The first thing that failed was the iconic "chronic death" of the "Reaper Is Coming" series. At that time, "Reaper is Coming 1" created a new model for thrillers, using the role of "chronic death" to torture the audience's psychological endurance, and the bloody and cruel "final death" was the culmination of the death process. And these "chronic deaths" are caused by a chain reaction caused by an inadvertent action of the character, which creates a sense of crisis and fear for the audience that "may die at any time". "Reaper is Coming 2, 3" are very loyal to inherit this fine tradition. However, in the fourth part of this time, the director can be said to have completely ignored the entire "chronic death" process, directly presenting the "final death", bloody, disgusting, and all kinds of scruffy corpses. It is better to watch a B-level horror movie or a zombie movie. Enjoyable. I recall that only the single mother who went to the barbershop experienced this kind of "chronic death", although it was still groundless. Because of the loss of this most important feature, it can be said that "Reaper is Coming 4" has failed. Unfortunately, the failure is not over yet.
Another failure still comes from an indispensable scene in the "Reaper Is Coming" series: a devastating disaster scene. The first part did not realize the iconicity of this scene, so the air crash was dealt with a bit hastily, but it was still full of shock; the second part of the highway serial car accident was very good, big enough to shock the scene, small enough The deaths of the personalities are scary enough, and the rhythm is well grasped; the third creation is dedicated to two disaster scenes, one is the derailment of the roller coaster at the beginning of the movie, the other is the derailment of the subway at the end of the movie, and both scenes continue the second movie. The advantage is that it not only presents the big scene with special effects, but also presents the death of each character at the same time, which is absolutely shocking. Throughout the four disaster scenes of the first three movies, airplanes, highways, roller coasters, and subways are all part of our lives, and the shock and horror caused by them are more prominent. However, in "Reaper is Coming 4", the opening scene of the car is obviously a little bit away from the audience. Although the director has also noticed the death of each character, the headshot splits the brain...the death method is illogical and ridiculous, and the pure visual impact has no "horror" feeling at all, and the audience laughs again and again. . In the subsequent shopping mall explosion, even the death of individuals was directly ignored. It was not enough to show the explosion scene and the death of the heroine.
Due to the characteristics of the "Reaper Is Coming" series, the plot does not seem to be that important, but it is still a part that must be checked. The first original "circular death chain", the second "new life end death chain", the third "Reaper's Choice", to the fourth, the director forced himself to innovate, so he invented the "death set" "In the middle set" means that the protagonist thinks that he can save himself because he foresaw death, but in fact, even the protagonist can foresee death is the arrangement of the god of death, so "self-help" does not exist at all, and death cannot be avoided. This "suit-in-the-suit" seems complicated, but it is still lackluster and cannot justify itself. Compared to the predecessor, it is much inferior.
Finally, I want to praise the special effects of the opening and closing subtitles. It feels like the beginning of Fight Club. It presents the classic death method in the first movie in a special way, and the connection at the end is also well done. In addition, the movie theater explosion scene is also good, very imaginative.
It's a pity that these are the only highlights. Whether it's the plot special effects performance or the series of signature "chronic death" and the strange ways of death, all of them are lost, and no one is spared. Fortunately, there is a 3D gimmick that can attract the box office, but I believe that the audience will find that after watching it, even the 3D gimmick is so failed. Except for a few deliberately "high-speed rushing" shots that have a slight visual impact, the rest of the scenes are rendered in 3D, and they do nothing and even drag their feet. As a loyal fan of the "Reaper Is Coming" series, I sincerely hope that the series will not end because of this one.
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