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This week, the Sino-Australian co-production "Mystery Nest" starring Li Bingbing was released. This shows that the audience is not very interested in B-level Hollywood films and co-productions, apart from being particularly enthusiastic about Hollywood A-level blockbusters, and Li Bingbing has not released any new works in recent years, and his popularity also seems to be a little bit. It's cool, so it's not surprising that the film received a dull response after it was released!
In the following "ten sentence film review", the poisonous tongue will briefly introduce to you what kind of film this is and whether it is worth watching!
1. As long as you have watched the trailer of "Mystery Nest", it is not difficult to find that this film is a standard special effect thriller, mainly relying on terrifying special effects spiders, visual effects of intensive phobia, and sudden traditional fright , to attract the audience's attention.
2. The story of this film is actually very simple. When Li Bingbing's younger brother Wu Zun was exploring an ancient tomb in China that he accidentally discovered, he encountered an unknown danger and disappeared. Li Bingbing assembled a group of people to rescue, so a series of adventures and escapes occurred. In addition to the commercial gimmick of special effects spiders, the plot also involves the secret of the ancient Chinese emperor's "mystery of immortality", thus forming the core suspense and conflict focus of the film. The man-eating spiders and various organs in the tombs of ancient Chinese emperors formed the atmosphere of an adventure film.
3. What is interesting is that this film is indeed a "China-Australia co-production". The plot can really bring China and Australia together. The spider in the ancient tomb in the film is a "funnel spider" unique to Australia. The reason why this kind of spider appeared in the tomb of the ancient Chinese emperor is because someone in ancient China once sailed to Australia and brought this spider to China, so Australia was discovered by the Chinese, hehe! And the Chinese emperor discovered the ingredients that can extract the potion of immortality from the venom of this spider. Therefore, these Australian spiders are the biological genetic engineering of the Chinese emperor's "immortality". It has to make people sigh that the screenwriter can really make it up, hahaha!
4. Although there is a lot of content involving China, the entire film was actually shot in Australia, and the underground tomb of the Chinese emperor was also shot in the Village Roadshow studio on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Therefore, it is not difficult to see that the Chinese scenes that are set up have a strong "Hollywood cottage style" that foreigners see in China. And since it is a B-level film, the various landscapes of Diling are also stingy, and the overall setting is relatively rough. Therefore, the various adventures of the protagonist in the film are actually not very interesting.
5. The plot and character settings of the film are also quite routine. The male and female protagonists must be shrewd and capable and support each other, plus a little bit of joy in the small contradictions of the enemy and the spiritual resonance that enlightens the emotions. In the adventure team, there must be a giggling to adjust the atmosphere of the film, and there must be a blackened greedy ambition, and he must not die. What is it to quickly pass through the pressing stone wall, thrillingly pass the bridge of the abyss, find the way to escape through all kinds of strange symbols, the protagonist has a halo and supporting characters die one by one, the conventional bridge section of the adventure film is configured in this book. can be found in the film.
6. Speaking of which, the biggest attraction of the whole film is actually those special effects spiders, which is also the meaning of this "China-Australia co-production". We provide a large market, and Australia provides high-tech. Australia's level of special effects production is currently unmatched by us, so the heavy responsibility of creating special effects spiders falls on the shoulders of the Australian special effects team "Rising Sun Pictures", which once worked for the Hollywood blockbuster "Harry Potter" series and The "Wolverine" series has served, and the director of this film, Jimbo Landau, has also participated in the famous special effects of "The Matrix" and other special effects blockbusters. He even spent two years working on "Mystery Nest". No wonder Li Bingbing jokingly said that he mainly blamed the director for not having a new work in two years.
7. The effect of these carefully crafted special effects spiders in the film is not bad, the realism even makes you not to see that they are the product of special effects at all, and whenever these spiders appear, they are always accompanied by mysterious and strange sound effects. The startling sound effect accompanying the sudden leap towards the screen has a stronger sense of fright. As long as it is scary enough, it is a qualified "dating movie"! When a boy asks a girl to watch a thriller, isn't it just to watch this kind of scary enough and repeatedly scary film? Ha ha!
8. Another highlight of this film is Li Bingbing's appearance. It seems that since the "King of Kung Fu" in 2008, Li Bingbing's appearance has been quite attractive on the big screen. Ten years later, Li Bingbing's appearance in "Mystery Nest" is still very eye-catching, and the temperament of international style has gradually developed over the years, and the English dialogue is not LOW. Acting with foreign stars can also quite calm the scene. The strong female heroine is full of style, and it even makes people feel that a Chinese version of "Tomb Raider" should be tailored for Li Bingbing to shoot for her!
9. By the way, 3D is also a highlight of this film! Although the audience's enthusiasm for 3D is really getting lower and lower, there are still several 3D shots in this film that can strongly stimulate the audience's senses. Dodge involuntarily.
10. That is to say, in the opinion of Jun Tongue, this film is lackluster except for the special effects spider, Li Bingbing, and 3D. Especially the ending is quite bad, people think that Li Bingbing and others will have a climax battle with the terrifying spider, but I didn't expect the giant spider king to be crushed to death by a pillar and it's over! If you think of this as a dating movie or if you are a Li Bingbing fan, then this movie is still worth watching! In addition, there is really no reason to spend money to see this film, after all, there are enough films to choose from in the film market this week! (Text / Levin)
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