"Snake's Eye," starring Asian stars Henry Goldin and Andrew Koji, released this week to tell the story of "special forces" origins
Reported by Maggie Ma los Angeles
Asian stars Henry Golding, Andrew Koji and Haruka Abe appear at the San Diego International Comic-Con (SDCC) that starts on July 21. This year's anime show is still held online, but there is an early screening of Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins for fans. In this film, British Chinese actor Henry Golding starred in the classic special forces role "Snake Eyes", and British Japanese actor Andrew Koji starred in "Storm Shadow", telling the origin story of these two characters, which will be released in theaters from July 23.
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"G.I.Joe" is a character from toy maker Hasbro, including toys, comics, anime and film series. Previous "Special Forces" movies based on the manga were released in 2009 and 2013, but this time it is a prequel. "Snake's Eye" and "White Ghost" are popular characters in the Special Forces series, both with assassin-like outfits, but one black and one white, including wearing masks, proficient in martial arts, Japanese swordsmanship, the use of cornices and hidden weapons, and enjoy driving motorcycles. However, the biggest difference between the two characters is that "Snake Eye" is a member of the special forces, representing the United States, and is also the righteous side in the story, but "White Ghost" has served as the killer of the terrorist organization "Cobra", which is also good and evil, and the relationship with "Snake Eye" is sometimes a brother and sometimes an opponent. This film is about why two people look like brothers with the same door, have a deep relationship, but finally choose to be hostile, what has happened between them? In the two films of 2009 and 2013, "White Ghost" was starred by South Korean star Lee Byung-hun and "Snake's Eye" was starred by Ray Park.
But this origin film, "Snake's Eye" was replaced by Asian, starring Henry Golding, a British-Chinese actor who became popular in "Picking Gold", and the filming location was also chosen to be Japan. Throughout the film, he hardly wears a helmet, but shows his face, and whether his appearance is attractive and the correctness of his ethnicity is still very important. But because there is no mask to cover, Henry Golding needs to complete most of the fight scenes himself, including many one-person fights multi-person scenes, as well as thrilling car chase scenes on the highway. In the interview, he said that he had previously trained in Muay Thai and boxing, but the film required fast, flexible body movements like ninjas, and he went on to train in martial arts and swordsmanship for six months. He said he had hoped to shoot an action movie, but after the first week of training, he found it difficult to even sit down and stand up, and he knew that it was difficult to play an action hero. Henry Goldin's previous characters are very gentlemanly and elegant, talking and laughing, this time transformed into a ninja, but also carrying the psychological shadow of revenge for his father, the performance is deeper and more restrained, but still has two sides, because his role always has the purpose of hiding identity.
Andrew Koji, who starred in "White Ghost," also has a martial arts background, having previously starred in the TV series Warrior, a creation left by Bruce Lee during his lifetime, but did not gain favor from Hollywood in his early years, and was not filmed until recent years. Although Koji and Golding are both from the same town in England and are similar in age, they did not know each other before. In contrast, Koji's face shape and temperament are more cold and sharp, which is more suitable for the role of "White Ghost", which is both good and evil. Originally named Tommy, the White Ghost had hoped to inherit and manage the ninja organization of the family, but he could not get the trust of his grandmother, and was hostile to his brother, forcing him to leave the family to find another way to realize his ambitions, at this time, the terrorist organization "Cobra" took a fancy to him and opened his path as a villain. But in this film, the audience will see his identity and experience before joining "Cobra", as well as the relationship with "Snake's Eye".
The two handsome and extraordinary male protagonists have many opponents in the film, both literary and martial arts are very eye-catching, and the change in the relationship between the two characters has also become the core of the film. Several of the female characters in the film are also very unpleasant female warriors, with the red-haired Australian actress Samara Weaving playing Scarlett, a well-known female spy in the characteristic army, The Japanese actor Haruka Abe as a female ninja, and the Spanish actress Úrsula Corberó as the cobra leader "Baroness", all of which have heavy drama and wonderful fight scenes. Iko Uwais, a well-known Indonesian star, also starred in the comics as Hard Master, a japanese martial arts master with high martial arts skills, who became the mentor of "Snake Eye".
It is worth mentioning that the action scenes, character costumes, and even the soundtrack of this film have improved a lot compared with 2009 and 2013, plus the local Japanese shooting, with original oriental elements, and the addition of a huge python with mythological colors, the visual effect is commendable.
The reason why "Special Forces" did not continue to shoot a sequel and took out two Asian characters alone to create a new branch was also influenced by the rise of Asian culture. In recent years, Hollywood has advocated ethnic representation and pluralism, and more films and television works featuring Asian characters have been released. Disney is about to have a Superhero movie with Chinese as the protagonist, Warner has also launched "Picking Gold" and "Mortal Kombat", and Paramount has also taken advantage of the situation to develop two characters loved by fans, "Snake's Eye" and "White Ghost". Not only did the supporting characters become the protagonists, but the film also went to Asia to shoot, and most of the casts were Asian, which was a celebration of Asian culture. If the response to this film is good, it is likely to continue to be made into a series. Easter eggs are interspersed in the subtitles at the end of the film, heralding more future content.
"Characteristic Force: Snake's Eye Origins" has been delayed several times by the impact of the new crown epidemic, and Paramount will currently release the film in theaters on July 23, there is currently no online option, but it will be on the streaming media Paramount+ after September 6.
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