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The American theme rendering with the Iraq war as the background, although "War Dog Rex" is full of routines, the director has not made any breakthroughs and innovations in this biographical film, but from the perspective of young women. Cut in, the friendship between people and dogs brewed in the bland and restrained emotions, the precious simplicity and purity, has become the heart-warming core of the film.
Based on the real experience of American female soldier Megan Levy and military dog Rex, one person and one dog, the main line of "War Dog Rex" is actually not difficult to speculate from the title alone, but as the director of the documentary Gabriela, the female director of "Black Whale", in this biographical film, on the one hand, she has a good portrayal of the emotional transformation of the heroine Megan, and on the other hand, she focuses on the military dog Ricks. Although the proportion of the dog's scene is not much, there is no extra scene. The director uses their mutual companionship to outline a main line of growth.
In the movie, Megan, the heroine before enlisting in the army, grew up in a divorced family, and at the same time has the shadow of the sudden death of a friend. The confusion of life is the reason why she escaped from reality and joined the army. In the army, it not only found herself The goal is to become a dog guide. Before meeting Meghan, Rex also has a rebellious character. Meghan's love and companionship influenced it, and their mutual friendship on the battlefield Relying on is the most exciting and emotional part of the film, and the common growth of man and dog, the mutual redemption, and the precious friendship between man and dog in the ordinary are vividly presented.
For Gabriela, who is new to feature-length films, "War Dog Ricks" is actually top-heavy overall. The film's rhythm in the latter part begins to appear unbalanced, and it is neither objective enough to show the war The pain caused by both sides revolves around the life of the heroine after returning home from an injury, and it also seems particularly long and slack, which makes the final happy ending seem to have settled on women's rights, dogs and war, but But it didn't really sublimate the emotion of the film in the restraint that the director envisioned.
It is true that "War Dog Rex" has the problem of rhythm control, and it also lacks due depth in its focus on war, but this fetter that is based on reality and transcends human affection is still given in the end. People left a sincere impression.
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