7.5/10.
Michael Bay is indeed a visual director, and the big scenes are not bad! But I feel that the car chase scenes are very broken and shaken, and they don't have the "steady" feature of the current car chase scenes. Either the shooting techniques at the time were limited, or the explosion was like it.
In terms of soundtrack, if you listen to the soundtrack in a single degree, the song is very good, very burning, and "the main melody"! Later, netizens said that this soundtrack was used badly by various ceremonies, parties, and awards. Considering the age of the soundtrack of this film, it is really awesome! But like the true character of the hero, there is the problem of the overuse of a single song. Although the soundtrack has changed a little, it is still too small, too small, and too single, which is what I don't like very much!
In terms of the plot of the film, I don't quite understand it. Isn't the male protagonist an expert in chemical weapons? How could it be defused? Isn't there a special bomb disposal expert Liu Sheng (wrong)? Will all FBI staff or lab researchers be trained in bomb disposal techniques? Or is Cage an expert in chemical bomb dismantling? After all, the movie gave us a bomb disposal show at the beginning! Of course, this is the setting of the plot. If it is not set like this, all the special teams in the back will die, even if there are bomb disposal experts in it, isn't it also a bug? Of course, you can also set 007 to defuse bombs (mistakenly)! I don't think the chip is difficult to remove.... But then the role of Cage is useless. In addition, there are a few plot connections that are a little rough (the editing transition is very rough), and the narrative rhythm is seriously dragged down by the monotonous soundtrack, and points will be deducted! 007 just released the part of negotiating with Cage, I felt a little bored, but the part of 007 slashing the glass and scolding people is still very cool!
Some netizens say why can't the US government and military admit their mistakes? In fact, you are too naive. First of all, it is impossible for the US president in the film to take the blame for the mistakes of the previous presidents who do not know how many times before, and secondly, they do not admit that those people have been the default "unspoken rules" among senior military officials and government personnel for many years. , Your president will change, but will your senior military and middle and senior leaders in the government change? Just a revolving door! And do you know the attitude of the United States towards terrorists after 2001? Terrorists take hostages and demand ransom. The U.S. government does not allow ransoms to be paid in the name of official, private individuals or organizations! You let them admit their mistakes, idiots! What if tens of thousands of people die in the United States? The US government doesn't care if 200,000 people die from the new crown in the United States! You think the U.S. government doesn’t have the money to redeem those U.S. citizens, but you think too much. In the eyes of the U.S. government, you are really not worth that price!
The real history of Vietnam Veterans in the U.S. got into trouble over their veterans grants, and guess what, your dear President Hoover ordered the clearing, and your dear MacArthur, Eisenhower, Patton drove tanks into Washington, what do you think? ? Writing this made me think of another visual director, Zack Snyder, who satirized something similar at the beginning of the "Watchmen" movie he directed!
In terms of characterization, I recognized Sean Connery as soon as it appeared, the most classic version of 007! The role of ex-British agent 007 (oh no, it's ex-British agent Mason) and Ed Harris as the old general are two of the best and fullest characters of the entire movie! The old general's best deputy and the commando captain are actually very well portrayed!
"The tree of liberty shall blossom with the blood of patriots and tyrants"
"We know your purpose and I totally agree with you, but I swear just like you to defend the motherland against the enemy, whether they are foreigners or nationals! General, we all shed blood for this country, you know I can't give this order"
"I will never give this order! Soldiers who follow the generals, didn't you all swear allegiance to the motherland in the Marine Corps? We all have brothers who are sympathetic brothers shed blood on the battlefield and their hearts are regarded as dung by the Pentagon, But that doesn't give you the right to betray..."
To say these words, the old general and commando captain are true patriots! So, that's the real reason why the general's last missile launch changes the coordinates of the attack!
And the commando captain asked why everyone betrayed the motherland, and the answer was also given at the back of the film, "I'm not a soldier, major. After we took hostages, we became mercenaries, and the mercenaries wanted money! I want mine. Money!" (You savor...)
"Hammer won't attack. He is a soldier, not a murderer. I can see it from his eyes." This is 007's description of the old general, and it also reflects the old general's patriotism.
Therefore, the change of coordinates has long been foreshadowed, and there is also a foreshadowing of infighting. So I ask those netizens who say they don't know why they changed the coordinates or why they are in strife and watch the movie carefully.
"I won't massacre 80,000 innocent civilians, do you think I'm crazy?" The poor old general believed in patriotism and believed that the military and the government would compromise with him for the hostages and 80,000 civilians. Sadly, the U.S. government, whose bureaucracy has long been rotten, directly abandoned him and the people and chose to use force!
"Patriotism is the virtue of the evil", which is why 007 said this to the old general before, because both of them were true patriots, but they were both betrayed and abandoned by the corrupt bureaucratic government, so they did Something wrong, this is a self-deprecating patriot! People who are not patriotic have no right to say such things!
Another interesting point is that when Cage and 007 were in prison in the second half of the film, I felt like I was watching Indiana Jones and National Treasures. Of course it's just a little bit.
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