When True Lies was shown in the cinema, I remember that it was the time when China began to introduce blockbusters from abroad. My family of three went to the cinema with the holiday movie tickets I bought at school, and waited until around 9 o'clock in the foreign language cinema to see 1 1. This is also the last time for my family to go out for entertainment, except on New Year's Eve.
That year, I met this action star, this hero husband and father. At that time, I was young and didn't understand what a "true lie" was. I can't figure it out, but I've been thinking. It was not until a few years later that I dug up this old film and watched it again last week.
At that time, arnold was still young. No matter his actions or eyes, he is not only a tough guy, but also has some wisdom, agility and humor. Although he doesn't have the leadership style of the current governor, the image of a hero is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
This film belongs to a purely commercial action film. The plot is simple, but it is compact and worth seeing. Now, if you look carefully, you can also see a lot of elaborate production. Especially at the last moment when he shot the terrorists hanging on the missile, he could see the people hanging on the missile drifting backwards because of the speed and air, which was quite cool.
But there are still concerns. It's the tango in the movie, played on the violin. I heard it in Schindler's List, but I didn't find out which song it was. It was the kind of song that touched people's hearts.
In this classic entertainment film, almost every scene and paragraph has something remarkable, and even many scenes are full of energy without any slack. It is not too much to call it a classic. There are four large-scale action scenes in the two-hour movie. Although not many, each one is full of weight and amazing.
The first fight scene is the prelude to the beginning of the film. Two years later, "Mission Impossible" has many similarities with this paragraph, but it is a successful action, and the gun battle scene accounts for a large proportion. Schwarzenegger doesn't have many shots in deus ex in the Snow, but his strength, speed, marksmanship, judgment and composure are all displayed, which is an excellent prelude to show the characters' abilities. What impressed the audience most was the scene where Schwarzenegger turned to subdue the vicious dog during the running, which was relaxed, calm and clean.
After the audience calmly watched several slow-paced and humorous cutscenes, the film started the second scene with a bigger action scene on time in the first third of the time. Schwarzenegger dealt with two minions without much effort and started a formal war with Aziz, the terrorist leader of the "Red Army". The plot soon turned to Schwarzenegger's pursuit of Aziz. This chase did not use the most conventional car chase, but a whimsical and interesting motorcycle chase scene. Aziz drove the motorcycle in front, Schwarzenegger rode behind, and they chased the hotel lobby from the street and the rooftop from the ground. The tension and thrills are self-evident, and several humorous scenes are even more memorable. The band in the hotel lobby went out of tune when they saw the motorcycle, and it was amazing to see the sound of the horse. When Schwarzenegger entered by elevator, a couple's embarrassing reaction was also hilarious. Finally, Aziz rushed off the rooftop, and Schwarzenegger even tried to catch up with him, but the result of keeping the audience's appetite was a trick, which could be seen from the clever director.
Next, the film spent a long time humorously pondering the "true lies" pointed out in the title. This deductive passage is not thrilling, but the outstanding point lies in the wonderful plot design and the humorous performance of the actors. In this "literary drama", Schwarzenegger obviously failed in acting, and the limelight was stolen by Kortus, who plays his wife, and Billy paxton, who plays a ridiculous used car salesman. Two years later, paxton starred in Tornado, and the role of this film showed his genius in comedy performance.
After a famous "thigh dance" in Kortus, the film entered the second half. Schwarzenegger and his wife joined forces to destroy the terrorist base. Humorous details are always interspersed in the tense and thrilling shooting action scenes, so that the audience can get sensory stimulation and keep relaxed. In the second half of the film, there are two closely connected large-scale action scenes, and the highlights are everywhere, which is hard to count. The most talked about is that fighter planes attacked trucks and Schwarzenegger helicopters on the cross-sea bridge to save their beloved wife, and there are shots of fighter planes flying vertically over the city. These fights are the essence of the whole movie, which fully demonstrates Cameron's ability to direct luxurious scenes.
Strictly speaking, this film written by Claude Chitty (a famous French screenwriter and director, who recently directed the French blockbuster Against Caesar) does not represent Cameron's true style. The play highlights the comedy sense of the film, rather than the strong violence in the industrial age, and is very French. From the picture, Cameron has given up the image style that emphasizes muscle and strength and is rich in rough texture, and developed into a post-industrial image style represented by silver-gray new material metal. I can't help but say that if Cameron doesn't have such a film to test another style in image, then he may not be able to adapt to the visual effect of his next important work Titanic, which is almost completely different from his early films. Choosing the right image style at the right time is a key to Cameron's success.
This is a luxury action movie. The director is a master of luxury blockbusters, and the actors are also experts in luxury blockbusters. Coupled with sufficient financial support, it is difficult to become a classic. However, the most rare thing in the film is the use of comedy elements. It is these humorous plots and details that keep the film from becoming a boring collection of luxury scenes. This is the secret of the success of luxury films, and the difference between high and low is here.