The film is meticulously set up with a lot of useless details.
The main line is the story of the male protagonist crossing the sky and changing his life. There is no suspense and reversal that burns the brain. Because no matter the multiple close-up shots of details given in the film, they have basically no effect on the main line, and it feels a bit superfluous and convoluted.
First of all, the time clues that run through the whole film, in fact, except for one explosion time, other time points have no impact on the plot.
Secondly, roughly stroked, the female protagonist's finger that was neatly cut off, followed by an explanation, was cut off by the murderer with a vise. In fact, everyone should feel here: So what? Do you know why there is no finger, does it affect the subsequent plot? No - unless you say it highlights the murderer's cruelty. In the follow-up director, the slogan on the refrigerator stickers is also tricky, but in fact, there is no special purpose. It can be viewed together with the blood rags, cotton, etc. at that time. It is just proof of transmigration and fate, and it plays a role in reminding the male protagonist in the plot.
Furthermore, the villain's few words with a religious feel to it, you think it has deep meaning, it is the key, the villain is not simple, and we will show it next. It turned out later that the role of those few sentences in the film is that the male protagonist confuses the villain. I thought and estimated that the male protagonist called the color of the villain's underwear on the spot, and I am afraid that the shock and confusion brought to the villain will be much greater. In short, the whole film is full of many such details that you think are important, but what you think is only the details of snake feet you think.
Speaking of this, it can be said that it is very ironic. It is called time and space clues. As a result, the clues basically do not affect the plot, let alone become the key to the plot. For an unmistakable detective suspense film, such a setup is actually a failure. You are a suspenseful detective, and your time-travel elements should actually serve the theme, otherwise you should make a [butterfly effect], and simply start the plot around the time-travel. As a result, the suspenseful investigation with a bit of time travel has lost its own theme. For good examples of this, refer to [Source Code] and [Minority Report].
Insert a small detail that I appreciate more, at the beginning, the bell of the male protagonist beside the body bag of the bombing case, at that time I thought that I would meet my own drama when I was performing [Terrorist Cruise], and I also expected that the film would be the sacrifice of the male protagonist. At the end (sacrifice at least once...), look back at this scene when you see the end, there is no doubt that it is some interesting little settings of the director, which not only make you mistakenly think that there is a male protagonist in the body bag, but also keep the same The real possibility of ringtones. I personally like this kind of small setting, because generally this kind of detail can represent that at least one of the directors or the screenwriter is working with enthusiasm.
It's too far away, but since it's about the plot, let's talk about it. It is an indisputable fact that the plot and setting of this film are full of flaws, but I am very tolerant of this. One is that due to scientific and logical problems, works that focus on time-travel elements are often unable to justify themselves, such as the famous [Terror Cruise] and [Butterfly Effect]. Vulnerability. But this is actually irrelevant. The film is not about how reasonable and rigorous it is, the important thing is that it is good-looking - of course, good-looking does not only refer to visual effects, but covers emotional satisfaction, aesthetic value and other aspects, which vary from person to person, depending on each person's preference. . I don't intend to do some over-interpreted things like taking off my pants and farting (just read some movie reviews, crooked day, talking about J8 and talking about BB, will you die if you tell the truth).
Well, let's talk about my views on a few characters. Denzel Washington and Will Smith are the two most expensive black male actors in Hollywood. If you ask me if his acting is top notch? Not bad, I admit. Presumably, friends who have read more films should also have seen his masterpieces such as [Training Day] [Injustice], right? The acting is superb, the details are strong, and the ability to control the atmosphere is also very good (I think this is a talent, and the acquired practice often has a deliberate feeling, such as Brigitte Lin and Maggie Cheung in the late stage of her acting career, the former is God's food, and the latter is practiced. I’ve added time to settle it down), but looking at the few movies I’ve seen starring Denzel, the movies themselves can only be said to be pretty good, with no surprises or particularly touching feelings. I don't know if it's a problem with the script, or is it because of Denzel's performance and atmosphere? I haven't analyzed it strictly. At present, the script works well with his acting skills and personal characteristics, but there is no feeling that he can collide with sparks. Among the characters in Denzel's works, there is no shortage of characters with explosiveness and tension, but he often chooses to use a deep and heavy way to contrast this kind of outburst, and there will be no hearty, simple and rough emotional outbursts (this For example, refer to Leonardo, "the best Hollywood commercial actor on the planet", he basically shows you every movie directly...), over time, it may become Denzel's safety card when filming : Staring, grinning, nodding...or just staring with tears and pursed lips. Indeed, the control of facial expressions is meticulous, but I have to say that it is almost like Chen Daoming in the United States. People feel that there is a reserved feeling of being a person and staying in the front line to meet each other in the future...). In short, Denzel's acting skills are completely first-class, but in terms of the overall quality and performance of his starring works, I feel that they are not worthy of his level of acting skills. Therefore, he has no problem winning awards, but it is more difficult to produce classic masterpieces, and basically other roles in the films he starred in are difficult to perform, because of his own strong position and this style of interpretation that requires a lot of space, whether he wants to or not. , basically draining other people's play space or affecting other people's performance style. For example, in this film, the other characters are basically tool people, not even the heroine has much room to play, and the villain is even more stereotyped.
The heroine has nothing to say. At first I thought it was the black pearl known as the most expensive black actress. Shun. Although many of the plots involving her in the film are very problematic, they are the fault of the director and screenwriter, and the beauty is helpless and innocent.
Others are not worth mentioning. As always, there is basically no room for others to play in the film starring Denzel Washington. Everyone is doing a good job.
Where to write, thank you for reading. Hopefully someday I'll have a chance to rant again.
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