"Back to the Water" is the first Hollywood show of Korean director Kim Ji-woon. Like most "foreign" directors’ debuts in Hollywood, there is not much of the personal touch of his previous work in the film, and there is no such unrestrained performance in "Seeing the Devil". Violence, and there is no dark humor permeated in "The Case of Unspeakable Bizarre Lost Souls". What Hollywood needs is his control over different types, eliminating the over-personalized style. The chase scene between Schwarzenegger and the drug lord in the cornfield is like a cut and clean version of the long chase scene between Li Bingxian and Cui Minzhi in "Seeing the Devil". In addition, Jin Zhiyun is like a good newcomer in the workplace. A Hollywood-style standard work.
The story takes place in a small town in the southwestern United States. The plot is as simple as an old-school western movie. The director of the "police station" played by Schwarzenegger drags his aging body into a decisive battle with a gang of heavily armed drug lords. The disparity of power between the two sides is a routine of old-school action movies. Schwarzenegger tried his best to not only re-operate the heavy machine gun, but also dedicated the hand-to-hand show. Compared with the "middle-aged and elderly action movies" of the past few years, it is also the waste of consumer action veterans. "Back to the Water" is more realistic than the "Expendables" series, and more serious than the "Red Flame Battlefield" series, with smaller and less gimmicks. The tepid and somewhat cold market response in the regions that have already been released is justified.
Schwarzenegger didn't have any acting skills when he was young, and he didn't need acting skills in those actions or science fiction films. In the film, Schwarzenegger uses his age to start from time to time: "For 72-year-olds with high cholesterol, scrambled eggs with bacon and cheese is the most dangerous." It is hard to say how much better his acting skills are now than when he was young. But the wrinkles on his face have a taste that muscles don't have. This is a gift that years have brought to an actor. Even if it can’t be compared with Clint Eastwood in "Classic Cars", Uncle Shi’s performance this time can be called a special charm. Bruce Willis in "5" is much more moving.
Action movies are a cruel field. It discriminates against old age than any industry other than sports. Once you stomped your feet, you would shake the big names in Hollywood. Time will also be squeezed into a supporting role, acting as a supporting role or starring in a blockbuster movie. The movie acts as a supporting role in the market. More often, they only represent a nostalgic symbol. If you don’t get something new and just follow the old-school tough guy action route, it will be difficult to regain the favor of the market. In fact, the most respectable movie like "Back to the Water" is nostalgia, but when you relive your old dreams, you will inevitably feel the barriers of the hard reality. Just as time can’t turn back, the old-school action fan who wants to salvage a good memory, the pleasure and touch obtained with a tolerant mentality, will inevitably be lost-this is after all an overkill. Hardcore actions and the age of actors are natural enemies, and only a young body will give the overly aggressive actions a more incontrovertible legitimacy.
Play sensational like the Korean movie "Grandma Robbers"? Like "Brothers in the Day", let the elderly take medicine to play irony? No, this is not the hard-line action of a tough guy. One of the clichéd accessories of "Lastly" can't be removed. There are irreplaceable excitement in its mediocrity. 【Sohu Entertainment】
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