This film is undoubtedly one of the pinnacles of this genre. The action scenes reflect the style of exploding shells, with great momentum and magnificent pictures, but they are more restrained than the later Pearl Harbor and Transformers. The classic soundtrack adds a lot to the film. I believe that many people, including me, have been impressed by it in various domestic TV programs. The cast is lavish, and the supporting roles are full of faces that will become well-known in other works in the future. It can also be called a classic in terms of character settings. There is a rookie, an old fox, and an honest and charismatic villain. The three acting schools can be said to have played these roles alive. Among them, Cage is the actor I am most familiar with. I have nothing to say about his acting skills, but there is nothing worth mentioning now. Sean Connery was the first time I saw him in the hunt for Red October, that old gentleman's vibe, that accent was really sexy. I only met Ed Harris in Westworld. Of course, he is much older now, and his movements are not as flexible, but his temperament is still there.
The plot is very compact, the arrangement is clever, and the climax can be said to be wave after wave. First, the general led the team to capture the gas bombs, which fully demonstrated the strength of the villain and created a very serious atmosphere. Moreover, it gave the general a morally sound and logical reason for action, and did not fall into the trap of the villain's logic or naivety or stupidity in action movies, so that the audience did not have to stand in line and fully enjoy this elite duel , but also allows the audience to think about the glory of the so-called soldiers and national interests in the movie. The characters are very full. Cage has gone from an agent with no field experience to an old bird under pressure. The old fox has shown amazing resourcefulness, courage and love for his family. The general is full of justice but ends up as a tragic hero. The old subordinates are loyal to him and the new subordinates are only doing things for money. Generally speaking, the narrative logic of the whole film is very complete and reasonable, which is rare in action films. And the fact that the country mentioned in it has abandoned and forgotten its own soldiers, although not too much, but also fully reflected. This is indeed very thought-provoking. First, the Qingshan buried loyal bones everywhere, and it is impossible for the people to remember all the martyrs who died. Second, the country often obliterates the existence of these warriors for some reason, intentionally or unintentionally, such as Prisoners of war released by the Kuomintang expeditionary forces and volunteers.
Infiltration and bathroom battle are relatively memorable episodes, partly because there is a level in Call of Duty that is a tribute to the film. The enemy in the bathroom killed me at the time, and the diving episode was very important to me who didn't know much military knowledge at the time. Quite shocking. In the bathroom battle, the detectors set up by the rebels were very clever, both laser and vibration detection. Although the seals also used advanced equipment such as fiber optic cameras, they were still found. The villains in action movies are often strong in the early stage and mentally retarded in the later stages. This type of detector will basically be cracked by the protagonist team with superior skills, but this little detail in this film makes me very happy, which fully reflects that both parties are well-trained Well-equipped troops, but special operations are often the one that affects the whole body. After the confrontation between the two sides, they did not give in at all on the issue of principle. The two groups of fighters who both regarded themselves as patriots finally fought each other, which is truly tragic. Although the seals made tactical mistakes and were slaughtered, their spirit of seeing death as their home made the audience not only do not despise them, but spontaneously revere them.
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