"Ace Agent: Origins" This movie began at the beginning of the epidemic and was released after an eight-degree postponement.
From the preparation to the official release, it has also experienced from the public expectation to Disney, and at the same time, it has to fight against blockbusters such as "Spider-Man: Heroes No Return", coupled with the first wave of bad reviews, and the fateful road is tortuous.
Matthew Vaughn's "Ace Agent: Agent Academy" and "Ace Agent 2: The Golden Circle" are at best extremely playful, but they are hardly good works, and this "Ace Agent: Origins" is by no means as bad as outside reviews say.
As the title suggests, Ace Agent: Origins is the origin story of the institution, which is not as good as Matthew Vaughn's "Mutant Strike: First Battle" and can also lead to the first half of the characters' lives.
It's nothing more than a story of an ace agent who took place during World War I, and the characters and stories have nothing to do with the canon.
This movie also does not have the same playful taste as before, but it is serious about telling the story of a secret agent, and it is not as dazzling as similar movies, and the positioning is really awkward.
From another point of view, "Ace Agent: Origins" will make a new historical solution to the historical events of the first world war process and important people, and those who understand its meaning can indeed find the fun in it.
The series of wonderful action scenes that begin in the middle and late sections, focusing on the elevator battle at the end, are hot and exciting and there is no lack of laughter, which is still Matthew Vaughn's signature demonstration, but if you compare it with his earlier works such as "The Sea Flat King", it is really different.
World War I was brewing, and Duke Orlando, ostensibly a member of the Red Cross, was secretly maintaining world peace, strewn around the globe in hopes of stopping a conspiracy to destroy the world.
Orlando's son Conrad saw the fall of the world, determined to pay for the country, determined to fight on the battlefield, Orlando on the one hand to balance the spy operations everywhere after the outbreak of war, but also hoped that his son could come back alive, but did not expect that there was a black hand behind the war...
01. The film's action scenes are full of creativity, or Matthew Vaughn's housekeeping signboard demonstration
"Ace Agent: Origins" has not yet been officially released has been bad reviews, and is also regarded as the ultimate box office cannon fodder of the year, frankly speaking, the film is not as unsightly as the reviews say.
Even if the action scenes aren't as crazy as the previous two games, several action stunts are Matthew Vaughn's best tricks.
An assassination operation combines elements such as dance, judo, karate, fencing, etc., with many comedic elements, and looks like a lot of fun.
The finale is a fight on a cliff, recreating Matthew Vaughn's genius for action scene design. There are both fiery and exciting gun battles and clever action elements.
The action stunts designed to attack an elevator are both flexible and creative. Several lines of characters cooperate with each other, in one go, cheerful and creative, or Matthew Vaughn's consistent good play.
Perhaps every action director always has the dream of mastering a war film, a trench battle in the middle, the scene is huge and tragic, and it also presents the amazing character design that Matthew Vaughn has always said, which is a big highlight.
02. The film reinterprets the background of the First World War, and the deep-sighted will inevitably find the fun
The first two "Ace Agents" subverted the traditional secret agent movies, and the prequel used history as a prank, which is also the fun of "Ace Agent: Origins".
The story begins with the assassination of the Austrian duke at the beginning of World War I, and then connects the important figures of Britain, Germany, Russia and other countries behind the First World War, and even some of the real villains in history at that time are confused.
These historical events are all real, Matthew Vaughn cleverly integrated them into the main line, made a new historical solution, and even the end of the easter egg humored the history, if the audience who understands this history deeply, will be able to find the fun.
Watching these historical figures become a conspiracy theory that has been reinterpreted one after another, and even reinterpreted with good jokes, is actually the highlight of "Ace Agent: Origins".
However, the problem is that if the audience does not understand this historical background, I believe they will feel confused in the first half.
If you know this history, you will indeed know that these historical figures are almost in the form of spoofs.
However, if you do not have a deep understanding of it, you will only feel that the plot of the first half is extremely loose and chaotic, and there are too many characters to balance well, which will only look inexplicable.
Even if you know that these historical figures are being parodied, "Ace Agent: Origins" seems to be like a show of learning, constantly throwing out a large number of characters, but there is not enough time to explain the ins and outs of this group of people, only to lose focus on the plot, and watch most of the movie is not yet in the right topic.
In the end, even if the conspiracy is exposed and barely can explain the causes and consequences of the First World War, the motives of the murderers behind the scenes are not well explained, everything seems too logical, and it is just a typical finale battle.
03. The film involves too many issues, and it cannot be perfectly explained in more than two hours, and the plot appears loose and chaotic
"Ace Agent: Origins" is more than two hours long, and it is almost impossible to briefly explain the causes and consequences of the nearly ten years before and after the First World War, but it is empty to reinterpret history.
Among them, the script coupled with the patriotism of the male protagonist's son, in addition to filming the theme of the first world war, to re-emphasize the war of the first world war, the complete deletion of the role of the son will not affect the development of the main line, and the family drama between the male protagonist and the son is also indispensable.
As a "prequel", "Ace Agent: Origins" basically has no "prequel" flavor at all, except for changing the spy story to the background of World War I.
For the ancestor-level members of a group of ace agents, it seems that they can participate in a random pull of a passer-by, and it is difficult to have any direct connection with the "canon", which is nothing more than a conspiracy theory espionage story that takes place in the background of The First World War, and even if the name of the "Ace Agent" is taken, it will not affect the plot.
In addition, the most embarrassing thing about this series is that it is difficult to balance seriousness and playfulness, which is already the case in the first two films.
And "Ace Agent: Origins" is obviously a "serious" theme, spoofing historical events has been playful enough, and the plot has to add a lot of hard and funny almost over-the-top jokes, combined with family, friendship, war and other elements, both narrative and positioning are quite embarrassing.
For the first half of the time, it is difficult to say what kind of movie you are watching, which clearly shows that Matthew Vaughn's playfulness this time is definitely overplayed.
All in all, maybe you're a fan of two Ace Agents, and you have to adjust your mindset first, and Ace Agent: Origins is definitely not the Ace Agent you imagined.
The script is too greedy, resulting in the first half of the plot is quite chaotic, and it is difficult to find a balance in the various elements, so that the movie has not been officially included in the title after watching most of it, and it is difficult to have anything to do with the "main biography" as a "prequel".
Honestly, "Ace Agent: Origins" is by no means as unsightly as it is said, the creativity of the action scenes still presents Matthew Vaughn's best play, and the reinterpretation of history also presents the magic of the script.
However, too many character relationships and historical backgrounds will feel excessively lengthy for audiences who do not understand this history, and many plots are indeed irrelevant to the plot, and it is no big deal to delete them.