Twenty-five years after "Bad Boys" and 17 years after "Jedi Boys 2," starring Will Smith (Mike) and Martin Lawrence (Marcus) -- and director of film careers -- have their own successes Michael Bay reunited again. After years of polishing, the three of them did not seem to be able to shine new this time. 1+1+1 did not achieve an effect greater than 3 or even equal to 3.
dazzling drag racing
In the opening chapter, Mike and Marcus drove his proud Ferrari wildly racing around the block, drifting and reversing, which attracted the surveillance of the three-way police on the sea, land and air. The operation was as fierce as a tiger, and the adrenaline of the audience was directly lifted. I thought that the director directly arranged a fierce battle between the police and the bandits, but I didn't expect that it was a car for the sake of racing, and Marcus's daughter was about to give birth in the hospital.
The handsome Armando drove a motorcycle to hunt and kill his "father" enemies on the street, showing high-energy stunts, and full high-definition close-up, which can be used as a motorcycle advertisement.
Then, the mountain bike team and the three jumpers went online together, as if telling the audience that "we are different"! However, it is clear that the two sides are racing in the excessively posed traffic flow, and the contrived plot of death has not won the hearts of the audience. Perhaps the audience is not familiar with mountain bike driving and cannot find the speed and passion like a car!
Silly Marcus
Marcus is strict with his wife and takes care of his family. He is not a cowardly person, but he is timid everywhere. At the beginning of the scene, he said that he would retire. It is completely understandable when he is old. A big bag of his was teasing him to his heart's content, looking like he had never seen it before, as if he had forgotten his identity as a veteran of the arena with decades of experience in the police. Who hasn't suffered a bruise yet!
When Mike was shot in the hospital, Marcus' response was not to let God see Mike through the ordeal for the sake of maintaining everyone's peace, but to ask God to forgive Mike for everything he did. When did rape and punishment turn into bad deeds? When Mike fights with bad guys to track down the clues to murder himself, Marcus, who is firm in his "faith", actually allows Mike to suffer and be beaten. Not even willing to take up arms to defend himself and Mike in the event of a shootout, what was he thinking? Do you feel that you are blessed with great fortune and that you are blessed by God?
The high-tech police force represented by the projectile squad VS the old-school Mike police officer
The projectile squad has the most advanced high-tech weapons and equipment, top cyber hackers, and can mobilize all police resources. In the more than half a year that Mike went to the hospital, he was stunned that Armando was not found. It can be said that he did not even find any relationship network. So advanced UAV equipment, Skynet system, hacker system, and air defense tracking system are all paralyzed and strike? No wonder Mike was determined to join the investigative team when he recovered, even while he was recuperating. Mike, who was rejected, had to use the most traditional method to investigate the case, and approached the truth step by step with his own ability.
Is it because the overall capability of the police force is insufficient, or does it just not want to investigate this case and avenge the loss?
Mike meets son Armando
Maybe the director realized that he needed deeper character emotions to win the audience's favor, or he couldn't make it up and didn't know how to make the ending, so that Mike and Armando, who were stubborn and hated each other, were in a few words ( It really was no more than 5 sentences) to forgive each other and recognize each other. Even blocked a shot from his mom for Mike! Is it a sharp father-son conflict that only exists in China, and will last for a long time before it can be eased? Is it a father-son relationship abroad where every minute counts? After Rita shot and killed Armando's mother, he didn't even make any movements, not even the uncomfortable expression on his face. I just wanted to ask if it was biological?
It can be seen from this that the director and screenwriter did not arrange the script carefully. Although director Michael Bay has created excellent results, this time the audience did not pay the bill. It's 2020, and what the audience is after is no longer simply boring and exciting, and even the feelings of the classic movie series can only lead to sighs. It can be seen from the popularity of "Westworld" and "Game of Thrones" that in addition to the thrill of the plot, the audience also needs a compact logical relationship and character emotions!
I heard that there is also "Jedi Men 4", but if the director does not make changes and continues such a stacked script, the audience will not pay, at least I won't.
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