Although the story of "Olympus Has Fallen" three years ago is full of loopholes, the ups and downs of the relationship between the president and Mike Banning, the "good buddies", although old-fashioned, are also a highlight of the story. In "London Has Fallen", the "buddies" are "good brothers" from beginning to end, and their relationship has no ups and downs. At the same time, starring Gerard Butler repeatedly emphasized in the interview that Banning's "transition of identity" in the film is not directly related to the development of the plot. His family was thousands of miles away from him, and he was not involved in this "political catastrophe", so even if Banning's wife was not pregnant, he still had to sacrifice his life to save the president. However, the film rounds up this absurd story.
In order to control the cost, the director made a clever setting. Arrange a lot of scenes in the film to be done at night and indoors, and fill the film with a lot of fights and gunfights. The same is true of the previous work, except that "London Has Fallen" first bombed the landmarks of London. Tower Bridge, Westminster Abbey were not spared, and it can be said that most of the film's investment was spent on these few shots. Although the level of sophistication is not as good as that of a large-scale, large-scale action movie, for a small and medium-sized investment movie such as "London Has Fallen", these shots are still done with sincerity. After that, it was basically starring Gerard Butler.
Both "Olympus Has Fallen" and "London Has Fallen" are very "American" films, and the two films have a strong theme. In "Olympus Has Fallen" the president would rather be beaten than see his officials beaten; "London Has Fallen" is a contemporary counter-terrorism theme. London is vulnerable in the face of terrorists, not only many landmark buildings were blown up, and various systems fell into the hands of terrorists. In the end, Mike Banning led the troops to smash the terrorists' lair in London, not only rescued the president but also solved the crisis in London by the way. Then a missile from the United States will send the behind-the-scenes BOSS into the soul. As the film was about to end, Logan Freeman, who played the vice president, said the line "Some people say terrorism is the result of American interference, but if we do nothing, that's the worst." The thinking of the "world police" is expressed in the most brutal way, no different from the slogans we see in our daily life. Compared with the main theme of "Shocking Crisis", which had the same theme as "Olympus Has Fallen" a few years ago, it is not so heavy.
Surprisingly, the Chinese translation of the film is also a bright spot. Zhang Youyou, the translator of this film, is a very good translator, and since "Ace Agent" (I didn't notice her earlier works, I'm very sorry), there are many good sentences. "Don't do what you want to do to others" in "London Has Fallen" (literal translation: treat others the way you want to be treated by others.) The most commendable thing is that in the face of an R-rated movie like "Ace Agent", which is full of sensitive words, she not only turned it into a pollution-free, but also basically retained the "meaning" that the movie wanted to express. ". There is no such low-level error in translating "Import Transport Certificate" into "Important Transport Certificate". There is no such nonsensical creation as "You old man" and "Pegasus Meteor Fist".
In comparison, the biggest failure of this series of films is that after two films, the characters of the protagonists are still unclear. There is no uncle Liam Neeson's sharp action in "Hurricane Rescue" nor Bruce Willis' charismatic swearing and funny line settings in "Die Hard", which is very good for the "series". dangerous. However, if you continue to shoot with this idea, the explicit theme is likely to become the biggest label of the "Fall" series of movies.
In April of Misty Rain, there are very few movies that can be watched, so few that you can count them by hand. Under such a market background, "London Has Fallen" is not impossible to watch. As long as it is within a reasonable price range, it is still acceptable
ps Zhang Youyou's translation Worth one star
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