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After three years, the Korean drama thriller "Iron Rain" finally launched a sequel" "Iron Rain 2: Summit Summit".
Three years ago, "Iron Rain" set a record of 4.45 million viewers in South Korea, and it was also very "rare" on Douban to be scored by nearly 90,000 people with a high score of 8.2.
Now the sequel has also caused a sensation again, and the number of Korean moviegoers has risen steadily, but it has also continued the good reputation of the previous work, and the Korean NAVER website has rated a high score of 9.26 points, which is even better than the original (8.73 points).
However, after the film was introduced to the mainland, there was a big decline in word-of-mouth, and the douban also updated the score a few days ago, only 5.9 points, and the comment area was full of bad reviews, of which the brightest comment was: Korean-style obscenity, increasingly exaggerated, feeling wasted 2 hours and movie tickets.
Why is the reputation of a new film so different from the two countries, and what is the real quality of the film?
With such a question, Pigo also watched this film last night, and after watching it, there were indeed many emotions, and Pigo also stated these ideas below for everyone's reference before watching the movie.
01, the director has filmed "The Defender"
Film director Yang Woo-suk has a very unique presence in the Korean film industry, he has only directed two films before, both of which are word-of-mouth masterpieces. The 2013 debut film "The Defender" scored 9.2 points on Douban with 450,000 people, and was selected as the Douban Movie Top 250, and ranked No.48, which is recognized as a good film.
In addition to movies, Yang Yushuo, a post-60s literary man, is also an excellent cartoonist, and "Iron Rain" is adapted from his popular comic of the same name, "STEEL Rain". This popular manga is loved by Korean readers because of its realistic creative style, and has exceeded 10 million hits on the Internet.
He is the original comic, screenwriter, and director, and he also ensures that the film adaptation can be presented according to the theme of the original work. Three years ago, "Iron Rain" was a box office hit at the same time, and it also received four nominations for best director, best screenplay, best actor and best supporting actor at the Baeksang Arts Awards.
In this sequel, director Yang Yushuo's idea is more bold, no longer telling the story of the agent, but letting the leaders of Korea and the United States become the protagonists of the story. The focus changes, and the conflicts and contradictions in the spy world rise to the national level of wrestling, so that the intention of the film is more magnificent.
The two main actors of the first work also continued to participate, with Jung Yu-sung playing South Korean President Han Kyung-jae and Guo Du-won standing against him as Park Woo-kook, the governor of North Korea. Liu Yanxi, Shin Jeong-geun, Liu Xiurong, Angus McFaedden and other film stars have also joined for the first time, and from the perspective of the cast, there has been a significant upgrade over the previous game.
02, the plot of the film "brain hole open"
"Iron Rain 2" still continues the world view of "Iron Rain", but it tells a new story, and the director also created a Korean version of "U-571" in a nuclear submarine.
South Korea's films of this genre have always been known for daring to think and dare to shoot, and this "Iron Rain 2" can also be called "brain opening":
The Japanese main war faction, led by Mori Jin-joong, president of the Yamato Foundation, secretly bribed North Korea's escort governor Park Woo-kook for $500 million, asking him to take advantage of the talks to launch a surprise attack. Morigami's purpose was to provoke a war on the peninsula so that Japan could take advantage of the situation and point directly at South Korea.
At this time, the leaders of South Korea, the United States, and north Korea were still in the dark, and they held talks at the Gema International Hotel in Wonsan, North Korea, but there was no progress.
Governor Park, as planned, sent troops to surround the hotel that night, and effortlessly kidnapped the three Führers and took them to house arrest on the WhiteHead nuclear submarine. The Baek-toe is North Korea's most advanced nuclear submarine, armed with a nuclear bomb, and its captain is Park Chul-woo, the younger brother of Governor Park.
The three heads of state were locked in a cabin on a nuclear submarine, and after a war of words, the three were finally able to understand each other and reach a final decision to pursue peace.
At this time, deputy captain Jang Ki-suk Zhongzuo gathered nearly half of the troops on the submarine and suddenly attacked, and fought with Governor Park and his gang. Jang Ki-suk successfully rescued the three Heads of State from the emergency escape gate and led them to the life-saving pod.
However, the life capsule was originally prepared for only one person, and only two people could be accommodated when the seat was folded. At the crucial moment, President Han sacrificed himself and gave up the opportunity to escape to the other two heads of state, who were the key figures in reaching a peace agreement.
President Han stayed behind to fight alongside Jang Ki-suk, who eventually defeated Governor Park and took control of the nuclear submarine. When the Japanese Navy attacked, Jang Ki-suk commanded the submarine to repel the attack of the Japanese nuclear submarine in the sea, and smashed the conspiracy of President Morimishin.
03. The film portrays the roles of three "special protagonists"
In terms of narrative, the uniqueness of "Iron Rain 2" is quite obvious. The first is the civilianization of the head of state.
The head of state has always given people a sense of superiority, and director Yang Yushuo has clearly made the capital of the three countries a life, especially in the role of the core korean president Han Jingzai, who has spent a lot of ink on the role of the core figure, South Korean President Han Jingzai, and shaped it into a good man who is dedicated to his family.
The US leader has been portrayed as a rude, gluttonous, greedy, fearful of death and dirty greasy male image; the NORTH Korean leader is also very different from similar works, the film side found a handsome male star Liu Yanxi to play, but unfortunately the acting skills are slightly immature.
After the three were placed under house arrest in the cabin, their attributes as heads of state disappeared, and the negotiations that originally represented the country became exchanges between ordinary people, but instead found a tacit understanding of trust and cooperation. This kind of civilian character modeling closes the distance between the character and the audience, which is bound to make the audience feel good.
Secondly, the action scenes in the film are tense and exciting, and they are not sloppy at all. Jang Ki-suk Joong-joo and Governor Park's battle of wits and courage contracted the action scenes in the film. Gunfights in tight spaces are intensely filmed, and the oppressive feeling of having nowhere to hide, life or death, is breathless.
The passage where Jang Ki-suk takes over the command of the submarine at a critical moment and directs the submarine to fight the Japanese army shows the scene of the nuclear submarine fighting underwater, which is extremely difficult to shoot, which is a rare scene in Korean movies.
Finally, behind the bold fictional story, the main theme of the film is obvious.
The South Korean president played by Zheng Yusheng is portrayed as a positive character and protagonist in the film, and the infinite charm of a middle-aged man is revealed from his face to his figure. The two leaders of the peninsula trusted each other and established a brotherly relationship.
04, the shortcomings of the film
Although there are many advantages, the disadvantages of "Iron Rain 2" are also more obvious.
First, the plot arrangement is top-heavy, the plot of the first 40 minutes of the movie is actually just a foreshadowing, since the head of state of the three countries was kidnapped on the white head nuclear submarine, the story really unfolded on this nuclear submarine.
At the beginning, there are a lot of political dignitaries, president Mori Jin-jo, the vice president of South Korea and the United States, etc. seem to be very dramatic, and when the plot really unfolds, it is found that these people are originally playing soy sauce. The plot cannot connect too many characters, resulting in the characters presenting "sloppy flowers", which also reflects the lack of director Yang Yushuo's creation in the script.
Secondly, the civilian characterization is also a double-edged sword, and the scene where the three heads of state are placed under house arrest in the cabin, although it is the most interesting plot in the movie, it also makes people feel that they have been treated with low intelligence. This dramatic treatment of the characters is too exaggerated and has been divorced from reality.
In addition, the governor park played by Guo Duyuan is too facial compared with the president played by Zheng Yusheng, and the role is not much, which wastes his good acting skills. The character of Governor Park is portrayed as a militant who lacks intelligence throughout the process, and from the beginning of the debut, he goes all the way to black like a lamp moth to the fire, which is incredible.
05, Douban score is only 5.9
"Iron Rain 2" currently has a small number of evaluations on Douban, and the score is much lower than the previous game, only 5.9 points, which is in stark contrast to the good reputation of South Korea, perhaps because of the shortcomings in these plot arrangements.
But as a fictional thriller, the standard of presentation of "Iron Rain 2" is still very good. The 132-minute film is always in a tense and exciting atmosphere, and the anti-war theme is also very educational. We can't seem to shoot such a theme, but even if we can shoot, it is difficult to reach the level of Korean films.
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