As the actor, Paul Bettany doesn't seem to have many opportunities, so once the opportunity comes, he should be especially cherished. I think so, and I watched this film because of this. However, how to shape the film is really a little bit difficult. Say it is a magical movie, it tells the story of the end of the world, with elegant sci-fi elements; then it is a sci-fi movie, which is full of conflicts between angels and demons, which is very magical. In short, it is a movie about doomsday.
For blockbuster films, the end of the world may be "2012" or "The Day After Tomorrow", a huge chaos and a huge scene. For some small investment films, shooting big scenes does not require that much investment. What to do then, there is only another way. In the last two years, several science fiction movies with very small investments and playing with concepts, such as "This Man Comes from the Earth" and "Hot Questions about Time Travel", have played well, and "Time Traveler's" "Wife" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Beautiful Heart" perfectly combine sci-fi and love, and the expressiveness is also particularly eye-catching. Others like "The Moon" and "The Ninth Zone" have medium investment, because they have a nearly perfect story. The performance exceeded expectations. It can be seen that science fiction films, no matter the amount of money, can be filmed, depending on how you control them. The current "Jesus Second Coming" blends zombie-like monsters into sci-fi themes, because monsters themselves are very popular, so this operation is relatively less risky.
As far as the story is concerned, I think "The Second Coming of Jesus" looks like "New Dragon Inn" + "Son of Man". For comparison with "New Dragon Inn", the two movies are the different assembly of these elements in the desert, the inn, save the children, heroes, and evil forces. A small inn in the desert, facing a huge impact in the uninhabited desert, all comes from a child. After saving this child, the world will be peaceful, and when the child dies, there will be no sky. So speaking, it looks a bit like "Son of Man" again. As the protagonist, Paul Bettany, like Zhou Huaian in "New Dragon Inn", is a hero who saves the world. However, in this film, Paul Bettany is a hero of mankind because it betrays even God. God lost any hope for nonsense mankind, so he brought suffering to the world, and he did not hesitate to destroy the world. As an angel, Paul Bettany was not disappointed with humans, so he hurt his wings and came to the world. When he arrived at this small inn in the wilderness, he decided to protect the pregnant child of a waiter. As long as this child is born, it will be the starting point for defeating God and let God see new hope. The daring broken-winged angel faced another evil angel obedient to God, and a large number of infected human monsters of the end.
Angels are in the world. Such a story involves, in fact, it is not so cute. The protagonist of Paul Bettany is not good enough in terms of color, which is a bit like a hungry feeling. Even if there is Dennis Quaid, the man who plays well in the film, the performance is still moderate, moderate and not eye-catching. On the whole, the performance of this film can only be mediocre. In many Hollywood movies, you are not outstanding. The result of the modest performance can only be gradually eliminated, and gradually no one cares about it. However, director Scott Charles Stewart is obviously quite satisfied with this cooperation. He once again teamed up with Paul Bettany to create a "Saint". So far, from the perspective of publicity , And attracted a lot of attention, I hope they can create new sparks together.
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