Recently, the topic of a "war network" is quite high, and the evaluation of public opinion is also polarized.
Square view:
It is the Chinese version of "Saving Private Ryan", the war scenes are realistic, the redemption bridge section is exploded, and the national emotions are full of emotions.
As soon as this film comes out, it can recall the glory days.
Opposing views:
It is a war version of "Dream Showbiz", the historical background is overhead, the character portrayal is thin, and the traces of plagiarism are obvious.
At a glance, you can see that there are many loopholes.
Today, the tomato that has not been recharged will put aside the inconsistencies of all parties, watch this movie with mixed feelings, and write this film review in 10 minutes
Let's talk objectively about this "Survivor 1937" and also talk about the current Chinese war movies.
It was 1937, and the first-line war in Pingshiguan was in full swing.
The Eighth Route Army soldier Ran Zheng and his brothers had just fought a beautiful blockade battle, because their effective containment, the heavy firepower of the Japanese army had not been able to reach the main battlefield.
It didn't take long for his troops to receive news of the Pingshiguan Victory.
However, just as the large troops were preparing to withdraw after completing the blockade campaign, Ran Zheng received a special task:
Shangfeng actually asked him to lead an elite squad to rescue a senior Kuomintang intelligence officer.
Zheng Zhong is a senior official of the Kuomintang Secret Service who is eager to be rescued.
According to Shangfeng, Zheng Zhong is the only cryptographer in China who has mastered advanced secret electricity models. In the spy campaign between the Kuomintang and the Communists against Japan, Zheng Zhong will be the key figure who will determine the outcome of the war.
However, because the Kuomintang troops were unable to take care of themselves on the battlefield, Zheng Zhong was trapped in Ying County. After receiving a call for help from friendly forces, the Eighth Route Army resolutely decided to send an elite squad to risk rescuing the cryptographer.
It is the duty of the military to obey orders.
After receiving the task, Ran Zheng quickly gathered a rescue team.
These include Captain Ran Zheng, Demolitionist Jin Kaiqing, Machine Gunner Gao Gaogang, Deputy Machine Gunner Xian Wa, Rifleman Xu Cheng, Rifleman Beibei, and Sniper Ni Qiang.
However, it is more appropriate to say that they are more likely to be a death squad than a rescue squad.
Ran Zheng and the team members knew that at this time, the area around Ying County was already full of Japanese troops, and even a bird could not fly over, let alone fish out a large living person from inside.
Sure enough,
After the squad quickly arrived in Ying County, Ran Zheng and the others soon encountered the vanguard of the Japanese army and also found the rescue target, Zheng Zhong.
Under the cover of machine gunners, two groups of Nationalist and Communist soldiers barely broke through the siege.
But just after taking a breath, the people ushered in new troubles: the two armies of the Kuomintang and the Communists had a fierce dispute over where to go next.
Ran Zheng believes that he should lead the team to the "Black Village", because although it is remote, it is the best choice for breaking through;
However, Zheng Zhong insisted on going to the "Jiming Canal", and before he lost contact with the large Kuomintang troops, the last order he received was to rush there to wait for the answer.
Because of the divergent views, the officers and men of the Kuomintang and communist armies even turned against each other.
In the end, in order to take care of the overall situation, Ran Zheng could only choose to take the squad and follow Zheng Zhong to the Jiming Canal and secretly protect him.
As Expected by Ran Zheng, the group soon encountered an ambush by the Japanese army on the way to the Jiming Canal.
The Japanese army fought more and fought less, and waited for work. The intensive firepower completely locked the soldiers of the nationalist and Communist armies to death.
Under this powerful offensive, all the Kuomintang soldiers except Zheng Zhong were killed, and the infantrymen north also unfortunately died in order to protect Zheng Zhong.
Facts have proved that Zheng Zhong's "loyalty" is only foolish loyalty.
Zheng Zhong, who rushed to The Chicken Song Canal, did not see the Nationalist troops who received him at all, and some of them were only the Japanese troops waiting for the rabbit.
Ran Zheng and the others also realized that they had entered the encirclement of the Japanese army.
Whether it is Jiming canal or Heizhuanghu, both places have spread the Japanese army and formed a siege.
Once Zheng Zhong, a cryptographer, fell into the hands of the Japanese army, I am afraid that in the spy battle with the Japanese army in the future, the Chinese army will no longer have any chance of winning.
At this time, Ran Zheng made a bold decision.
He was determined to rush to the "Three Peaks Pass" with his subordinates and Zheng Zhong.
When the others heard ran zheng's plan, everyone thought he was crazy.
Sanfengkou is a Jedi and also houses a Japanese bunker. Because it is located on a cliff, Sanfengkou can be called a natural stronghold that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
However, Ran Zheng has his own proposition:
First, the Japanese army probably could not have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would be so bold as to send them to their deaths, and this strategic negligence gave the eighth route army officers an opportunity to take advantage of it;
Second, according to an old local hunter, there is a hidden waterway under the cliff of The Three Peaks. If they had been there, they would have been able to escape by boat.
Under Ran Zheng's bold but meticulous planning, the Eighth Route Army detachment led the cryptographer Zheng Zhong and began to march to Sanfengkou.
What kind of dilemma Ran Zheng will face;
Can Zheng Zhong escape from ascension;
In this popular work "Survivor 1937", who can survive to become the last "survivor";
The mystery of the story is waiting for you to reveal the answer for yourself.
Survivor 1937, released on July 1, has still been unrated.
Now many film and television works like to engage in the strategy of "hidden score", to put it bluntly, before the public evaluation is exposed, rely on hidden scores to pull eyeballs and cut more leeks.
If Tomatoes rated the movie, I would objectively give it three and a half stars.
That's 75 points, overall, more positive than negative.
First of all, let's talk about the points that this work performs well.
First, the director is unknown, and there are no first-line big names in the lineup, but the completion of the film is really good.
Second, the war scenes in the film are quite compact, and the plot design is also a twist and fall, which is really rare as a network power to promote strengths and avoid weaknesses.
Tomato never thought that the "squad rescue" drama we could not shoot. "Saving Private Ryan" can be rescued by the lone army, "1917" can form a team to deliver letters, why can't we see the big with a small view, with the brave experience of several Eighth Route Army soldiers to praise the main melody?
But having said the pros, the shortcomings of Survivor 1937 can't be left out.
First, the control of the details of the war, as well as the restoration of historical truth, the director and crew still need to be strengthened.
The Victory of Pingshiguan was a landmark victory for the Chinese army in the War of Resistance Against Japan, but we also paid a huge price. In the film, the comprehensive capabilities of the enemy army are still weakened intentionally or unintentionally by the director.
Second, the characters in Chinese war movies are always "a thousand faces", but they ignore the excavation of human nature in war.
Ran Zheng's character design after hundreds of battles, the final outcome of Zheng Zhong's lost and returned, and the dedication of the warriors who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths. These shining points are worthy of praise. However, if all war movies are limited to the portrayal of characters, the shortcomings of domestic war films have been exposed.
In fact, through the work of "Survivor 1937", we can peek into the leopard and may be able to see the true face of Chinese war movies.
Today's Chinese war movies may be in a state of "having its form and needing to create its gods".
Why is it said that it "has its form".
With the rapid rise of Chinese films, war-themed works have also entered a fast lane of industrial development.
Whether it is investing in a huge and magnificent production, or the online network of the sword taking the side. Our war movies can all make battlefield scenes look good.
To put it simply, we have passed the stage where we can only make "anti-Japanese dramas", and the various scenes in war movies are already very good.
Why is it said that it "needs to make its god".
Because many domestic war movies have made works, whether they are war realism or core excavation, they are still superficial.
Historical background and battlefield details need to stand up to scrutiny;
The core of the cessation of war and the thinking of war should be more fully excavated.
Why can the rather dark anti-Japanese god work "The Sound of the Wind" become an insurmountable classic, is it not precisely because it shoots things that others do not have?
In the details of the torture, it has achieved the most realistic restoration, so that the most tragic and bloody side of the war is exposed to the viewer;
For the excavation of human nature and the thinking of stopping the war, the work of "The Sound of the Wind" is even more extreme.
With such a pearl masterpiece as "The Sound of the Wind" in front, I think Chinese directors should have a more macroscopic and more dimensional thinking about the theme of war.
Finally, Tomato would like to say that it is still hoped that the majority of netizens will be good for the Internet and for works on the theme of war.
More inclusive understanding, less nitpicking.
I hope that China's war film works can be better and better.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Gull Gull)