Film director Zomi Sheila, playing horror movies is a lotus in one hand, and a good hand in a good hand. The young director, born in 1974, proved his talent to the world in 2005 with a "Wax Museum of Horror" - making horror films. The Orphan, released in 2009, was an unprecedented success and was widely praised. His grasp of the overall horror and the excavation of the little actor Isabella Furman are all appreciated, and major American critics believe that this is Zomi's masterpiece after "The Wax Museum of Horror". In 2011, he transformed into action films and started filming "Unidentified". The film as a whole is not great, and certainly not a failure. It can only be said to be mediocre, but it does not fail. For a young director, especially one who is shooting an action movie for the first time, it's already quite a challenge.
The film obviously spent a lot of thought in the layout stage, creating a closed space in an unfamiliar city, like a giant secret room. The protagonist struggles in the secret room, looking for a breakthrough, showing details like a cocoon, which is dazzling and at the same time stimulates people's hormones. It's a pity that after the director's layout, he didn't have the ability to solve the game, and he lost the patience to continue to screw.
Zomi Sherra activates Liam Neeson, who is rejuvenated for the second time. The veteran actor had struggled with the tepid ranks of second-rate actors prior to "Hurricane Rescue." People almost forget that he was once the shocking Oscar Schindler in "Schindler's List", let alone that he was nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars. The release of Hurricane Rescue was also full of drama. Since the film party had no confidence in the North American box office, it had to release it abroad first. Unexpectedly, this film, which had been released abroad for a year, returned to the United States and made a big splash. The box office and word of mouth were both good, and Liam Neeson became popular again. Get up and become a new generation of action stars among old actors. Zomi Sheila is right to use Liam Neeson, the pay is not high and the fame is not too small, it can improve the level of "Unidentified" and get more attention and more box office as much as possible. In fact, Liam Neeson had an excellent performance in "Three Days of Dangerous Love" in 2010. The suspenseful atmosphere of this film laid the foundation for his performance in "Unidentified"; the same year's "Dragon Commando" also So Liam Neeson's reputation continues to rise. Of course, let's not forget that he also dubs Aslan the Lion in The Chronicles of Narnia.
The heroine is played by Diane Kruger, a beautiful little woman who is best known for playing the heroine Abigail Chase in two "National Treasures." She is obviously handy in playing a heroine who doesn't need too much acting skills in "Unidentified". Due to the lack of brilliant characters and weak dramatic conflict, the scenery of the female characters in this film was almost robbed by the second heroine, James Jones.
Speaking of James Jones, the bad wife she plays has a tragic element. Of course, such tragedies are so nondescript in the second half of the snake tail, we have to hide our faces. If you like her children's shoes, you can go to "X-Men: The First World War" to appreciate the style of Emma Frost played by her, and even go back to "American Pie 3" to recall the little girl of the year.
Going back to "Unidentified", we can find the shadow of many classic movies in this film: "The Sixth Day", "Bourne Bourne" and so on. Same amnesia, different ending. Take amnesia as an article, which is a common asset in the film industry. Needless to say in Hollywood, Nolan's famous work is "Memento" with the theme of amnesia. There is also a classic "God of Gamblers" in Hong Kong movies with strong amnesia. Taking amnesia as an essay has huge potential and room for development. At the same time, it also gives the director more freedom to sort out the structure of the film. "Unidentified" takes amnesia as a starting point, fully arousing the emotions of the audience, and the setting of suspense makes people step into the situation set by the director. People have no way of knowing who the protagonist was, what he did, and what he was going to do. The uncertainty brought about by amnesia gives audiences every reason to look forward to the next surprise.
The film will reveal the suspense little by little, and the audience will suddenly realize that it is so. After the suspense is revealed, the plot becomes confusing. A ruthless murderer who suddenly became a sentient savior due to amnesia, this flip between the two extremes makes the audience overwhelmed, and they dare not imagine whether the huge difference between his past and his present is impregnated with split personality ingredients. Although such a setting satisfies the audience's desire for action films, it is a failure of a suspenseful action film. It should reveal its true colors at the last moment and catch the audience's heart until the last minute, but "Unidentified" suddenly lost interest in the middle of the game. The subsequent style conversion and content adjustment are all failures. Liam Neeson can't be in the world and omnipotent because of his age, and the action scenes that are pushed are not very good. This makes the suspense setting in the first half of the movie especially nostalgic and unforgettable.
"The Bourne" in the same genre is a model, and even "The Usual Suspects" has overshadowed "Unidentified".
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