Jackie Chan is on top, but kung fu movies still need double cultivation.

Kung fu movies do not retire until they are in their 60s, which is probably a blind spot in the "Labor Law". In the climax of "Blood of the Machine", we see Jackie Chan, with his arms and legs in his 60s, from the Sydney Opera House in the shape of a cat (his imaginary), a crane (the director's ideal), a corgi drowning ( In the eyes of the audience) the three forms slid down in embarrassment, nostalgic for the days of the past - in the old Peking Opera Wusheng, you had to turn over from the height of two tables; but if it is an older martial arts master, you can use a bluff gesture. , Zhiqu's assistant gave him a chair to let him land safely. The audience and Wu Sheng reached an agreement at this moment - it's okay to have such a meaning, knowing that it is impossible, and this is not what we are watching. There are too many high-rise buildings that Jackie Chan has slipped down. He doesn't need the Sydney Opera House to prove himself, but if he doesn't show fans jumping off the building, how can Jackie Chan stand up to his own signboard? This kind of self-kidnapping is both glorious and helpless.

Kung Fu movies are actually a kind of spiritual totem. "Blood of the Machine" tells an old-fashioned story. The genetic level super soldier meets Jackie Chan, a justice agent. The combat power is disparate, but Jackie Chan must win. Thirty years ago, fans were convinced, and the smooth fighting established everyone's confidence in Jackie Chan - being short does not hinder combat effectiveness. Twenty years ago, Jackie Chan's fighting has begun to develop to the spiritual level. His fighting does not represent personal fighting power, but represents everyone's superstition in martial arts. Since ten years ago, this superstition has almost been eliminated. We can say that we look at Jackie Chan with patriotism and hope that he will recover the national treasures that have been lost overseas, clean up the order of the police in Hong Kong, and defeat the scum that endangers the peace of mankind, but everyone has already I feel something vaguely, as if there is a defect that has always existed: Jackie Chan's male charm has been diluted by hundreds of movies, diluted to the extreme, we can no longer imagine that he is the same as Han Yuliang in "City Hunter". A group of beauties staged a bare-faced meeting. In "Blood of the Machine", there is not a single female character who gave Jackie Chan a hug. Probably the director respects the old man. But without the double cultivation, what is the attraction of kung fu movies? Who hasn't watched the hard bridge and hard horse and felt like vomiting?


From the action level, "Blood of the Machine" is not without innovations. The fighting scene where the villain hijacks a scientist at the beginning has a strong impact; the fighting scene at the Sydney Opera House also highlights the characteristics of Jackie Chan's small and fast spirit. It's just that the final battle at the end of the film was handled anticlimactically, how could the golden body of the villain be destroyed so easily. However, for Jackie Chan, a superstar with his own halo and attributes, no matter how the script is changed, it cannot reverse the pre-screening impression that Jackie Chan brought to fans. In addition, Luo Zhixiang pretended to be a woman again and again, and the routine became boring. Thinking about it, the director was actually born a little out of time. This is a movie that was a big hit 20 years ago, but unfortunately we met it 20 years later. Not only is the movie already old, but the people who watch the movie are also lucky.

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