Let's spit out the translation of the movie first. The Chinese translation of Death Wish turned out to be "Raptor Monster", which sounds like a product of the 1980s. Indeed, it is all to blame that "Die Hard" is too famous. With such an old-fashioned plot, I should have thought of it as a remake. This time I am ignorant. In fact, this movie of the same name has also been filmed five times like "Die Hard", and domestic audiences do not know much about it, perhaps because it is relatively old. The producer or director chose this film to remake and pay tribute to the previous work, presumably with some kind of feeling in it.
These days, old-fashioned stories are hard to interest audiences. When watching this movie, the shadow of many episodes or movies such as "Dark Justice" and "Law Abiding Citizen" appeared in my mind. Compared with "Dark Justice", Bruce is single-handed this time. Compared with "Law Abiding Citizen", the protagonist has not gone too far on the road of no return. Compared to the hero of the past who slaughtered the Quartet, compared to the domineering side leak of being tied to the pool and letting the other party light a cigarette for him, Bruce this time became a super rookie who can't even use a gun. This huge contrast, to some extent, raised the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie. There will definitely be sighs, and there will definitely be a sense of refreshment. Despite the awkwardness of Bruce's movements, and the need for a bit of luck to control the scene, the rookie is a dead skinny camel, enough for those street gangsters to drink several jugs.
The film brings up a topic of using violence to control violence, which also involves various disputes over the US gun bill, but it does not go into in-depth discussion, but leaves the problem to the audience. Some people say that the violent scenes in the movie are too bloody. There is indeed a point, but it is very restrained compared to the director's famous work "Human Skin Inn".
To sum up, Bruce's acting skills are online, the director's level is quite satisfactory, and the script still has room for improvement, paying tribute to the previous work for basically completing the task.
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