El último héroe

It was an eye opening experience that a big budget hollywood action movie like movie can now be made for less, saw it at IFFI 2019 Goa Film Festival as country feature inauguration, country of focus Russia. I loved it at the very curtains down based on the slickness and newness and individuality of the logos and animations before the movie itself, shows that hollywood is not limited to us and uk alone. The father character is very menorable and acting by the lead actors very good, stunts and action as good if not better at times than the regular big budget hollywood movies. It does show that filmmakers around the world can produce better than hollywood in other places now.

The scenic photography is the best thing about this...but you can get good photography, sweeping vistas, charming European cities in many films. But, yeah, the DP did a good job. The plot was very confusing. If the baddies wanted to get info from the hero, why were they also trying to kill him all the time? It still wasn't clear who the all the bad guys were and how they were connected, and if the payoff was 100 million Euro--that's about 10% of Selena Gomez' wealth...all that for 100 million? Of course a major problem is that the film was spoken in Russian and dubbed in English. Maybe if I lived in Moscow, I'd rate this higher. Maybe. My TV gave me the subtitles along with the dubbing, but the dubbing was very awkward and the subtitles were often awkwaard. Worse, the dubbed speakers were expressionless in the worst ways. It sounded like some folks off the street just reading the lines. As a result, it is difficult to gauge the quality of the acting, since the dubbing was as bad as Kung Fu movies from the 1970's. It was almost painful to watch, except for the really nice scenery.

The growth of a Russian agent, after experiencing the betrayal of his lover and the death of his father, gradually matures and grows into a real agent. The plot is full of twists and turns, though the ending is a bit hasty. I feel that the last advantage of the male leader is the male master aura. Remembering the slogan is not because of his strong memory, but because of the founder of the secret service organization. The father of the male Lord has made the password into a children's song, so that the children can memorize it repeatedly. As a father and son with a special identity, the implication and depth of father's love are moving.

The description of the film was. "Agent Action in the footsteps of the Jasen Bourne series", by the way. Under no circumstances can it get there. Little action, funny story.

First, the good: some of the scenery and photography was very nice. That's about it. Everything else was pretty bad. The entire plot was super weak and almost felt made up as you went along. The dialog was terrible. The English dubbing wasn't great, but I don't think improving the delivery could make up for the conic book like dialog. A lot of the scenery and quality of the visuals were good, but then even that was ruined by too much scene chopping and utterly annoying tendency to shoot at random angles for no reason. I did consider just bailing after 15 minutes, but couldn't help but keep watching just to see if the entire movie could really be so bad. The answer is yes.