Wang Jie is actually a "layman" in his bones, if it weren't for his cultivation, his ancient literary skills would not be so profound. For literary films, except for a few, most of Wang Jie is loveless, and Wang Jie's favorite is Hollywood's commercial blockbusters.

If Wang Jie's thoughts are known to many film critics who advertise literature and art, it will definitely make these people "regret" and will definitely cause an uproar.

"The Speed of Life and Death" is an action movie produced by Twentieth Century Fox Film Company in 1994. Directed by Jane de Bont and starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper and Joe Morton, the film was released in the United States on June 10, 1994, and grossed more than $300 million at the global box office at the time.

The structure of this film is very simple, the theme content is also very simple, and even the name is only one word - "Speed"! Translated into Chinese, it is "Speed of Life and Death". "Speed of Life and Death" is one of the most classic action movies in the 90s in Hollywood, Wang Jie is distressed that many actors in the film are relatively pink at this time, and their acting skills can be imagined, even if this is a commercial action movie. Wang Jie originally planned to let Zhang Guorong play, but Zhang Guorong had already turned into a super dad at this time, and he was crazy about it, and he didn't care about anything other than music, so he had no choice but to use the original version as much as possible, but Wang Jie, the actor of the villain Payne, found Zeng Jiang, who likes to partner with this old drama bone.

The film follows retired police officer Payne as he kills patrolling cops, plants a bomb in an elevator, and demands a million ransom for 13 hostages. SWAT Jack and Harold were quick and brave enough to defuse the bomb and rescue the hostages at the last moment. But Payne was able to escape. Jack and Harold are rewarded for the action, but Payne retaliates. He blows up a bus and calls Jack to tell him that he has planted a time bomb in the other. As long as the speed of the car exceeds 50 miles per hour, it must not slow down, otherwise it will cause an explosion.

Jack drove up to the bus and managed to get on. But by this time the speed had exceeded 50 miles per hour. In the chaos, the driver was shot and wounded, and the passenger, Anne, became the driver. They experienced traffic jams and roadless situations along the way, but they finally did not slow down and moved to a road that had not yet been opened. At the police station, Harold finds Payne's address and goes to arrest him, but he is killed by the bombing, and Payne demands a ransom as soon as possible. As the ransom deadline draws nearer, Jack tries to defuse the bomb at a risk, but not only does he fail to do so, but he also accidentally discovers that the car is equipped with a monitor. When McMahon learned of this, he had the news van cut off the signal and keep replaying the fake images in order to gain an opportunity to divert passengers. At the same time, Jack used a parallel shuttle bus at the airport to safely transfer all the passengers. The bus that eventually planted the bomb exploded after crashing into a scrapped Boeing 707.

Penn was besieged by the police to take the ransom and kidnap Anne. When Jack catches up with Payne, he finds Annie in his hands and dynamite strapped all over his body. Payne fled into the subway and killed the driver. On the roof of the car, Jack and Payne engage in a life-and-death struggle that ultimately defeats Payne. Jack finally rescues Annie, but the subway is out of control. Jack was in a hurry and took advantage of the curve to drive the subway off the tracks, dashing off the ground and stopping. Jack and Anne finally escaped the clutches of death once again.

After a series of life and death experiences, Jack and Anne have long been close to each other. The two kissed each other affectionately.

This movie is not complicated, most of the bridges are Hollywood's usual methods, but they are reinterpreted with the close connection of time, speed and life and death, and even many of them are plot concepts that have been used badly.

The main plot of the script has not changed much, but most of the side details have been readapted and added by Wang Jie, which can make the story smoother.

According to Wang Jie's idea, a lot of unnecessary plots have been removed, most of the props need to be designed and produced by Industrial Light and Magic, and some expensive plots are shot in indoor studios using scale-down models, and the cost of the film is about $8 million to $10 million. Wang Jie plans to spend three to four months filming the main part.

The pre-preparation and post-production of a film is often more cumbersome than shooting, especially the commercial production full of big scenes. That is, Wang Jie is rich and capricious, and he has three large film and television companies, and even a big director like George Lucas or Spielberg can't shoot anything he wants. In the whole of Hollywood, Wang Jie may be the only one who can make movies like this.

Wang Jie has long had a strong appeal in the industry, and "Speed of Life and Death" has only begun to establish the project, and photography, sets, lighting, makeup, costumes, art direction, etc. have been put in place and signed contracts, most of which are some people who often cooperate with Wang Jie.

Many positions can be digested internally, such as the art design was handed over to Zhang Shuping, and the action director was handed over to Yuan Dart (Lin Zhengying and Dong Wei were asked by Xu Ke, and Yuan Kui was the action director of "Lethal Weapon"), and the special effects production was handled by Industrial Light & Magic.

The whole pre-preparation process is closely related to the director, what kind of lens language is needed, the possible influence of the actors on the film, the investigation of the studio and other departments to determine the lighting set, the clarification of post-editing ideas, and the exchange of dubbing and soundtrack with Skywalker sound effects, etc., these are all things that Wang Jie must prepare in the early stage.

Renting relevant venues, making sets and props with reference to Wang Jie's advice, contacting cheap car rental companies, finding suitable roads and locations, etc., will all be completed by professionals, and Wang Jie's assembly line production is both cooperative and highly professional.

Wang Jie asked his CAA to sign Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock in advance, the two were still rookies at this time, Keanu Reeves was still fighting in the stage play, and Sandra Bullock was also studying at East Carolina University, concentrating on studying drama. got the notice that they could star in Wang Jie's new film, and both of them were stunned. Since "ET" and "Rain Man", Wang Jie has become a superstar director in the United States and even around the world, although he has not yet reached the legal age of independence.

Films, especially those with relatively high investment, are a large-scale battle that requires careful planning, and the most tiring in the entire preliminary preparation are undoubtedly three positions - producer, director and screenwriter.

The script has already been finalized, and it will not be changed at will without special circumstances, in the past two weeks, Wang Jie has made enough plans in all aspects, but he will still not be easy before the film starts, and the director must be involved in many matters.

Although there is a special person responsible for renting equipment and props, Wang Jie also has to take a rough look at it, which does not meet his needs, it must be replaced, and taking the production, photography, and art direction to visit the scene together is also one of the basic tasks of the director in the preliminary preparation.

The cinematographer has to figure out how the camera works in the live environment; where the director feels that there is a gap between the location and the scene in mind, he needs to communicate with the set designer and art director to see how to transform it to be closer to the desired scene; after selecting the venue, the producer will discuss the rental of the location with him, and discuss the time, cost, precautions, etc.

The personnel and venues were determined, and Wang Jie corrected the script again according to the actual situation, and formulated the storyboard artwork into different scripts according to the plan - how many shots need to be filmed in each scene, which camera positions to try, and to what extent should the actors' emotions be developed or controlled at this time......

In addition to the storyboard script, Wang Jie also wrote a schedule, according to the venue and actors to coordinate the time, the plot that occurs in the same venue must be integrated at the same time to shoot, he, the director, must think clearly, if he makes the low-level mistake of hedging the costumes of the actors in different scenes in the same venue, it is an amateur-level laughing stock.

After years of training, Wang Jie has already had his own fixed set of processes for directing and producing films.