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)
对了 一定要补刀~~无数例子都在告诫我们。
0分的垃圾，警察看到3个人死了倒地也不拔枪。直接射击是不行得，一定要喊两句放下枪趴下然后被反杀。 好人坏人随时改变
不能说无惊无喜，倒也在一夜之中甚是有趣，就知道“陷落哥”能闲庭信步于这鸟不拉屎的警察局…
先睹为快，所谓高清4K画质，电影🎦也许最后真的不是电影院🎦公映为唯一观看渠道了…给3星勉强
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ps拉斯普京跳芭蕾乐感挺好外开不行 古迪子苏屯口音太强了
所以女主你是為什麼一開始就不按那個可以讓方圓20公里的警察都過來的按鈕？？？
讽刺枪战黑色喜剧，戏剧风格类似《雷雨》——在小城警察局汇集了大票各路人马，剧烈纠缠交锋之后90%以上角色归西，火爆场面和涌浪般推进的情节中展示人类生存状态的多样性（所谓“人性”）。本片不同于《雷雨》之处是明显带有嘲讽调侃和启示的腔调。
奔着斯巴达去看的，拍摄各方面都还行，就是有些不明白，这么偏远的警察局，晚上还全体上夜班吗？气球杀手都控制警局了，为什么不去武器库里拿枪，搞个烟雾弹丢进通风口，还用砸墙吗？长发男本不就是要找警察寻求庇护么？为什么最后还要干掉警察？
以为会看到致敬意大利西部片的故事，结果虎头蛇尾。巴特勒硬是打不死是吧。
3.5/5，格局有点小，逻辑有点乱，如果冲俩男主来看会很失望因为没有任何肉搏戏，且戏份光芒被新人女主和精神病盖过。密闭空间+色调构图+黑色幽默算是有点意思，不难看
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很有意思的场景剧，通过对话让每个人物的形象渐渐丰满，在生死存亡之际，可能是盗亦有道，也可能盗亦无道。
1.前半段拖沓冗长昏昏欲睡，文戏过多铺陈过度，节奏扁平毫无亮点。全程无武戏，所谓动作戏的动作就是开枪。2.为了凹剧情把公安系统警力实实在在黑了一把。3.脸谱化的疯癫话唠反派毫无特色略显讨嫌。4.谁看了不想问一句女主持久度如此良好的眼线笔是搁哪儿买的。5.两男主都是我的心头好，我愿称之为两只行走的男性荷尔蒙。可惜没有近身打戏，真真浪费了两个大好身躯。6.后半段的氛围营造还是不错的，血腥暴力直白刺激。7.杰拉德虐待叛徒警察的场面竟然透露出一种可可爱爱，又让他皮了一把。8.本片称之为《警局陷落》真是再合适不过了，某叔的陷落体质再次实锤。
这电影如果能高分，豆瓣是啥水平不用说了吧😅
玩弄历史，肆意意淫。大国政治演绎得如同过家家般儿戏，想要从历史中挖掘出一道清晰脉络追溯源头 虽令人期待，但最终的成果却只惹人发笑。PS：最后只想说，大国政治中，刺杀这种手段真的太愚蠢了
奔着斯巴达去看的，拍摄各方面都还行，就是有些不明白，这么偏远的警察局，晚上还全体上夜班吗？气球杀手都控制警局了，为什么不去武器库里拿枪，搞个烟雾弹丢进通风口，还用砸墙吗？长发男本不就是要找警察寻求庇护么？为什么最后还要干掉警察？
有些剧情有点扯但总体来说值五星，扣一星给主角光环太过分以及大哭桥段太多有害身体健康。哭得多刺激？那一瞬间剧情我都在电影院里不能克制地“嗷”出来了。导演是个搞笑的人，不是那么严谨但是值得一看。
陷落哥陷落系列。最后决战男主在火力体力占尽优势，且战且退有点扯犊子。
除了后面一小段，前面的剧情都很乱，没有了王牌特工的绅士风格
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