Presumably, viewers who usually follow American TV series will not be unfamiliar with Netflix (Netflix). This online video rental service provider has had a huge impact on traditional TV platforms with its many high-quality self-made series and scheduling mode. "House of Cards" ", "Iron Mountain Grove", "Orange Is the New Black" and other dramas are so popular that they have even expanded their business to the Asia-Pacific region. For example, the online drama "Spark" launched in Japan also has a very high quality and reputation. . In recent years, Netflix has also extended its tentacles to the film field, and "Netherworld" is one of the representatives.
Just looking at the slightly shabby movie poster and cast lineup, there will be a sense of sight of a low-profile sci-fi film. Through the straight-to-the-point opening title and a short background introduction, the general clues of the film are already clear. The U.S. military encountered paranormal phenomena in the process of assisting the local government forces in Moldova to suppress the rebellion. Soldiers were constantly attacked to death by an invisible and intangible "enemy". Therefore, the military urgently recruited researcher Klein to participate in the investigation on the front line, because only the soldiers wearing the hyperspectral goggles invented by him could see the "enemies".
Military executives on the front line initially speculated that it was a stealth technique by the rebels, a sneak attack carried out by people wearing high-tech stealth suits. However, this speculation has obvious loopholes. It is not only difficult to explain why they can pass through walls, come and go like wind, and even bullets do not work, let alone the death state of the attacked soldiers: the skin shows signs of burning and corrosion , but the internal organs were frozen. As a result, local superstitious rumors began to spread that those "enemies" were the souls of soldiers who died in the war.
Seeing this, it is easy to think of second- and third-rate ghost movies. After all, the shape of these "ghosts", the phenomenon of human beings sticking to death, and the horror and horror brought by the military's ignorance of them all make the audience feel lead to similar viewing impressions. However, if you think that this film is a fake documentary like "Death Video" or "Ghost Record", it is too early. The film uses a trick to continue the previous suspense. It turns out that "Ghost" is not strong enough to be invulnerable. , they become sluggish when they hit the iron filings, giving the U.S. military a ray of hope to turn the tide.
Of course, when a series of unknown and harsh words came out of Klein's mouth later, "Netherworld" turned from a supernatural film to a science fiction film, and Klein also changed from a ghost hunter to a science expert. If science fiction films are compared to "nonsense", then regardless of low cost or high cost, the prerequisite for a good enough science fiction film is to speak nonsense in a serious manner. There are not many sci-fi films that introduce bold concepts or settings, but in the end, it is rare to justify it, and the nonsense of "Netherworld" can be scored highly.
Through Klein's mouth, the directors introduced the concept of "Bose-Einstein condensate". As the name suggests, this is a new state of matter predicted by Einstein in the 1920s based on the theory of Indian physicist Bose. On the one hand, it reaches absolute zero, and on the other hand, it requires the atomic system to be in a gaseous state. In 1995, two scientists in the United States achieved this extremely demanding state for the first time, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for this.
But the theory is one thing, how to make the theory the focus of the movie is another. There are three highlights of "Netherworld". One is the excellent narrative rhythm, which is clearly organized, the atmosphere is properly grasped, and it is not sloppy, and the perspectives of the audience and the soldiers are in the same plane, which has a strong sense of substitution; the second is to let " The Bose-Einstein Condensed Matter is on the screen with reason and reason. It has both theoretical foundation and reasonable imagination. In addition, the final decisive battle is magnificent. Scientists have both wisdom and courage, so that the sentence "knowledge is power" falls The third is to point out the main theme of "anti-war" incidentally. Whether it is the war orphans or the half-dead people who have become cohesives, they are all victims of cruel wars.
"Netherworld" has many bright spots, but there are also some flaws. For example, the film focuses on depicting condensed matter and the process of war, and correspondingly it is lacking in character creation. If a movie involving war lacks the portrayal of characters, it will be a bit vague; for example, the explanation of condensed matter is still somewhat vague. For example, how to make the condensed matter maintain thinking and consciousness; and Klein temporarily grabbed some old weapon parts and put it together to defeat the almost invincible condensed matter. This protagonist's aura is inevitably too large. However, you can't expect too much for a low-cost sci-fi film. At least it has successfully broadened the horizons of sci-fi war movies with a ready-made theory, which is much stronger than those sci-fi movies with scenes.
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