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"Tomb Raider 2" film review

"Tomb Raider 2" was the first hit of the American summer blockbusters in 2001. Even if you plug your ears, you can conclude without hesitation that this film The shot was loud.

This film tells the story of an Egyptian adventure. The complex plot, endless pursuit, and variety of special features are enough to dazzle the audience. However, the film inherits the tradition of Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in terms of style and rhythm. It is smooth and coherent, with many clues and not confusing. Except for a few viewers who have not watched the first episode, Even though the joke is difficult to understand, it is still understandable.

The film opens in 3067 BC. The Scorpion King, played by a Western-style wrestling star with the stage name "Stone", was defeated in the war against Egypt. All the soldiers around him fell. Finally he sold his soul to Anubis, an Egyptian god in the underworld. After he eats a scorpion, an oasis suddenly appears in the desert, and a large number of scorpion soldiers are ready to fight for him. This team is frozen in the glacier of time, awakening every five thousand years, and then takes over the entire earth.

Now you should know why this scene is accurately located in 3067 BC? Because this makes it easier to arrange for our hero and heroine to appear with a 7-year-old son. That was 1933, eight years after their flirtation in the first episode. They took their son to dig for treasures in ancient Egyptian tombs (there seemed to be no cultural relics administration in Egypt at that time, and whoever dug up the thousand-year-old treasure would get it), and the heroine found a gold bracelet secretly. Unexpectedly, this bracelet is a key to unlocking a secret, which naturally leads to a group of bad guys chasing him. Strictly speaking, it’s not just one gang of bad guys, but several gangs.

I believe that the director has done detailed research on ancient Egyptian history, but for a summer blockbuster, the audience only needs to be able to distinguish the good guys from the bad guys. In fact, the character creation of this film is not bad among entertainment films: the male protagonist Rick has both a fearless spirit and a hint of honesty, and it seems that he should not be the 007 candidate recommended by netizens; the heroine Aveline is both beautiful and beautiful, The martial arts skills are also very good, probably influenced by Chinese martial arts movies; the younger son is quite funny, not only cute, but also embodies the character of his parents; the wife's brother provides a funny foil as always; the three-thousand-year-old mummy and his lover have never been together. The image and temperament are quite amazing. If there were more love scenes between the two, the villain might become a protagonist; all ancient soldiers have a body like a black wood sculpture...

Video Another major protagonist is the ubiquitous stunts: whether it is an army of mummies or an army of monsters that suddenly turn into dust, they are all produced by the computers of George Lucas's Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company (ILM), by an Oscar-winning Produced by award-winning John Burton. Burton emphasized that the stunts in the sequel are far better than those in the first episode. First, the relevant technology has made great progress in the past two years. In addition, the director Sommers has a strong transcendence complex and is afraid of committing the crime of being inferior to one crab. One-fifth of the US$100 million production budget was used for special effects. No wonder the water wall chasing a balloon, a human head and a scorpion body, everything can be reproduced on the screen.

Some American film critics thought he went too far this time. The climaxes created by special effects came one after another, like a two-hour roller coaster ride that became numb after 10 minutes. Regarding special effects, the author's feeling is that it is best not to know the inside story of the production. When I can't tell which is real and which is fake, I am always dumbfounded. Nowadays, I have too much computer production knowledge, which greatly weakens the appreciation. It's fun, it's the same as watching magic.

Zhou Liming Film Review: "Tomb Raiders 2" Film Review