Chapter 158: Shocking Reversal
On October 31, 2002, Halloween in the United States, "Saw Horror" was officially released in North America!
As Chen Hao's first English-language film, although he has considerable confidence in the quality of the movie, he is still a little nervous when he is really about to be released and tested by the market.
After all, this "Chainsaw" is related to whether Chen Hao's next development trip to North America will be smooth, and it is also related to whether he can earn enough money to return to China to implement his future plans.
So, Chen Hao was ready to go to the theater in person, wanting to see the attendance rate and the audience for the first time!
Chen Hao came to the cinema without any cover-up, and it turned out that he was right, because no one here knew him at all.
When Chen Hao bought the ticket, he specially asked that the three major competitors "Merry Christmas and Crazy", "28 Days of Shock" and "Gold Spy" that Davis said before will all be released tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Friday, and three consecutive days are the weekend, and new North American films generally choose to be released on Friday, which is also the statistical category of the North American box office charts.
Unlike the mainland, the North American box office charts generally count the box office for three days on the weekend, and of course, the cumulative box office of a week is also available, but it is not very concerned.
The reason, of course, is that weekends are the peak time for movie-going and weekdays from Monday to Thursday are low seasons, and in North America, there is a big difference between the two.
The three-day weekend box office can better reflect the popularity of the film, so it has become a Hollywood industry practice to count the three-day box office on the weekend.
"Saw Horror" was released on Thursday, which is cheaper than the other three films.
After Chen Hao walked into the theater, he specially observed it and found that the attendance rate did not seem to be too high, and when the movie was about to start, it was estimated that there were less than 50 people.
Chen Hao frowned slightly when he saw this, he didn't know what the situation was in other theaters, he just hoped that the box office would be better for three days on the weekend.
Soon, the screen lit up and you saw "A film by Hao· Chen", Chen Hao smiled.
It's a little embarrassing that Chen Hao's measuring scale studio established in North America has no money to make the opening animation, and it's still just a picture.
This is followed by the iconic statue of the goddess of Sony Colombia.
Columbia was added to the production company just to facilitate distribution, just as Davis also served as a producer on "Saw", all to increase the schedule.
Soon, the movie begins.
Adam was thrown in a bathtub full of water, and when he woke up, he struggled out and found himself in a dilapidated bathroom, one foot handcuffed to a rusty sewer pipe.
Across from him was another person handcuffed, also an unknown kidnapper, Dr. Lawrence Gordon.
"Oh! Is this Robert Downey Jr.?"
"It seems to be!"
"He was released?"
"It seems that yes, but there are still directors who dare to use him, but yes, he can only appear in this kind of B-grade film now!"
......
Robert Downey Jr.'s appearance has caused some discussion, and it seems that his reputation as a bad boy in Hollywood is not for nothing!
In the middle of the room, there is a corpse lying in a pool of blood, holding a Point 38 pistol in one hand and a tape recorder in the other.
Neither of them knew why they were kidnapped, why they were in this strange place, and they didn't know what they were supposed to do.
But soon, the calm Gordon discovers the instructions left for them by the murderer.
The corpse held a small tape recorder in his right hand, which recorded the kidnappers' instructions: Gordon must kill Adam within 6 hours, and if the mission fails, not only will both people die, but Gordon's family will also be killed.
These actions of the kidnappers can't help but remind Gordon of a murderer that Detective Tep is investigating.
This psychopathic murderer loves to kidnap victims who he believes are not valuing his life, allowing them to experience the value of life in a brutal death game.
A man who attempted suicide was kidnapped and then forced to burrow a long distance from an iron cage full of barbs in order to survive.
And he finally died because his arteries were cut and hemorrhaged, and what was even worse was that his body was covered with dense scars, and his stomach acid flowed all over the ground.
A woman who was addicted to drugs was put on an iron mask, which would explode directly if she didn't untie it within 1 minute, and finally the woman broke open another man's stomach in order to survive, and finally found the key in his stomach.
The woman survived, but the man died of a broken stomach and a strangled stomach.
There was also a policeman, in order to hunt down the murderer, he was directly shot to death, covered in blood holes, and died a miserable death.
"Damn, this murderer is too perverted!"
"I really don't know what this guy's brain thinks, how can there be so many kinds of torture that kills people!"
"These guys died so miserably, but these ingenious killing methods are really amazing!"
......
The murderer's bizarre but ingenious killing methods make everyone feel bloody and cruel, but they inevitably have a trace of interest, and even have a desire to see what kind of death will happen next.
Many young people even talked about which murder method was cooler, but soon, the suspenseful and thrilling plot brought them back to the movie, because it is still unknown who the murderer is!
In the film, Gordon and Adam have apparently become pawns of the murderer, facing a fate similar to that of the previous victims.
The deadline for death is only a few hours away, but the contrast in strength between the two sides is so great.
The killer seems to know everything about them, while they only know him as a schizophrenic nicknamed "Jigsaw".
The killer controls the fate of the two men and their families, but any clues they can get from the scene seem to have been deliberately left behind by the murderer.
The killer controlled their movements with various equipment, but left them with only two hand saws, which were not enough to open their anklets, but they could completely cut off their ankles.
In the bag with the handsaw, there are several photographs of Gordon's actions that Adam was hired by Detective Tep.
In a photograph taken from the window of Gordon's house, Gordon accidentally finds a figure who is none other than a medical worker at the hospital, Saipu.
"It must be this doctor, it looks like that kind of pervert!"
"It's really sick, it's a little neurotic, this kind of person is so dangerous! I feel like we have a person like that in our community hospital!"
"Then you'll have to stay away from him!"
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Chen Hao wanted to laugh when he heard this, I don't know if Hulk, who plays the role of a medical nurse, will cry and faint in the toilet when he hears these words!
And as everyone speculated, at this time, Sepp did kidnap Gordon's family and called Gordon to urge him to kill Adam as soon as possible (the phone can only answer), but Gordon couldn't bear to kill.
At Gordon's house, the call was interrupted during a fight between Gordon's wife and Saip, and as a result, the detective showed up and shot each other, saving Gordon's wife's life, while Saip ran away.
The mobile phone call was interrupted, but Gordon could only hear the continuous gunfire from the mobile phone, and threw the mobile phone directly to the wall in anger.
After Gordon's wife was rescued, he called Gordon again, but Gordon couldn't get his hands on it because he had just thrown it away and his feet were locked.
The phone rang incessantly, and Gordon cut off his leg in a frenzy and despair.
"Oh, man!!"
"Damn, it's too ruthless!"
"It hurts to look at it!"
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When the audience saw Gordon's legs, their expressions were distorted, and they felt too frightened.
During the sawing process, the phone stopped ringing, and Gordon dragged the broken leg and pretended to kill Adam, so that the killer would spare his family, and then Saip arrived.
He wanted to kill Gordon, but was dragged to the ground by Adam, who was faking his death, and rammed to death directly with the toilet tank lid.
"Damn, I finally killed the murderer!"
"That's it, well done!"
"It's a pity that the murderer is dead!
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When the audience saw that the murderer was killed, most of them took it for granted, and a small number of people felt pity.
In the movie, Gordon is about to climb out for help, and Adam, who is left there, wants to find the key from the murderer, but turns out a tape recorder.
Then he was horrified to find out that this so-called murderer was actually poisoned by a jigsaw, and he was playing a death game like himself!
That is, he is not a murderer!
Then, amid the horror of Adam and the exclamations of the audience, the corpse that had been lying there without moving suddenly stood up.
Tearing off the disguise from his head, he said "The key is in the bath!" and strolled out of the bathroom, shouting in horror and despair in Adam, "Game over!"
The whole film is over!
And the audience rang out with an exclamation of "Oh my God!"