The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
好像一部草台班子拍摄的碰瓷电影，干脆叫《嘿壳帝国》得了---比如碰瓷《环太平洋》的《环大西洋》电影。
white rabbit很燃！第一部都是小学看的了，看男女主时隔多年谈黄昏恋就感觉怪怪的…以及小乔现在都能当这么皮实的反派了！
好家伙!名不虚传的差啊!请继续拍下去!谁不爱看王牌对王牌嘛!
甚至连当初在影迷圈里时髦无比、充满炫智意味的“堆砌辞藻/套用各种概念的分析解读内涵”之风也惨遭官方戏谑。尽管影评人口碑其实还行（持平2吊打3），但很难不得罪按三部曲画风去期待的粉丝。
1~3已经是个很完整的故事，这部说好听点是卖情怀，说难听点就是蛇足圈钱，活像一夲制作不夠精美的怀旧纪念手册。两个重要角色换演员引发不适。男女对撞机威力好大，不比核弹差。乾坤大挪移都玩上了，吸星大法也不远了。最后的彩蛋笑死，然而与全剧风格完全不搭，导演也摊手——短视频时代，我还能咋办？(幸亏自己是胡子控，更喜欢现在的里维，否则连情怀也没了)
一场游戏一场梦。
在电影院看的。也不知放了多少条《黑客帝国》第一部的片段，故事也基本和第一部差不多的模式，只是基努里维斯和凯瑞安莫斯都老了。
这片确实垮了，一开始我都感觉是在看美剧，缺点实在是能列十条。估计很多人吐槽很多了。但还是给3星，因为至少我看到第四部又在前三部的基础上往前走了一步，我是指科幻方面。因为前三部真是顶级科幻，非常有科幻思维。再往后续确实是非常非常难，所以哪怕我看到了一点可贵的延续和进步，我就觉得不错了。现在绝大多数科幻片，我都看不上眼，真的几乎毫无科幻思维，都是披着科幻外衣的动作片、特效片、悬疑片。当然，这部和以前也是没法比的，只能说看到一点点，稍微满足黑客帝国影迷的希望而已。
电影开场就直说了Reboot sells，可能在好莱坞眼中经典IP重启就是财富密码(然而并不是)。
你是谁？从哪来？到哪去？时隔二十年的《黑客帝国4》以「影迷」熟悉又陌生的方式重启。电影里，带着「拯救」任务的下位者需要「领袖」尼奥来偶遇、怀疑和确认自己，而带着《爱的困惑》的尼奥则需要「镜像」崔妮蒂来帮他进入游戏。可惜，二者并非对立统一关系。与其同性给同性诊断，不如换个「异性」视角来看：贝托鲁奇拍《小活佛》时52岁，沃卓斯基「兄弟」姐妹重启《黑客帝国》时56/54岁，艺术家到了「知天命」年纪，为此，这部科幻作品里最接地气的部分反而是游戏开发者的「自我迷失」困局：现实/玩家与虚拟/角色重叠在了一起，瞬间进入「游戏」的玩家分不清现实与虚拟，渐渐淡出「游戏」的角色不知道「我」是谁，从哪来，又要到哪去。于是，深陷「自我」怀疑。最终，艺术家在枯燥的现实中找到了生命的意义，普通人在神奇的游戏中体验到了活着的乐趣。
元叙事吐槽华纳而且华纳还准了这个事情细品一下，会觉得有点反“狗尾续貂”这个概念的意思。从有生之年活久见期待到可以但没必要强行续的心理状态，在尼奥回归现实后又再次反转。锡安已经不复存在，新的城市人类、机器与程序共存，就……那个热血之地被遗忘之后谁曾想起？这份久别重逢的触动（真不真诚谁管呢）我吃下了。但由于存在与否的哲思风潮已过，矩阵系的故事已经走到死路，现代人确实只配看猫客帝国。（吗？）
只有情怀可言，频频闪回的画面也救不了乏味的剧本。二十年过去了，无论是思想还是科幻的勾勒几乎都是停滞的，赛博朋克风的城市和所谓的人机合作理念都只是浮光掠影，没有跟主线产生任何有意义的互动。如果前半段能更多地落笔在Neo对真实与游戏的怀疑和反复，而不是一出场就把真相抛给观众，也许和三部曲的哲学气质更相符。
将近两个小时的文戏，一波又一波的卖弄情怀，到底是动作片还是纪录片？感觉就是导演的个人感想和Keanu对人生的感慨纪录片，不看也罢
炒冷饭炒得这么烂，以至于我在电影院如坐针毡度秒如年，导演现在是啥审美啊，造型一言难尽……尼奥终于发出气功的那一瞬间，电影院回荡着我不可置信的笑声……
这哪是新瓶旧酒或者旧瓶新酒的问题，这根本就是垃圾瓶装垃圾酒，然后打上一个黑客帝国的假冒伪劣商标。故事毫无创意，动作设计一塌糊涂，跟酷这个字毫不沾边。。
自己复制自己，自己解构自己，那是资本家好糊弄，还是观众好糊弄，还是导演自己好糊弄？这片子的唯一好处就是，回忆一下好久之前早就忘光了情节的黑客帝国三部曲
超感猎杀演员再就业，虽然都是打酱油。
“市场不景气。我相信你能理解为什么我们敬爱的母公司华纳兄弟决定拍摄三部曲的续集。
其实开头的布置不错，Neo被扔回系统改了缓存/记忆，游戏设计师这个主意很不赖，明显是Matrix系列的自我调侃，吐槽华纳以及游戏行业一直延续到彩蛋的大吐特吐更是本片难得的精华，Neo偷偷创造Merphis藏在自己的游戏模拟器里更是神来一笔。。。可是。。。然后就没我然后了。。。其实只要扔掉Trinity这个大烂主意，Neo就是Smith偷偷藏起来备用着给自己某些权限的，然后他们一番哲学争论后，最终还是系统reload ，搞这么个故事很难吗？？中间吐槽吐槽这些年的虚拟世界（互联网梗），甚至缅怀一下Zion往事，也不是不行，我也不需要哲理思辨or人工智能or数字系统原理上有啥新的突破（原三部曲已经很完整了，第三部在思想上已经强弩之末，很难再进阶），就让愿意再进影院的老粉丝重温一下即可，很难吗？？！
【2.0】那段把华纳黑成狗的对话很好笑吗？我只觉得狡辩高于幽默，不过是沃卓斯基姐妹为自身创作无能、为本片的失败提前找一个台阶下罢了。
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