经典台词:曼森的歌词
经典场景:呕吐物做燃料开车、最后的DANCE FIGHT。
《Gamer》很有些当年李国豪版《乌鸦》的调调:黑暗、另类的基调,相对俗套的故事情节和凌厉的画面感和、谐地并存到了一部片子里。如果要从近期的类型片里找个相似案例的话,硬汉欧文出演的《赶尽杀绝》(Shoot’em up)应该是最为接近质感的例子。也是动作硬汉出演,也是有着令人惊喜的几处亮点,但却也有着为了形式而形式的问题。不过不管怎么样,作为一部CULT的类型片,从男性视觉来看,这部片子看起来真的很过瘾,当然前提是你得先把脑袋的电源关掉,有负责肾上腺素分泌的器官在,看这部片就足够了。女孩子会不会看得不舒服,我不太清楚,但我想“传统”的女孩子不管看狮门公司的哪部片子,可能都不会太舒服。(狮门出过的片子:《电锯惊魂》、《千尸屋》、《隔山有眼》……)
整部片子的故事其实就一句话:角斗士般的硬汉用钢铁般的意志和体魄,在其他有正义感的伙伴帮助下,打败了企图用游戏控制人们思想的疯狂企业家(听起来好热血的故事啊…)整部片子的精神内涵其实在开篇时曼森版的“Sweet Dreams”歌里就全部被唱出来了。我虽然也不太受得了曼森那种鬼一般的风格做派,但不能否认,“Sweet Dreams”的歌词用来形容这个日益疯狂的社会是再恰当不过了。现附原版歌词,感受一下吧。
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused!
I wanna use you and abuse you
I wanna know what’s inside you
Movin’ on
Hold your head up
Movin’ on
Keep your head up
Movin’ on!
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s looking for something
Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused
I’m gonna use you and abuse you
I’m gonna know what’s inside
Gonna use you and abuse you
I’m gonna know what’s inside you
《真人游戏》既然用这样的歌曲开篇,就已经摆明了自己的末世黑暗定位。片中那些已经升级到真人版的堕落电玩,绝对也算是“电子海洛因”。问题是如果现实世界比那游戏世界还要堕落、丑恶,而且毫无希望,那么你能说那些选择逃避到电子世界的人们有错吗?算了,还是别在讨论这部CULT片时讨论这种沉重的话题了,既然导演都不打算讨论,那说明也很少有人关心。
非常喜欢片里的两个桥段,一是主角Kabel喝下一瓶烈酒,再找辆没油的破车全部吐进油箱,浇上一泡尿,就发动车子开始逃亡,这种酷毙了的逃亡方式大概只会在狮门公司的片子里才会有。另外是在反角卡索家中,卡索带着雇佣兵壮汉们一边跳舞,一边和Kabel互殴的场景,另类到了迷人的程度。我想主创一定是看过星爷的《功夫》,才能有这种邪恶得奇妙的创意。又或者,主创编剧在写剧本时刚好MJ的“那先这么着吧”正在热映?