The Hero in Prison

Evangeline 2022-03-23 09:02:36

Rob Schneider has only made two films as director, one is "The Hero in Prison" and the other is "God's Chosen". Both films received a mediocre response. "The Hero in Prison" is Rob Schneider's best film, but it's a pity that it didn't make any new ideas. Rob Schneider has worked hard in the comedy world all his life and has acted in many comedy films. In fact, the more prominent ones are: "Home Alone 2" in his early years as a guest hotel waiter, "Human Face and Beast Heart" in supporting roles, and "50 First Loves". , "The Longest Yard", "Life Remote Control" and so on. He also made a small cameo role in "Around the World in 80 Days" starring Jackie Chan. A career in comedy has accumulated considerable material for him to direct his first comedy film. "The Hero in Prison" is his self-directed and self-starred debut.



The movie has no outstanding features. The real estate agent played by Rob Schneider was sentenced to three to five years in prison for fraud. In order to avoid the fate of being raped in prison, he sought a kung fu master 6 months before he was imprisoned. Practicing martial arts madly, just to keep the chrysanthemum from falling in prison. After training, it is natural to dominate the prison in prison, and finally the bully-like warden will be removed from power. The front setting is the setting of the growth story of Chinese classical martial arts, and the second half is the comedy version of "The Shawshank Redemption". The superposition of the two elements contributed to the release of the film "The Hero in Prison".



In addition to the male lead Rob Schneider, let's take a look at the other main actors. David Carradine, the old man who was born in 1936, has been in B-movie all his life, and it is quite a tribute to him to play the master in the movie. He is best known in recent years for playing the Bill to be killed in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, which is still a B-movie. David Carradine suffocated to death while masturbating in a Thai hotel in 2009. He also asked for a cameo role in the new version of "Suqier", which was his first and last appearance in a Chinese film. If anyone wants to see the old man's performance in other movies, he can go to "Rage 2" and "Furious Speed" two B-level action movies to see his respect.



The heroine Jennifer Morrison is a silly big sister-like woman who doesn't show any acting skills in the film. She plays Rob Schneider's wife, who has big breasts and no brains and only wants to have a child. I saw her performance in the movie, and she couldn't look like that. This is the charming Cameraon in "Doctor House". I can only say with admiration that this woman is too malleable.



The best performer in this movie is the old actor Henry Gibson, who plays Short, old and flavorful, seemingly weak, but very flavorful on the inside. In the movie, he also did his best to urinate on the strawberry field, which made people laugh. His character shares many similarities with Brooks (James Whitmore) in The Shawshank Redemption. It's just that the latter is much stronger in connotation and extension than Short of the comedy movie "The Hero in Prison". As an excellent old actor, Henry Gibson can deduce some profound taste of Short, which can be regarded as an excellent answer.



The other actors are also third-rate characters, showing clichéd stories in the movie.



The whole movie is hilarious, contrived, but cheesy, cheap jokes that make you gnaw on popcorn -- crunchy and nutritious. It was a movie that was laughed off and never remembered or watched a second time. Of course, we can still see the psychology of typical American film practitioners from the movies: the government is always bad, lawyers are often unpopular, black and white are always contradictory, and so on. These American phenomena are shown in exaggerated form in the film, which can be regarded as a kind of self-deprecating reflection of Americans. At the end of the movie, the white and black people must be in harmony with the family, and the villain's warden is blasted with chrysanthemums.



The United States is rich in such vulgar comedy movies, and it is not the only one that uses vulgar and disgusting things as jokes. This is almost a common trick of the next three American comedy movies. Like the Changquan in Chinese martial arts, it is the most basic and seemingly Essential seasoning. Take the newly released sci-fi comedy film "Paul" as an example. The scenes in which the detective sucks Paul's urine and Paul eats the bird are both uncomfortable. And eating all kinds of disgusting food and bugs in "The Hero in Prison" is even more disgusting. But many people are happy about this, and it can only be said that the world is huge, and there are all kinds of people.



In other words, Americans have been tormented by comedy for so long, and a film without new ideas will definitely be ridiculed. Fortunately, there are no big-name stars in this "Hero in Prison", otherwise, it will definitely be molested. The success of "Paul" is due to its bantering of aliens, and the success of comedies such as "Fake Marriage" is the arrival of a fresh and natural wind. In contrast, the ingredients in "The Hero in Prison" have been eaten by others, and the actors are all second-rate angles. The idea is not new, and the plot is patchwork. It is not difficult to make everyone laugh, but it is necessary to make people laugh. The aftertaste is endless, but it's just a little off.



Of course, Rob Schneider wasn't so ambitious from the beginning, he just wanted to blow up popcorn, he didn't want to make a pork knuckle, so just eat it.

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