Legion of the Living Dead

Jana 2022-09-10 23:55:28

First of all, it is unqualified as a zombie commercial film. The front is long and the back is not strong enough. But Zha Dao has never been measured by commercial films. The main theme of this film - it seems that only father and daughter are deeply in love? It's over, I can't wash it.

Of course, Zha's films also have characters! Let me see... um, the characters except the protagonist's father are quite routine... Scott's image is supported by the actor's acting skills...

Therefore, it is not enough for the requirements of commercial films, and the place where the guide and powder are drawn is not good enough. There is no philosophical speculation or profound thinking, and the characters' image motives are lackluster, repeatedly jumping on the qualifying line.

There are also logical problems. The most obvious one is that the driver who started transporting zombies chatted, and the car overturned the military transport vehicle.

There's also the sleazy operation of that insider.

Of course, you can never get tired of watching tie-style pictures, slow motion and MV, and the dark irony and despair are also very good.

According to the evaluation situation, I want to change the script for the movie to be more reliable.

1. At the beginning, military transport vehicles transport zombies. The driver can't have a word! ! ! Not a single expression! ! ! Except for holding the steering wheel and stepping on the accelerator, there is no action! ! !

Then the walkie-talkie said that the national network was hacked by terrorists, and it knew about the transportation operation, but only knew that it was very important, not knowing what the transportation was, and asked the driver to temporarily change the route.

The driver turned to neutral, and the whole car was surrounded. The terrorist shouted at the car, the driver rammed him without ignoring him, and then the terrorist fired an RPG.

(The original military vehicle was blown up seamlessly, and then the zombies inside bit the terrorists)

2. The scene of the army being defeated is not needed. Just a few people will take the Minister of Defense out, because with the combat power of this zombie, a tank and armored division can be dispatched to destroy the group.

3. The process of Scott's recruitment can be edited with a montage. After two or three minutes, Scott's image will be enriched in a few minutes. (The wife-killing scene is reserved, plus a bit of the opposite scene with the Minister of Defense)

4. All the scenes of the daughter can be deleted. Even without her, the corpse king can be arranged to board the helicopter. But if Zha Dao just wants to bring private goods and miss her deceased daughter... just quickly edit her daily life with the girlfriend she wants to save and her child (actually, her life in the refugee camp, please refer to King Arthur for the specific method), You can recruit people in parallel with Scott, and the duration is controlled in 35 minutes to advance to the casino.

5. The scenes of the inner ghost are all deleted. The inner ghost is really harmful and has no benefit, which directly makes the whole film routine. Even without him, the cannon fodder in the protagonist group can kill the plot.

6. It’s hard to say anything about patrolling with soldiers after the corpse, but this kind of detail (nonsense, no inner ghost is not a detail) can be properly reserved, and finally let it die in a fight with the protagonist group (change with the coyote limit) one can have)

7. The scene with the zombie awakening after the rain is absolutely necessary. Isn’t Zha Dao’s favorite filming in the rain? The chainsaw can also be used not only for sawing walls.

8. Shamblers can be crispy, Alphas don't need to shoot one, okay?

9. There are more encounters with zombies, and there are many face-to-face killings (who still remembers this is a horror movie), the protagonist group takes the opportunity to kill some people, and the blood is enough

10. The penultimate action scene takes place when the lock is unlocked (it can be before, after, or during the process), after the dead body and most of the protagonist group, leaving Scott, the pilot and daughter (the daughter has been following the protagonist group without causing trouble)

11. The three retreat, and Scott tells the pilot that he has no money and gives the pilot a close-up of his face. The corpse king intercepted, Scott and his daughter delayed the time and let the pilot go to the roof to repair the plane first. Scott feeds the Dead King an RPG and rushes to the roof with his daughter to find that the helicopter and the pilot have disappeared, when the Dead King opens the door and stands behind them.

Black screen, turn on the lights, scroll the subtitles.

It can be seen that I completely changed the film into a commercial film. No way, 1. I can't write scripts like bvs and watchmen

2. Zha Dao has no ambitions, he just wants to commemorate his dead daughter, and it is based on the mold of a horror movie. It is really difficult to change it into literature and art.

There is also the time loop mentioned by Zha Dao, which is really difficult to handle. Either delete it, or go deeper, but it's obviously unrealistic to stuff it into this movie. It can only be left to the next one, such as when the casino was bombed at the end, suddenly cut back to the beginning, and the Japanese came to visit Scott again, which whetted the audience's appetite. But what about the next one? I don't know anyway. But it's better than mentioning it and then putting it aside, leaving behind a stunned audience.

The Living Dead Universe is also developing sequels, prequels, spinoffs and character indie films. Don't ask, just ask is that Netflix has made a lot of money. In any case, as an old Zha fan, I still firmly believe that Zha Dao can rush.

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Army of the Dead quotes

  • Lilly (The Coyote): Within these walls, the rules are clear.

  • Marianne Peters: Somewhere between leaving your ass and saving my own, I developed a conscience. It's exhausting.