Oh Gods. Stallone first, then - Willis, and now the long-awaited Schwarzenegger. February nineteen hundred, damn you, two thousand thirteenth promised to be hot. As many as three living legends on the screens again try on old costumes brutal superheroes and put things in order. Particularly welcome was the return of the third, which is not forgotten to remind all well-versed and ignorant of our favorite and respected localizers do not get tired to curse them until they stop their experiments. But the violent days were their plans with you in our childhood heroes.
Sly shot somewhere in the heavens, with McClane - flash in the pan, and Arnie have not found anything better than to come up and crush the target to hell with his bare hands. And no matter how beautifully it is not done, it is necessary, it would hit the bull's eye.
But the main thing - he even hit the target! "Return of the Hero" in a nutshell, and can not describe. It seems sort of a greeting from the past as "Unstoppable" - but the shot "modern." With their elderly sheriff in a rundown town - but will give odds to many mafia showdowns on the streets of any city. Do not hesitate to hackneyed tricks (yes what could be there, full of them) - but it looks interesting. Artless story? But fun! The familiar character types on the faces of the characters? But as they fight! Koreans Kim Ji-un succeeded strange - to return Schwarz from the past, not pulling it out from there.
At first, however, covers a certain amount of concern. The parallel storyline, not overlapping, as if watching two different movies are confusing. Himself the protagonist is held once constrained, even woodenly - in the face by facial expressions and gestures can be seen as the old man is tried, it returns to the once abandoned acting craft. And as recently appeared in "The Expendables" - but here solo project. Probably the same feeling you experience when you sit behind the wheel after a decade of walking. Heroes do not shine with originality, as well as their dialogue - although silly aides to "Georgette" definitely amused at the ready. Already beginning to lose heart ...
And here begins the recovery. Someone was killed, someone got away. Something. Further - more, the chase begins, the situation is heating up, the situation gets out of control. For the FBI to face Forest Whitaker chasing the devil incarnate on Earth by Eduardo Noriega - the devil, I must say, damn elegant - and then close the border. But the point? After all, the town only began to suspect something was wrong. Even the subsequent intense firefight and trivial plot twist after a minimum of trivial dialogue, do not make much of an impression. Yes, well put, yes, this is only a prelude, but really all this will happen next?
Still hoping for the best. Wait. Believe it. Comes the realization that the first half of the film failed, which immediately throw out the back door, breaking it a couple of ribs. But on the screen begin to erect barricades by a miracle, strength of spirit, someone's mother behind the scenes and humor - if not the highest poshiba, but forcing a smile. Schwartz, that is, Ray, once again stands on the warpath, saying heartfelt monologue to a resident of the eighties of duty and honor, and the fun begins, then, that if they wanted to not allow the operation to announce the return of our beloved terminator in a failed movie.
I bet this, sorry, you're psychic shooting still nowhere to be seen? For some unknown combination of full of trash and fine art. Realism diluted syndrome attack aircraft, the immortal lead characters caught him once or twice, fabulously phlegmatic citizens drastic measures to protect their private property, do not forget about lunch at the snack bar. Pistols, rifles, sniper rifle, machine guns, bazookas, and fucking, of course, lighted in advertising "Maxim", whose barrel smashing looks out, God-as-as-possible, the school bus!
Luis Guzman goes all-in, all the covers Jaimie Alexander and Johnny Knoxville ... just crazy. Yes, it is somewhat stereotyped and, depending on the mood and situation malahayku (or simply flaps?) Or Shishak - comrade, probably partial to Genghis Khan. Or was it in a past life. On what type something familiar - a genial sociopath with an arsenal in the garage - just do not pay attention, the main thing that vividly and from the heart! From around the net, not burdened with the instinct of self-preservation, the heart!
All around upside down and shot by two times, someone is injured, a lot - killed, compulsory kiss in the middle of the battlefield as a symbol of reunion, love, and there is something else, it does not matter. Someone is lying somewhere, someone somewhere is running. And Peter Stormare Schwartz skirmish with yourself! How can he then do not be jealous! It turns out this yourself comfortable, almost home shootout to all the gods and the president of the United States of America forgotten the periphery. Hosts with guests gathered a little fun, and we sit here and enjoy. Wildly atmospheric.
Some people do not have enough? At the end you will be additive! I promise to be trivial, and therefore dreary finale Kim Ji-un turned into an exciting chase, which is crowned by a fight. Could be a shootout of course - and would have made a very Western, in vain, whether that director trained in his "Good, the Bad, the Weird," before breaking human Leone? But no, we got in once, then age is not just a "normal / cool / cruel Mahach", and a full fight in the spirit of what usually happens when the two men decide to spend with each other unscheduled plastic surgery. Korean director managed to find grace in a rather prosaic gestures.
Bloopers? Even when you notice them, they do not get distracted, knowing what genre this film. And, thank God, well done without the "I'm back".
The content of "Return of the Hero" fully reflects the essence of it. Location - the humble town where everyone knows each other, subtly hints: a modest thriller "for the". And everyone who is not here, we decided to use (to cross the border), relying on the impunity, we will shoot, hehe. This is not a triumph. This is not a potential hit. Time passed and will not return. The return was not at the stadium, to thunderous applause and ecstatic jubilation, and in the close family circle of the fireplace. Not quite what you'd expect from Iron Arnie. But we have enough, right?
