Although this old-fashioned mainline is repeated in various superhero stories, as long as there is enough fresh material to fill in, the new story will not be boring. But this piece of filling material is really not solid enough.
First, let's talk about the enemy in the story. What kind of enemy there is what kind of hero. The level of fighting between heroes and enemies directly affects the level of excitement of the story.
The monsters in this story are huge in size, hideous in appearance, reproduce asexually, and evolve to the point where they can spray acidic liquids to corrode mechas - the only terrible thing about this type of enemy is its alien shape, which obviously doesn't have the kind of power that Megatron has. The wisdom and charisma of the villain leader. Therefore, the pleasure brought by defeating such an enemy is the same as playing a single-player game to beat monsters and clear customs. Obviously, we don’t need to spend more brains.
The story deliberately mentions that the head of the monster also has a conspiracy. This conspiracy was discovered by two genius professors of science and monsters. They bravely achieved brain synesthesia with the monster and obtained the confidential information of the head of the monster. I would say, the plot is far less interesting than these two Frankenstein professors.
Then talk about the big environment in this story - the passage connecting the human world and the monster world. The story is not clear from beginning to end, where the monster came from. At the beginning, the mecha always fought at sea, because the monsters in the story always appeared from the sea. Later, when the mecha delivered the explosive pack, it also entered the channel from the bottom of the sea. So I inevitably thought that the monster came from the bottom of the sea, or from the depths of the core - but there is obviously hot lava here! At the same time, the professor of Frankenstein in the film also learned through brain synaesthesia that these monsters once came to the earth in the age of dinosaurs. Because the environment of the earth was not suitable, they gave up - I couldn't help thinking, could it be the age of dinosaurs? The earth, the environment can't keep up with the underground? I have also seen some fans say that monsters come from a world parallel to humans, which is even more wrong. Doesn't the parallel world mean that it is impossible for creatures from these two worlds to meet?
This is still a fighting story, so let's talk about equipment. It's a pity that I didn't see anything killer except for a bunch of gunfire and mechs (which were actually metal armor, and couldn't even defend against acidic liquids). Moreover, it is difficult to convince myself that the mecha driven by the three most powerful Chinese brothers was killed as soon as they came into play. What was it to express? If it is really just to set off the combination of male and female protagonists, is such a plot design really interesting?
Last but not least, the emotional line. There are a few lines buried in it, but unfortunately, nothing touching people has been dug up. In the beginning, it was a brotherhood between the hero and his brother. Seeing that his brother was swallowed by a monster and unable to do anything, he lived alone and had to go to a construction site to do hard work to atone for his sins. But when the boss finally persuaded him to come back, he didn't use this weakness to poke him. When the male protagonist finally went to test the tacit understanding with the female protagonist, he didn't see much trouble for him.
The relationship between the Boss and the little girl. The little girl was rescued by the boss. She not only has a strong father-daughter love for the boss, but also wants to avenge her parents. It seems that this is what the director stated rather than what the story showed.
And to say that several other super powerful mecha warriors who saved the world casually sneered at their newcomers, and finally reconciled with gratitude because they were saved. I had no choice but to think that these mecha warriors were all well-developed and simple-minded.
So what if the special effects are done well? In the end, isn't it a well-made version of Ultraman Fighting Monsters? Ultraman is still much lighter, born many years earlier!
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