"Vertical Limits" Review - The Limits of Human Nature

Elta 2022-03-22 09:02:05

A few days ago, I was talking about looking for an exciting movie before going to bed, and I found this "Vertical Limit" when I flipped through my movie favorites. The movie opens with a soothing American country music. I also When no attention is diverted from the laptop's QQ to the TV screen, the thrilling thing happens... A rookie mistake leads to a tragic opening where a father, in order to give his son and daughter a chance to survive, lets My own son cuts off the safety rope that connects him, my brother looks at my sister, and finally, I know that my brother will be cut, and my father falls to his death...

The first five minutes of the film made me emotional, because I too My sister's brother is also my father's son. From my point of view, I would choose to make the same choice, but how easy is it? In the next 5 minutes, I was moved a little again. Because of different tasks, my brother and sister gathered on the K2 mountain, which is the most difficult to climb. When the brothers and sisters met, the expression and words of the brother and the expression of the sister made me I was deeply impressed. The elder brother knew that the younger sister hated him and loved him. The younger sister wanted to forgive the elder brother and regain the intimacy of the family, but he could not forget the sadness of his father's death. It's only when you put yourself in the character's shoes that you can really feel their acting and emotion.

The plot of the story is actually very simple. A mountaineering team organized by a billionaire, including a younger sister, was in distress on the way. The elder brother organized people to rescue them, and they were in constant danger. The bad guy and the rich finally died, and some rescuers also died. Brother and sister experienced life and death again. Finally found each other's original position in their hearts.

But as last year's summer blockbuster, the picture of the whole movie is still quite expressive, the plot is very compact, there are constant situations, some people die, and the characters' characters are monotonous but outstanding. It is a very exciting movie as I wish.

I didn't understand why these rich people like to go mountain climbing. Wang Shi and Zhang Chaoyang in China also like mountaineering very much. When I was working in Sohu.com, in 2006, Sohu Focus.com made the final inventory at the end of the year. We planned to let Zhang Chaoyang come over, and We have been supporting our clients for a long time. It has been a year, and he has also made an appearance in the industry. He said some official words. Who knew that our great CEO did not go as we expected after his appearance. He negotiated with one-vote real estate. Climbing, talking about global warming. I also joked at the time: "This buddy, his wealth and career have become a reality, he no longer cares about houses, beauties, money, cars, firewood, rice, oil and salt like ordinary people. Their vision has reached global warming and some future problems that we can't reach. The problem." Later, after some things, I also fell in love with rock climbing, although rock climbing and mountaineering are completely two-level things, but I gradually understand that mountaineering is for an entrepreneur, or for a person, It is a collision between oneself and nature, oneself and unknown potential, oneself and the spirit of achieving a cold.

And the characterization in the film has a bright spot, a pair of brothers appear with the flag of Bob Marley (Bob Marley, my beloved Jamaican musician) as the background, and two men sunbathe naked on the snowy mountains, singing Listening to old B's songs, drinking strong wine, and my brother sticking two cucumbers on his eyes, (I think this appearance is quite funny) The image of yuppie is clear, I think they are the most ruffian. Mountaineering and the spirit of adventure are the purest and purest emotions. Although they kept saying that it was not worth it, they decided to join the rescue team after spoofing. My brother was suddenly crushed into the canyon by an avalanche in a very ruffian state. My brother's grief made people look heartbroken. Together, they spoofed this uninhabited and dangerous snow-capped mountain. After my brother was sad, he resolutely continued to climb the mountain to rescue. The expression at that moment did not have the taste of ruffian at all, but it was a kind of sacredness to go to the battlefield. The other pair is two Pakistani brothers, hurriedly faint. The cousin is dead, and the cousin still goes to the rescue. On the way, I laid out a beautiful blanket and prayed devoutly, and said something very philosophical to the ruffian's younger brother: "Everyone dies, the important thing is what you did before you worked hard." Later, the Pakistani cousin and the ruffian's younger brother were killed by explosives while laughing , the change of the plot at that moment is also compact and sudden.

This is a Hollywood thriller action film, but I think it is a family film or a humanistic art film. The film also shows a kind of thinking about life in the special effects shots. When facing death, people Is it flexible to deal with reality or stick to ethics? The sacrifice of the father to the children, the sister persuaded the brother not to save her, should the wife kill the enemy in front of him save or kill? Even the sacrifice of strangers for strangers is constantly exploring the limits of human nature. If the sacrifice of parents to their children, the guilt of an elder brother who would rather kill his father indirectly in order to save his younger sister is a continuation of genes, beyond the instinct of human nature, then The mutual redemption and sacrifice between strangers and enemies allows us to see the moral side of Hollywood. There is a sentence in the film that I think is pretty cool: "He has the right to know death." Although this sentence comes from the first villain in the film, it also reflects a Western humanistic spirit to a certain extent.

Although the film is also full of the shortcomings of Hollywood movies, heroism and unreasonable characters and props, as well as the occasional recording microphone that jumps into the screen, but in the end, the music of the Eagles and the brothers and sisters once again let me feel that the film is even in the It's worth the price to watch in theaters.

Author: Ma Lixuan Source: 80 concerned network www.80look.com

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  • Kaia 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    I didn't expect it at the end. I thought 4 or 5 people would come back.

  • Okey 2022-01-01 08:01:52

    This is the second highest peak in the world. It is the most difficult mountain in the world to climb. One out of every seven climbers will die. So far, only more than one hundred people have successfully climbed to the top. In the worst case, 11 climbers died in one day. Tribute to the warriors.

Vertical Limit quotes

  • Major Rasul: Well, it's three o'clock. Time to wake up the Indians.

  • Malcolm Bench: You're all the bloody same, aren't you? Born-agains say I don't believe in Jesus, so I'll go to hell. Jews say I do believe in Jesus, I'll go to Hell. Catholics say I don't believe in the pope, I'll go to Hell. So any way you look at it, I'm in the shit.