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)
算不上特别烂，但也绝对没多好。搞笑元素融入得很突兀，前半段几乎看不下去。后半段的疯老头杀手相对是亮点，倒数四十分钟到倒数十分钟内的半小时动作戏节奏还行，不想浪费生命的话只看这半小时就可以了。
两个肌肉型男和一个肌肉型女大闹警察局的故事，看身材给满分💯
事实证明，一个专业的杀手比骗子更可信。凶徒大乱斗
看完全部电影也没有弄明白电影主要表达了个什么意思，云里雾里，莫名其妙，还有警察局里的那帮警察，战术素养也太差了，不解？
黑人女警挺好的呀，只能说简中的种族歧视令人发指。牛仔风的十三号警署，事实证明，同袍不可信，政治掮客不可信，可信的只有按合同办事的职业杀手
估计是因为被在家的十几天体验着无wifi的极限片荒，看完感觉意外的觉得还不错。中间激战妖僧的段落印象深刻，融合进舞步的动作配合各式音乐也是一绝，可惜这部电影已经是武指Bradly James Allen的遗作了。
警匪在警察局的故事，充分证明了一点，没有一个匪类会是好人。
不用太考虑剧情，这是一部很酷的片子，黑人女主表演亮眼。
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
治疗腿伤那段真的性暗示过于明显…我不太舒适。把列宁塑造成地下反派，英国人你们怎么回事哈哈哈，还伙同青年希特勒。开头刚想感慨好不容易主流片找了个这么赏心悦目的男主结果居然死了？？死了？？？
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
因为不太喜欢前两部，我顺利在2021少塌一个房……好家伙才多少年啊，就能这么胡编乱造了？难道篡改历史才是普世的？
啥啊这是…除了公路上美丽的星空啥也没记住…
比预想的好看，没有惊悚的特效，但是故事很富戏剧性。谁是好人，谁是坏人，应该相信谁？一切就在一个小小的警局里展开。
嗯 怎么说 演员都给力 特别是小黑妹 完全不被两个老戏骨落下 剧情三分吧 无功无过 拍摄很多面部近距离镜头 表情深刻 枪战还行 反正演员是大部分的看点
一路killing很high，黑人女警很敬业
以为是英雄救美，结果是雌雄双煞。其实我对2020年后的美国电影挺无奈，为了那啥正确，总是黑白配，就不能自然一些吗？受够了左派那些shit,what the fuck?
除了那场格鲁吉亚战舞（那玩意不是芭蕾）外只剩下混乱和无趣。
假，整个警察局都是不靠谱，没有危机意识的人吗？对待危险反应还不如普通人。
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
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