Stallone's masterpiece, in addition to "Rocky", there is also the classic "First Blood" series.
This year's "First Blood 5: The Last Blood" is 37 years away from the first "First Blood" in 1982. Stallone has also been hit from 36 years old that year to 73 now.
Can you imagine that the 73-year-old Stallone is still shooting hardcore violent action movies, and Stallone still maintains the rhythm of two action movies a year, and continues to output action genres for the audience.
After the release of "First Blood 5", it has also become the most aesthetically isolated movie this year.
Last year's aesthetic isolation list was "Venom", if I remember correctly.
In Rotten Tomatoes, the professional tomato score of "First Blood 5" is only 30%, and the popular popcorn is as high as 85%. The same is true for the most demanding metacritic, with a professional score of only 29 points (out of 100 points) and a public score of 8.5 points (out of 10 points).
I probably read the reviews of some professional film critics. Basically, the evaluation of "First Blood 5" is "absolute and bleak" (of course it is translated).
As for the public's evaluation of the film, most of the comments are: "Don't believe professional reviews..."
So, what kind of movie is Stallone's "First Blood 5"? Why the film has such a big gap in evaluation, today we will talk about these issues.
To understand "First Blood 5", it is best to get an overview of the character John Rambo.
In "First Blood" in 1982, Rambo was a Vietnam War veteran. After returning to the United States, he was subjected to various discrimination and unfair treatment. He was also humiliated and hunted down by the unscrupulous police boss. Fought fierce confrontation.
Finally Rambo's colonel came to reconcile, the incident was calmed down, and Rambo was imprisoned.
In "First Blood 2" in 1985, the colonel and the official reached some grey agreements to trick Rambo into a mission, and he returned to Vietnam again.
After Rambo arrived in Vietnam, all his equipment and weapons were lost. Rambo, in adversity, was reborn from a desperate situation and escaped to death.
In "First Blood 3" in 1988, the colonel again found Rambo, who was living in seclusion in Thailand. He wanted to send Rambo to Afghanistan, but was rejected. The colonel could only be arrested by himself and forced Rambo to go out and rescue him in Afghanistan. He, and then another hot action play.
In 2008's "First Blood 4", there was no more colonel this time. Rambo lived in seclusion in Myanmar. One day a church volunteer team wanted to provide humanitarian assistance, but was attacked by local soldiers.
After the church headquarters learned about it, they organized mercenaries and went to rescue them with Rambo, who was familiar with the local environment.
As a result, Rambo once again turned into a warm-blooded warrior, killing a group of hostile forces in seconds.
After rescuing the volunteer team, Rambo finally embarked on the road back to the United States and returned to his home.
Today I’m going to talk about "First Blood 5", which is the end of "First Blood 4". Rambo is living his old life in his old house, as well as the PTSD that he has been lingering with. Syndrome.
She lives with Rambo, and a relative and aunt who has been taking care of Rambo's daily life. It doesn't matter who she is. The important thing is that Rambo originally had a niece abandoned by his father.
In order to find his father in Mexico, his niece was kidnapped by a Mexican gang. Rambo had to postpone his retirement again, come forward to rescue his niece, and smash the gang organization.
Don't worry about being spoiled. For the action-oriented "First Blood 5", the plot is so simple that everything can be written in the trailer.
Since the image of Rambo's tough guy has existed for decades, it has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially "First Blood 1, 2", in terms of the depth and quality of the work, it seems to have a certain era significance today.
At the end of "First Blood 1", when Rambo was finally surrounded by the police, the tough guy shed tears, crying that he had never asked for the Vietnam War, and that he was asked to do the Vietnam War.
However, when Rambo returned to China after the Vietnam War ended, he was marginalized and unpopular in the United States, and the unfair treatment of Vietnamese soldiers in the United States was the real reason for Rambo's final runaway.
The ending of "First Blood 1" sublimated the meaning behind a pure action film, accusing the United States of suspicion of the war launched by Vietnam. This is why the film is classic.
"First Blood 2" is a mockery of some of the actions of the US government. Although I want to try to dig deeper, there is no such amazing first one.
By 3 and 4, the series has only become a sequel of pure action films.
As of today's "First Blood 5", it has been 11 years since the 4th. The purpose of the film can't be more obvious, just don't want to give up this classic IP and let Rambo's blood continue to drip.
Therefore, "First Blood 5", to a certain extent, is a highly targeted fan to the movie. People who like it will always recharge Rambo idols, and those who don't like it may be in "Rambo 3 or 4". Time has already given up.
Feeling cards and action cool movies are the two magic weapons of "First Blood 5", especially the super-burning gun battle scene of blood plasma in the last 30 minutes of the film. "First Blood 5" became the bloodiest part of the "First Blood" series.
I believe that many viewers give this work affirmation, and a large part of the reason is that it was worth the ticket price in the last 30 minutes.
For professional reviewers, there are many factors and angles to consider. It is difficult for popcorn refreshing films to benefit from professional ratings, unless the popcorn refreshing film is amazing.
For example, the "Quick" series with the same simple story, but the series of action scenes and gunfight scenes are very good, fist to meat guns and guns blood, there is no nonsense, completely reverse the traditional excessive criticism of fighting nonsense, let the audience Freshness is bursting, this kind of work is rare.
But if you take a closer look at the "Quick" series, although the main story is simple, but the background of the story is like peeling off layers of onions. In the end, you will find that the "Quick" world is full of complexity and curiosity.
So frankly speaking, if the "First Blood 5" is slightly pertinent, the overall film is indeed too watery, especially in the first half. Although the film is only 100 minutes short, it can actually perform some things in the first half an hour. No plot, the dialogue is purer than plain water.
And by watching one scene, you can guess the plot of the next ten scenes, even if there is no surprise at all.
For example, Rambo's niece said she wanted to go to Mexico to find her father. Rambo didn't approve it, but we all knew that her niece would definitely go. After that, the film arranged a scene for the next day, and once again emphasized not to let her niece go to Mexico.
Then! The niece found an excuse to drive away, and then opened a special scene to describe how her niece is psychologically conflicted, whether she wants to go to Mexico or not.
The film used three long scenes to tell the audience that the niece is bound to go to Mexico.
There are many more verbose and nutritious scenes like this in the film, so the plot is to trigger a conflict between Rambo and the gang.
It's not that such a scene is doing useless work, but can it be done not so...boring.
It should be said that in addition to the action scenes of "First Blood 5", literary and opera is simply a reading comprehension of primary school students. This combination of long and short legs also creates a gap between professional ratings and audience ratings.
So, if you like Rambo and watch the last 30 minutes of cool movies without brain circuits, then "First Blood 5" is worth going to the cinema to have a good time.
But if you want to pursue the stunning "Quick" series, or a series that is more than impossible, then save your ticket money.
Oh, by the way, the subtitle of "First Blood 5" is called "The Last Blood", but I guess it won't be the last one in the series, and the official doesn't say it is the last one. As long as Stallone continues to live on the screen, the first The blood drop series should continue to be bloody.
One yard goes to one yard. Stallone is 73 years old this year. For such a dedicated action actor, Stallone is also unique in film history and should be respected by everyone.
If you want to make a special trip to give your own box office to such a dedicated actor, it is also worth it.
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