After watching this movie, the two strongest feelings are the small cost and the exquisite production!
In fact, in the first few minutes, I rolled my eyes twice when I saw that there were still several shots of the portable camera. (In the past two years, I've been suffering from allergies watching fake documentaries.) But luckily, I'm getting into the situation soon.
The structure of the whole movie is very traditional, and the script is not very good. It just made up a reason, and then arranged the protagonists to die one by one in a format, and then at the end, they seemed to throw out a false proposition. For the audience to watch and have something to talk about. These scripts are all the same, not much new. Even that plausible false proposition is just picking up other people's wisdom. Therefore, if you watch this film specifically for the story, I'm afraid you will be a little disappointed.
The beauty of this film is that the director is very attentive, every death is very original, and basically every picture is precisely designed. Not much to say about those who go up and down the mountain, but I can still notice the long and short shots, the connection of high-speed shots, and the changing of the portable track. It is very thoughtful!
Especially commendable is the post-production. marvelous! Especially the scene of the shootout at the police station, the montage combines the carnival in the town and the desperation in the police station. It is the effect of large cost production!
However, there are still some flaws in the details. For example, the habitual thinking of the British is that people all over the world should understand English, and they can communicate smoothly with a little girl who does not understand English. For example, the sniper on the opposite roof can kill the paralyzed police officer lying on the ground with one shot, but let go of the half-squatting protagonist. . . But none of that matters anymore.
As I said at first, after watching this movie, all I can remember is that it was a small budget but well-made. All other messes are forgivable!
So, decisively gave 5 points! This is the best of a low-budget movie!
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