not take the responsibility of making the "first" film well in many aspects, but the most fatal point is that the shaping of the protagonist really failed.
first protagonist of the cinematic universe/series
Some people may say that a popcorn commercial film, as long as the game is not good enough? Why is it said that the movie will fail if the protagonist is not well shaped?
First of all, for any movie universe, or the first film of a series, the establishment of the protagonist's character is the most critical part. After the protagonist's image is determined in the second and third films, you can go purely commercial Route, you can also choose to continue to plump up the image of the hero, but the first part must first set up people.
But if your leading protagonist doesn't stand up or is likable, it's disastrous for the entire universe or series. You're not the kind of "just play one" commercial, you're building a huge The universe and the core series within it.
This can be seen in the firsts of the remaining three superhero universes currently on the market, as well as the firsts of other movie series.
Marvel Universe, the first song "Iron Man", spent a lot of pen and ink to shape the image of the protagonist, portraying Tony Stark's experience and changes in great detail, and he has also become the most popular character in the Marvel Universe. one.
DC Universe, the first song "Superman: Man of Steel", although the story of Superman is basically known in North America, the movie still spends a lot of space to describe its character and philosophy, and even lead to a very unbalanced rhythm ( In the first half of the film, in order to shape the protagonist, there are many literary dramas)
Spider-Man universe, the first movie "Venom: Deadly Guardian", the script of the movie has big problems and many shortcomings, but even so, it has made great efforts to describe the relationship between the protagonist Eddie and the symbiote. , In the end, they even became a pair of CPs, which became a topic that many fans talked about.
Nolan's "Batman" series, the first "Batman," and the path taken by protagonist Bruce Wayne due to a family change runs through the film.
Even in "Aquaman", which does not have many scenes to shape the protagonist, there is also a wonderful plot of Neptune eating roses for the heroine Mera.
It can be seen that whether it is the pioneering work of the three comic universes or the first of other superhero series movies, without exception, the focus is on the portrayal of the protagonist. Of course, whether the specific image is successful or not is another matter, but at least This direction is correct.
After all, if you can even deal with the protagonist of the first movie, how can the audience expect a vivid and active image of the other characters in the universe/series?
At this point, "Blood Warrior" is completely opposite.
The protagonist is a tool man?
The story of "Bloodfighter" is very simple. The protagonist Lei was continuously brainwashed by an evil organization to implant false memories and sent to kill. Finally, with the help of others, he learned the truth and destroyed the organization. It is a typical revenge story.
Of course, the biggest problem with "Blood Warrior" is not that the story is old-fashioned and the plot is nothing new. After all, most of the superhero movies have been played through the development of superhero movies today, and no one will expect this movie to have any breakthroughs in the story. , so these are disadvantages, but not fatal.
But the wrong direction of the movie is like a sharp knife stabbing the heart, letting out the blood of the movie.
In a movie of about 100 minutes, the protagonist is repeating the action of "brainwashing-killing-brainwashing" for the first 60 minutes. The protagonist's past has no explanation, and the process of action is the same except for the different goals. Therefore, the bloody warrior is left to The audience's impression is just four words: irritability can fight.
In the next 40 minutes, the protagonist was awakened by his companions, and he started to fight back after knowing that he had been used by the organization. According to common sense, Lei should trace his life experience after knowing that his memory had been tampered with, but since the movie is more than half of the time, it is It is a pure revenge drama, so this part of the plot does not have any plot to portray the protagonist.
If nothing else, even in a typical assembly-line action movie like "Shocking Rescue" recently launched by Netflix, the protagonist is not so perfunctory.
In the absence of the blessing of relevant scenes, the image of the protagonist Lei is quite thin. This extremely flat character, not to mention a huge movie universe, can't even support his own series.
After watching the first film of the Marvel Universe, the audience will definitely remember the playboy Stark, and after watching "The Mystery of the Shadow", they will also remember the Bruce who was looking for a way of self-redemption after his parents were killed, but after watching "Blood Warrior" ", it may not be long before the protagonist will be completely forgotten.
ability
In addition to their own character, philosophy, experience, etc., the protagonist of a superhero movie has another focus on ability. After all, the superpower of a hero is also one of their selling points.
There are three super powers of the bloodshot warrior, strengthening human strength + regenerating body + being able to link electronic technology at will.
If you take a closer look, you can see that the three superpowers of the Bloody Warrior are actually very unfriendly to him.
Strengthening the power of people is basically the standard configuration of most superheroes, nothing special.
Renewable body, this super power is similar to Wolverine's self-healing.
Linked to electronic technology, this super ability has room to play, but the problem is that the protagonist is originally a warrior, and letting a warrior take the IT job is obviously in conflict with the setting.
After all, the only real selling point for Bloodshot Warriors is the physical regeneration ability of nanotechnology.
However, the problem is that Wolverine has been active on the screen for 17 years. He is a popular hero well-known to the public. The audience has seen his self-healing ability countless times. The regeneration of the bloody warrior does not change the soup without changing the medicine. Anything that catches the eye of the audience.
Of course, even in the case of similar abilities, if the battle can be well designed, it can still give the audience a very good viewing experience, but the problem with "Blood Warrior" is that not only is the protagonist's superpower as a selling point similar to Wolverine, but even The fighting mode that embodies superpowers is also completely copied, all of which are hard to deal damage and then beat the enemy to the ground. These scenes are actually familiar to most audiences.
In simple words: nothing new .
Due to the lack of character of the protagonist in the movie, the image is too thin, so it is easy for the audience to turn their attention to his super powers, but because the regeneration ability of the Bloodshot Warrior overlaps with Wolverine, and the fighting method is exactly the same, it is still impossible to let the The protagonist gets a "label" that only belongs to him.
Simply by the standard of a low-cost ordinary superhero movie, "Bloodblood" is actually quite watchable.
But if it's the first film of a movie universe/series, it's still a long way from passing.
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