The actual four and a half stars, and the half star is extra for Jackie Chan. It depends on your mood whether you drop the score or not.
It's very strange that as a post-90s born in the south, I haven't seen too many Jackie Chan movies. Similarly, Brosnan has seen a few classics but is not a favorite. What's more, the embarrassment of watching "Kung Fu Yoga" at the beginning of the year is still vivid in my mind. Although I knew when I watched the trailer that this film would not be that kind of nonsensical light comedy style, you must know that those European and American blockbusters that gather stars have also produced a lot of money. bad movie. So this viewing experience without fan filters is quite unexpected.
At the beginning of the movie, the film went straight to the point without a few words of nonsense. After the direct attack at the terrifying explosion scene, Jackie Chan's vicissitudes of life and the occasional sound of explosive gunshots made my nerves tense until the last moment. Not having the urge to pick up your phone to watch a movie while watching a movie in the cinema is a prerequisite for me to judge a movie as a pass or fail, and "British Showdown" meets the standard at this point.
Whether it is the narrative mode or the neat editing, to the setting of the two protagonists, it is extremely rare in European and American/domestic films in recent years. In terms of content, this is a revenge movie about tit-for-tat, and it can be said to be very personal heroism. But after reading it, I feel that it cannot be defined so simply. The core, or "spirit" of the entire film is not concentrated in the action scenes with intensive fighting, but falls evenly in literary dramas and fighting dramas. The most central is the role of Guan Yuming, a "foreigner", who is played by Jackie Chan without special effects. A fight scene that lacks slow motion and a rivalry between Guan Yuming and Brosnan's Hennessy complement the film. If that character turned into a white British father who was discharged from the army, the whole film would be just a European and American counter-terrorism film of high quality, and the whole feeling would be completely different. The cold reception and stereotype of male Asian characters in European and American film and television are more serious than that of American women, and Guan Yuming's "Ginger/Chinaman" (the real literal translation of the movie name) also makes the whole story even more rare. There were several angry "China Guys" like saying, but don't underestimate this seemingly weak, kind, old, godless, slow-moving Chinese father. In terms of age, Jackie Chan's Guan Yuming played in his true colors. The first half of the image of losing his beloved daughter was so heartbroken that I cried. Every time I saw him fighting in it, I was worried. The sadness, despair and ruthlessness in the character's aging eyes are probably the most impressive, and the main reason why I decided to watch it after watching the trailer. Comparing Jackie Chan's works in recent years, Guan Yuming should become an image that is difficult for him to surpass and break through.
Everyone's acting skills are online, and the tension is constant from beginning to end. After the first terrorist attack as an introduction, it was a large piece of literary drama. At the beginning, it was a little bit blind to distinguish the characters, but as the plot progressed, the supporting roles also basically got the most basic motivation and explanation.
How many international intrigues and political parties were involved behind a seemingly unpredictable terrorist attack? The role of Hennessy and the story unfolded in this line are not inferior to Guan Yuming. However, the old father didn't care about it and only focused on revenge, and I also know little about European and American politics, so I won't go into details.
While I was still on the fence; in a silent and very tense scene, the movie ended quietly, and after the theater lights came on I sat alone in my seat for five minutes of silence. At that time, the first thing that came to my mind was not the piles mentioned above, but I felt that life is always full of danger and life is very fragile, so this is also a very useful anti-terrorism film. Maybe there are some logical problems in the film, but it is worth watching.
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