Because I could not stop for Death, he kindly stopped for me; the carriage held but just ourselves and immortality” – Emily Dickinson
If Death took a holiday, the guns would go silent in Iraq, the slaughter on our nation’s highways would cease, and the news media would be compelled to cover positive events in the humanities, arts, and sciences. Unfortunately, Death has not had a vacation in recorded history, but Mitchell Leisen’s 1934 fantasy, Death Takes a Holiday, allows us to consider the possibility. Co-written by Maxwell Anderson and Gladys Lehman and based on the play "La Morte in Vacanza" by Alberto Casella, Death Takes a Holiday stars Frederic March as the Grim Reaper who takes on human form in an attempt to discover why men fear him so much. Why he has waited 5,000 years to satisfy this curiosity is not explained.
[Spoiler] After a brief tryout as a shadowy figure who scares the daylights out of those that cross his path, Death shows up at, of all places, an upscale party at an Italian villa, posing as the mysterious Prince Sirki. Only one person knows who he really is, the host Duke Lambert (Guy Standing), and he is sworn to secrecy. Sirki proceeds to fascinate the guests. Given to bursts of wit and poetry, he can just as quickly turn sullen and threatening, and some soon find out that it is better not to look too deeply into his eyes. During the three days in which the Prince is at the villa, however, people all over the world miraculously escape death and potential suicides are doomed to frustration.
To see what’s behind all the conversation about love, the suave but naïve Prince Sirki falls for the irresistible Grazia (Evelyn Venable), the daughter of one of Duke’s friends. Grazia knows who Death is but does not fear him, much to the chagrin of her fiancé, Corrado (Kent Taylor) who has developed a strong disdain for Prince Charming.
More sinister than Brad Pitt in the 1998 remake Meet Joe Black, March turns in a very convincing performance as the creepy yet strangely appealing guest. Although the ending is melodramatic, the emotions are very real and the suggestion that Death may in reality be a friend disguised as a foe is quite touching.
(Howard Schumann, talkingpix.co.uk)
In this wearisome and predictable plot line, Death falls in love and bores us to death talking about it.
(Dennis Schwartz, homepages.sover.net)
I've heard DRACULA was advertised with the tag line "The Weirdest Love Story ever told!" (this is probably a paraphrase), but at heart, I've never felt that you could honestly call that movie a love story. The tag line would be much more appropriate for this one, since it ultimately boils down to what amounts to a love story. This movie is very good indeed, particularly if you consider that it is built around a concept that could have easily been handled in a cute or facile manner. Instead, it is handled as seriously as possible, with some real thought put into how death would try to come to terms with a life and an outlook that was to that point totally unfamiliar to him; much of the credit does go to Fredric March in the title role. It's quite scary when it needs to be, particularly during the first twenty minutes. From then on, it deals with its themes with subtlety, a quiet wit, an enduring sadness, and an everpresent tension on how Death might react if crossed. It's not perfect; some of the dialogue is self-conscious and artificial, as if the writers knew they were dealing with weighty issues and were trying to be profound. But I am certainly glad they didn't try to turn it into a musical comedy of sorts.
(Dave Sindelar, scifilm.org)
See also the remake: Death Takes A Holiday (1971)
七分还是有的，如今的动作片里边属于能看的。
可惜了三位主角了。
真老套，记流水账一样，打斗是真可以，尤其轻轨那段设计的刺激感是可以的，而且有的运镜也是真好看
罗素兄弟怎么也开始滥用起无人机了，这是跟迈克尔·贝新学来的吗，实话实说就这个节奏还不如爆炸贝的《鬼影特攻》来的爽。有几场打戏是不错，电车的和城堡的其实都行，但最后那个一对一单挑多少有点简单粗暴了。
剧情俗套的不能再俗套了，几乎能猜到下一秒会干什么，不过动作戏很加分，至少不会很无聊，算是合格的爆米花电影吧，只是六号作为特工实在没什么记忆点，反而不如最后拱手让出u盘的那个杀手，也许可以单独开发一部属于他的电影。最后，克里斯·埃文斯虽然可以理解你想极力摆脱美队的影子，但还是建议不要演那么蠢的角色
不是我喜欢的style。。高斯林为什么不帅了呢
再把小高那个油腻上司删减一下就更乐了
从头打到尾，电影的色调调得太灰暗，已至于好多地方都看不清楚了。如果不刻意设定成为了救小女孩，似乎故事还更打动人些。
当男主和众人在飞机上开打后，我就想“一会儿是不是要子弹打穿机舱空气失压把敌人吸出去是吧”，然后就……等主角也跳出机舱后我就开始想“马上就要自由落体去抢敌人的降落伞了是吧”然后就……行吧
我对环游世界的刺客/间谍主题毫无抵抗力 本电影好像大光头47执行任务一样段落分的很清晰 真是算法电影 曼谷开场满分5分 太艺术太美了 坐飞机证件商人一直到布拉格之前3分 布拉格白天4.5分 晚上医院4分 堡垒决战3.5分 最后拯救侄女3分 综合一下3.8 综合观感3.5 凑合 爱看本类型的吃饭时候可以考虑
看了两天才看得完，除了超帅的打不死的高司令以外，真的毫无记忆点，安娜也没有007那么惊艳。罗素兄弟真的太无趣了，镜头无趣特效无趣故事最无趣。
兄弟俩卖拷贝上身，动作满文戏差，Gosling杀手从头到尾逃亡没啥大碍，Evans一众的无脑人设跟玩儿似的。
故事太次，政悚角力阴谋阳谋的叙事难度其实远低于电影叙事想象，所以用电影实现当代政治从全局到细节的复杂性，肯定要紧跟诸如全世界围剿土等时髦时事才行，所谓炸裂预算+好莱坞牛逼技术+超线大咖+新新平台支持下的“大片”，只满足于美学偏好和视听，还是离真正意义上的政治先锋电影太远。为我安娜女神加一星，基本只要出现了眼睛就挪不开......
罗素兄弟的超燃动作片，美队演了个做作的反派其演技堪比“美版谢霆锋”
就这水准还敢标榜《碟中谍》？罗素兄弟的脑袋怕不是秀逗了吧。人物行为动机不明，动作戏一盘散沙，剧情推进全皆是似曾相识的情节套拍，这种电影出现在2022年还想征服观众完全就是「痴人说梦」（远不如同日出的《犯罪都市2》更有诚意）。高投资（两亿刀）电影为什么总是令人失望透顶，高斯林+美队的组合几乎让人完全失去欲望甚至看着难受，除了文本之外，Netflix是不是该思考些什么呢？目前看来，就这拉胯的玩意，还是别拍2了。
虎头蛇尾的叙事和动作场面，开头烟花秀最后潦草收尾，男主女主没有火花，美队继续突破自己但是没啥角色曲线就是这么一个恶人而已。soso^^
剧情真是毫无看点，就连美女安娜都不好看，但罗素兄弟拍大场面的动作戏真是天生好手
电影的投入也不小，眼花缭乱地在全世界转场。看高司令和美队两大型男对战也真是过瘾啊！剧情比较简单，反水间谍被全世界追杀，传统套路。最精彩的是中间布拉格街道一战，精彩万分，足以载入动作片史册！只可惜高潮来得早了点，后面的戏就有点没味道了，尤其是结尾，真是无语，就死了个美队，反派啥事没有同，这算什么啊？明明应该小黑反派下台，美女主管上位代替成为新反派啊！
网飞家的剧本AI，难道都不更新程序的吗?
感谢这部电影让我明白了一个道理，不是谁都能演动作片主角的。高斯林气质实在太文艺了，横看竖看都不像这么能打的人，练出肌肉、蓄上点胡须也没用，感觉随时都会跑开去边唱跳边恋爱，而且他演戏的状态也没调整好，就压根不是演动作片的样子，安娜扮相虽拉，但好在状态是对的。美队更不行，就没个大Boss的样子，既无气场又不够狠辣疯癫，他表现的这种滑稽油腻的反派范儿，其实更像是从校园片或者都市片里走出来的。完全走错片场了，两位爷。电影嘛，就还行吧，毕竟2个亿砸里面了，面儿上的东西虽然不出挑，但还是说得过去的，热热闹闹的不难看，至于这故事讲的……算了吧，不说也罢。
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