After staying up late to watch "Mission Impossible 7", I figured it out: it was praised as the best picture of the year, and it was true
In the European and American film and television circles, there have been three major agent heroes for many years.
The names of these three people are actually not difficult to guess.
They are the merry James Bond in "007", Ethan Hunt in "Mission Impossible", and Jason Byrne, who reboots in self-doubt in "Spy".
These three agents with different images have won fans around the world in different ways, and jointly support the banner of European and American special agent films.
But unfortunately, in the context of Hollywood's declining innovation, these veteran agents are somewhat unable to carry it.
The plot of the 007 series is becoming more and more routine, and many sequels have a dismal reputation.
After struggling to support for many years, the male protagonist Craig's choice to retire also made this 60-year-old agent series fall into a restructuring situation.
"Spy" is difficult to continue the glory of subsequent works after a trilogy of super high evaluation.
Under the greatly reduced rating, there was also a complain of a poor sequel.
In contrast, the "Mission Impossible" series, which has a good overall score of 6 works in the series and even improved slightly in the later stage, is much more stable.
And this month, the "Mission Impossible" IP, which previously won $3.5 billion at the box office of six works, launched the seventh work in the series after 5 years, and the response is still good.
When it was released in advance in the North American market, the film had 99% praise on the well-known media Rotten Tomatoes.
The "quasi-full score" evaluation of 1 point less for fear of pride also refreshed Tom's highest score in his film career in one fell swoop.
After landing in the mainland market this week, the reputation of netizens is also quite good, and the opening score has also reached a high score of 8.4.
In the comment area, many netizens believe that "Spy 7" surpasses its predecessors, and is even the best in theaters this year:
One of the best of all the Mission Impossible series.
Enough to immerse you, but not enough!
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And after staying up late to watch the 168-minute film at zero o'clock, Bluestone's perception is also very direct:
Just one word - cool!
I have to say that in the context of Hollywood classic IP shooting more and more unworkable, this refreshing popcorn blockbuster came in time.
So, what are the reasons for the high reputation of this film.
Without further ado, let's talk directly about the feeling of staying up late to watch movies:
First, 164 minutes of no urine spots, 5 cool points one after another, there is no time to look at the mobile phone
The "Mission Impossible" series has always been "friendly" to new audiences.
Although the series are connected, each is a relatively independent main story.
Even if you haven't seen the previous game at all, it won't affect your entry into the rhythm of Mission Impossible 7.
From a plot point of view, although the film is 164 minutes long,
But the screenwriter has put a lot of effort into the five plot points, but it also makes these 164 minutes seem very fulfilling.
The first point, the fast-paced plot that quickly cuts into, firmly grabbed my eye at the beginning;
The Mission Impossible series is notoriously fast-paced, and this one is no exception.
At the beginning of the film, it goes straight to the point.
Due to the explosion and crash of the Russian submarine, a mysterious key related to intelligent AI and related to the strategy of various countries has been released to the market, attracting the attention of various forces.
And Ethan, the male protagonist who took 1/2 of the keys after performing the task, has become the object of pursuit by various forces.
After being swept into the vortex by this mysterious key, the male protagonist also began a variety of thrilling encounters...
Street chasing, street blockage, and a variety of troubles hit us frequently, so we can't help but grab a cold sweat for the male protagonist.
The second point is a big scene with all kinds of tricks;
Compared with the "Fast and Furious" series of ten consecutive cars to the point of not being creative, and the "007" set of "Bond + Girl" templates used for decades, "Spy 7" did not have such a "gameplay to the end".
Although the main line of the story is direct, in the expression of the core climactic scene, the film has too many different operations.
Switching to a different "map" scene has a very different dramatic conflict.
Shortly after the opening, the male protagonist came to a street battle under a sandstorm in the Arabian Desert.
In the desert with frighteningly low visibility, he teamed up with his confidant Ressa to fight the enemy in a wave of crazy attacks.
Against the backdrop of the wind and sand, this "chicken race" that can be called hell mode is very gripping.
This was followed by the Abu Dhabi Airport Treasure Hunt.
After the mysterious key appeared at the airport, various forces including the male protagonist launched a contest in the open and in the dark.
After the forces of the N side gathered in it, the key changed hands several times during this period, and the degree of brain burning was quite high.
Subsequent plots, including drag racing chases on the streets of Rome, fist-to-flesh fights in Venice street fights, and extreme trains at the foot of the Alps, all attract attention in different styles.
There are fight scenes, drag racing scenes, literary fighting scenes, and a mixture of styles to ensure that the audience will not get tired of watching.
The third point is the entertainment bridge that eases the atmosphere;
As a qualified popcorn commercial film, some light-hearted entertainment elements naturally did not fall.
In the early stage of the film, during Tom's mission, many black humor passages were shaken out.
Including his gags with the duo of Hao Jiyou, including the unlucky experience after meeting a female thief on the road, all burst into a lot of laughter.
In the film, his escape journey in a retro yellow car is even more joyful.
The paragraph where this little yellow car appears is definitely the funniest paragraph in the film.
The fourth point is the very innovative plot core;
Compared with the traditional theme of confrontation between good and evil, this "Spy 7" is obviously a little new idea.
When the human camp is fighting for the key, the emergence of a highly developed consciousness of "AI" has made people begin to confirm the pros and cons of the development of artificial intelligence.
In the future world, how humans can control intelligent AI without being eaten back is also the core of novelty thrown out by the film.
The last point to watch, ignite the explosive memory kill;
This old IP, which has been popular for 27 years, has not forgotten to give back to the old fans who have supported them all the way.
Some common elements from the previous game have also been retained this time.
Including the popular human skin mask, the male protagonist's "burning after reading" after each task, are reflected in the new work.
And when the classic theme song "Theme From Mission: Impossible" sounded in the film, this ace BGM, which has been used for 27 years, also ignited the feelings of countless people.
To have a rhythm, to burst with a burst, to have feelings and feelings, the full of "Spy 7" is indeed very cool to watch!
Second, refuse to be a female vase, the 4 spy girls have their own characteristics
Hollywood agent blockbusters are obviously indispensable for eye-catching beautiful characters.
This "Mission Impossible 7" is no exception.
On Tom's side, this time gathered 4 main female characters in one go.
Compared with the 007 girl, who is mainly a monotonous "vase tool man", the four spy girls obviously have their own independent thinking, and the characters are more personal.
"Spy 7" has four miles, both old acquaintances and new faces.
Female agent Ressa (Rebecca Ferguson), who has appeared since the fifth part of the series, continues to join this time.
In "Spy 5", she has countless fans with a yellow dress and long legs, and this time the style puts away the beauty of the previous work, but the charming sassiness still exists.
Shortly after the film begins, it is she who snipers her opponents in the desert with a gun.
She was calm in the wind and sand, and the murderous aura emanating from her cold face was unforgettable.
In the follow-up plot, Ressa also contracted many action scenes such as fist and foot fights, kendo fights, etc., and the image of the thorny rose is very clear.
On the other hand, the arms dealer "White Widow" (played by Vanessa Kirby), who was also good and evil in the previous work, also came this time.
Every time she appears, she always wears an evil smile, and her smile becomes more and more unfathomable.
She is not only friendly with the male protagonist, but also in contact with the villain boss, but she is happy and not angry with a smooth posture, quite a femme fatale posture.
In addition, the performance of the two new spy girls is also remarkable.
The newly appeared female thief Grace (played by Hailey Atwell) is more like a female one in terms of scene proportions.
From the perspective of character attributes, this is also a rare type of character in the entire Mission Impossible series.
She has no experience as an agent, but she has a unique theft skill.
As soon as she appeared, she stole the key from under the nose of the male protagonist.
Even if she is found by a male protagonist who is a professional agent, she can deal with it one by one with a strange number of ghost ideas.
Grace, who is cunning by nature, is also one of the few spy girls in the series who can make the male protagonist Ethan feel a headache, and the slippery head posture is unforgettable.
The other newcomer is the villain female thug played by "Mantis Girl" Clementev.
Sharp yellow hair, combined with bold eye behavior, makes the character's evil style come to the face.
In the process of chasing the male protagonist, her crazy posture is more reminiscent of DC's classic image "clown woman".
The appearance is online, the characters have their own wonderful, and the four beauties of "Spy 7" this time are indeed eye-catching.
Third, at the age of 60, he still plays the limit, Tom wants to be the "American version of Jackie Chan"
In addition to the highlights of the plot, the performance of the male protagonist Tom Cruise also has to be mentioned.
Since participating in "Mission Impossible 1" in 1996, Tom has participated in all sequels in the following 27 years.
He has been bound to Ethan's image for many years, and his appearance has not changed much in the past 27 years, "just" from a handsome guy to a handsome uncle.
What makes the outside world sigh even more is that the older and more handsome, the older Tom is, the more desperate!
In every "Mission Impossible" series, he will personally play all kinds of extreme operations.
From the freehand rock climbing of "Spy 2", the "swing" of the Shanghai building of "Spy 3", to the crawling of the Dubai Tower in "Spy 4", the breathtaking extreme operations again and again all come from Tom's own practice.
When filming "Spy 7" in 2021, Tom, who was 59 years old at the time, was still challenging his own limits.
This time, what he played the most ruthlessly was this cliff racing scene.
On the 3,000-meter-high Alps, I saw Tom frantically stepping on motorcycle oil and crazy power, rushing straight to the ground and driving down the cliff...
With the picture of "separation of people and vehicles" after the flying cliff, the capture of this high-altitude extreme drama is amazing.
What needs to be bolded is that when filming this scene, Tom did not use a stand-in, but came by himself throughout the process.
Judging from the tidbits released by the film side, with only a few ropes pulling, Tom completed the jumping rehearsal with great courage.
According to the film, in order to complete this set of stunts, Tom rehearsed more than 500 skydiving, and the real-life action of motorcycle jumping has accumulated more than 13,000 times.
The intensity of the movements is so great that even Tom himself admits that it is "the most dangerous attempt of his career", and he will wear earplugs during practice to "avoid hearing himself scream".
It is worth mentioning that Tom's deadly operation in the film is not only here.
Including extreme fighting on the roof of the train, one-handed driving on the street, the extreme scenes are stunning.
People over sixty still play extreme action scenes, Tom's performance of such a deadly play has also made many netizens ridicule:
Tom is the American version of Jackie Chan, right?
Dedication knows no nationality, and here, Qingshi also paid tribute to the two model workers in the circle.
Fourth, "Spy 7" has a high reputation, but he is dragged down by "Hollywood"
Judging from the wind commentary, "Mission Impossible 7" has played a good reputation that Hollywood has been missing in the mainland market for a long time.
But from the perspective of the overall environment, it is not Hollywood's "lifesaver" for the time being.
After all, there are too many Hollywood crotch-pulling films in the mainland this year...
In the first half of this year, more than ten Hollywood blockbusters such as "Fast 10" and "The Little Mermaid" rushed to mainland theaters, but they failed to achieve the expected results.
The market response was too dismal, and no Hollywood film could win more than 1 billion mainland box office in the past six months.
Looking back, this "Mission Impossible 7" did put away the Western-style arrogance of Hollywood movies in production.
The film not only abandons the routine of cutting leeks in the sequel plot, but also avoids aesthetic bullying in value output.
Coupled with Tom's unsparing efforts to star, the very sincere "Mission Impossible 7" finally returned to a good reputation.
But from the details of the plot, it still commits some common problems of mainstream Hollywood IP.
Under the excessive focus on the big scene, some plots also have logical problems.
The most typical example is the Russian submarine, where the Russian personnel speak fluent English.
The drama setting of "the Russian army speaks English" is naturally the biggest failure of this film.
And the male protagonist's basic friend duo, every time the male protagonist has an accident, "if there is divine help" quickly arrived, from the logic of common sense is also slightly exaggerated.
Fortunately, on the whole, there are not many such examples, and the whole work is still flawed.
It is worth mentioning that due to the general decline in Hollywood works and the rise of domestic films, the expected box office of "Mission Impossible 7" is actually not high.
At present, the film's predicted box office is only 600 million yuan, or even half of the mainland box office of the previous work.
"Mission Impossible 7", which is not much wrong with its own production, is more or less burdened by other Hollywood counterparts...
The refreshing feeling of "Mission Impossible 7" is really rare in recent years, and it can be called the world's top action movie.
Of course, in recent months, several blockbusters from Hollywood have repeatedly returned home at the box office. Among them, there are many high-reputation works, such as "Spider-Man: Across the Universe", such as "Guardians of the Galaxy 3", but they fail for their own reasons, one is an animated film that is too avant-garde, and the other is that Marvel heroes gradually lose their appeal.
So for the highly acclaimed "Mission Impossible 7", can it save some face for Hollywood this time and achieve something in mainland theaters?
We'll see.
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