The film does have a strong taste of Tom Clancy, classic political + military formula, Cold War, hawks, spy warfare, conspiracy, special warfare, from Washington to Aleppo, with a huge perspective and many characters. The shooting is also very particular, and the action design and gun details are good. The only pity is that the times have changed, which makes this old formula seem a bit outdated.
Logically speaking, setting up an enemy or adversary on the outside really helps to motivate oneself to make continuous progress. It is a catfish effect. But when the time comes to 2020, if American hawks politicians still want to engage in friction between the United States and Russia and start a war, this is too anti-human and too stupid, and the audience will not believe it. After all, the audience is not blind. The Cold War between the United States and the major eastern powers has long been in full swing. Why should we send seals to problems that can be solved with chips? Therefore, the biggest problem with the film is that the story foundation and logic are too outdated and thin, deliberately avoiding new Cold War opponents that the audience knows.
Secondly, from a box office perspective, it is also good to simply tell the story of John Kelly. Kelly worked hard for politicians overseas, but his wife was killed at home by the enemy, but the government stopped chasing murderers for influencing diplomatic relations. Kelly was forced to avenge himself, and by the way he found mole politicians or war fanatics. In this way, although the role of the political struggle in Washington has been weakened, the story has also become "The Bourne", which is actually not bad when it is filmed. It's just that Tom Clancy's gimmick is unnecessary.
The two actions of the film are also not very rigorous and sub-professional, and they also eclipse the splendid shooting scene. The first mission. Aleppo rescues the hostages. The SEAL itself is the executive department. The CIA arranges for you to execute it. As for whether the enemy is the Syrian government army or the Russian special forces, you don’t need to be entangled. Secondly, even if the seal has doubts, don't ask if you shouldn't ask. The Secretary-General is also not guilty of planning to kill the SEALs and their family members who are performing the mission. There are thousands of ways to create friction between the United States and Russia. There is no need to take the SEALs.
In the second mission, the SEAL team secretly sneaked into Murmansk to capture the double agent, who was also the murderer who killed Kelly's wife and comrades in arms. Murmansk is the base of the Russian Northern Fleet and is definitely a military city. It’s better to be fully prepared to do things here. As a result, the plane crashed, the assault boat landed, the operation of the campaign mode was as fierce as a tiger, and finally the whole body retreated. This too despises the Russian army.
The filming is still very good, the battle scenes are very exciting, that's it!
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