Wu's routine

Margarette 2022-03-22 09:01:52

An engineer invents a machine that can predict the future and sees the catastrophe that this machine will bring to the world. Because after the success, his memory of this period will be cleared, so he stayed behind. With the ability to predict the future, he left 20 things for his future self. When his memory was cleared, although he had forgotten what these things were used for, with his extraordinary comprehension, each thing was used by him in the right place.

It should be said that this kind of creativity is a bit interesting. It is interesting to think about playing a game under the guidance of my past self. But when the hero and heroine were reunited, after they figured out what the hero had done for the past three years, they decided to destroy the machine. So the film became an ordinary Hollywood action film, with many elements such as car chases, fights, and explosions. The hero and heroine, our great engineer, seemed to be possessed by the souls of Rambo, Neo and Jet Li at that moment. The plot also started to get messy and unjustifiable.

The hero and heroine are reunited. Because the memory of the past three years has been erased, the heroine can't remember the heroine with whom he has a strong relationship in the past three years. The heroine is very sad and shows him the video of the sweet moments of the past two. The male protagonist suddenly realized, full of apology, the two embraced and cried, and their feelings turned on again like a lamp that had been switched on. At this time, I was thinking that it might be good if the film digs deeper into the feelings of this state and explores how the hero deals with the intimate lover that he can't remember.

Unfortunately, the director is John Woo, not Junji Iwai. Director Wu has his own routine, just like no matter how far-fetched, he must have two people drawing guns and pointing at each other, and there must be pigeons. This can be described as a tribute to oneself or a sad limitation.

In addition, after watching Ben Affleck's performance, I understand why this guy is called "box office poison". The eyes of the masses are indeed sharp, and this fellow can't act at all.

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Extended Reading
  • Madyson 2022-03-21 09:01:58

    It’s not bad for a commercial film, at least it can’t find any fatal narrative loopholes except for the chicken-and-egg problem. Is this a tribute to yourself?

  • Fanny 2022-03-26 09:01:06

    After watching it, I realized it was John Woo's film~ It's very interesting, with a little bit of sci-fi and Uma Thurman without a vase~ [If you show someone their future, they have no future. To take away the mystery of the future is to take away hope. 】

Paycheck quotes

  • Jimmy Rethrick: I am the future, Mike!

  • Maya: [pretending to be Rachel] You can't remember me.