from "Train to Busan" to "The Legend of the Wicked", and then to the "Crime City" series that has become popular in recent years;
starring Uncle Ma Dongxi, relying on the muscular macho image and the violent aesthetics of fists to the flesh, he became popular.
Fans affectionately call him: "One Punch Man", because in the movie, there is nothing that Uncle Ma can't solve with one punch.
Recently, Uncle Ma has launched a new work.
This time, he comes to the apocalyptic world and becomes a Revenant.
Wilderness I 2024
Douban: Not yet
Recommended reason: Ma Dongxi's new sci-fi action film
Duration: 107min
Recommended Index: ★★★★
In 2023, there is a post-apocalyptic movie "Concrete Utopia" that will be on fire in South Korea.
A huge earthquake left Seoul in ruins.
The temperature plummeted, and the outside became extremely cold, no longer suitable for human life.
"Wilderness" is also a story under this worldview.
The apocalyptic theme, coupled with Ma Dongxi, who is famous for his action scenes, is very exciting just by watching the trailer.
So what kind of story does it tell?
01
In the laboratory, a man in a white lab coat looked perverted, and there was a bloody corpse lying on the ground.
The man's name is Dr. Yang, and in order to save his daughter, he has used live people for experiments, and has killed hundreds of people.
At the critical moment of the experiment, the police broke down the door and were about to arrest Dr. Yang, who had fallen into a madness.
And at this time, a major earthquake occurred.
All the tall buildings collapsed in an instant, burying Dr. Yang and his daughter under the cold reinforced concrete.
The time came three years later.
In the aftermath of a major earthquake, the world was in ruins, the climate was harsh, and food and clean water became the most precious resources.
The male protagonist, Uncle Ma, is a wilderness hunter in a gathering place.
He is so powerful that he can single out a large crocodile and then sell the meat to other survivors in a barter manner.
The girl Anna and her grandmother, who are frequent customers of his butcher shop, especially trust Uncle Ma.
In the turbulent years, bandits were rampant.
When Uncle Ma was distributing crocodile meat at the market, a gang of self-proclaimed police officers came to raid and rob the house.
Originally, Uncle Ma didn't want to pay attention to it, but the little gangsters led by him actually provoked Anna.
Helpless, I can only show the strength of "One Punch Man".
During the fight, Uncle Ma noticed that the thug was carrying a bottle of clean drinking water and asked him where he came from.
The thugs were pressed to a cutting board for meat and said they had gotten it from a place called "The Apartment".
Is there such clean drinking water in the world?
Soon, a team calling itself the Seoul Rescue Organization found Anna.
They say that teenagers are the hope of the future of mankind, and in order to protect teenagers, they can take her and her grandmother, who have just turned 18, to live in an apartment.
The apartment has comfortable rooms, clean water, abundant food, security organization, as well as schools and hospitals.
In the apocalyptic environment, it is simply paradise.
But, is there really such a good thing?
02
Anna and her grandmother chose to follow the rescue group to the apartment, after all, it was too dangerous for them to be outside.
On the way, the organization sent all the elderly in the team to the medical station on the grounds that "the old people are physically exhausted".
But the old people never came back.
When they arrive at the apartment, all the children must "go to school", but the teaching content is anti-human brainwashing content;
The children's parents were taken underground to the apartment, where they worked day and night to provide labor for the apartment's resources.
What exactly is an apartment?
Why do you want to collect teenagers everywhere?
Everything starts with Dr. Yang's experiments.
Three years ago, he was able to transform himself into an immortal, thus surviving the apocalypse caused by the earthquake.
After that, he infiltrated the military, used his "immortal experiment" to control many people, and built apartments.
Dr. Yang's purpose in collecting teenagers is simple, that is, to perfect his "immortal experiment" and resurrect his daughter.
Every child who was brought to the apartment was his test subject.
And Anna came across Dr. Yang's lab notes by chance, which became his next target.
On the other side, Uncle Ma, who was out hunting, met his grandmother and was killed.
And through the policewoman who escaped from the apartment, she learns all the truth and decides to team up with the policewoman to save Anna.
There were obviously too many people and weapons in the apartment than them, so Uncle Ma came to the gang headquarters first and got some supplies.
Then, Uncle Ma drove the truck directly into the apartment building and confronted Dr. Yang's "undead army".
Will they be able to save Anna and get out of the way?
The next plot is left to everyone to see for themselves.
The above is part of the plot of the movie "Wilderness".
As a new Netflix film with the theme of apocalypse and action, the production level of this film is still online.
However, the disadvantages are also very obvious.
Ma Dongxi has been reduced to a "fist machine", there is nothing particularly outstanding in the action scenes, and the character design is also very monotonous.
Secondly, the plot is too cliché, and there are a lot of post-apocalyptic sci-fi films with a sense of stitching and visual vision, without too many surprises.
In general, it is a little disappointing, and it can only be regarded as a "brainless action movie" that clicks and kills indiscriminately throughout the whole process.
Although Uncle Ma's character design is good, I still hope not to play too many homogeneous roles.