As a literary genre and genre in science fiction literature, "dystopian movies" are mostly material waste spread, morality is lost, democracy is oppressed, hierarchy is rampant, artificial intelligence betrays human beings, and finally human civilization becomes rigid and corrupted in the high-tech cage , towards destruction, the proliferation of material civilization and higher than spiritual civilization, the spirit depends on the material, the spirit is controlled by the material, the human spirit has no real freedom in a highly developed technological society.
After watching the second part, I feel a little lost, not as "wonderful" as I imagined. Although this part incorporates more elements, it looks a bit messy. The story line is well designed, but it is not as focused as the first part. . Maybe the first part gave people a more profound image, maybe it was because the expectations for the second part were too high, maybe the existence of the third part still made people feel unfinished. A high, but the film is not ugly, it is quite new to the audience who have not seen the first film, maybe some things are not clear, because the relationship with the first film is still close.
In this part, the original version of people and horses are still used, which is good for the integrity of the film and has a sense of continuity. The little fresh meats are still "energized" in this part, except for running and fighting, and their physical strength seems to be inexhaustible. . Although they have gone through all the hard work to escape the dreaded maze at the end of the first part, what awaits them is not Enron's life, but a larger conspiracy. The reason why they were trapped in the maze was because the "lab" tested them. They didn't know about it, and they only discovered this huge conspiracy after they escaped from the maze. They are escorted to a seemingly safe place at the beginning of the second part, in stark contrast to the sinister world outside, but the peace in front of them is only a prelude to the storm, all Thomas with the help of new friends Only then did he discover the truth hidden beneath the surface, which led everyone to embark on a journey of escape once again.
Without the interesting cover of the Labyrinth Runner, they are in the barren scorched earth, looking for an uncertain future. In this wilderness, they were attacked by zombies, and it was quite thrilling to watch, with a sense of immediate vision in a zombie movie. A few guys performed well. Even without sufficient supplies, they were still full of energy. They ran as soon as they said they ran, and they fought whenever they called it. The point is that their minds are still very smart. doom. Viruses are mentioned many times in this part, and they have "methods" that can resist the virus, which is why they are used as experiments. The super erosive and spreading power of the virus is presented through zombies, which is very vivid. Let people understand the importance of several guys, especially Thomas, as a leader and a key clue at the same time, he became the target of public criticism. Although the setting of zombies seems a bit out of the way at first glance, the intention is carefully designed. Regarding the relationship between different organizations, we can also find out through the attitudes and reactions of the "fighters". Although there are many organizations, they can be roughly divided into two types, one is "hypocrisy" and the other is "truth and goodness". "Hypocrisy" is a kind of snow hiding for the sake of protection, but it is actually the sacrifice of the "small self" for the "big self". Thomas was on the run, but he also hesitated whether it was right or wrong to do so. His choice would not let the players embark on a road of no return, but he actually didn't have many choices.
In addition to the intense and exciting fighting scenes, the frightening zombie scene and the witty negotiation scene, the trust between the partners is rare in this intriguing battle. When Thomas said "must get out of here", the comrades still chose to trust and follow even though they were puzzled, because Thomas was for everyone's good, and his choice was "their" choice. He was born with a kind of leadership and appeal. The mind is also fully functioning under the flexible body. When faced with losing a partner, everyone's heartache was beyond words, and the infected members chose extreme methods in order not to drag everyone down. They understood each other without words. In addition to the heavy love scene of falling in love with each other, the betrayal scene was unexpectedly added in this film.
Many people think that the first half of Labyrinth 2 spends too much time talking about the escape of the labyrinth team and thinks it is useless, but it is actually necessary, because it seems to take up a lot of space to escape, and it has successfully shaped the characters of the people in the labyrinth team, especially main character.
During the escape, the Aryan descent of Nepalese or Indian descent, in order for the team to escape smoothly, left behind, resulting in infection, and the protagonist was full of affection on the way to say goodbye. However, is this a disguise by the protagonist to maintain his leadership or just love for his friends? No, in the later escape, the film once again tested the character of the protagonist. Brenda, the adopted daughter of the bandits that the protagonist met, after the protagonist and her separated from the army, she and the protagonist were left to flee. Brenda was trapped on the way and fell on the glass. The protagonist ignored being caught by the zombies. The supporting glass is broken at any time, saving lives, and even after finding out that Brenda is infected, she is unwilling to abandon her performance, which is full of the feelings of the Virgin.
The heroine is also a Virgin Mary. When the labyrinth team was trapped in the base, the heroine was injected with drugs for memory recovery, perhaps to ensure better extraction of drugs, and the heroine was almost used as a drug extraction machine. However, even so, at the end of the play, the heroine unexpectedly rebelled, and took the initiative to reveal the location of the outpost of the go-getter to the experimental department. So why? For glory and wealth? Obviously not. Under the description of the heroine, we learned about the situation when the apocalypse broke out (the following is an excerpt from the heroine) "My mother and I have been dependent on each other since childhood. After the virus broke out, my mother was like crazy. I thought my mother would get better by herself. Locked her in her own room. Every night she would howl horribly, and finally one day she stopped screaming, and I thought she was cured, so I opened the door. I saw my mother sitting by the bed , both eyes were gouged out by her. She said he feels better now and can no longer see those pesky visions. And these are just a part of the family of thousands." This experience aroused the female protagonist's willingness to sacrifice herself, her long-term companion, and the beloved male protagonist, and also to support the experimental department to find an antidote and save thousands of people from misery.
And all of the above shows the first interesting point of the film. The male and female protagonists, both of whom are Our Lady, stand on opposite sides. Who do you support?
Anyone who has watched the film may have a bad impression of the experimental department in the film. However, if we look at the purpose of the experimental department, we can find that this organization, at least, was not established for the purpose of accumulating money or doing evil. The experimental department was established after the outbreak of the catastrophe virus. Its original purpose was to find out the antidote to the virus. It should be an institution jointly established by the governments of various countries, otherwise it would be impossible to have so many scientists, instruments, and equipment. After it was discovered that some children had self-evolved virus antibodies, and the antibodies could not be artificially synthesized at the initial stage, the experimental department split. One of the factions joined the Gunmen Rebels (why not, we'll talk about this later).
The other faction continues to research. The sect left behind put forward the slogan of sacrificing a generation to save all mankind. They began to set up mazes, and found immune people from the maze, using them as medicine production machines to extract artificial serum medicines, as seen at the beginning of the film. . Many people may be outraged when they see this, but we have to be careful about the background of the film. It was an era when viruses were rampant, the environment was extremely harsh, and the sustainability of human beings was in jeopardy. Although I felt that what the experimental department did was immoral, it was indeed a very feasible method. And there are indeed some scumbag leaders in the experimental department, such as the person in charge of the sub-base, but there are also people who are not like this, such as the general director of the experimental department, Minister Peggy.
The clearest description of Minister Peggy in the film is Peggy's self-report at the end of the film (the following is roughly taken from Peggy's self-report) "Do you think I was born like this?! I'm not a devil! I'm a doctor! I A doctor. I swore that I would cure this virus at any cost!" Undoubtedly, this passage most clearly reveals Minister Peggy's human nature, but some people may say that Peggy was suffering from the protagonist's The grenade threat, who knows if it's true or not. Then we have a video as evidence.
"Tomorrow, I have to see all the test subjects. If you can't do it, I will change someone. Also, treat them as kindly as possible."
At that time, Minister Peggy was in a private video with the head of the sub-base. The protagonist eavesdropped on it, but Peggy didn't know that the protagonist could hear it. This last sentence is worth thinking about, "Be as kind as possible". From this, it can be seen that Peggy is not a bad person, but because of the crisis situation, he has to do evil things to ensure the reproduction of human beings.
Another point, the rebels are not weak. Anyone who has seen the film may have the impression of a weak rebel army. But this is not the case, first of all, the rebels have oil. What concept is this? At that time, it had been more than ten years since the virus broke out (for example, when the protagonist was a child who looked like five or six years old when the virus outbreak was first recorded by the experimental department, but now, he is a young man in his twenties) , which means that old oil reserves (such as gas stations and the like) are long overdue. It can be seen from the film that the rebels are always dispatched together by more than a dozen vehicles. This is how much fuel consumption! And this is just the first outpost of the go-getter, who knows how much fuel the go-getter rebel headquarters consumes every day. This cannot be sustained on the basis of old oil residues alone. So the go-getters must have their own oil wells. In that era, under such a crisis, an organization that had the strength to fight against the experimental department and the disaster crisis while mining petroleum minerals must not be a small organization. Some people may wonder why the strength shown for the go-getter in the film is so weak, on this point, we have to repeat the phrase "this is just an outpost of the go-getter!". In essence, the place where the outpost is located is actually the sphere of influence of the Experimental Department. It is impossible to use a large army without being detected. This go-getter outpost is more like a guerrilla unit deep behind enemy lines than a regular army. And the "safe harbor" is always mentioned in the film. What is safe harbor? how is it like? We don't know, but I think that's referring to the Ghanaian Rebel headquarters or a large sub-base.
When we were watching Labyrinth 2, there was an obvious main line, that is, the protagonist tried to escape the control of the experimental department. However, if we think about it at a deeper level, one-sidedly, it is the confrontation between the experimental department and the go-getter rebels. At a higher level, it is whether to sacrifice the individual to save the whole. In other words, it is the level of civil rights and sovereignty. question.
There used to be a famous problem: if you have five children playing on the rails, and a train is about to gallop past, you now have a switch in your hand that directs the train to the other rail that A fat man is standing. So are you going to flip the switch now, sacrificing one innocent to save five people who should have died?
If this issue is mapped to civil rights and sovereignty, in short, it is to make a choice: whether we should do our best to ensure the interests of each individual, and firmly believe that some of our rights are inherent, sacred and inviolable; Or it should be said that the government should do its best to benefit the whole and the race. Under this premise, any individual can be "sacrifice". Under normal circumstances, we don't have to make extreme choices, and this question seems to be put on hold. However, the film is precisely by creating a special atmosphere, so that this problem has to let us start to face it. If we can only choose between civil rights and sovereignty, it is like whether the immune body in the film should be sacrificed for all or should be treated equally because of this sacred right. These are the two spirits represented by the Experimental Department and the Rebels, and these are the two choices made by Minister Peggy and her former colleagues.
In fact, in addition to the above dominant main line, there is also an invisible main line, which is what the protagonist said about the drug. In Labyrinth 2, according to the heroine's memory, the male lead once told her, "No matter what I do, you have to believe me, what I do is right", and then the female lead helps the male lead before entering the labyrinth. One shot, although not finished, but at least half of the shot. As for the function of the needle, my guess is that it is used to restore memory. Just like the heroine played in the small base of the experimental department, the intermittent memory recovery of the hero is also the effect of this and that half-acupuncture.
So does the female lead know the male lead's plan? At the end of Labyrinth 2, the female protagonist asked the male protagonist why he had to deviate from the original rules. Wasn't that good? And the male protagonist said that no matter what I do, you have to believe me. It can be seen that the female protagonist does not know the male protagonist's plan. At the beginning, the female protagonist was just confused because of "love", but later regretted it. And the reason why the male protagonist asks the female protagonist to trust him unconditionally is precisely because of some reasons, so that the male protagonist cannot tell the female protagonist the inside story and the truth to try to persuade the female protagonist.
And what is the hero hiding? I think it's a drug. Through Maze 2, we found that the male protagonist is a traitor of the rebel army in the experimental department. He can know the situation and location of each base. Obviously, the position must not be low. And through Maze 2, I can find that the male protagonist grew up in the experimental department since he was a child. It can be said that he did not put the rebels in, but rebelled himself. Then this is very interesting, well-paid, cultivated from an early age, and doing the great cause of "saving mankind". A person whose morals, emotions, and interests should all be high should have any reason to betray? Maybe the male protagonist discovered something: for example, there is a way to get medicine without harming the immune body. And what method? Why can't it be published directly? Why did the male protagonist avoid the experimental department? Are all goons really just? If it is just, why not accept ordinary people, but only experimental subjects? Is the male protagonist a part of the go-getter, or is it just a collaboration?
These questions can only be answered by the third part.
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