On June 10, 1985, "The Speed of Life and Death" was released in 1,200 theaters in North America, because the two leading actors were unknown, Disney focused on director Wang Jie when it was released. Since Wang Jie made the world-famous "ET" and "Rain Man", his fans have shown explosive growth.

On the screen, the opening credits belonging to the Disney Company were lit up.

Cameron, who participated in the premiere, quickly turned his eyes around, not much as expected, the huge theater was already crowded with audiences, and Wang Jie's box office appeal was obvious.

In another theater in Los Angeles, George Lucas and Spielberg sat side by side, and when they saw the opening credits, George Lucas did not fully concentrate, but threw popcorn into his mouth.

“What？”

The next moment, George Lucas's eyes widened, the film did not have long subtitles, nor long-winded foreshadowing, and went directly to the topic, only to see Zeng Jiang, who had a handicap, disguised as an elevator maintenance worker, and stabbed the building security guard to the ground cleanly.

The plot unfolds quickly, and George Lucas can see that in the very far corners of the film, a few lines of tiny letters appear, such as director William Rothschild Wang, actors Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock......

Not to mention other content, at least this beginning aroused his favor and gave him a strong desire to watch it, instead of looking at the long opening subtitles and getting drowsy.

"Very smart little guy!"

This is the opinion of George Lucas, a professional, the Hollywood Directors Guild has a hard and fast rule on the opening credits of films released in North America, and he even quit the Directors Guild in anger because of the Star Wars opening credits, and now George Lucas has not joined the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that supports the Directors Guild.

Placing subtitles at the beginning of the film is also a good compromise.

Even George Lucas could have predicted that if "Life and Death" were a success, the technique would soon become widespread.

"Ah......h

The elevator fell rapidly, and the passengers in it let out screams of horror, probably stimulated by the continuous flashing of images, and the theater even resounded with people's exclamations.

The film's next plots such as saving people, looking for bombers, shooting Harry, and the first large-scale explosion are not surprising, they are all bad episodes used by Hollywood in later generations, but at this time, because they were ten years in advance, these episodes happened in the extremely confined space of the elevator room, and the narrow environment and tight time brought the audience a suffocating sense of oppression!

Nervous and breathless......

This is the biggest feeling that Cameron brought at the beginning of the film, last year's "Terminator" he filmed, because of Wang Jie, the gold owner, the film spent more than 16 million US dollars in production costs, which was fully doubled compared with the original time and space, of course, the picture effect is more exciting, so the box office performance has also doubled compared with the original time and space, and North America has reached more than 70 million US dollars. At the time, Cameron was still complacent about the explosion images he had filmed, believing that only a few people in the world could have his directing skills.

"Boom ......"

The explosion that wanted to blow up the entire building left James Cameron stunned, and he sighed at the difference between the small and the big.

The picture gradually enters the transition plot, the mayor of Los Angeles is awarding Jack and Harry, Spielberg's nervousness has recovered slightly, his demeanor is gradually relaxed, he takes the Coke placed next to him, and prepares to take a few sips.

However, before Spielberg could bring the straw to his mouth, the picture suddenly changed, and the bomber was sitting in front of the TV applauding the male protagonist Jack, and the camera switched between him and Jack several times, telling him in the most understandable lens language that there would be a good show between the two men in the future!

I saw that the plot of the movie changed quickly again, and Jack, who was on vacation, walked out of the coffee shop, skillfully greeted a middle-aged man, watched him walk on the bus and drive into the distance, and then ......

It was an earth-shattering explosion that could only be described as earth-shattering, the firelight covered the entire screen, and the camera poured out from the inside to the outside with the firelight of the explosion, creating an illusion that an explosion was happening in front of people's eyes, and after the flying bus roof smashed a car into scrap metal, the window glass was scattered and splashed under the firelight, presenting an alternative glass explosion.

Although the bones of the people in the car must have been blown up, Spielberg heard a shout of admiration nearby.

"Director William's explosion scene is so exciting. ”

"He always surprises us. ”

"How was that shot of the whole explosion happening in front of your eyes from the inside out?" asked Spielberg to his old friend George Lucas.

"I didn't participate in the specific work of this film, it was all the special effects artist of Industrial Light & Magic assisting William, and I will ask him how he did it later. George Lucas explained.

The plot of the movie progresses very quickly, the plot progresses to the tourist bus is planted by Zeng Jiang bomb, as long as the speed exceeds 50 miles per hour, the bomb will be activated, and then the speed below 50 miles per hour and someone gets off the bus will explode, Zeng Jiang plays the bomber in forcing Jack, who sabotaged his first operation, to join the game of speed and life.

Subsequently, the film also explains the bomber's crazy purpose - he was originally a bomb disposal expert in other state police departments, but after being injured and forced to leave his job, he couldn't get his pension, and wanted to extort pension money in this way.

Seeing this, Cameron suddenly felt a little sympathy for the old man, this is not a natural bad guy, but because of the helplessness of some reality, this is not a completely face-painted villain in other action movies, and in the confrontation with Jack, it seems to be flesh and blood and extremely real.

The villain played by Zeng Jiang is silent, and looks like an ordinary retired old man, but the occasional fierce light is very terrifying, and it seems quite rational, but as long as it goes against his will, his evil inner will immediately burst out! Especially in the close-ups of the camera several times, he always has a crazy energy, and it is not the kind of madness that is exposed outside.

In Cameron's eyes, the villain Bomber is more realistic than Jack, who always has a strained face.

By the way, Cameron remembers that on the subtitles that he vaguely paid attention to, this villain is a Xiangjiang actor, and his acting skills are simply outstanding.

"Everyone's misfortune comes from the federal government?"

In another theater, George Lucas whispered to Spielberg, who said, "The American government will always be the best person to blame in Hollywood movies." ”

In Hollywood movies, under the premise of political correctness, the federal government can be smeared, and the unemployed are unlucky, and that is the fault of the federal government! There are too many homeless people, and that is the fault of the federal government! The villain bomber cannot get a pension, and it is also the fault of the federal government!

At this moment, among the few black people sitting in front of them, there was a slight complaint, "It's the white man saving the world again!"

Indeed, the driver of the bus was still a black man at the beginning, but he was soon replaced by a white heroine because of an injury, and Jack, as a rescuer, was naturally a white police officer, and among the passengers behind, there were a large number of Asian, Latino, African and other minorities.

Wang Jie paid great attention to this when filming, although there was a short transition plot, many large scenes were shot with models, and there was an additional Nicole Kidman in the rear compartment who played soy sauce because of compromise, but the identities of the rescuer and the rescued did not change.

The distribution of passengers in the bus can be said to be a microcosm of American society.

"Wow, cool!"

There was another burst of exclamation in the theater, followed by warm applause, Cameron can't remember how many times this is the first time, the audience is frequently cheering for the movie, cheering for Wang Jie, who made this film!

In a scene just past, the bus hit a truck with bottles of drinking water, and the splash in the sky was as wild as the Caribbean Sea under a hurricane!

The flying wheels, the speedometer that always hovers a little at 50, and the various crashes and chaos caused by the bus are all stimulating the nerves of the audience, they cheer and applaud it, and they don't even care about the popcorn sprinkled on the ground, they only have this film in their eyes, only Wang Jie's "Speed of Life and Death"!

"This is definitely a rare top-notch action movie!" Cameron, as a tyrant director of a generation, made up his mind to the conclusion.

The blue sky and white clouds outside the car are beautiful and pleasant, while the car keeps moving at high speed on the airport, and another bomb may explode at any time, and the shadow of death hangs over the heads of the heroes and heroines Jack and Annie, who finally slide out from under the car and escape from the deadly speed cage.

"...... Uproar"

The audience's applause was very loud, after experiencing the test of life and death and the baptism of tension and excitement along the way, they, like the heroes and heroines in the film, needed to use the most appropriate way to vent the tension caused by the movie.

"Boom ......"

The driverless bus crashed into a Boeing cargo plane, and the flames of the explosion were surging, occupying all the views of the audience and pushing their emotions to a peak!

It's an explosion that raises the audience's emotions to the point where nerves may burst!

The picture gradually shifts, and in the wide-angle shot, the distant sunset is about to sink into the ground, dyeing the sky red with the firelight of the explosion, this beautiful scenery is refreshing, and instantly relieves the tense heartstrings.

But these are far from enough, the audience needs to use a more hearty way to vent the emotions that have accumulated for dozens of minutes.

So, under the beautiful sunset, Jack and Annie, who were lying on the ground, finally hugged each other, and the picture was surrounded by 360 degrees in slow motion, showing the audience the special feelings that this strange experience would come together in the most beautiful way.

In just a few minutes, applause rang out again!

This is a shot that can make the audience vent heartily and be extremely refreshing!

"It's so beautiful, it's so romantic!"

The exclamation of a young female audience came from behind Cameron, "Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock are so compatible, they shouldn't just be on-screen couples, how nice it would be if they were also couples in reality!"

In another theater in Los Angeles, George Lucas and Spielberg were stunned by Mr. Wang's handwriting.

The film is not over yet, as the owner of the protagonist's aura, Jack must face the villain and stage a king-to-king show, and this scene is also placed on the transportation often used in the city - the subway!

The heroines in commercial films are all vases, although Anne is a little wild, she is a standard American-style silly big sister, and she was kidnapped by the bomber played by Zeng Jiang and taken to the subway, waiting for the male protagonist to come to the rescue.

Jack rushed into the subway car, but faced with the bus is almost the same scene, Anne has a bomb strapped to her body, the bomber holds the remote control, as long as you let go, it will explode, and the two are in a tense confrontation!

The theater fell completely silent, and the audience was glued to the screen to see how Jack saved the heroine.

Standing behind Anne who was chained to the handrail of the subway, and farther away was the dead subway driver, Zeng Jiang threatened Jack, who seemed to be at a loss.

But in the place where the bomber played by Zeng Jiang can't see, the stupid big sister with a somewhat wild personality has been staring at Jack, when she saw Jack's chin nodded slightly, she quietly moved her body to find a good angle, and kicked heavily at the bomber's vital position, just between the lightning and flint, Jack rushed up and snatched the bomber's remote control, and held down his head and slammed it into the subway car, and the bomber's aging body slowly fell.

"He lost the key!"

Anne reminded Jack, who was looking for the handcuff key, and Jack instantly understood that Zeng Jiang had no intention of letting Anne live by doing this.

The bomb can't be defused, the handcuffs can't be opened, and the subway is out of control, and Jack decides to accompany Anne to face death......

"It's so touching......" This is a female audience.

"It's too bloody......" This is a male audience.

Whether it's touching or bloody, deep down they want to see such a plot, don't they?

As for the heroes and heroines, they won't be worried, with the halo of the protagonist, will their lives be in danger?

So, the big scene at the end of the film appeared, the subway rushed all the way underground, soared into the air with an unstoppable momentum, smashed the closed subway station, and rushed into the streets of Los Angeles, and then the hero and heroine kissed deeply again in the police lights and the crowd watching.

Warm applause rang out again, and the subtitles of the film slowly fell, the most eye-catching of which was the work of William Rothschild King!

Cameron also puffed his hands vigorously, he didn't know how to evaluate Wang Jie, the cross-era shooting method opened Cameron's eyes, and he also sighed.

In another theater, George Lucas and Spielberg walked out of the theater, followed by enthusiastic voices from the audience discussing the film.

Although Spielberg has a deep prejudice against Wang Jie, Wang Jie's talent in movies has conquered his heart, after all, Spielberg's love for movies comes from the heart.