The gourd in the blood gourd is said to come from the onomatopoeia "gudu" or "confused", and whether it is the gurgling "gudu" or the bloody "confusion", "Ninja Assassin" is fully displayed. The blood-washed skin in the washing machine and the blood-smeared ground in the monastery are already close to the taste of a chainsaw murderer. Are the dirty driver brothers paying tribute to "Tokyo Brutal Police" and "Death Mania" across the Pacific Ocean?
What is certain is that the "Ninja Assassin" in "Ninja Assassin" is undoubtedly copied from "Seven Swords", that kind of bizarre weapon that stretches at both ends, Westerners can't even think of it to death. No matter how old the old monster Xu is, he is still an engine in the action movie world! Hollywood's advantage lies in the use of computer animation to add a sharp sword style and hidden weapon flight trajectory to the weapon. This kind of approach is also available in Hong Kong movies, "Fight and Cloud II" is a monopoly, and "Jinyiwei" is completely integrated with the scene after a battle with a white tiger.
The third kind of magnificence brought about by computer animation is the dancing scythe in the film. When Japanese farmers’ weapons were borrowed by ninjas to fight the samurai 500 years ago, they certainly did not expect that they would dance so soundly in Hollywood movies, and it would be harvested. Such a rich plasma. The gleaming silver weapon splits a piece of scarlet, which can be seen as a bloody white screen born out of Zhang Che's bloody white clothes and Japanese sword halberd pieces, and adds a western metal texture to the action aesthetics. After the end of the film, the main creative was still unfulfilled, and took advantage of the opportunity of subtitles to show it again, which is refreshing!
In addition to the computer stunts, the action scenes performed by the real people in the film are also very good. In addition to the traditional sword fighting, it also combines the "super useless air churn" in the recent Muay Thai movies and the "parkour" in the French action film. Rain seems to have practiced hard. He has done a few tossing movements clean and neat, regardless of whether it can be beaten or not, just look good. And the scene where the ninja launches the "Strengthen the country and protects the species over the car obstacle race" on the streets of the United States at midnight is also a bit of Jackie Chan's style of chasing in the city.
It's not unusual to look at these elements apart, as they have appeared in previous movies. But what is certain is that "Ninja Assassin" is the first movie to copy all the fresh elements that have recently emerged. The formula should be:
CG (plasma + sword wind + soft weapon) + real person ( Cyclone Kick + Parkour) = Ninja Assassin’s action scenes. In the
past, every element can support a movie alone, and "Ninja Assassin" gave us a full set, "Prison Break" and the final duel, absolutely. One of the best action scenes of last year. Is it fresh? not fresh! looks good? very nice! When the next movie comes out, the directors should use their brains again. The progress of action movies is such a step by step. The movie produced by Dirty Driver is not original in action, but it can use all the existing methods, sum up the newly created action elements in recent years, and put it together to show the effect. It is also quite good. The effect is at least much more convincing than the fusion of hot and cold weapons like "The Rise of Cobra" and "Star Trek".
Check the action guide of the film, as follows: "The stunts and martial arts crew used by the crew includes British Damien Walters, who is the world champion of the 5th power tumbling sport; Jackson Spiel Del (Jackson Spidell), famous for his somersaults and acrobatic martial arts skills; strong Valera (Jon Valera), the 5-time champion of Kung Fu action (Forms); World and American Kung Fu action champion Kim Ruan (Kim) Do Nguyen); Jackie Chan’s main team member Brad Allan (Brad Allan); Jet Li’s stunt stand-in Zhang Peng, and Yen Zidan’s stunt team member Gao Xiang, etc. "Fortunately, the Chinese still have a place...
To say anything else, this film is really useless. Basically, it is shooting the ninja as a vampire, and it is impossible for the ninja to be trained in the temple. The plot is supposed to be neat and tidy in every place, and the atmosphere is well done, but it is not creative and straightforward. The most terrible thing is that the few yellow faces in it brave the ABC-like stupidity, to convince us Orientals that this kind of person has deep skills, so...difficult!
But at least, the movie did not use the American silly boy as the protagonist, and retained an Asian face as the protagonist to interpret the ninja, which is much better than several other American Kung Fu movies. After all, the dirty driver’s sister and brother’s attitude towards Eastern action culture is not purely exploiting and exploiting.
It is recommended to watch the last two action scenes: Prison Break and the Temple scene, as well as the special effects background when the subtitles are released at the end of the film. They are absolutely cool. Everything else can be ignored.
ps. The shot of the helicopter raid on the temple is simply too TM to pass through. The Chinese market quickly grows up. We need to watch the blood drop raid the White House!
pps. The protagonist is called "Leizang". Is this commemorating Lord Leizang who starred in the "Ninja" series?
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