In 1995, the movie "Game of the Brave" starring Robin Williams swept the world and became a childhood classic for countless movie fans.
In 2017, "Game of the Brave: Battle Jungle" restarted the IP. With a production cost of US$90 million, it grabbed the global box office of US$960 million, and China's box office also contributed 487 million yuan.
This time, on December 6, 2019, "Game of the Brave 2: Fight to the Peak" once again struck strongly.
This "Game Adaptation" movie starring Dashi Johnson, "Nebula" Karen Gillan, "Little Fatty" Jack Black, and Kevin Hart, starring charm + novel themes, soon captured The heart of the Chinese audience. Attentive friends of
may find that mainland China is released in North America a week ahead of schedule, which seems to be aimed at the sweet pastry of the Chinese market.
After watching the movie, Chen Chen wanted to say, indeed, it is a qualified popcorn blockbuster targeting the Chinese market.
Let's talk about the starring lineup first. In addition to the classic lineup mentioned above, there is actually a very special "newcomer" in Part 2.
Who is she?
She is Okafina.
Speaking of Okafina, many people may not be able to reflect it for a while, so when it comes to the heroine of "Shangqi", many people may not be angry after a sudden realization.
continued from the movie "Shangqi" to "Don't Tell Her". The controversy about "emulsification" can be said to have been unsettling, and Okafina has also been involved. There was an article in the morning before
that specifically talked about this matter. In fact, Okafina was a bit of a culprit for Marvel.
Judging from the announcement of the second part, the movie announcement party seems to want to avoid this controversy. This kind of operation actually feels a little bit embarrassing. Why does
say that?
From the perspective of the Asian-American Okafina, she, who is a rapper, actor, internet celebrity, comedian, host, and writer, is the most promising new star of Asian Americans. The films that
has starred in, such as "Hidden from the Sky: Beauty Trick", "Golden Romance" and "Don't Tell Her" are all big productions with good box office reputation.
and she herself has won various "Best Actress" awards, her acting skills and talents are obvious to all.
Therefore, as an Asian, she is appealing to the North American box office.
On the contrary, for the huge market of China, her situation is a bit delicate and sensitive, so the film announcement does not mention the fact that she participated in the show.
Actually, even if Okafina participated in the role, what's worse is that her role in the second part is still more important.
said that there is no proof, let's take a look at what kind of role she plays in the film.
Here it is necessary to talk about the plot of the second part. It is about the first part of Spencer, who is back to reality or deeply feels his weakness, and picks up the previously destroyed game console and re-experiences it. The feeling of dominance in the game.
The film basically has no groundwork for Spencer's approach, and the motive is quite far-fetched. This is also one of the grooves of the second part. To put it bluntly, it is a "I just want to force a sequel" motivation. The first half of the
movie is the story of everyone discovering that Spencer is missing, so they return to the game to rescue him. The difference between
and the previous one is that the second one includes Spencer's grandfather and his good friend "Da Hei".
In the game, the old man becomes Dashi Johnson, and "Da Hei" becomes the zoologist "Little Hei".
The tall and mighty Frich became a "soil fat circle" looking at the map, and Bethany, the school girl, was temporarily offline.
In the first level of "Ostrich Desert Chase", Nebula and "Cute Fatty" are constantly explaining various game settings to old men outside of the two situations.
In fact, in the process of explaining the setting of monsters upgrade, NPC, 3 lives, game character attributes, etc., the old man represents an audience who is completely unfamiliar with the "Game of the Brave" series, so the film has no threshold for viewing. In this section of
, "Stupid" Johnson and "Xiao Hei," who speak slowly and desperately, contracted the biggest laugh.
Next, to the second level "Oasis Jungle" level, our protagonist Spencer finally comes on stage.
What role is he in the game?
He "sexed" and became Okafina, you can see that this character can be regarded as the protagonist.
Okafina sets Xiao Ming as a "thief" and the attribute explanation is "a small but clever".
Actually, this is not the first time Okafina has played a thief. She is also a "thief" in "Hidden from the Sky: Beauty".
is not that the rhythm of the morning and morning belt deliberately wants to be crooked, this and repeated "thief" setting, how can people think of the negative image of sneaking and thieves?
It's no wonder that the film announcement party did not dare to bother with her, and the inconsistency caused another wave of controversy.
Speaking back to the plot, Chenchen saw Spencer "sexually turned" into Okafina, and inexplicably expected her to have a "sister relationship" with "little girlfriend" Nebula.
didn't expect the embarrassment between the two, there is no intersection, then Chenchen would like to avoid this aspect as a film.
but watching the whole movie, Okafina really feels incompatible with other teammates.
Take the third level of "Snow Mountain Castle" as an example. Several people have dipped "soul through the water" and exchanged their identities. Now the old man becomes Okafina again.
On the one hand, Spencer returned to Dushi Johnson and Hsing Yun, and on the other hand, Okafina went outside to find his friend "Big Hei" who became a dark horse.
is not between women and girls? Or the old man can only have his good friends?
Obviously, this scene naturally separates Okafina from the other "humanoid" teammates, leaving only her and a horse temporarily offline. The
teammates naturally launched the castle rescue battle again, and it was also the final stage of the film to fight the BOSS. This climax is really not very powerful.
After all, the first 2 levels are all the old man version of Dashi Johnson. Now Spencer is back. No matter how the real Johnson will come to the final battle with a punchy and explosive BOSS.
didn't expect that in the end, the BOSS fell off the cliff easily, which inevitably made people feel a little discouraged that the real battle had ended before it even started.
In the final battle, the rescued Okafina again assumed an important role.
First of all, she became the key figure in the final success. Before the BOSS battle,
had a plot of Okafina hanging from a skylight and stealing gems. In fact, it can be quite handsome, but the movie was handled in a hurry.
In the end, she was also riding a flying horse with the gems, so that the gems were bathed in the sun, and finally the earth returned to life and the crisis was lifted.
After successfully breaking through the barrier, she took on the emotional line of "good friends", and everyone focused on her tearful farewell to the dark horse.
Generally speaking, the film’s presentation of Asian characters is a breakthrough, and Okafina plays the leading role in this play. In addition to Okafina's role,
also inserts some Chinese elements in the film from time to time.
For example, in the scene of "Tu Feiyuan vs. Johnson", "Tu Feiyuan" said that he had learned Tai Chi and wanted his dantian luck. The result was K.O. (even foreigners started to tease me about Chinese martial arts).
Also, the heroine Nebula has increased the "nunchaku" skill, madly using the nunchaku in the castle battle, this game is quite exciting.
can be said that from the increase in the role of Asian characters, the addition of Chinese elements all show that the director values the Chinese market.
Compared with the first part, the second part added "ostrich desert chase battle", "suspension bridge mountain mandrill avoiding battle", "snow mountain rock climbing spaceship battle", CGI technology can keep up, and the scene looks good enough.
At the same time, in the second part, the identity exchange is played more boldly. Except for Alex, who joined later, everyone has experienced two identity exchanges. Among them, the "sex transfer" stems, the "people and horses" exchange Wearing it also creates a lot of jokes.
, especially the contrast brought by the muscular Dashi Johnson's initial stupid disconnection, is also rare.
However, frequent role swaps are also a double-edged sword. While creating jokes, characterization is unavoidable to be superficial, and it is difficult for the audience to empathize with the roles.
can see that compared to the first part, which focuses on the character conflict and growth of the protagonist, the second part has character motivation, character development, and plot settings.Kind of a rigid sense of step by step according to the script.
In the first two levels, the two protagonists were not serious about gagging. The final battle ended when the charm of different characters was 100%.
is like "Xiao Hei" in the last castle battle, turning in his bag for a long time. When the audience thought he was going to turn out some "big killer", he only took out a stereo, which means it was put up unclearly. Dynamic music.
In general, although some places are a bit "a little awkward", as a popcorn blockbuster, it looks pretty cool.
is especially the last egg, the game console is triggered again, the ostrich of the game world comes to the real world, quite a desire to unite the 1995 version of "Umanji" game chess world view. Whether
can have a sequel depends on whether the subsequent box office development is strong enough.
Bluestone Film Editor | Chenchen
