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)
孙锡久真是坏的毫无章法，就像一只疯狗，逮谁咬谁
崔会长的安保堪比安培的，陌生人都能跟着一起靠这么近
一家都挂你电话HH 在越南一屋子人候着 都能硬战，到韩国才来3个警察 就吓跑了？韩国车道掉头这么容易？反派干了这么多票还这么穷逼叨叨的样子也是挺创业失败的啊。看马东锡过肩摔轻松地感觉自己也可以了 HH 为什么会觉得反派帅？get不到啊这么凶残的人。“我们五五分。谁拿五。……”HH 做警察真得练好技能不然分分钟出事啊
三星半，很纯粹的喜剧犯罪动作电影，好适合马东锡，这个反派太变态了
..首先片型是我最看不来的尘土飞扬拳拳到肉刀刀见血的肉搏片..是真的在拿大砍刀砍人的..韩国警察不配枪么？孙锡久的坏笑还是好可爱啊 > - < 马哥设定战力爆表无人能敌，去年有个电影叫《小人物》也有一场公交车上打架的剧情，感觉比马哥和我具这段精彩不少。
砍刀最终也砍不过马东锡的拳头，拳拳到肉，无处可藏。
好喜欢这种拳拳到肉，绝对压制的戏码，哈哈哈
也不是说不好，就是节奏变了，马东锡专注到绑架案后就缺少了第一部里的警察身份的一种模糊感，游走在江湖街道里的大哥气
一星给马东锡的拳头和巴掌，一星给大反派扎的刀子，一星给两个人最后打了一架，观影完毕，心中毫无波澜。
节奏欢快 哈哈哈 下一部 马东锡是不是要手撕灭霸了
好想让孙锡久赢啊
别再重量级打轻量级了。
怎么演坏蛋(民工形象)也这么可爱，担心马东锡被他嗲死（乡土版刘昊然越发乡土了
2022.07.28于阳朔县兴坪镇GEEMU酒店
草get到孙锡久了……好几把帅……深夜满脑子只有孙锡久的大胸肌……
这系列好不好看，完全取决于反派的演技。孙锡久坏人演的太自然了，那种压迫感过于真实。相反马东锡的一拳超人强的我差点以为这片子是漫画改编的。
韩国拍这些商业片给我一种爽却不新鲜的味道，总感觉是在走香港早已走过的动作老路。只不过是甄子丹、洪金宝等一众打星赏心悦目的动作变成了“西八量超标”的耳光和猩猩拳罢了。
不同的故事但基本是同样的套路，剧情更紧凑，动作场面与诙谐元素的节奏掌控也更娴熟，越来越有类型片的味道了。就是中间那段为了映衬反派的狠过于弱化治安力量有点让人血压升高，主角再强点就可以加入复联了。
（蹲一个清晰的汉语中字特效字幕还是值得的）
3.5星，故事视角放在韩国海外罪犯对于韩国游客的绑架犯罪挺不错的，一拳超人马东锡，打反派依旧一拳一个，虽然没啥美感但看着是真爽，可以让观众情绪发泄型的动作片照这个路数应该能拍成一个挺长的系列，而且投资也不用太大，也不用不断地升级动作场面，不过反派就没有第一部出彩了，哈尔滨张谦蛋
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