The revival of old-fashioned action, the failure of old-fashioned redemption

Harmon 2022-04-20 09:01:34

Watching an old-fashioned action movie that lifts the mood.

Action movies have two development directions, one is to play hard, insert eyeballs and poke chin directly to dig out the heart. The other is to play skillfully. You can jump up and down in Jackie-chan style, or you can play on the ground after you are in the sky, and you can play in the fire when you are in the water.

And the personal heroism of self-salvation never goes out of style.

So as soon as the film returned to the old-fashioned action-movie corridors, I was happy. That's why I like "The Avenger" 1 more than 2.

It's nice to watch it without any hassle, and how good it is to carry forward the positive energy. From this point of view, I like this film, at least Brother Hammer doesn't hold a hammer and doesn't wear black clothes.

But the point of self-redemption has been abused precisely because it is timeless. Old-fashioned action movies have always had their way, and sometimes it even felt like a random assignment. This kind of outward looking for redemption will question the logic if you read too much, and then will increase the weariness of the routine. Why is this child and not another child? Why do you have to add a terrifying child to this terrifying task? Just because of the deadly past?

Foreigners always struggle with themselves and the past.

In the dark night, the god is killed because of a dog, and the avenger is because of the hidden heart.

This is a reasonable move to want to keep the only warmth left after the world of their own values ​​has been destroyed.

For example, if the hurricane rescue is not to save his daughter, he will not feel that this old man hangs up, adding rationality and inductivity to his series of behaviors.

But after a black market mercenary killed hundreds of people, he was suddenly inspired to save the son of the boss? Feel the meaning of life?

Action movie plot weakness once again occupied the high ground. Why empathize? Why bother your former siblings?

The characters lack drive, at least not the urgency of the levers. Then the characters become thin and rigid.

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Extraction quotes

  • Gaspar: The best thing you can do is go put a bullet in his brain. Make it painless. Because the animals out there are not going to be as kind to him.

  • Nik Khan: What's going on?

    Tyler Rake: We just got attacked by the goonies from hell.