The Marksman
In The Marksman, The role of a veteran is played by The tough-guy star, Lian Ennison, so it's all The more convincing.
The hero, Jim, is a veteran of the US Marine Corps who has been discharged from his army and now runs a ranch in Arizona, near the US-Mexico border. One day he just met a pair of is being pursued by drug lords, forced to cross the border illegally Mexico mother Rosa and Miguel son, the two sides confrontation soon broke out in force conflict, Rosa also died in the process unfortunately.
Seeing Miguel alone and in danger, Jim decides to carry out Rosa's last wish to escort the boy to his relatives' home in Chicago, setting off a hit-and-run road adventure.
The film takes a steady approach to the story, and doesn't rush into the violent conflict between Jim and a drug Lord. It begins with a brief account of the hero's relatively peaceful personal life and how a Mexican mother and son fall into the trap of being pursued by bandits.
The beginning of the story is narrated with two storylines, which also makes the roles of Jim and Miguel not too unbalanced, which is a more reasonable arrangement.
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Main role background shaping has the basic texture
Of The male leading role, The part of "The Marksman" shape enough to Jim rested a basic story, as a veteran he should live a life of The middle class, also should be able to fully enjoy family happiness family, but Jim is in both their face hardship or defects, The role of desolate situation also make it more points on The tragedy of charm.
In addition, some of the plot shows his spirit of retreating, his civic zeal to defend the borders of the United States, and his humanity in the process at the right time, so that the hero's commitment to upholding the law does not appear to be cold-blooded, and the role does not go too far.
As far as the Mexican mother and son are concerned, the film's portrayal of them is also relatively endearing. Although they illegally cross the US-Mexico border, but the danger of being hunted down by drug lords, can be a powerful backdrop to this behind the last resort.
This also makes the role of Miguel and her mother very different from the reality of the United States facing illegal immigrants from Latin America, which makes it easy for them to win sympathy and understanding. The story line in Mexico is also specific to the ruthless drug cartel, so that mother and son face a sense of threat can be properly created.
Jim, a Mexican mother and son, and a gang of drug cartels meet at The U.S. -Mexico border in The Marksman's first episode. Jim and the drug cartel are still in a confrontation stage, this confrontation can show a strong flavor, let the armed conflict can have enough drama before the outbreak of tension.
In the future, the two sides shoot and exchange fire, and the related plots are depicted in a more realistic style. In order to create the appreciation of action movies, the armed conflicts are presented as too gorgeous and grandiose, which also lays the foundation for the tonality of the film.
After this confrontation, the story has a certain twists and turns, let Miguel's situation from security to once again dangerous changes. The plot of the film for such arrangement, can reflect the rationality of the story, at the same time contains of the relevant units or personnel not intentional of over and deliberate crime levels, and it also makes Jim decided to escape journey of adventure with miguel, appear more persuasive, not desire to become a male leading role of personal or enthusiastic.
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Movie road drama is very colorful
The story of The Marksman goes on to focus on The hero driving Miguel on a long road trip after many days, which makes The movie a colorful road show.
The process also continues the more realistic style of earlier episodes, with many more lifelike scenes, such as Jim trying to buy necessities for his trip, dealing with a damaged car, the company of his pet dog, etc. At first glance, this kind of plot may seem very ordinary, not to win with a sense of surprise, but the film still manages to arrange the plot, so that the previously relatively ordinary elements can be more interesting in the future with the development of the plot, showing the level of narrative.
The pursuit of the drug cartels adds a cat-and-mouse type of drama to the road trip, where one side is constantly running away from the enemy, while the other side is clinging on, and the constant tug and tug of each other gives the road adventure its basic dramatic tension.
As for how the drug Lord tracks Jim and Miguel in the vast sea of people, the interpretation of the film is enough to show that the villain is not a foolhardy man, so that the process of fighting between good and evil can have a better texture.
In the film, the drug cartel's pursuit of Jim and Miguel is mostly designed to create a sense of distance, although sometimes the two forces are in the same place, but it does not directly play the scene of direct fighting.
This arrangement further toned down the action movie, in keeping with the more realistic style of the previous one; Although it does not win with magnificent scenes, it still creates a reasonable sense of threat through the pursuit of the drug lords, and maintains the ornamental value through the atmosphere shaping.
The changing relationships of key characters are often the focus of a movie, and the relationship between Jim and Miguel is certainly a storyline worth the effort.
From The original estrangement and a serious lack of trust, The two gradually transform into stable partners, which is The predictable direction, and The portrayal of this in The Marksman can also show The rationality of emotion.
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Character relationship shaping is more unconventional
However, the relationship between the characters in the film is also a bit unconventional. Although Jim is more than old enough to be Miguel's father, the film does not intentionally promote the relationship as "father-son", so Jim is more positioned as a nanny and mentor. This arrangement also deviates from the traditional storyline and shows some creativity without making the emotional changes seem inadequate, which is a commendable stroke.
The hero and the drug cartel still have to stage a final battle, which is also the only way to the end of the film. The level of firepower involved in this scene is not technically high, not comparable to the climactic showdowns in many movies, and it can't be enhanced with combat drama.
However, the film through other ways to create simple sense, Jim, miguel, drug lords are faced in the process of personal choice, the choice of the results, on the one hand, able to highlight the positive role of a good image, on the one hand, also can let the villain a fair death honors the whole life, despite the dramatic tension is not strong, but is still acceptable.
As for Jim's personal ending, it can quite reflect the famous dicta of US five-star general MacArthur that "old soldiers never die, they just fade away", which is worthy of the hero's status as a veteran.
The Marksman is not based on The battle scenes, The hero and The villain in The film are portrayed in a very limited way, but in terms of The story texture is medium, in terms of The combination of good and evil road adventure, The film is still a fundamentally entertaining work.