Robot series of films can always attract our attention, "Terminator", "Transformers", "WALL-E" and other films describing robots will always bring about a storm at the movie box office, and the frequent robot movies in recent times have almost made us start to have visual fatigue, especially just experienced the death of Optimus Prime and Predators, and ushered in "Iron Fist". The producers launched this robot movie so quickly, which is undoubtedly self-inflicted. If you talk about robot fighting, I believe that there will be no existence beyond Transformers in recent times, and the media publicity has described the robot fighting scenes of the film as more than "Transformers". If nothing else, just looking at the shape of the robot in the poster, I think this sentence is quite incomprehensible, such a frustrated shape, such a retro flavor of the robot can become beyond the existence of "Transformers"? If it weren't for the face of Uncle Hugh Jackman, I would really be reluctant to go into the movie theater, but when the film ended with subtitles, I found that the movie was finished, and then I realized how superficial the previous idea was, this movie really surpassed "Transformers", not in robot modeling and fighting, nor in all kinds of dazzling movie stunts, but in the film itself, this point, "Transformers" is not an opponent at all. Without the cartoon from more than 20 years ago, the appeal of "Transformers" is expected to have a considerable impact, but "Iron Fist" touched me with a touching story. There may be people who scoff at this and think that the plot is too cheesy, but I will say that the biggest reason for the quality of a story is not the story itself, but the storyteller. Just as the story of the Titanic has been adapted to the screen countless times, but only james Cameron's work can never fade, "Iron Fist" can not be compared with "Titanic", but it can also be called the best in robot films.
The film is set in 2020, not far from us, when human boxing was banned by the government and only robotic boxing was legal. Uncle Wolf plays a former boxer Charlie in the film, and after quitting the boxing world, he also joined the ranks of robot fighting, and at the beginning of the film, he staged a good scene of his robot sneaker vs Ricky's bull, but Charlie lost to Ricky's bull due to negligence, and he also owed Ricky twenty thousand dollars, so he had to flee in a hurry. It is really surprising to see here, and the wolf uncle who has always been tough on the screen has become so nestled, which is really unconvincing. After the game, Charlie is informed that his ex-girlfriend is dead, leaving him with an 11-year-old child, Max, but Charlie actually sells custody of his son to Max's aunt for $100,000 in order to buy a robot again, and this kind of father you say he is two hundred and five is a waste of the word two hundred and five.
Because Max's aunt is going to travel to Italy, so only Charlie can take the child, but Charlie is not welcome to see this child, he took The 50,000 DOLLARs prepaid by Max's uncle to buy the famous Japanese fighting robot Noisy Boy, want to use this to turn over, directly take the Noisy Boy to participate in an underground boxing match, Max also went together, but the conceited Charlie because he did not listen to Max's advice to play a warm-up game to familiarize himself with the noisy boy's speech recognition system and moves, directly challenging the underground boxing overlord Golden Fist, The result is that the noisy boy has turned into a pile of scrap iron without suspense.
Seeing this, I really lost hope for Charlie, he has no capital to break into the boxing world anymore, and even ran to the robot junkyard with Max to steal the parts that could be used. In the junkyard, Max accidentally falls off a cliff and is rescued by a robot's arm, and with gratitude, Max takes the robot back. Charlie's girlfriend fixes the robot called ATOM, but finds that ATOM is an old-fashioned second-generation sparring robot, which has no combat power and only a system of imitation. Max hopes to let ATOM participate, but Charlie has no interest, in Charlie's eyes ATOM is just a sandbag, nothing more than a little fight, but max's insistence, the two came to the zoo (low-level competition venue), at this time the director made an interesting move, the always conceited Charlie has considered this kind of unpopular game, from time to time to Max suggested, but Max did not bird this two-hundred-and-five father, insisting on gambling with the zoo's earth emperor for $1,000. The game begins, Max operates the robot for the first time, coupled with the fact that atom moves are too few, and is beaten by the opponent without the ability to fight back, and later becomes familiar with the robot's operation skills, and unexpectedly wins the game in Charlie's prompts. This success surprised the father and son, and when Max returned, he dismantled the essence of the sneaker and the noisy boy to ATOM, so that ATOM also had a speech recognition system. Max asked Charlie to train ATOM, Charlie did not want to see, but still early in the morning with ATOM to wave his fist, this scene is the place where I was first moved, Charlie has begun to change, although the bones are still a conceited two hundred and five, but from this time on he has been serious, and also cooperated with Max to participate in underground boxing matches, constantly accumulating experience, constantly strengthening himself, constantly being invited, and finally boarding the ring of ironclad steel fists.
The first half of the story is very cheesy, in fact, the second half is also cheesy, we know the end at the beginning of the film, every character appears we know what he is going to do, but the director of the film is really very careful to tell us this story, and it is very good. I began to think that this movie is an action movie, saw half of it and thought it was a warm film, and finally found out that it was an inspirational film, the plot of the film is summed up in one sentence is a humble little bit of hard work on the big stage of the story, such a subject has been filmed countless times, but as long as the director's skill arrives home, it will still win the applause of the whole house.
When ATOM and Max shine with dynamic dance steps to the ironclad steel fist ring, I believe everyone will be moved, Max's newborn calf is not afraid of tiger indomitable spirit and the film began to Charlie conceited, arrogant, depressed, untrustworthy has a huge contrast. Can we think of ourselves, whether we who have just entered the world are like the energetic Max, and whether we have become the increasingly depressed Charlie after the blows of life. Before ATOM and the Twin Cities Warriors, Charlie father and son received an invitation from the iron-armored steel box overlord Zeus team, Zeus team wanted to spend $200,000 to buy ATOM as Zeus's sparring partner, Charlie and Max had a disagreement, Charlie agreed, and Max gritted his teeth and did not want to, in the end, Charlie failed to convince Max, but agreed to let ATOM meet the Twin Cities warriors. The director's treatment here should be intentional, in the traditional concept, grandpa always takes his own point of view to harmonize Lao Tzu, and then Lao Tzu harmonizes his son, and the son goes to harmony with His grandson, and we become more and more thoughtless, only the kung fu of pointing fingers is getting better and better. But here, the son touched Lao Tzu, the ambitious son let a decadent Lao Tzu find the confidence of life again, and more than once in the film, Charlie always said I can't do it, but Max just said you can, you are OK. We do not lack Charlie in our lives, but there is too little lack of Max, it should have been the older generation to encourage the next generation, rather than blindly accusing, the film shows that these should be worthy of reflection by the Chinese people, American children are encouraged to grow up, so Max saw that Charlie did not have the courage to desperately cheer for his father, and our children grew up in accusations, so we will first think of other people's wrongs when we have problems.
After all, ATOM is the first time that a second-generation robot has stepped into the ironclad steel fist ring, and the battle with the Twin Cities Warriors is very difficult, but at this time, Charlie has been influenced by Max, and he and Max are truly in line for the first time. At this time, he was no longer impatient, no longer panicked, calmly controlling ATOM, carefully controlling ATOM. In this battle we experienced the power of ATOM, it fully incarnated into a good boxer, sharp fists, flexible posture, flowing pace, the Twin Cities warriors can not find the north, and finally when ATOM put down the Twin Cities warriors with a heavy punch, the entire arena audience stood up to cheer for ATOM, even the overlord Zeus was not so cheered, after all, ATOM is an inconspicuous little person, and Zeus is the overlord of the high, So the victorious Zeus is just a distant existence in people's hearts, no one dares to think, but when they see such a small person ATOM also exert such a shocking power, people should all see themselves, it turns out, it is not that I can't do it, but I don't have the courage.
After defeating the Twin Cities Warriors, Max made a surprising move, and he challenged Zeus directly, shouting at the rich woman on Zeus's team: "Why not give the little people a chance?" This shout pushed the whole movie to a climax, and both the audience in the arena and the off-screen audience were deeply moved. Zeus's active in the ironclad steel fist ring is nothing more than a game for the rich, but ATOM's arrival in the ring is the people's desire, and Max's shout undoubtedly gives a warm encouragement to those who are working hard with dreams and dignity. It is not so much that Max declares war on Zeus, but rather that the humble little people in reality shout to the second generation of officials and the second generation of the rich: "Everyone wants to be valued, but we small people have paid too much, why can't we compete on the same stage?" ”
Class is a class after all, even though ATOM has defeated the Twin Cities Warriors, zeus's team still does not regard it as a warrior, but instead considers it a symbol of shame, and feels that the decisive battle with ATOM is an insult to themselves. In fact, in reality, how many people do not get the respect they deserve, how many people do not get the platform to show, and the attitude of Zeus designer Mori Goto to ATOM is not the same as the attitude of the official and rich people in reality to the people?
After a battle with the Twin Cities, Max's aunt returns, and despite all his reluctance, Charlie still wants to send Max out, and Max cries and says to Charlie as he leaves, "I only want you to keep me." Charlie didn't open his mouth at this time, nor did he accept the remaining $50,000 from Max's father, he came to his girlfriend's house and cried, "I'm an asshole, why would I exchange my son for money to buy robots." Charlie had changed, he realized that he was a father, that Max could not just drift with him, and that he owed Max what he owed. He did not dare to face Max until the day of the night of the showdown with Zeus, under the desperate persuasion of his girlfriend, he came to Aunt Max's house and asked Max to face Zeus with him, without too much language, without too much sensationalism, only one sentence: "Son, let's fight Zeus!" It is worthy of Hugh Jackman, who interprets this scene very movingly, his face is full of warmth, his eyes are full of care, like an ordinary family father saying to his son: "Son, daddy take you to the playground." ”
The final battle came, and the moment the much-anticipated Zeus stepped into the ring, all the spectators felt depressed, after all, it was the overlord, could ATOM really win. The names of the robots in the film are all considered, Zeus is the god of the gods, an insurmountable existence, and the meaning of ATOM is atoms, particles, small and negligible (personally I think that Chinese translated as Adam Adam is not very appropriate), ATOM challenges Zeus, that is, the grass people in reality challenge authority, the director says everyone's wishes for us, authority is not unshakable, and grass people are not frivolous. When ATOM and Zeus are standing in the center of the ring together, everyone should be excited, seeing ATOM face Zeus is like seeing us fulfill our dreams.
In the first round of the final showdown, Zeus put down ATOM with one punch, and just when the whole field was completely silent, ATOM stood up, and then continued to be knocked down, continued to stand up, and defended Zeus with difficulty. I can't remember exactly how many times ATOM fell, but what I remember is that ATOM stood up each time and stubbornly circled Zeus. When ATOM finds Zeus's flaw and punches it, the audience is silent again, and Mori and the rich girl are even more angry. Zeus was enraged, it slammed into ATOM like crazy, ATOM struggled, even his head began to smoke, Charlie gradually became a little unable to control his emotions, when ATOM fell down again, Max shouted to stand up, Charlie shouted to stand up, Charlie's girlfriend shouted to stand up, Max's aunt and uncle shouted to stand up, the audience also shouted to stand up, even the audience in front of the screen shouted to stand up, as if people were shouting not robots, but a living person , or that they are shouting for themselves. ATOM miraculously survived four innings, but the voice control device was also broken, Charlie could not control it anymore, Max thought of a way to use ATOM's imitation system to imitate Charlie's movements, but Charlie had a seizure, and kept saying no, I can't. Max still says you can, you just do. When Charlie says someone else can do it, I can't. Max ignored it, and no matter what Charlie said, Max said you can, you just can. The film here and the middle of the plot echo, Charlie's girlfriend and Max said that Charlie was a very famous boxer, although the record is not good, but once played an extraordinary skill against the world runner-up, so that the runner-up can not find the north, although in the end still lost, but although the defeat is still glorious. Max firmly believes that Charlie is the best, in the eyes of the son, especially in the eyes of the child, the father is always the best, looking at the son's resolute eyes, Charlie finally plucked up enough courage, opened the ATOM imitation system, nagged at ATOM for half a day, ATOM of course could not hear, these words Charlie actually said to himself, is to hope that he has the ability to fight with Zeus. The last round came, the audience was surprised to find that ATOM was fighting with Charlie's actions, Charlie moved a step, ATOM moved a step, Charlie threw a punch, ATOM swung a punch, this final battle was ATOM's battle, it was Max's battle, it was Charlie's battle, it was the battle between all the little people and fate, watching Charlie treat ATOM as his own fight with Zeus, all the audience cheered for them, they shouted ATOM's name, even I was moved in front of the screen I also applaud them with everyone, and I would like to thank the director of the film, Sean Levy, for being able to interpret a bunch of emotionless robot fights so movingly.
ATOM knocked down Zeus, but Zeus also stood up, and it stood up when the power was almost exhausted, but it ran out of gas, and in the face of ATOM's squeaks, it only curled up in the small corner of the ring, and finally the bell at the end of the game rang to avoid falling. The game was over, and when the referee announced that the result of the match was Zeus's victory, no one paid attention to Zeus, and even the question posed by the media reporter interviewing the rich woman was: "Everyone says that you won the result but lost the game, what do you think?" Mori Goto couldn't even speak angrily. Here I feel that this reporter is extreme, although Zeus won, but after all, it is also bright, it is really powerful, in the first round could have resulted in ATOM, but it still stopped the iron fist when the bell rang, at least Zeus is more noble than those officials and rich people who are not high in sight.
ATOM lost the game, but it won applause, and similar scenes are not uncommon, when we see rocky in "Rocky" get up again and again, and Ah Hu in "Ah Hu" throws a weak fist, when John F. Kennedy. Stephen. When Ahwari limped to the finish line, they, like ATOM, were telling us a truth: show your courage, swing your fist, even the smallest person, will usher in their own spring!