"Indestructible": A "hodgepodge" of average ink use
Huang Zihong
Zamperini (Jack O'Connell) is a distance runner who loves the sport and had the pleasure of competing in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In 1939, when World War II broke out, the ambitious Zamperini joined the army to serve his country and became an air bombardier.
During a mission in which an accident caused Zamperini's fighter jet to crash at sea, he and his comrades spent 47 long and arduous days on a small life raft, but when they were rescued, the nightmare had just begun. Zamperini became a prisoner of the enemy Japan and met an officer named Mutsuhiro Watanabe (Kiya Ishihara) in a concentration camp, where Zamperini was inhumanly tortured and tortured, but although he survived, this experience left an indelible scar on his soul. The war is over, but Zan perini's nightmare is not over...
In fact, it was originally derived from the live-action theme, adapted to the screen, but unfortunately a very good theme was wasted by Julie's mediocre talent, and the multiple identities of the male protagonist Olympic champion, the abused prisoner of war, and the devout Christian were not well displayed. Judging from the original work, the experience after the release and return to China is more worthy of ink, but this film focuses on the experience of the prisoner of war camp. However, it is also abused, and the impact of this film is far inferior to that of "Twelve Years of Slavery".
"If you can endure a momentary pain, you can exchange it for a lifetime of hope" At the beginning of the air battle, I thought it was "Pearl Harbor", after participating in the track and field run, it became "Forrest Gump", after drifting on the sea, it turned into "Young Pi", and soon became "Twelve Years of Slavery", the prisoner of war camp was like "Merry Christmas on the Battlefield", and finally redemption became "Schindler's List"... Purely a "hodgepodge" of average ink use!
This is the first time that the famous American actress Angelina Jolie directed the work, the biggest problem is still too low positioning, put a real thing on the screen, in addition to the life ordeal embodied into a Japanese officer, did not dig into the story. Too much repetitive suffering, positive energy and sensationalism, and the most worthy point of returning to Japan after the war was explained with a single line of subtitles, which was a waste of such a luxurious production, Dekins's photography is too beautiful, but Despra's soundtrack is a bit disappointed.