Hollywood is no stranger to the remakes of European film and television works. Only in the 90s and 00s, there were familiar era classics such as "True Lies", "Scent of a Woman", "Vanilla Sky", and "Sweeping the Sky". But today when sequels/prequels/remakes are popular, American remakes are becoming increasingly rare, not to mention the excellent American remakes-in "Deadly Companion Travel", "Never Enter", and "In the Spider Web" In the contrast of "Girl", David Fincher's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" has become a crown jewel.
In the coordinate system of Hollywood film remakes since 2000, the US version of "Unreachable" has survived and only wandered in the middle reaches, not up to and including "Journey to Heaven".
The original version of "Unreachable", released in 2011, was naturally regarded as a potential stock by overseas filmmakers due to its huge success in France. But in its essence, "Unreachable" is similar to other widely spread French films that "wash the soul", and it has not escaped the category of "middle-class soul chicken soup"; the world political environment in 2011 is even more comparable It will be much simpler in a few years.
But in the eyes of the infamous Weinstein, all of this is not a problem: French is translated into English, and Hollywood stars make up for it. It seems that this little chicken soup story of finding hope and bridging the gap can be squeezed out of a sum of money— —I even thought of something like "Scent of a Woman", maybe a few more nominations.
But this ambitious drama was stumbled by Weinstein's #METOO, and it pitted out the hottest and prolific Hollywood comedy star since 2014, Kevin Hart.
Unlike most comedians who are in a hurry to transform but are of no use, Kevin Hart has adopted a strategy similar to that of the fat sister Melissa McCarthy, seeking audiences through frequent performances in the same genre. The G point, and then try to break the inertia of homogeneous performance. But the rhythm of "Unreachable" Wen Tun is not suitable for Kevin Hart's chatty and energetic performance style. And the hollow copy of the original material did not bring much new ideas.
Neil Berg, the director of the "Divergent" series, who lacks comedy experience, may be an important reason for the film’s difficulty in achieving breakthroughs, because although he resets the specific scenes and narratives in the original work, he is facing a situation like Kevin Ha When Te and "Old White" Brian Cranston are such a talented actor, he has never been able to create the charm of the original "Unreachable"-and he directed "Never Ending" as early as 2011. , The same cast of young and old players (Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro) is also a regrettable waste.
This is undoubtedly very unsatisfactory for several leading actors who have not performed badly. Nicole Kidman as a conciliator is obviously the one who suffers the most. There is almost no space and time worth showing in the movie. Like Michelle Williams in "Super-Large Beauty", passively It has become a typified symbol, ignoring the integrity that the actors inject into the role.
And as the main narrator, Kevin Hart did not get better treatment. Most of the time, he appeared as a simple comedy image, lacking the consciousness of being one of the protagonists-truly getting a complete role arc. Yes, it was Brian Cranston. This creates a distance from the double-protagonist movies of the same kind, because in the US version of "Unreachable", all the characters that appear around "Lao Bai" have been simplified to a large extent, which seems to be just to reflect this. A tool for character growth and existence.
The kind of chemical reaction that once appeared between François Cruze and Omar Hey disappeared in the US version in the outdated and stereotyped impressions of race relations and the mechanical roles. And the film has no motivation to excavate in the narrative, only some standardized and modelized capitalist social class and economic conflicts, followed by the old to scumbag lecture hall for life education.
These problems actually existed in the original film, but they were enlarged in the American film that lacked inspiration and blunt layout.
Compared with the original "Unreachable", the US version is more like a condensed version that relies too much on the plot of dog blood, and does not want to express complex emotions and interesting ideas on the screen. It is disappointing to be complacent about being superficial.
You know, at almost the same time, there has been a film that is deeper and more powerful in bridging the racial gap, a male version of "Drive for Miss Daisy": "Green Book". But as far as the American film market is concerned, in order to get a better box office, too many movies have already spent their best efforts to create/catch up topics, and unabashed their ambitions for awards.
But for "Unreachable", the US version did not provide enough reason for audiences who like chicken soup not to watch the original version.
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