In the same theater, in a VIP private room not far away, Vin Diesel, with a shiny head, also sat down, waiting for the film to start showing, and was able to take a break from his busy work to come to the theater and pay attention to Murphy Stanton's film, which he didn't like very much, mainly because his film was about to face the impact of this film. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Fast and Furious 6" was released in North America last weekend and received more than $97 million in its first weekend, although the film has a poor reputation and may face a big box office decline in the second weekend, but there should be no problem in North America to exceed $250 million.

However, if you want to achieve this goal, the premise is that "Dark City", which will be released this weekend, cannot be too strong, and if there is a super explosion like "The Avengers", all the films released at the same time will inevitably be affected, and the already average reputation of "Fast and Furious 6" may have a cliff-like crash.

That is a situation that Vin Diesel does not want to see in any case.

Vin Diesel is very clear that judging from the pre-sale results, the first weekend of "Dark City" in North America with $150 million is basically a foregone conclusion, and if $150 million, the impact of "Fast and Furious 6" may not be particularly large.

After all, all this depends on the quality of the film, if the premiere has a big reputation......

Vin Diesel shook his head, the last thing he wanted was a situation.

"Here we go!"

The moment the big screen lit up, Daisy couldn't stop being excited, and she couldn't wait to see the magician's evil performance.

Countless movie fans are waiting in nearly 4,000 theaters across the United States, and a large number of film critics have gathered at the premiere venue, Lincoln Center, all ready to enjoy a black feast!

At the beginning of the film, everyone was slightly shocked.

The classic Twentieth Century Fox opening has changed, and in the familiar background music, when the Twentieth Century Fox logo appears, the screen is gloomy and dark, and there seems to be a heavy black fog drifting through the background, even the opening credits of Stanton Studios are no exception, and it seems to be shrouded in gloom.

The two titles flashed, and all that was left on the screen was fluttering black, and the camera suddenly lowered and turned into a panoramic overhead shot, and the entire Manhattan Island appeared in the picture, and in the panoramic shot from the overhead, those tall buildings also showed a strange blue-black, and the tallest buildings suddenly burst into bursts of flames, forming a line of big characters in the darkness - Dark City!

Then the camera cuts quickly, and the subtitles of Murphy Stanton's work flash away.

Then, the darkness disappears, and the bright sunlight suddenly appears on the screen, and the busy streets of New York City are bustling with traffic, in which the camera captures the ordinary-looking back of a man in a black suit, and then the picture zooms closer and closer, and finally stops on the person.

The other party is carrying a net bag, and inside is several colorful magic balls!

"This is the magician!"

The use of the lens is clever and easy to understand, and there is nothing subtle about it, even if you are not a movie fan, you can understand what it is saying.

"Murphy Stanton is still the same Murphy Stanton!"

In the State Theatre of New York, Peter Truckee, a famous film critic from "Rolling Stone" magazine, sighed, "The opening shots of his films are always very amazing, but they can be understood by everyone, there is no entry threshold at all, this is a really good director!" ”

Who wouldn't play with some tricky shots? If nothing else, among those students who have just graduated from film school, there are a lot of them, and Peter Trucky thinks that this is nothing at all, and that is the real cleverness to be able to use the lens amazingly and at the same time in an easy-to-understand way.

The screening of the film continues, this man with only his back joins another group of bandits, enters the bank and begins to rob, these guys in black hoods, obviously have a careful plan, easily open the bank's vault, and the audience can't tell which is the real magician for a while.

"Is that all?"

Also sitting in the theater, Richard Brody, the film critic of "The New Yorker", shook his head, "The opening scene is really amazing, but what is the use of such a robbery scene for the film and the characterization?" ”

Seeing the robber open the safe all the time, he didn't think there was anything special about this scene, except that the robber who might have been a magician was a little crazy, it was just plain and boring.

He has a wide range of tastes, an astonishing number of movies, and a reputation for sharp reviews and opinions, and if the film were only of this standard, Richard Brody would have felt that it would be difficult to give a passing grade.

However, the following plot evolution made Richard Brody immediately dismiss this idea.

There is still no official appearance of the magician, but this character is vividly present in front of everyone in a series of words and actions of the robbers.

The robbers, through dialogue, show that they have all been provoked by the magician, and while opening the vault, they also start a killing of each other, until finally there is one person left, who also makes fun of the bank manager and the New York gangster behind him with playful words, kills the driver who drove the school bus into the bank, calmly drives away, and blends into the end of a team of school buses.

Inside the bank, only the frightened bank manager was biting a smoky grenade in his mouth, and the smoke rising from the grenade seemed to mock everyone in the world.

"Holy! This magician is so handsome! ”

In the theater in Los Angeles, Justin clenched his fist hard, "Before he showed up, he stole the limelight!" ”

Richard Brody looked at the picture on the screen, gradually speechless, this opening scene is not flat at all, but wonderful people can't help but want to applaud loudly, Murphy Stanton's side accent technique is almost perfect, so that the role of the magician can leave an indelible impression without showing up!

It's not bland at all, it's ...... It's wonderful!

This film has three protagonists, after the magician appeared in such a special way, Jay Rachel as the heroine also appeared in the film, and a lot of the viral marketing in the early stage was Jay Rachel's campaign for the New York District Attorney, so as soon as she appeared, she was the Grand Attorney of New York City, and she appeared at the same time as the congressman's father in the previous film.

At Jay Rachel's inauguration, her father also said a few simple words, revealing from the lines that he was retired.

Although Murphy did not give a very clear explanation, it is clear to those who have watched the previous film that the senior officials in New York City who are in collusion with Reyner are Jay Rachel's father, and Jay Rachel already knows about it.

In this case, Jay Rachel, who had just become the Grand Attorney of New York, not only chose to turn a blind eye, but instead let his father participate in his own inauguration......

In fact, Murphy is telling all the audience through such a lens that Jay Rachel is not as simple and kind as it seems on the surface.

Perhaps some viewers will have to watch it a second time to discover such content, but the keenly professional film critic immediately realized it.

As a film critic who has always been very fond of Murphy, Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times has been nodding his head to the various scenes and designs since the beginning of the film, especially this one.

"None of us are simple animals, we all have our own thoughts and ideologies." He casually recorded in his notebook, "Chris Dane has it, Reiner has it, Inspector Lynch has it, and Jay Rachel has it too!" ”

When there is a conflict between law and family affection, what choice do people make? Either way, it's undoubtedly going to be very tough for Jay Rachel.

Subsequently, the other side of Jay Rachel is shown more clearly, her first task as a grand prosecutor is to hunt down the gangsters and Chris Dane's Night Walkers, both of which undoubtedly break the law, but in the face of both, Jay Rachel once again shows her two sides.

She cracks down on the gangsters, but once again chooses to turn a blind eye to Chris Dane.

As the three absolute protagonists of the film, Chris Dane is the last to appear, the appearance of the Night Walker gives a layer of security to the chaotic New York, and also becomes the hope of New York citizens, and some radicals even imitate the appearance of the Night Walker to fight criminals.

Chris Dane appeared on such occasions, he stopped the gang's trade and the behavior of copycats, but the imitator's words made him only witty.

"How are you different from us!" One of the imitators asked aloud, "What power do you have?" ”

The people who entered the advance screening, many of whom were veteran fans of Murphy, naturally began to think when they heard this, as an ordinary person, without legal authorization, why does Chris Dane's Night Walker have the power to fight crime? Is this kind of counter-violence really justified and legitimate?

Compared with ordinary audiences, professional film critics are undoubtedly more aware, and Richard Brody was directly poked in the sensitive part of his heart by this question.

"Just one line...... he muttered, "Murphy Stanton elevates the film's theme, no...... It's even different with the first "City of Chaos". ”

He took his eyes off the screen and tried to look forward, trying to see what was different about the director sitting at the front.

Sadly, like the films shown on the screen, Richard Brody saw nothing but darkness.

It wasn't just Richard Brody who realized that the film was different, but there were many people, such as Vin Diesel and Leonardo DiCaprio, who knew they were facing or about to face a very terrifying opponent.

But fans don't care about this, they are already deeply attracted to the film.