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)
作为商业片太无聊沉闷了，动作戏太少又不够精彩
印度版的《机械战警》+《白宫陷落》！爽片一部，搞不懂他们英文和印度语混着说台词，不累的吗！从头到尾竟然没有歌舞，不容易啊！看那个《RRR》不少歌舞情节了！最近都是印度片！最难看的白痴印度电影还是要属《丧尸之城》
监视挖料精准暗杀失控，警队围攻异国割草，坑渠鼠斗兄弟互残，安全屋里聊人生，亲友拜访光脚而亡；从入不敷出到家有泳池，可以了。前半部蛮写实的退伍军人潦倒生活，后面突然 Jason Bourne 剧情又有点随便起来，好在动作场面还算干脆利落；每次 Ben Foster 搭档 Chris Pine 都要……唉
小烂片。首先剧情烂，但帅哥男主还可以救一救，偏偏选了个Chris Pine——我真的全方位360°无死角打咩。
背后是谁？不重要
老掉牙的佣兵反杀剧情，前戏太长，精彩的部分实际就两段枪战，预告片看看就行了其实
就是非常套路式英雄电影。男主跟空姐热恋，然后空姐死于恐怖袭击男主也变成瘫痪。然后印度政府利用高科技把男主变成了超级士兵，最后男主破灭恐怖分子的阴谋，拯救整个城市。
没什么歌舞的印度片，基本就是印度版的超级战警，校正完成后可以一打一百。
派派以前仅靠一双看眼睛就charming到爆，而这片子却又恰到好处地忧郁！至于故事。中规中矩，平平无奇，倒是要表达的，还挺难过的
不是前面铺垫太长的原因，就是整个故事不行，太老套了！
印度版的《机械战警》+《白宫陷落》！爽片一部，搞不懂他们英文和印度语混着说台词，不累的吗！从头到尾竟然没有歌舞，不容易啊！看那个《RRR》不少歌舞情节了！最近都是印度片！最难看的白痴印度电影还是要属《丧尸之城》
意外的还可以，作为一个非院线片，比Scott Adkins那种纯B级片好些。军事战术部分硬核，故事还行，Chris Pine的表演是主要看点，以及他和Ben Foster继Hell or High Water之后重聚首。这回他比较像Ben他哥。这哥俩总有种奇妙的化学反应，硬汉bromance绝配。真的想看这俩再多演点硬汉片
开头几个特种兵打不过警察，后续男主发现自己被骗后去复仇，两个退伍军人干掉一大帮雇佣兵，战斗力对比明显有问题。
剧情非常生硬，漏洞很多，战术动作也多不合常理。但剧中主角浓浓的悲伤，贯穿全片，氛围还是渲染的不错的。
还可以哦~帅哥美女~超级未来战警~~~~大场面，不错的片
一句话，新冠病毒就是狗日的美国弄出来的！这帮挨千刀的不得好死
最近少有的枪战电影，细节很真实，火力掩护包抄，战术换弹，cqb。里面所体现的美国老兵待遇问题值得深思。当然了，文青是不懂的。不要被评分骗了，值得一看。
一部冷静、严肃的谍战片，拥有出色的卡司阵容，克里斯派恩很好地演绎了一位饱经摧残的美国士兵。整体叙述有条有理，可以跟《藏身之所》相提并论，非常值得一看。
剧情稀碎不说了，一共三场动作戏，除了最后一场勉强合格其他两场都是什么过家家啊（剪辑穿帮都不谈了），白瞎这么好的道具组了。
可以当作印度版的“白宫沦陷”。节奏很快，尺度很大，科技战狼，我国要是能出这样电影就好了！还有情节同《纸钞屋》。吐槽，印度的超级士兵也需要光刻机才行啊，最后收尾仓促且离谱，只为大团圆结局。
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