【正文】 can imagine!). 第一滴血 4 英文影評 Rambo (2020) Bringing his second most famous character creation out of retirement two decades since his last y of violence, Sylvester Stallone doesn39。t quite hit his target as accurately as he did with Rocky39。s swan song in this fourth adventure of John Rambo. Admittedly it39。s a little difficult considering that the first two sequels never really justified their existence. Despite its admitted age, the original First Blood remains a great little vigilante film dealing with America39。s postVietnam disillusionment and one man39。s ultimately failed fight to reincorporate himself back into a society that treats him little better than a leper. The sequels however were formulaic hogwash, dumping the realism and turning the tortured soul of its hero into a soldier of fortune who, in spite his abhorrence of violence, is able to mow down Viet Cong and Soviet soldiers by the hundreds with ease. On a pure popcorn level though, even today its hard not to enjoy the ridiculous rara patriotism (ironic in the case of Rambo III) and goofy overthetop violence of the pair which are admirable only for the entertainment value, not their craft. 英文影評 8 / 19 Cue Rambo, a film which is hard to fit in the canon. On the one hand its closer to First Blood in its tone and emotion than the previous sequels our heroes struggles seem less cartoonish and are played out with more urgency and weight. The Burmese countryside setting is portrayed as a grim, rough place filled with deadly mercenaries and soldiers who39。d rather shoot, mutilate or rape first than ask questions. Rambo himself spends more time hunting and in pursuit of people than actually killing or blowing up things, whilst his personality remains so lemn and introspective throughout. On the other hand it recycles both the threadbare plotting and the mass extermination that both the second and third film were built upon. As usual, John Rambo is living in solace when someone (in this case naive Christian missionaries) asks for his help in yet another war ravaged country on the Asian subcontinent (this time it39。s Burma). After an initial dismissal, he39。s reluctantly pulled into helping when he learns they39。re in trouble and so begins 45 minutes of explosive violence as he and a group of underwritten mercenaries (aka. cannon fodder) kill soldiers left and right, rescue the people, and then kill some more trying to get them to safety. Ultra high body counts are a staple of this series and this Rambo doesn39。t disappoint. The gore level pushes well past the Rrating in some cases, but the unremitting violence is certainly not as joyously selfindulgent in the carnage like the torture porn genre. It also doesn39。t shy away from showing off what true civil wars entail the initial village attack clearly illustrating this as limbs are macheted off and one screaming kid is yanked from his mother39。s arms and thrown into a fire. Whereas the last Rocky dealt significantly with the character39。s age, Rambo never brings it up the character seemingly having not changed one iota in the twenty years since we saw him last which is probably a good thing. His onenote brooding is in many ways part of his onscreen immortality, and deconstructing it would only serve to undermine that steadfast resolute attitude that makes him an action hero it39。s easy to root for. The 61yearold Stallone is so familiar with the character that he very fortably slips right back into the persona, a manding presence amongst an otherwise utterly fettable cast short of the lovely Julie Benz (TV39。s Dexter, Angel) whose genuinely sweet charm overes the stilted and at times contradictory script dialogue and makes you understand why Rambo would help her. Whilst Stallone39。s scripting leaves something to be desired, his direction is surprisingly solid and enjoyably retro relying more on big punch visuals than modern MTV style editing that often ruins today39。s action flicks. Still the attempt to bring back a harder and darker sensibility to the series never quite gels. The character has moved beyond the tortured underdog of First Blood, but by losing that hedonistic ic book cartoon violence of the sequels that was so endemic of 8039。s filmmaking its made the brutal killer he39。s bee into something less pelling and sadly not as entertaining or gripping making for some tedious times between the unique brutality (his windpiperipping routine for instance) and the claymore mine explosion finale. Much like last year39。s send off for the Die Hard series, its a better made movie than its two predecessors and certainly feels more a part of its series than that film did, but it39。ll also likely not get the same kind of replay value as the others have. In spite of the offkilter tone, everything else about it is a Rambo sequel through and through, and those going in knowing what to expect will likely wele this sendoff. 英文影評 9 / 19 終結者 3:Rise of the Machines 英文影評 (2020) Terminator 3 is the summer movie of 2020 that hardcore action fans have been awaiting. It39。s not ponderous and inplete like The Matrix Reloaded. It39。s not steeped in characterization and modern day mythology like Hulk. And it39。s not vapid and flashy like Charlie39。s Angels: Full Throttle and Bad Boys 2. Instead, it39。s a relatively straig htforward science fiction adventure film just what moviegoers expect from a third outing with Arnold Schwarzenegger39。s cyberic alterego. The movie is not weighted down by plot, but it does have a recognizable storyline featuring legitimate characters and a few nice (but minor) twists. Some degree of attention is helpful Terminator 3 is not an intellectual challenge, but neither is it vacuous. The film has plenty of action sequences, some of which are spectacular. Director Jonathan Mostow has wisely not relied too much on p