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)
拍的还行，虽有夸张但也很有真实意义，演员们都不错。让人不爽的就是对中国人的设置，特么的电信诈骗窝点不都是在东南亚么，韩国警察还比我们中国警察厉害了？真特么有自信啊。。
投影观看。
意外的有点好看，比较合家欢向，应该很适合大荧幕
最好看的部分竟然是詐騙的部分（小團夥各自分工，劇本策劃到最後一票全員總動員竟然有點燃？？）男主探案復仇部分反而很一般，原來以為打個電話給銀行或政府部門確認就不會有問題原來所有電話都攔截到了騙子基站啊，在中國部分細節做的太差雖然只有中國人看得出來吧
比第一部好看呢，我真的好喜欢小狐狸啊，从以前玩游戏的时候就喜欢，每次都选他去跑！
反派傻不乎乎的！以及各种融梗吐槽简直加分！
I tried really hard to not skip the timeline but this fuxking movie is intolerable.
总体节奏感不错，线路也清晰，但有韩剧缺点。
陕就是陕，黑吉辽就是黑吉辽。端菜要严谨！还有，棒子太小看匪帮对内的监控了！
片子两星，和第一部一样还是那些窠臼，非常俗套和过时，尤其是舞蹈那段，还uptown funk呢…而且里面的特效水准确实不达标，所有索尼克和人类的场景搭在一起都非常得廉价，表演也不用心，光影也给得非常奇怪，脸部的毛发细节也不足，反而没有人类的一些遗迹场景看着还协调一些，莫不如直接做成动画片，这样可能看着还会协调些。而且金凯瑞这套卡通感的表演，也并不能给这个片子起到什么正向效果。但是加一颗星纯粹是为了里面索尼克抛的几个梗，真的让人怀疑是一群憋着坏的成年人在刻意幼齿化，尤其是里面吐槽范迪塞尔和巨石强森的那句真的蚌埠住，可能是最近好莱坞片子里唯一一个感直接调侃这件事的电影了吧，以至于最后让主角刻意强调we are family都显得有些高级黑和蔫儿坏。但整体还是挺儿童的
骗子们在沈阳租的办公楼外挂着的横幅是：诚信兴业。哈哈哈哈哈。
两星给画面，其他的不要问，能想出的词他都没有。
作为游戏粉看看还是很欢乐的，哈哈哈哈ヾﾉ≧∀≦)o
拍的还行，虽有夸张但也很有真实意义，演员们都不错。让人不爽的就是对中国人的设置，特么的电信诈骗窝点不都是在东南亚么，韩国警察还比我们中国警察厉害了？真特么有自信啊。。
烂到爆炸就算了，还夹杂老美丽意识形态输出，恶心
超级赛亚索尼克！
金武烈也太适合演反派了！还有就是说寒国人你们要是实在看不上中国这块地方可以去别的国家拍哈。本来没觉得有什么夹带私货，毕竟雾霾也是老生常谈了。但是讨债的一见到中国人就说句“你吃饭了吗”可把我恶心坏了。把这句话放到大银幕，不愧是无法出人头地的导演们。
好真实的电信诈骗，不过说实在沈阳剧中出现了西安钟楼，着实把我哄着了…
那么多人觉得是在黑中国？！其实我觉得这部片子很现实！中国就是有很多电信诈骗，网络诈骗！而且确实是始作俑者！受害者不计其数，身边就有好几起这种案例！人家棒子确实敢拍，这种题材，值得发人深省！中国人就不敢把这些现实肮脏的东西表现出来！
还是挺期待后续的，没玩通关游戏，给自己的童年补上音速小子的缺
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