(Personal impression record)
I saw someone mentioned this movie in the comments below a movie review in a Quiet Place, and I thought the setting was interesting, and it was starring Hayden, so I looked for it. Despite its inevitable flaws, it's a really good survival movie.
1. Set Novel/Discussion
Although the setting that requires light should not be the first of this film, it is the first time I see it, and it is very interesting.
A Quiet Place has no sound, this movie has to have light. One of the two films corresponds to the auditory and the other to the visual, and they are both very creative settings. Speaking of sound waves and light, one is a mechanical wave and the other is an electromagnetic wave, 2333.
Set up discussions:
In fact, if there is simply no light, it will disappear. It's easy to survive then, so the film adds a lot of restrictions on top of that.
The first is that the power supply was cut off instantly, so most of the people disappeared directly, leaving only those using batteries and burning light sources. Otherwise, a large number of people who sleep with the lights on, live overnight, work overtime all night, and stay up late to play games will survive. And after surviving, everyone can be free during the day. As long as the lights are always turned on at night, and a few more lights are installed for insurance, the danger can almost be avoided. Although it will lead to a large increase in electricity consumption, it should still be affordable.
It was too easy, so the film added the second and third constraints—the battery was getting weaker and the days were getting shorter. The male protagonist should have collected a lot of flashlights and batteries in the past few days (speaking of the male protagonist is a very survival-minded person, and he was also very vigilant against strangers at first, and locked the car door instantly), all of which were hung on his body, and one was broken. The others were still lit and seemed safe at the time.
Third, the ultimate move - Illusion.
I really like the theme of survival in the apocalypse. There are actually many such movies, and they are both in the apocalypse and different from each other. Dystopias like The Hunger Games, Divergent, Maze Runner, zombies like Resident Evil, Train to Busan (the first Resident Evil is zombies, the latter ones are apocalyptic), and action sci-fi like Pacific Rim and Edge of Tomorrow (End of the world background), writing here I found that the end of the world and survival are actually two types/elements, which are confused above.
What I like very much is the kind of people who are trying to survive in the apocalypse. The scene where Hayden runs with a bunch of flashlights in the film is very touching. There is a similar feeling to a group of people running wildly across the wasteland of the night in Maze Runner 2.
There is also a scene where the woman disappears by the stroller, and Hayden escapes back into the house panting loudly, feeling very nervous. The part where the two survived in front of the headlights was also more nervous.
A few people in the middle were arguing with each other, and it was a bit boring. Can we live seriously first? I actually wanted to see what they were trying to drive out and what happened on the way.
At first, the male protagonist was desperate to save all the people. I think I finally met a protagonist who was not a Virgin, but in the end, he became a Virgin again, first to save the uncle from an ankle injury, and it was difficult to walk. In the end, he had already left, but he came back to save the little boy and directly gave his own life... Alas, if he had been ignoring others like before, he might be able to survive. It's just that the movie wants to promote positive energy after all, so the male protagonist is justifiable.
But then again, whether ruthless and ruthless can live longer, in the movie, it actually depends on the development of the plot (the screenwriter's mood), maybe you saved a doctor, and then you can save you, or maybe save him , he kills you and takes all your resources.
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