There is such a movie,
We watch it purely for visual enjoyment.
Of course, sometimes it doesn't matter whether the protagonist is a robot or a living human.
For example, a "Transformers" that is not as good as one,
For example, a "Fast and Furious" that is not as good as one --
Another example is this one we are going to talk about today-
Ultimate Fighter 4: Freedom
Boyka: Undisputed IV
In fact, it is not easy for the "Ultimate Fighter" series to be able to shoot the fourth part.
Fifteen years have passed since the first "The Ultimate Fighter" (1992) to the current "Freedom".
It can be said that Boika 's activity on the screen in "The Ultimate Fighter" is no worse than that of Uncle Wolf, except for his attention.
Moreover, the only reason why Time has been paying attention to this movie may be because of him
Scott Adkins
This handsome and handsome guy who used to be handsome all the little fresh meat has become a more mature 40-year-old uncle.
What is even more commendable is that, from "The Ultimate Fighter 2" to today, after 11 years,
Scott still maintains his perfect fighting physique and physical fitness.
However, for the movie "Ultimate Fighter 4: Freedom",
Time really can't be praised.
Most of the movie fans who have watched the series of movies know that the most attractive thing about this series of movies is the fierce and realistic scenes of the fist-to-meat fights and brutal fights.
This kind of movie, if it adds some artistic ingredients to decorate it, will be a good series.
What is disappointing is that the director accidentally turned "The Ultimate Fighter" into a live-action version of "Transformers".
Let's talk about the advantages of the movie first.
The entire movie is only 73 minutes long . Today, when the works in the entire movie market are developing towards "bladder films", it is quite commendable to think about the physical function of the audience for a while.
But it is in the filming of film lens language and action scenes,
Still maintain a high standard.
This not only relies on spreading the valuable action drama experience accumulated in "The Ultimate Fighter", but also relies on Scott's wonderful acting skills.
Dodging underground boxing fights——
Muay Thai-like Knee Fighting——
The thrill of punching to the flesh——
There is also a long-lost secret, the aerial dragon swinging its tail——
Rolling kick in the air—
These action scenes, any movie audience will be excited and excited.
In order to highlight Boyka's fighting skills, the director increased the realism and fierceness of fighting.
Boika is often the focus in the shot, close-ups and follow-up shots are given from the front or side, and lens shake is avoided to the greatest extent possible.
That's how we got those wonderful shots we just saw.
However, the whole movie, except for such scenes, really has nothing to watch.
The plot is the crux of the whole movie.
In fact, time has never understood why at the end of the third part, Boyka successfully escaped from prison and regained his freedom, but it was called atonement .
And at the end of the fourth part, Boyka was in the end of the whole movie and was put in prison, but named it freedom ?
Probably the director's spiritual realm is not at the same level as ours.
The story of the movie is simple. Boyka has a dream of becoming the No. 1 boxer in the world, and dreams of being able to fight a regular match.
Finally got a chance to win a Russian boxer and go straight to the finals,
As a result, after Boyka tried his best to win the game, he learned that the fighter died in an accident.
Then, like a saint, Boyka was so guilty that she couldn't help herself, and began to look for the boxer's relics to relieve her guilt.
Please, Boyka's character design is a prison boxer, why do you still feel sorry for your opponent, what are you going to make trouble with, director!
From the belongings, Boyka found a letter from the boxer and his home address, and then ran to Russia despite the danger of being wanted.
Going to the dead boxer's house, Boyka finds that his wife is also working for an underground boxing ring.
But the boss of the underground boxing stadium is also infatuated with the widow. As a condition, the villain boss asks Boyka to win three boxers for himself before he can redeem the widow.
In order to redeem their lives, the widowed women agreed to Boika to practice boxing in her late husband's boxing room, and when they entered the house, nothing happened to them!
After that, Boika not only defeated the first opponent, but also defeated a pair of brother boxers, the best boxer and the perverted boxer.
In short, with just one look at the widowed woman, Boyka can be resurrected with full blood!
The villain is always the villain. After Boyka fulfilled his promise, the boss of the boxing ring did not spare the widow's plan, but wanted to kill Boyka.
Boika, full of anger, rushed out to kill the final boss, and finally ended up in prison.
The core of the film is the spiritual redemption of the boxer, and it can actually be shot very well.
The two parts of good and evil blend and conflict in the male protagonist, and the character of Boyka could have been more plump.
However, the director was very kind, and made an evil prison boxer into a saint in the church. Not only did he feel sorry for the opponent who was beaten, but the movie kept talking about——
But I can only ask your forgiveness
In the end, it also came up with a bloody ending in which justice triumphs over evil and law triumphs over justice.
When the male protagonist watched the female protagonist in prison through the iron fence, he said: forgive .
The characters in the audience not only collapsed, but also have no logic.
The most unbearable thing for time is that since "Ultimate Fighter 4" arranged the plot mode of male and female protagonists, but completely ignored their feelings, so that in the end Boyka went to prison and failed to get out with the female protagonist. Sheets once.
Where is the heaven.
From the title of the film, we can easily see that,
The director originally wanted to take Boyka's self-redemption as an opportunity to fix the core of the film on the " freedom " of human nature and the spiritual world.
This kind of freedom is probably because Boyka decided to go to Russia despite the persuasion of his manager, or because he decided to duel with the boxers regardless of his own safety.
However, after all, the whole film tells a story of accidental murder and self-redemption , and it is inevitable that "freedom" is forced into it.
It originally told the story of a hot-blooded boxer, but it turned into an inexplicable dog-blooded Jack Su romance, and even the explosive details in the film became meaningless.
There are countless such videos,
It just tells us the same thing,
No matter how sharp the shots, how wonderful the fights, how attractive the special effects, how realistic the scenes are.
Once these are framed in a background story of the film that is not logically understood and the narrative is ambiguous,
No matter how beautifully crafted it is, it becomes worthless.
After all, not all 90-minute videos are called movies,
What's more, this one is only 73 minutes long?
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