Since it is a prequel, the first question should be to solve all the relevant doubts in "Mutant Type 3". At this point, the completion of "Strange Form Prequel" is quite high. The film focuses on explaining how UFOs and strange-shaped ice coffins were found in the Norwegian camp, how to bring the ice coffin back to the camp, and how the strange form was reborn. In addition, many of the detailed settings of the plot can be echoed with "Mutant Type III". Big clues such as "Ice Coffin" should naturally be there. Details such as the red axe on the door, the frozen corpse who committed suicide by cutting their throats in front of the table, the two-headed monster-shaped corpse on the snow, etc., all make the "mutant type 3" correspond. The picture keeps reappearing in the audience's mind. In the finale, the scene of the helicopter chasing and killing the sled dogs is reproduced, completing the connection with the story of "Mutant Type 3".
However, the screenwriter does not seem to feel confident, and always feels that this is far from enough to make the prequel shine. Therefore, "Strange Prequel" later added a lot of sci-fi elements, which felt like a supplementary annotation for "Mutant Type III". These sci-fi elements mainly appear in the final climax of the film. When the hero and the heroine enter the UFO, the director presents various high-tech extraterrestrial wisdom on the big screen. Although this part looks a bit like Ridley Scott's "Alien", it actually completely deviates from the special style of "Mutant Type 3" and even this prequel itself in the previous paragraphs. Another question that bothers me is how can the film make the audience understand that a species that uses the most primitive digestive function to complete aggression and occupation can actually create such a dazzling alien technology? "Mutant Type III" avoids the importance of using science fiction elements as the background. However, "Ghost Prequel" not only puts the science fiction elements at the climax of the film, but also overexerts them without being able to explain them, and it has become a dog's blood.
Since it's a prequel, not a remake, then we should come up with something different from "Mutant Type 3". There are indeed many differences in "Weird Prequel". For example, the tension of mutual mistrust between humans has disappeared. For example, the isolation of isolation has disappeared. Instead, a large number of weird figures run after the actors to stimulate the audience's eyeballs. , Is a startled sound and soundtrack, it is an uncreative method of scaring like "I don't know when and where the strange shape suddenly jumps out". The grotesque in "Mutant Type III" is fast and accurate when attacking humans. The unhesitating sense of speed makes the grotesque look terrifying and threatening. Crawling everywhere like evolution, and all kinds of procrastination when killing people, and finally after finally dragging the heroine out, the first move used was to incite her to slap her! It was mentioned in "Mutated Third Type" that every cell in the monster has a sense of self-protection, attack ability and replication ability. These horror elements that are full of imagination and have a lot of room for use are in the "Monster Prequel" It's all gone, and what makes me even more unbearable is how can I come up with such a silly and ridiculous way to verify my body by examining my teeth? Comparing the tension of the "blood test" in the original work, the "checking the teeth" in "Strange Prequel" is like being at a house.
In addition, "Strange Prequel" is almost a copy and paste of "Mutant Type III". How lazy the screenwriter is? In both films, people are locked in huts to isolate them; in both films there are scenes in which people surround the fire with panic; in both films, an innocent person is shot and killed; in both films, there are climax scenes that focus on experiencing the body. And it was the last person to transform, and after transforming, the flame gun in the actor's hand could not emit fire... This Nima turned out to be not only a prequel, but also a remake!
After vomiting so many slots, it is necessary to explain why I scored three stars. During the movie watching, I tried several times to look at this prequel independently (but the film continues to establish echoes with the original). It is really difficult to compare it with "Mutant Type 3". Therefore, if measured by the standard of ordinary Hollywood sci-fi horror movies, "The Prequel" is actually not too bad. Although there is no "suspense" at all, the essence of the original work is gone, but the special effects scenes in the film are very good. The styling creativity of the two-headed monster comes from the original work, but it is shown in detail in the prequel. The forming process is still quite interesting. The rhythm of the whole film is also quite good, not so bad that it makes people feel boring to keep playing. The various responses with "Mutant Type 3" mentioned above are also very cordial. And after "Warriors", I started to like Joel Edgerton very much. I originally expected him to have Kurt Russell's charismatic character in "Mutant Type 3" in "Prequel", but it was a pity. Back to the soy sauce, the drama was all taken away by the heroine.
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