In 2000, a Japanese "Battle Royale" came out, opening a popular movie genre:
Battle Royale mode~
A group of selected boys and girls, exiled to an isolated island,
No network, no takeaway, no classroom, no excess emotion, only one of the most primitive goals as creatures:
"Live"!
Through surreality, showing the fables of life in desperate situations,
The innuendo of social class, the thrilling killing and escape, the unimaginative plot direction, and the dark and ugly nature of human nature in the depths of despair.....
This brilliant idea creates the impact of the killing film on the audience from the senses to the mind.
Similar to this theme, the American youth school movie "Hunger Games" series is also quite popular,
It also became popular with Jennifer Lawrence, Hollywood's most successful actress.
After the "Belco Experiment", "Human Clearance Plan", "Death Row Battle Royale"...
Even the recent online game "Eat Chicken" on fire follows this principle:
In a confined environment, a group of people fight each other, and in the end only one person can survive, this tense and exciting mode is called "battle royale" mode.
The "battle royale" mode is certainly exciting,
However, when the audience is familiar with the routine, it will slowly feel boring.
"Playing with novelty is king",
Today, Red Face Xiuying is going to introduce an R-rated movie that will play "Battle Royale Mode" with new ideas:
The Hunt
The movie plot of "The Hunt" is actually very simple,
12 strangers woke up in a clearing with a black ball stuffed in their mouth and chains hanging from the back of their heads.
They don't know where they are, or how they got to this strange suburb,
They also didn't know they had been chosen for a very special purpose—hunting.
Although "The Hunt" is an R-rated movie in the "battle royale" mode,
However, her setting is full of rebellion against the "battle royale" model.
In the hunting estate, the opening scene wakes up to the blonde Hollywood 90 little flower Emma Roberts,
Kind, she picked up the key, helped everyone open the chains on the back of their necks, and looked at Justin Hartley in "Our Day".
Almost all the audience will think that these two are the protagonists of this movie.
Then, following the routine, they will win this hunting game through justice and kindness!
When we thought that this designed black ball of the key would be easily untied,
Unexpectedly, the choreographer played an anti-routine fiercely, and Emma Roberts was killed by a headshot in the first two minutes of the game.
Justin Hartley also stepped on the mine and was blown to pieces.
This moment allows us to directly enter the state, which is a "battle royale" without a "protagonist aura",
Over the next twenty minutes, 12 players hung up 7 or 8 along the way.
Dark arrows shot from a distance that could not be hidden, bullets flying at the speed of the wind...
This is the real hunting game, in twenty minutes the players die one after another, and we don't know how the story will unfold.
The story then comes to the supermarket,
Two elderly people who seemed to know nothing actually killed 3 people sitting on seven rifles in a second, and only 3 or 4 of the 12 people remained.
Until the real heroine of our anti-routine appears,
At the beginning of the hunt, she did not rush to grab a protective gun or knife, and after entering the supermarket, she did not panic and ask for a call, ask questions, but rushed to buy a pack of cigarettes.
This in turn confused the two villains.
The heroine's analysis and judgment from the details also perfectly shaped this female image.
And it was because of the two old people's lies that:
"Arkansas cigarettes are just six packs a pack!" You're dew filling! ”
Therefore, we learned that this is a master who does not talk much.
So, the next step should be the "battle royale" road of this cool and sassy heroine, right?
Yes and no, the heroine's escape along the way can be said to be smooth,
But the details are full of political metaphors and various interesting ironies of human nature, which make people feel angry and funny.
For example, the heroine escapes on a train, and meets a group of Illegal Indian immigrants on the train.
The uncle of the companion immediately suspected that this group of immigrants was also a bad person, but the heroine protected a woman holding a child with her back when the grenade exploded.
The truth is that there are real poor people mixed in with immigrants, and there are also "elites" who want to hunt these people.
This is the original appearance of this world, true and false mixed together,
The so-called truth is that there is no truth!
And when the whole "hunting estate" was revealed, we as the audience knew:
It turns out that all this actually originated from a joke:
The group chat information of a group of high-ranking social elites (presidents, managers) was revealed, and they have been secretly playing a game of hunting humans, so they have set off an uproar on the Internet.
The civilians were furious and angry, and the elites were eaten by one of their own jokes and lost their jobs.
Keyboard warriors vent their anger on the Internet.
A sentence from the female president:
"That's just a three-bedroom house I rented in the suburbs!"
Such a helpless confession, full of humor.
So the elites thought bitterly:
"Since you take our joke seriously, let's go on a real hunt."
The elites here are not set to be shrewd because they have mastered the best quality education, resources, and connections in society.
On the contrary, when encountering the "hunting game" in reality, the clever is mistaken by the clever.
When the heroine kills all the way to the elite headquarters,
A female elite is controlled by the heroine, and the "lowly" male elite advises:
"Hey, she's a woman."
So there's the ironic conversation that follows:
"Hi, this lady. Do you feel you deserve forgiveness just because you're a woman? ”
"No."
In the "political correctness" that has been popular in Hollywood for many years, there is such a concept as "feminism".
Although the original intention is good, but after being overcorrected many times, it has lost its original connotation,
And in The Hunt, it's definitely a wonderful irony.
On the one hand, when men and women encounter difficulties, we often excuse women: she is a woman;
On the other hand, women demand the same rights and treatment as men.
So, throwing this question to the elite feminists in the movie is simply too clever.
Since as a feminist, I am not willing to be "forgiven" for women, so I can only die honorably.
And the elite's choice of "prey" is also politically correct, there must be people of color, what if they can't be selected?
Only non-white people in the elite can be mixed in immigrants as players of color, after all, life-related events also have to consider "racial equality", which makes people can't help but be funny.
And Athena, as the last boss, was originally just to screen the "keyboard man" in the speech of the over-the-top,
Unexpectedly, I accidentally selected a female soldier who retired from the frontline battlefield, just because one of the letters in her name was wrong.
This loser not only can write and martial arts, but also read George Orville, understand Mozart's music, and taste champagne.
"Hunting" as an "battle royale" mode of R-rated movie,
The first thirty minutes were full of rebellion and challenged the audience's viewing experience.
Why did emma Roberts, who we thought was beautiful, kind, and famous, be the protagonist, hang up in two minutes?
Because, in real life, it is the little cute who is not strong enough, and in the "battle royale mode" you can only get out early!
That's the essence of the game.
And then the hour went, full of humor and reality coexisting with the irony,
The elites are full of political correctness, feel that they are great and wise, have the best resources, have the idea of worship, and as a result, the ideas of empty paper meet reality but encounter walls everywhere.
It turned out that the wrong player was selected by word, resulting in the total annihilation of the elite who had a winning face.
And the low-level keyboard warriors also have an abomination side,
Just because the text messages of the wind and shadows were making a big splash on the Internet, they eventually caused the elites to lose their jobs and be "sent" into the hunting game.
It seems that it is best to be an ordinary person,
In times of danger, the women who will protect the children around them, and will generously share caviar to the frightened stewardesses after winning the victory.
Will be retired from the bloody Battlefield in Afghanistan will also do an ordinary car repair shop job,
It is not easy to be an ordinary person who does not blindly follow and thinks independently
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