{"id":3789,"date":"2013-03-20T15:40:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-20T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2013-03-20T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T16:38:10","slug":"trailer-ricochet-dead-man-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/stage-combat-2\/trailer-ricochet-dead-man-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Trailer Ricochet: Dead Man Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6WKmnAcMTKM?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You may have noticed the text in there: From the Director of the Original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to talk about today: Niels Arden Oplev.<\/p>\n<h2>The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009)<\/h2>\n<p>Based on a novel called &#8220;Men Who Hate Women&#8221; by the late Swedish author Steig Larson. The novel and the film adaptation are troubling to say the least. The protagonist, Lisbet, is a resilient and brilliant computer hacker who has endured many forms of abuse and misfortune in her young life. She is enlisted by a disgraced reporter, Mikael Blomkvist, to uncover the mystery of the disappearance and probable murder of a billionaire. In bleak Sweden on an isolated island, they track down the serial killer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson-300x179.jpeg\" alt=\"girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3790\" srcset=\"http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson-300x179.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson-455x270.jpeg 455w, http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson-600x358.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/playfighting.ca\/combat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-noomi-rapace-peter-andersson.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some point to Lisbet as a strong female protagonist and take her journey as a pragmatic feminist commentary (Maureen Corrigan,2008). Others see the inherent corruption that underlies the whole story as an argument that we should just accept and live with a neoliberal world order that is delocalized, dehumanized and misogynistic.<\/p>\n<p>The film has some notable violent sequences, which I applaud because they were paced and shot to be disturbing. If that&#8217;s not your thing, don&#8217;t watch this movie. On the other hand, if you want to learn how to make violence really resonate, study this director.<\/p>\n<h2>The Sequels<\/h2>\n<p>The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet&#8217;s Nest are irrelevant to our discussion here. The reason we&#8217;re talking about Dragon Tattoo is because of the director, Niels Arden Oplev. The sequels were directed by Daniel Alfredson, so they don&#8217;t reflect on Dead Man Down.<\/p>\n<h2>The American Remake<\/h2>\n<p>Largely irrelevant for the same reason: the remake directed by David Fincher. If you only saw the American one, you&#8217;ve got to see the original, even if you&#8217;ll miss Daniel Craig.<\/p>\n<h2>Action Score<\/h2>\n<p>I don&#8217;t see much hand-to-hand in the trailer. I&#8217;m expecting a lot of gunplay, and some explosions, and I have a feeling this trailer reveals most of the violence of the film.<\/p>\n<p>If Dragon Tattoo is a guide, perhaps there is some creepy torture that leaves Noomi Rapace&#8217;s character scarred. I don&#8217;t expect to see the scene in which she sustains the wounds, but I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised by a flashback sequence involving screaming. But the techniques of those scenarios aren&#8217;t the type of violence that we as fight performers need to study. But as actors, the ability to portray those intentions, fears and pain can be a good exercise.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, this looks like a tame story of revenge without too much at stake for the audience. Who can relate organized crime with automatic weapons and explosions large enough to take down a building? <\/p>\n<p>Then again, the trailer for the original Girl With The Dragon Tatoo didn&#8217;t really reveal the horror of the movie either.<\/p>\n<h2>Macbeth?<\/h2>\n<p>This trailer strangely reminds me of Macbeth. Maybe it&#8217;s the Blood Demands Blood title-card.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to see a good version of classic Shakespeare, check out this one with Sam Worthington:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"2006\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EzsWi3eRt0U?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s the Lesson?<\/h2>\n<p>If this trailer didn&#8217;t mention Niels Arden Oplev, I wouldn&#8217;t think about it. Even so, I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;ll see it in the theatre or wait for video. Let&#8217;s hear the early reviews, it may surprise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed the text in there: From the Director of the Original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re going to talk about today: Niels Arden Oplev. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Based on a novel called &#8220;Men Who Hate Women&#8221; by the late Swedish author Steig Larson. 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