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"Desperate Live": Ponder the extreme online violence

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Taking the network live broadcast as a novel entry, the focus is on the discussion of public violence, and the controversial network proposition in the relaxed rhythm of the first part of the film could have become the profound content depth of "Desperate Live", but unfortunately, in the later section, the director began to lose control like the protagonist, so that the film, like "The Hunger Games", was ultimately limited to the shallow pool of a teen film.

"Desperate Live": Ponder the extreme online violence

"Desperate Live" to the popular network live broadcast as the development, in the movie set up in this live game, players to in accordance with the requirements of netizens to do everything they want to see, accept and complete the task will get money, driven by interests, the heroine from the beginning of the kiss with strangers to naked running car and a series of crazy things, until the final complete loss of control, hiding behind the screen netizens became the controller of this game of fate, The laws and morals of real society have vanished in the virtual online world.

"Desperate Live": Ponder the extreme online violence

Why ordinary people living in the era of civilization will become a group of unscrupulous thugs on the Internet where their identities are hidden, in fact, compared to the adventures of the film in tandem with a tight rhythm, this profound problem is the highlight of the film's most unique opportunity, but it is yu Cheng also Xiao He who defeated Xiao He, the film's shallow taste of this problem, with a warm fairy tale ending, has become the most unsuccessful place in this work. Perhaps it can only be said that in the face of a huge online public, the director and screenwriter have not yet thought of a more ingenious way to face this powerful enemy.

Putting aside the fairy tale ending, "Desperate Live" is actually a movie that can reflect the current network problems, in many realistic network platforms, some people live broadcast all kinds of masochism to win the highlights, some people live broadcast vulgar spoofs to make people laugh, and even some young and beautiful women like movies live broadcast all kinds of pornographic content, just to win the rewards of fans, on the virtual platform of the Internet today, money has become a sword that can cut through all the bottom lines, then the film's fabricated "live broadcast" How far away is it from our reality?

"Desperate Live": Ponder the extreme online violence

In fact, if it were not for the ineffectiveness of the final ending, "Desperate Live" could have become a more shocking work than the same type of film as "Battle Royale" and "The Hunger Games", because the former either needs a change of law or the turmoil of the times, these almost impossible situations can be laughed after watching, but the performance of "Desperate Live" in the current world only needs an APP and enough audience, how can such online violence not make people think about it.

Personal rating: 6.5

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