On Friday, the Japanese comic film "Working Cell: Cell Battle" was released nationwide, with a cumulative box office of 6.26 million yuan; on the Internet, the rating of the film was as high as 7.1 points, which was quite good.
"Working Cell: Cell Battle" is directed by Hirofumi Kokura, the film is adapted from the manga "Working Cell" created by Akane Shimizu, which tells the story of white blood cells and red blood cells meeting good general cells and lost lactic acid bacteria, in order to escort the lactic acid bacteria to the place where their companions are, white blood cells and ordinary cells head towards the intestine, but they meet the strongest opponent cancer cells that are resurrected... A battle between good and evil is about to take place in the inner world.
Just looking at the above story introduction, some people may still be more difficult to understand. Because there are so many blood cells and white blood cells in the human body. In fact, the film uses an "anthropomorphic" expression method, for example, the lactic acid bacteria in the film are designed to resemble penguin-like small animals as representatives of substances such as lactic acid bacteria. Platelets, white blood cells (white blood cells), memory T cells, natural killer T cells, cancer cells, etc., are also represented by specific characters, some simply write the words "platelets" on the hat, and the personality of these characters also corresponds to the characteristics of such cells, such as cancer cells, which are a fierce god, and they have the characteristics of continuous division and reproduction, so there are countless masked character shapes, just like the network killer Smith who can be infinitely copied in "The Matrix".
"Cell Wars" is first and foremost a popular science movie. If you have a certain understanding of the human body's intestinal knowledge, it may seem more dramatic. The film involves the balance of the human intestine's flora and harmful bacteria, harmless bacteria, neutral bacteria, etc., which will increase a lot of knowledge after watching it. For example, it is usually necessary to supplement the intake of beneficial bacteria such as lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria to maintain the balance of intestinal flora; for patients infected with Helicobacter pylori, it is necessary to treat it in time, because the bacterial infection is one of the important causative factors of stomach cancer.
Unlike those rigorous popular science video programs, "Cell Wars" is also a drama movie. The creators regard the human intestine as a "human world", and the cells, bacteria and other microorganisms as "human society", the film involves a crisis that endangers the survival of "human society", so there are two camps of good and evil in the film: lactic acid bacteria, human cells, white blood cells, neutrophils, natural killer T cells, memory T cells are the party of justice; and Helicobacter pylori, cancer cells, pathogenic Escherichia coli, gas-producing pods, etc. have become the evil side. Their mission is to make the human body sick and ultimately destroy the human body. In addition, the film also designs the regulatory T cells as a "neutral person", she has the function of protecting immune cells, but the cancer cells make themselves the same kind of immune cells by "camouflage", so that when the immune cells collectively attack the cancer cells, they first face the confrontation from the regulatory T cells, this property makes the regulatory T cells become a female killer blinded by the illusion, and her final "awakening" is the climax of this film.
The first part of the film is shot a bit dull, and the battlefield between good and evil sides is from the stomach of the human body to the small intestine, to the large intestine, and finally to the rectum. In order to let the audience understand, some places in the film are directly explained, which is very similar to the science and education film. The most exciting scene in the film is the duel between white blood cells, memory T cells and natural killer cells to fight cancer cells and regulatory T cells blinded by the truth, which is full of wonderful fights and imaginations common in Japanese comic movies. The dialogue between cancer cells and white blood cells is also very anthropomorphic. Both are killers, the former aiming to destroy the human body and the latter aiming to protect the human body. In the film, the cancer cells say to the white blood cells, you are working is killing, you are doomed to struggle in a contradictory fate all your life, and my purpose is to create a new world (to make the human body die) and restore all order. This view is very similar to the villains who want to destroy the world common in Hollywood movies.
Overall, Cell Wars is a somewhat "offbeat" movie. As a popular science film, it has more than enough image, but it is slightly insufficient in rigor; as an entertainment film, it is subject to the nature of the story, and it cannot be told like "The Matrix" with ups and downs and full of emotions. It may be more suitable for those who are interested in Japanese manga, but also like popular science knowledge, at least after watching the movie, the audience must know the important role of lactic acid bacteria for the human body.
Source Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Jinyue
Edit: Jin Liwei
Process Editor Wu Yue