The "Death Is Coming" series is a series of horror movies with high popularity. The first one was released in 2000, and this "Death Is Coming 1" brought a different experience to the audience after its first appearance. .
High school student Alex and his classmates are getting ready to fly to Paris for a trip. He fell asleep before takeoff and had a sudden premonition in his dream that the plane would explode in the air. After waking up, this terrifying scene made Alex feel very scared and shouted that the plane was about to crash and everyone had to get off the plane immediately. As a result, he and the other 6 passengers were driven out by the crew in the chaos. However, according to Alex's unfortunate remarks, the plane disintegrated and exploded in mid-air before it could fly far, and everyone except them was unfortunately killed.
Just when all the survivors were glad that they survived the disaster, they didn't know that the game of death had begun. In the next few days, they suffered from various accidents and died one after another. Alex decides to fight the god of death and change his fate with his friends. In the end, however, no one could escape.
As the pioneering work of the "Death Is Coming" series, this "Death Is Coming 1" has to be said, and it is eye-catching in the whole concept. And in the later stories, it basically established the general plot of the series of movies, in which the protagonist foresees the impending disaster, escapes the disaster with seven or eight people inadvertently, and is then chased by the god of death collectively.
And a variety of ingenious killing methods are also a highlight in the movie. In the beginning, death killing is using simple details of life. Habits you don't usually care about will become a weapon for killing people. For example, when Todd was taking a shower in the bathroom, he was accidentally scratched by water, and then he was accidentally strangled by a wire rope and suffocated to death. Teri walked into the middle of the road because of an argument with Carter, only to be hit and killed by a sudden bus. Mr. Liu Dun, the computer short-circuited due to a leaking cup, and then the whole room exploded. She was stabbed in the chest by the knife that fell from the knife holder, and then the chair fell down, causing the knife to penetrate deeper. All three die because of their own habits in life.
There are also accidental deaths due to the interference of others. For example, when Carter drove to commit suicide, although he was rescued, the train rolled up the iron pieces on the track at high speed and cut off Billy's head. Carter rescues Alex, who was nearly killed by a telephone pole, only to be hit from behind by a large sign.
The last one is to hide and still get killed. Although it was not mentioned in the first part whether Alex and Claire died, it was revealed in the newspaper in the second part that Alex, who was hiding at home for three months without going out, was hit by a brick as soon as he went out. . And although Claire was hiding in a mental hospital, she was killed with others in "Death Come 2" for helping others.
The death methods of the seven people can be said to be different, but it can be said that there is no way to escape, there is no escape, no escape, and in the end there is only one way to die. This also shows that Death does not take people's lives from the front, but is good at various conspiracies. The director anthropomorphizes various accidents as the image of death, but never lets it show its true face.
But it is not difficult for us to see that although Death has no logic in the reason for murder, murder has always followed logic, in a certain order and in a certain way. He never directly interferes with people's thinking or actions (otherwise, he can directly let him commit suicide, or let others kill that person), and he will give various omens before killing people, and even hint at the method of death. For example, before Todd's death, when Alex smashed a magazine into an owl that was hitting the window, he accidentally hit the fan, was smashed by the fan, and fragments of the English (TOD) printed on Todd fell on his leg, implying that He is about to be in danger. On the plane before, Todd's funny movement with one hand in front of his neck and one hand up on his head was similar to that of being hanged. This implies that Todd would be strangled to death in the end. Therefore, the logic of murder by the dead is actually traceable.
On the soundtrack of the film, the music "Rocky Mountain High", which runs through the film, although the rhythm is joyful and brisk, is often used as a song in travel, but what people forget is that the author of this song, John Denver, died in a plane. in a sea accident. So it also magically fits in some ways with the prediction of the plane crash at the beginning of the film, and before everyone else is dead. On the other hand, this can be regarded as a kind of contrasting beauty with happy scenes lining sadness. In fact, the screenwriter Morgan said, "After taking over the script for the film, I began to think back to the strange coincidence I experienced. Once I was waiting at the Vancouver airport and suddenly heard John Denver singing because he died in a plane crash, so I felt It's kind of weird. Then we wrote that experience into the script." That's one of the decisive reasons the song was applied here.
When talking about why he wanted to make a film like "Death is Coming", director Huang Yiyu said, "People often see people in the TV news who have experienced tornadoes, floods, collapsed buildings and survived, even without being injured; But there are also people who drown in a shallow ditch where the water level is lower than their knees. The contrast between the tenacity and fragility of life is the source of inspiration for "Death Is Coming"." However, what he did not know was that such exaggerated performances, some People will cherish life more, and sometimes it will backfire and make people neurotic.
Huang Yiyu prefers sci-fi and horror themes. After filming "Death Is Coming", he has become a more influential Chinese director in Hollywood. In the same period of filming 2, he was helping Jet Li film "The Savior", so "Death Comes 2" was handed over to director David R. Ellis. Afterwards, "Death Comes 3" released in 2006, Huang Yiyu's directorial level was recognized again. It can be said that the "Death is Coming" series actually achieved Huang Yiyu.
But I personally think that the first and second parts of "The God of Death" is the most classic. When the God of Death tells you that if it wants Mi to die, no one can escape. Even if you foresee the ending, you can't help others avoid fate, and even you yourself will become a doll of fate. And the following "Death is Coming", although the picture is getting bloodier and the way of death is getting weirder and weirder, but the content actually continues the first one, and there is not much surprise. Although I also like this kind of persistent death, I think that there is probably nothing new about the death.
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