At first, “Ghosts of War” the audience thought they were watching a war movie, but later turned to ghost movies, then turned to dark magic mysterious powers, and then turned to science fiction movies.
When you think everything is ending, it turns back to a war movie.
When you accept that this is a war movie, it continues to turn into a ghost movie.
When you see the end of the film, you will understand the director’s well-intentioned central idea.
“Ghosts of War” is Eric Bress, the second feature film directed and written after “The Butterfly Effect”.
The film is set at the end of World War II and tells the story of a five-man US military team being ordered to guard a French castle.
Unexpectedly, in addition to the remaining enemy troops, a supernatural evil force is also gaining momentum.
Everyone in the squad also faces a more cruel threat than on the battlefield.
The front of “Ghosts of War” talked about the checks and balances between the U.S. Army and the Nazis during World War II. The style of painting in the middle part changed sharply, turning into a haunted and strange show in the castle.
The grievances of the castle family and the US military squad were dealt with and teased, and the truth gradually surfaced in the darkness and fright.
It turns out that the old castle hides the life and death of the wronged souls and the secrets of the team’s deep heart.
“Ghosts of War” focuses on the traumatic sequelae brought by the war, as well as the shocking and regretful regrets lurking in the deepest part.
Eric Bress used his best advanced thinking to immerse the human beings who died innocently in the war into the mutual immersion of technological support and the invasion of resentful spirits.
This allows them to complete revenge and redemption in the subconscious that can be controlled.
Although the scene of “Ghosts of War” is rudimentary, the unique creativity and progressive transitions are still several surprises.
It has both the awakening reflection of war films and the cheap thrillers of horror films.
73 minutes before the movie, I thought it was a horror movie of a tribe’s routine of entering the castle.
At the time, I was thinking about the director of The Butterfly Effect.
But the later part severely dispelled my previous experience.
The film has unexpected imagination, but the core of the film is the familiar content of confession and redemption.
To have the ability to save but not to act is an original sin for them.
Even though their bodies were damaged by the bomb, the torment that seemed to be cursed in their hearts did not subside.
It is rare to describe the heart of soldiers who have come down from the battlefield in this way.
This method is very ingenious and profound.
I really like the subtle sense of chaos in this movie.
Eric Bress’s chaos of good and evil, and his habitual expression of technology and spirit entangled together, created the feeling of nightmare in the movie that he tried to grasp the desire to change but was always weak and out of control.
For people who are used to facing the dark, the kindness in the soul has long been replaced by the meanness in fear.
Even if he wanted to show his self-conceited kindness, he could still be seen through the mask of hypocrisy.
Of course, judging from the rhythm of the whole film, the film still has a sense of procrastination while explaining the part of science fiction.
Of course, “Ghosts of War” also has its shortcomings. Its ending jumps too stiffly.
The biggest bug is not the technology that combines virtual reality and memory, but the powerful curse of the dead Afghan family.
Can they use the computer system to be reborn in ghost form?
And one is already dead, and if you go back and start again, isn’t it enough?
In short, “Ghosts of War” is an experimental movie with a tight rhythm, mixing war, thriller, supernatural, horror, and science fiction.
It is similar to the hut in the forest, but it is not as complete as the hut in the forest, and it is not as interesting as the hut in the forest.
Although the ending of “Ghosts of War” is a bit bad, as an entertainment movie, it still won’t let you divert your attention all the time!
