It is estimated that many people also know that "The Sea of Fire" remade the 1980 Classic Soviet film "Crew Flight Attendant", which was the first time that a Soviet film shot a disaster film, although the technology was not mature at that time, but with strong scheduling and narrative ability, it still produced a strong thrilling atmosphere, and became a model for air disaster movies for a long time, and was widely imitated.
After more than thirty years, the Russian director Nikolai Lebedev, who has successfully directed "Iris Memories" and "Legend 17", once again put this classic IP on the big screen, the film has a large investment, the powerful star plus small fresh meat idol starring, in the story to follow the classic, the first half of the main part of the emotional story of several leading actors, telling them that they love the pilot position at the same time, experiencing the confusion of growth, neglect of family affection, because the characters are more sincere, so it is very touching, such as the captain who said everything on the plane The flight year after year has long been numb, and the son in the rebellious period has seduced the tutor, and the majesty of the family and the family are lost, and they are in a mid-life crisis.
Another main character, the young pilot Gu Xin, was dismissed from the army because he disobeyed orders, and it was difficult to find a trainee pilot job in civil aviation, but because of personality problems, he fought with local tycoons and violated discipline, and the relationship with female pilots also had a crisis, and the female pilot's distress was sexism from passengers, in addition, the crew waiter who was ridiculed as a "girl" always rejected her beautiful waitress, they each had their own troubles, the characters were well shaped, and how their emotional problems would be solved. It also laid out suspense and captured the audience's heart.
In the process of narrative, the film also contains some reflections on duties and morality, such as whether to obey the rules of flight when the plane encounters danger, or to violate the order to save people, although it is a bit of a main theme, fortunately, the characters are handled realistically, and they will not be disgusting.
In the second half of the film, a singable disaster blockbuster was staged, the island earthquake, the volcanic eruption, the plane temporarily rescued the trapped on the isolated island, the runway was not long enough, the lava overflowed, the burning eyebrows were burning, they had to complete the impossible task, just like those disaster films such as "Titanic" and "2012", human nature always flashed in front of the god of death, and the spirit of sacrificing life and death, the emotional outbreak of despair, so that the film maintained a strong spiritual appeal while audiovisual shock. The impressive plot is that the captain's indisputable son begins to save people and finally shouts "Daddy", the male flight attendant is as fearless as a hero, and the captain of another plane bids farewell to his wife who was killed.
Compared with the classics of that year, this time "The Sea of Fire" can be said to be a gorgeous upgrade in the special effects scene, like a high-altitude send-off bridge section, it is very thrilling, the rhythm and editing are mastered well, and dozens of people and two planes will produce the effect of swinging intestines.
The biggest feature of Russian movies is that there is iron Han Rou in the big field, "The Sea of Fire" is like this, whether it is the captain who is cold and hot outside, the reckless pilot, or the small fresh meat level of the crew and the captain's son, all flow with the unique iron blood spirit of the Russian nation, and under this iron blood, we are very happy to be able to get that delicate and gentle emotion, although some deliberate, or can not help but be moved, such as the last two pairs of father and son warm pictures, really can not control.
In the minds of younger and older fans, the former Soviet film is simply half of the world cinema, which has too many magnificent classics that tremble the soul like an epic, showing the powerful heritage of a nation, and it is gratifying that after the baptism of time, the soul of the great Soviet film has been reborn in the current Russia, and outstanding works such as "The Ninth Assault", "Brest Fortress", "Frontier", "Crossing the Line of Fire", "Stalingrad" and so on have emerged. Including this disaster film "Fire And Clouds", which is in line with Hollywood's top special effects, the overall standard is amazingly high.
In the field of commercial films, Russia has actually been exploring, such as "The Night's Watch" such magic films have also been praised as gods, but always in the production and theme of the worse than Hollywood, and now, "Fire Sea" to compete for this breath, the kind of landslide tsunami melting rock eruption of the special impact, thrilling air rescue, including the universal mainstream values carried, heroic complex, can be confronted with Hollywood, although only a few, there are still a little unpretentious, but the strength can not be underestimated, in contrast, Our Chinese commercial blockbusters have become more and more backward.