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Hidden Strike (2023) [1080p] [WEBRip] [5.1] [YTS]
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An oil production complex owned by the Chinese corporation Unicorp is being attacked by a group of mercenaries. Former special services agent Luo Feng (Jackie Chan) and his team are trying to rescue workers and take them out of Iraq along the so-called "Highway of Death". The situation is complicated by the fact that among the employees of the complex is his own daughter Lao Mei (Ma Chunzhui), with whom the hero has long lost contact.
Among the mercenaries is another former soldier, Chris Van Horn (John Cena). He does not know the details of his mission and thinks he is fighting terrorists. When Van Horn realizes what's going on, he decides to help Luo Feng. Now the two of them will have to confront a large mercenary army to prevent the villains from seizing oil supplies.
"Nowhere Cooler" is a curious weather vane of the modern blockbuster industry, a cinematic symbol of how far Chinese cinema has advanced in recent years. Asian action stars have been appearing in Hollywood movies since the days of Bruce Lee, but more often in the images of villains, in the background or at best paired with a chatty American. Their characters were joked about, and their fighting abilities were cleverly hidden by a Hollywood clip montage — somewhere to a lesser extent ("Rush Hour 2"), somewhere to a greater extent (say, a remake of "Mulan").
By 2023, the scales had moved in the other direction. Now Chinese studios can shoot a buddy movie, where the honored local actor Jackie Chan performs in tandem with American star John Cena. Moreover, the latter tries to speak Chinese in the picture — but they laugh at his accent, as if in retaliation for decades of Hollywood jokes. Now the Chinese are spending $80 million to scold American militarism in a playful form of action comedy between the lines (it's no coincidence that the infamous "Highway of Death" appears in the plot) and show how the poor proletariat gets the better of greedy capitalists.
However, ironically, for some reason the American director Scott Waugh was called to shoot this (don't let the last name deceive you — he looks like the whitest man in the world). The director of passing thrillers like the film adaptation of Need for Speed and the author of the upcoming "The Expendables 4". A man who is not completely untalented, but clearly not one of those who can raise the average material to the level of an outstanding movie. It doesn't help that the "Coolest Thing" is clearly focused on the great ones. In the first third of the film, the characters escape from mercenaries during a sandstorm and arrange a "Fury Road" on minimalks. The film itself begs for comparisons with George Miller's masterpiece — and only exposes the cheapness of production, the awkwardness of local computer graphics and severe problems with dynamics.
In addition, the "Coolest place" clearly treats its story more seriously than it should. The whole plot about the confrontation with evil mercenaries could be fit into a couple of sentences, but the picture spends almost half of the timekeeping to identify all sides of the conflict. As a result, the comedy buddy movie starts only at the fortieth minute: by that time it's time to wake up the viewer after all the incendiary stories about the sad reality of the modern oil business.
After spending a lot of time on exposure, the film tries to catch up with all the important storylines in the remaining hour, but in the end there is no time for anything. The characters of Chan and Sina have funny comedic skirmishes: Van Horn tries to flirt with his partner's daughter, which, of course, he is not happy about. But they happen only a couple of times per movie and don't lead to anything in particular. The character of Sina comes up with a tragic past, where his father, a mercenary, died because of his actions. But even this storyline does not particularly germinate anywhere: it is only necessary for the hero to "believe in himself" in a cinematic way at the climax. The most insulting thing is the line of Jackie Chan's character, unexpectedly personal for the actor. He, like his character, has never been a good father either — and for the sake of work, he repeatedly rejected his own family. Curiously, recently Chan has clearly been trying to make sense of this in films: only recently "Kung Fu Stallion" was released, where the protagonist also had problems communicating with his daughter. In "Nowhere Cooler", the conflict remains dotted: the daughter eventually accepts the father, because he is simply incredibly cool. It's hard to argue, but I would like a little more intrigue.
The only thing that really saves the picture is the acrobatic action. Somewhere in the middle, Scott Waugh finally remembers that he actually has Jackie Chan and all the creative power of his stunt team at his disposal. There are really inventive episodes in the film: the characters fight knee-deep in foam, suspended from cables, and fight with mercenaries in the middle of the labyrinths of a deserted town. The authors curiously use the space for action and do not spoil the spectacular moments by gluing together — as if Jackie himself, and a sample of at least the 1990s, suddenly stands behind the camera, not Wo
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