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)
导演换了风格也突变PG13，前作那种紧张的氛围到了这部毫无存在感，这种父母也是没谁了，我就猜到有反转。
郑雨盛ins特别推荐，挺过瘾的，小正太超可爱～虽然反派警察很扁平，没有人性到极点，来凸显几个灰色人物的人性之善，甚至愿意为救素不相识的孩子而牺牲，很感动了。
《屏1》的桥段设计比续集精良很多，看得出来续集硬续。换了导演，拍摄风格非常不同，只能说少了惊喜，落入惊悚悬疑片的俗套大流中。
反派大爷失女而狂的执念因为小女孩得到救赎 完全舍弃第一部令人屏住呼吸的紧张感设定 只着眼在生猛动作戏有点可惜 儿童血浆尺度偏大 【又杀狗！又杀狗！杀狗的不得好死！
总体失望且无趣。
完全丧失了第一部时密室逃脱的压迫感，转而用一个血腥、老套的复仇类动作片取代。小女孩亲生父母的设定，太过生硬。
亲生父母猪狗不如。养父看不见，倒也重情重义。
韩版的《玩命速递》，剧情简单，但胜在车技和动作戏很棒，小男孩也超帅，值得一看。
这续集咋整成navy seal宣传片了？退伍瞎眼老海豹吊打上门寻女的毒爹（应该给毒爹安排个贝雷帽身份跟瞎老头对打撒？）跟第一部里青少年欺负瞎老汉一比剧情编的也是离奇，不辞辛苦上门寻女竟然是为了取活心移植？！这是假的爹妈吧？如果是真亲爹妈，杀自己唯一的未成年女儿就为给自己老婆换心？啊这，哪个“人才”脑洞这么大编成真·人间恶魔剧本的？ps, 人家seal有好几个队，也不是所有seal都牛的不是人啊。army的特种潜水作战部队，air force的PJ，marine都有自己的强侦察连了，很多都是精英全能特种部队啊。有理由怀疑navy赞助此片做广告了。最后瞎子亲爹捅死瞎子养爹，女儿再捅死瞎子亲爹，说明还是养恩大过天啊。第三部看来是拍不了了
剧情俗套节奏紧凑台词正常，非常合格的爆米花电影。导演节奏掌握拍摄手法制造冲突我都看懂了，很适合初入电影专业的小白观看。
没有了道德约束，比第一部好看了，希望盲人老爷爷和叛徒小狗狗继续出系列
恐怖动作片 老兵实惨 上一部丢了钱 这部丢了狗丢了房丢了命
故事背景东拼西凑, 话说, 现在韩国电影里面都得要安一个小黑吗?
从《屏住呼吸》到“气喘吁吁”——破旧立新：场景大了，格局小了。
黄昏打斗 夜下飙车
不错的恐怖片，虽然bug也有，但前半部很多时间真的是屏住呼吸了……PS第一部的内容差不多忘光了。。。
3.5星，本来是觉得看过就算了也没想来标记，但意外有被结局打动到。整体属于四平八稳，所谓的悬疑紧张反转这些我个人是觉得都在预料之中，中后段个别桥段小有惊喜（别看预告，看了会再少点惊喜）作为类型片凑合消磨时间还行，但看到最后我挺喜欢这种寥寥数语就一下点明主题中心的做法，比同类型的许多片子好太多了。总的来说喜欢惊悚片和暴力血腥片的朋友可以一看（但当动作片看个人觉得没啥太多乐趣）
我觉得还蛮好，爽片小品，已经算完成度不错了。
第一部就是惊悚的悬疑片，第二部变成了中庸犯罪故事片，所以刺激紧张感荡然无存了。
完成度蛮高的 不知道是不是因为刚看完警官的血对比之下看这个就觉得好好看……音乐有遗憾
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