Maximizing the value of a successful IP or extracting it is what capital is most willing to do. As we all know, the prequel of a big IP is not easy to shoot. Is "The Origin of Snake Eyes" a bad movie? If your expectation is to see something like The Hobbit
You can clarify the historical origin of the feature film and enrich the relationship network of the characters. When watching, you can be excited for clarifying a certain relationship, and you will be surprised by the flashing of some characters, then you will be disappointed. If you simply regard this movie as a series of "Special Forces", your expectation is to see a blockbuster like "Special Forces 1, 2", with wonderful action design, self-contained plot, rich world and numerous featured characters, then you too will be disappointed. Snake Eye is a very popular character. He wears a black tight-fitting one-piece suit and never speaks or shows anything. He is a low-key person with extraordinary skills, and the background is confusing, and his relationship with the white ghost is entangled. It's a really good idea to make a prequel movie with his origins as an entry point. But the prequel film doesn't honor the occasional flashback of snake eyes in the feature film. In the recollection of the feature film, Snake Eye is a blond, blue-eyed Caucasian.
When he was a child, he was misunderstood by the white ghost and killed the master of education and then escaped, so he was regarded as a thief by the white ghost. In the prequels, Snake Eyes first came to Japan as a middle-aged Asian with a beard. If it weren't for the role of the Baroness, of course, it would be just a role, because it is not the same actor as the main film, this film can be said to have nothing to do with "Special Forces". And, of course, there's Scarlett (AKA the redhead), also played by a different actor than the original.
Aside from the connection with the feature film, what if you just consider "Origin" as an independent film. I'm afraid it will still be disappointing. As a commercial blockbuster, the action scene design is lackluster, which is the original sin. The first appearance of the male protagonist after he became an adult was to fight a black boxing with a big man. The weak wins the strong, and the rules are quite satisfactory. In the second fight scene, the male protagonist flees with Tommy and pursues Jiantai. This should be a very good scene, but as a result, the scenes are scattered, and there is no memory point except that Tommy brother appeared with double knives and the truck cab of the last two people was filled with long knives. It can be said that it was a failure to make such a major scene like this.
After the male protagonist enters the Lanying family, I will complain about the so-called three trials in the next paragraph. In the third fight after that, the male protagonist, Tommy and Qiuzi Yuye go to kill Jiantai. The only takeaway from this scene is for me to guess that Tommy is the White Ghost.
In the fourth fight scene, the male protagonist rides a motorcycle to help the castle, Tommy and Akiko chase him, and then have a scuffle with Jiantai's men on the road. This scene is still good, and it can be seen that Hollywood is more handy with motor vehicle chases.
The final highlight is the siege of the castle by Jiantai's men and the counterattack by the masters in the castle. It can only be said to be mediocre. Everyone has a shot, and everyone has no dazzling performance.
There is also a lot to complain about in the plot. In fact, as a prequel work, the plot is naturally limited, which is unavoidable. Since it is only for one or a few characters to expand and dig in depth, it is also an essential operation to dig deep into the struggles and transformations of the characters. These are understandable. At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist hides in the safe house with his father, but is found by his opponent, his father sacrifices, and the male protagonist escapes. The male protagonist then determined to find revenge for the enemy who killed his father. For this reason, he joined the Jiantai gang, the undercover Lanying family, who betrayed his brother who trusted him and had a good impression of him, and stole the Infinity Stone. It was Sunstone by mistake. In the end, I saw the locked father-killer, but it turned out to be a knife to cut off the chain that locked the father-killer? And then rushed to reinforce the castle? When the male protagonist first arrived in the Lanying family, the owner said that our family owed you a favor, and that Japan owed you a favor? Is the Lanying family so awesome? Do you control Japan? For such a powerful family, to follow the whereabouts of a newcomer to Japan, the person in charge of the family's security needs to go after him in person? Still lost? The tracking ability of the ninja family is also too weak. Speaking of Qiuzi, the head of security, from the beginning of being suspicious and vigilant about the male protagonist, to later trusting and helping the male protagonist, how did such a 180-degree mentality change happen? Just because they are orphans, they can easily establish a relationship of empathy?
Speaking of the three trials of the family, the first time was a group of men in black running around to avoid Jian Yu, and then the male protagonist was tripped to the ground by the mechanism. Is this the end? What is this trial about? The second time was to play against the hard master. The hard master chose a weapon for a long time and chose to play the game of grabbing the water bowl. The way to pass is actually a humble request?
The third trial was more innovative. It was placed in a big well and three ancient snakes judged it. Wouldn't this pass in minutes if an Indian snake dancer came? One of the huge snakes in the back was actually cut off by Jian Tai with one knife? Is it because you have lived for too long, so you are strong from outside and work in the middle?
Finally, the Sunstone that the Lanying family has been defending is said to be the knowledge and strength of the Lanying family. Both Jiantai and the Cobra Organization wanted to get it, but the result was really a red stone. Is this a mistake in the Marvel Universe? Does "Special Forces" also play magic? Speaking of which, the Sunstone is so important, what power does it have? As a result, Jiantai held the stone and exerted all his strength, and then hit one of his subordinates with a bang.
This is just a short-barreled shotgun, and the subsequent operations only show the functions of an ordinary shotgun and a flamethrower. The power of the energy shield alone is beyond the reach of modern weapons, but is this kind of thing really worth defending for 600 years? It is also difficult to understand the way of taking Sunstone from Jiantai's hands.
In the end, the white ghost chose to leave the family abruptly. The Lanying family took out the snake-eye equipment abruptly and gave it to the male protagonist. Joe's troops abruptly told the male protagonist that your father is ours, so you should also join us.
It seemed that all the pits were filled, but this way of filling the pits was like a meteor falling from the sky, and Duang covered the pits with a sound. In fact, it is still difficult to understand why an ancient Japanese ninja family uses English when talking within the family? Is it because it is convenient to talk to Dad?
There are several scenes in the play that are eye-catching, and the Japanese scenery is very good. It should be said that this movie should be trying to please the Japanese audience, so it added a lot of Japanese elements and tried to incorporate a lot of Japanese culture, but the results were nondescript.
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