A few years ago, when Zhang Ran went to Faroe Island to meet Bergman, Bergman told him that if the world of cinema was a house, only Tarkovsky, Fellini, Kurosawa and Buñuel could move freely through it; Now Zhang Ran walked into the house and walked freely through it like Tarkovsky and the others. He can use any film language he wants, and even create new ones, and he makes any film like a fish in water. In the world of cinema, Zhang Ran is a real free man—— French "Film Manual"

"Apocalypse of the Future" not only expands the vocabulary of cinema, but also enriches our language, and now all the media talk about this film with the word "songci" —— the Russian newspaper "Independent"

Since the birth of film, it has been more than 110 years, and the film language has undergone various innovations and practices, and it seems that everything that should be explored has been explored, and what should be practiced has been practiced, and many people even think that the exploration of film language has been exhausted. But Zhang Ran told us that the language of cinema is far from the end, and he has found a new way. From the scroll footage of "The Aviator" to the current structure of Song lyrics, Zhang Ran tells us again and again that we should learn from Chinese culture—— Dongying's "Film Xunbao"

Zhang Ran is extremely skillful in using all the visual tools at his disposal, leading the audience like a master strategist, showing everyone every turn in the battle, showing the expressions of the death and cowardice of every warrior who changed the course of the story. The big screen is brought to life with these action scenes and uplifting music. ——Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany

The movie is shocking! Unstoppable! You are completely brought into the film and integrated with the characters and the story, this is the most dazzling film since the new century—— South Korea's Chosun Ilbo

Zhang Ran is a very special director, his films are always mediocre and outstanding, "Time Prisoner" is mediocre, "Bursting Drummer" is outstanding, "Time Warrior" is mediocre, "Aviator" is outstanding, "Tangshan Earthquake" is mediocre, and "One Man Puts on the Lights" is outstanding. According to inertia, "Future Apocalypse" should be relatively mediocre, but this time Zhang Ran played a big joke with everyone, people's expectations that "Future Apocalypse" would be a bad film failed to come true, this is a shocking and outstanding work. - Empire, UK

"Future Apocalypse" has not only been highly praised by the media of various countries, but also warmly sought after by fans around the world, and the praise on the Internet is overwhelming, and many people have written their feelings on the Internet with excitement.

When "Avatar" was released, Lu Chuan exclaimed, "Avatar" is something that we Chinese filmmakers want to witness collectively, a complete defeat of collective convincing, and we should be ashamed in the face of "Avatar". Zhang Ran slapped Lu Chuan with "Future Apocalypse" and slapped Lu Chuan's two big mouths, it is a scumbag director like you who should be ashamed, why should Lao Tzu be ashamed—— Douban netizen cold-faced demon king smiled

To be honest, my brain is still a mess now, and I was shocked by "Future Apocalypse", and I really don't know how to write this review. If you're looking for special effects, it's definitely worth the ticket price, and if you're looking at the story, you'll earn back the ticket price as well. This is a revolutionary movie, and if you don't watch it, you will regret it for the rest of your life. - American netizen Jonathan

I watched it in a nice IMAX cinema in Romania. I expected the movie to be good before watching it, but I really didn't expect it to be so good. "Future Apocalypse" is not like "Avatar", it is not a special effects film, the story of the film is thrilling, the plot is unexpected, after Gu sacrificed, when he saw the line on the saber, tears fell. The three-and-a-half-hour film was so short that I didn't see enough of it. - Romanian netizen Raduchoyu

It's really unsatisfying, I still want to watch it a second time, the effect of X is simply amazing, I've never watched a war movie with such a strong sense of substitution, it's like I'm really on the battlefield, the bomb explodes around me, and my comrades die around me. This is definitely the best war movie I've ever seen, and it's also the most shocking sci-fi movie I've ever seen. - French netizen Duchamp

In China, the number of ratings of "Future Apocalypse" on Douban has exceeded 200,000, and the score is still 9.6 points, the same score as "The Shawshank Redemption";

Many fans can't wait to express their hope that the sequel to "Future Apocalypse" can be started as soon as possible, and they hope to see the sequel to the movie as soon as possible, and the film's score on Dongying Yahoo is as high as 4.76 points.

On the famous Korean portal Naver, "Future Apocalypse" has 25475 comments, with a score of 9.4, and many netizens gave the film a full score of 10 points, and said that they were reluctant to leave the table after the film ended, and even some Korean fans scolded Korean directors for being waste, and they couldn't make movies like "Future Apocalypse" for another hundred years.

On the French film database and scoring website Allociné, the fastidious Frenchman gave a high score of 4.5 (out of 5), which is the same rating as the French god film "Untouchable", and the word used most by French netizens when commenting on the movie is "great" in addition to "shocking", which can be described as rave reviews.

Of course, "Future Apocalypse" has not received all the praise overseas, and in the United States, "Future Apocalypse" has been fiercely attacked by conservative film critics because it is considered anti-American.

John Nolter, editor-in-chief of the American conservative blog "Hollywood," has criticized "Future Apocalypse" as a sanctimonious film, full of monistic characters and politically correct clichés, and the plot is all expected.

John Podhoretz, a conservative film critic at Banner Weekly, even scolded "Future Apocalypse" as one of the dumbest movies he had ever seen. He pointed out that "Future Apocalypse" has many links between the U.S. military and the Nazis in the movie, revealing a deep anti-Americanism.

Neil Gardner, a well-known international current affairs analyst in Washington, who is a frequent presence on television and radio stations in the United States and the United Kingdom, is a representative of the conservative wing. Gardner called "Future Apocalypse" "the most expensive anti-American propaganda in history, the best propaganda film for the Chinese government." He even wrote an article that opened fire on Zhang Ran and "Future Apocalypse": "Future Apocalypse is not just a science fiction movie of more than 200 minutes, but also a political tool with a clear purpose. Zhang Ran should be promoting that he excluded his political views from the film, and acknowledging that the Iraqi people are living significantly better now than they were under Saddam Hussein, rather than denigrating the sacrifices made by the American military. ”

Colonel Simon Salas, director of public affairs at the U.S. Army Headquarters, published an open letter through the Army Times, accusing "Apocalypse of the Future" of being full of smears and belittling of the U.S. military, and many of them linking the U.S. military to the Nazis are even more unacceptable, and movies like "Apocalypse of the Future" are not conducive to the public's understanding of the U.S. Army.

James Wayne, a former soldier of the 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army and a Vietnam veteran, publicly declared war on "Apocalypse of the Future", saying that the movie is full of anti-military and anti-American sentiments, and even hints that the U.S. military is Nazi, which is simply unbearable. Zhang Ran should have been in Iraq to see what was going on there, instead of squatting in the studio and talking about it.

On Tuesday morning, Zhang Ran was in Los Angeles promoting "Future Apocalypse." At the scene, Zhang Ran was questioned by a conservative reporter: "Zhang Ran, you said that "Future Apocalypse" is simply anti-war and not aimed at the United States, don't forget that China has also fought many wars, such as the war between China and Dongying, so do you also want to oppose it?"

Zhang Ran retorted unceremoniously: "You have misunderstood a concept, there is a difference between justice and injustice in war. China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was just, it was the Dongying people who invaded our country, and the Chinese people fought to protect their homeland. It's like a mob breaking into your house, and you shooting at the thug is a reason, and it must be just. Anti-war is not simply opposing war, it is not that we will not resist when the Dongying people enter the country, on the contrary, if we really oppose the war, we should resolutely drive the Dongying people out, and this is called ending the war with war! Just like World War II, the United States fought against Dongying and Germany, which was just. ”

The reporter continued: "Saddam Hussein's cruelty to the common people should not be overthrown? Do you admit that the living standards of the Iraqi people today have improved markedly compared with those of Saddam's time?"

Zhang Ran retorted: "Iraq's per capita GDP in 1990 was $12,000, and last year's per capita GDP was only $3,788. What's more, suicide bombings happen every few days, and this has become the norm in Iraq. I would say that over the past 30 years, the United States has spent $14.2 trillion in 13 wars. If the 14.2 trillion yuan is not spent on the war, then will the medical insurance be solved? Can it be used to invest in infrastructure and help white-collar and blue-collar workers? Why should this money be spent on the war, not on the people?"

Due to a wave of bad reviews from conservative film critics in the United States, the freshness of "Future Apocalypse" on Rotten Tomatoes has dropped by 81%, and the score has also dropped to 8.4; MTC is a comprehensive media score, and there are relatively few pheasant media, and the impact is not great, and there are 92 points. Although both conservatives and the military have criticized "Future Apocalypse", and many netizens have scolded Zhang Ran online and told him to go back to China, "Future Apocalypse" still has a high score of 9.2 on IMDB.

Zhang Ran is not worried that "Future Apocalypse" will affect the box office because it is anti-American, "Avatar" was also considered an anti-American film two years ago, and Cameron made it clear that "Avatar" is alluding to the US war against Iraq, but "Avatar" is still a big hit at the box office in North America.

The video of Zhang Ran's conversation with an American reporter was quickly transmitted back to China, first posted on Weibo, and then reposted by many public accounts and fans. The title of the video taken from the official account is extremely eye-catching: "Zhang Ran was interviewed by an American reporter, and this answer was too Chinese angry", "The American reporter wanted to overturn the case for Dongying people, but Zhang Ran's answer was too powerful", "The foreign media blew up! Zhang Ran and the American reporter staged a fire-splashed offensive and defensive battle"......

This video sparked a carnival of netizens, who praised Zhang Ran's answer for being fantastic, and then scolded the media such as "Xinjing Daily" for spreading rumors, "Future Apocalypse" is obviously a satirical American movie, but it was said to be pro-American, which is extremely shameless.

Many netizens who were influenced by the media such as "Xinjing Daily" and thought that "Future Apocalypse" was praising the US military, only then did they know that they had been fooled, and they scolded the media for spreading rumors, and said that they would definitely go to the cinema to support "Future Apocalypse".

"Future Apocalypse" had an excellent box office in the first week and an excellent reputation, which can be described as a double harvest at the box office, but Zhang Ran still couldn't laugh, because this week Nolan's "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" will be released worldwide, which will definitely have an impact on "Future Apocalypse". It's hard to say what the final trend of "Future Apocalypse" will be!