At the end of January this year, I wrote "The Fall of the Ice Sea". Although it is not part of the orthodox "Slumping Series", the similar Chinese translation and the same starring role have made "The Fall of the Ice Sea" a certain amount of attention. At the time, the article mentioned the upcoming "Angel's Fall." After more than half a year, I finally waited for the resources of "Angel Has Fallen"...
According to the last film "London Has Fallen", it has been three years since its release. We can't wait for the shrimp brother of "District Nine" for three years, but Gerald Butler's "Fall Series" will come as scheduled every three years. This man with the title of "American Conan" travels around the world just to show us a gorgeous fall.
"Fall Series" is a standard American personal heroism commercial popcorn movie. Ten years ago, this type of movie might still make you burst into blood and roar in the sky. But in 2019, this unchanging routine may only make you ruthless ridicule. However, this time the production team did not perfuse things. Although the theme remains the same, the content is more full and changeable.
This kind of movie knows the plot even if you don't watch it, but to prevent the glass heart, I would like to remind you that there are spoilers below.
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"The Falling Series" has always focused on martial arts and neglected literature, and "Angels Has Fallen" is no exception. FBI agents with offline IQs, anticlimactic villains, and omnipotent hackers, the characters in the film are all too facial. It may also be that the villain was too easy to guess, so not long after the film started, the identity of the villain was directly announced.
Aside from Mike Banning played by Gerald Butler, only Morgan Freeman played the president and Nick Knott played Clay Banning (Mike Banning’s father, the following (Referred to as Old Banning) is impressive.
Morgan Freeman's natural temperament is very suitable for playing the president. In the group photo of the G20 summit in the film, he knows that he was added with special effects in the later stage, but he is more like a leader than other leaders. However, it may be because of his advanced age and inconvenience to participate in too many intense scenes. After hurriedly appearing, he was arranged to lie in a hospital bed.
Even so, when Banning took the risk to protect the president's life, he was still moved by their full base. I finally know why Wade is going to kill the president at all costs, jealous. Originally, Wade and Banning were close comrades-in-arms, but the president robbed him of love and hired Banning as a personal guard.
Wade held a grudge against this and planned a murder operation to kill his rival in order to restore his sweetheart. The helpless action failed, and his life was finally lost under Banning. But being able to die in the arms of the lover, Wade is obviously dead without regrets, leaving behind the sentence "I am very happy to die in your hands" and let go.
Let's talk about Banning's father, old Banning. Although Old Banning didn't have many scenes, Hajime's appearance was the focus of the audience. Old Banning is a polite and hospitable old man. To the strangers who worked so hard to visit all night, not only went out to greet them personally, but also presented them with fireworks gifts one after another. He also kept shouting the international greetings hello beginning with F to show friendship.
After the work was done, they were properly arranged and marked with an identity for others to claim, so as to prevent their bodies from being unclaimed and becoming lonely ghosts. He is really an old father who is both hardcore and knowledgeable.
It's a joke, there are still too many bugs in Chinese movies. The FBI agents were so bold and surprising that a man and a woman led a pilot and went straight to the enemy base camp. Are you relying on your FBI identity and no one dares to move you? Yours is an FBI certificate, not an exemption gold medal. Old Banning didn't rely on night vision goggles to blow up all the enemies accurately in the middle of the night.
The protagonist's aura is also powerful enough to suffocate. The villain obviously had multiple opportunities to kill Banning, just to save him. Maybe Wade really loves Banning. However, the villain did not use the smart drone group that opened the game, and finally relied on the flesh and blood to fight hard, which is difficult to explain.
But commercial films don’t have to be true. After all, not many people watch the "fallen series" for the plot, let's take a look at the wonderful martial arts part.
Martial arts: Lian Po is old, can he still have food?
As a hardcore commercial film, martial arts often play a decisive role. However, it is a pity that Gerald Butler is nearly half a hundred years old, plus a bloated figure in middle age due to blessings, is obviously not suitable for high-intensity exercise, even if he is out of breath even after two steps in the forest. .
Therefore, 90% of Banning's play is arranged in a dark environment. On the one hand, the visibility is reduced due to the dim environment, which reduces the requirement for action standards. On the other hand, it is also convenient to arrange a substitute. The only opponent arranged for a rooftop play is Wade, who is over half a hundred years old. Two years old plus one over a hundred years old gave all of them to us for just two minutes of play. It’s not exciting, but worth to respect.
Because of the lack of play, a large number of big scenes are arranged in the film, and the explosion scenes are comparable to "Transformers". The director did not blindly explode because it was a commercial film. He also devoted himself to photography, sound effects, and atmosphere rendering. Take the final office building battle as an example.
On the eve of the final battle, all background sounds were removed, leaving only the weakened voice of the walkie-talkie with a few sentences. The sound of the characters walking is also weakened, looming. I can hear my own heartbeat quietly, and the tense atmosphere of the rain and the wind is full of the building. Coupled with the close-up shots of the facial expressions of the characters, it will make you immersive and sweaty palms.
After the battle begins, the fast-paced drum beats fluctuates and changes rhythm with the action scene. The non-stop bullets flying and falling soldiers keep you in a state of high tension at all times.
In the final battle of the rooftops, in order to highlight the sadness and tragic atmosphere of the battle of life and death, the color saturation of the picture was reduced to an extremely low level, and the hue became mainly gray. Even if there are planes burning with raging flames, they have become part of this gray world, as if the flames would be swallowed by gray and white at any time.
A bird's-eye view of the outcome of the battle, Wade is in a pool of blood, dejected like a dog in a family. Banning was empty around him, with his head up and chest up like a winner. From the perspective of God, we declared Wade's death like God.
Once there was such a question, which one of the trilogy do you think is the most unsightly? The answer is mostly the second or third part. As the last part of the series, the third part is often the most perfunctory, consuming the fan popularity left over from the first two at will. However, "Angel Has Fallen" did not do this. Several battles in the film combine commerciality, entertainment, and artistry, which made the audience sigh while they were hooked.
With Gerald Butler over half a hundred years old, we probably won't be able to wait for his next three years. But if he can say I'm back in the next film like Arnold Schwarzenegger! That's worthy of this series, and worthy of the fans of this series.
Wait until the autumn leaves are finally golden, and wait until Huafa is quietly green. I hope we will see you in the next three years!
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