The time has passed midnight, and the Imperial Entertainment Theater in Santa Monica Commercial Plaza is still crowded, and it is already Friday, "Night City" is about to start large-scale release, because the previous pre-sale is too hot, the North American theater alliance led by the three major theater companies has officially opened the release of "Night City" after midnight on Friday. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even though Friday is a weekday, there are not many people in the theater.

At 30:00 a.m., the previously noisy theater lobby was instantly quiet, and all the fans crowded into the theater, leaving only the theater staff and the cinema investigators from CinemaScore who were hiding in the corner to store energy.

Rebecca Carltansen is a woman who just got the job and doesn't think she's a fan of Murphy Stanton either, and she doesn't understand the fanaticism of these fans.

Tomorrow after dawn have to work or class, these people not only do not rest, but also go to the theater to spend time and energy, such a neurotic and mysterious movie, what is there to see?

In the advance of the previous screening in this theater, she has collected a lot of ratings and comments from fans on the spot, and the ratings are all A+ without exception, and the comments that pop out of her mouth are even more eager to blow Murphy Stanton and his film out of the solar system, which is too exaggerated.

Unconsciously pressed the small tape recorder in her hand, and those frenzied voices reached her ears again.

"From then on, there are two classes of crime action movie directors, Murphy Stanton and other film directors!"

"This movie is so good that not a second is wasted!"

"For a movie as good as Dark City, no amount of praise is superfluous."

"Murphy Stanton is so powerful, a commercial action movie can be filmed with such height and depth!"

"Absolute greatness, instead of fighting in those niche literary films, it is better to raise the level of commercial films like Murphy!"

Rebecca Carltansen has passed this back to headquarters in a timely manner, and has also communicated via social media with several other investigators who have joined CinemaScore, all of whom are in theaters.

After waiting for a full two and a half hours, the movie finally ended, and seeing a fan coming out of the aisle, Rebecca Carltansen immediately caught up with it and stopped a female fan who was walking in front.

"Hello, I'm Rebecca from CinemaScore......"

Rebecca Carltansen introduced her identity as quickly as possible, this fan is no stranger to investigators, and when Rebecca Carltansen asked about the rating and comments of the film, she said without hesitation, "A+, it must be A+!" ”

"Is there anything you'd like to say about this movie?" Rebecca Carltansen is still very conscientious.

"Well, this should be the last two years, no! Five years ......" the female fan showed a look of reminiscence, "It's not right, it's the last ten years!" It's not right, it's probably the highest comprehensive level of commercial movie I've seen since I watched the movie! Murphy Stanton's work has nothing to say about ......"

She gave Rebecca Carltansen a thumbs up, "Absolutely, this one!" ”

Rebecca Carltansen gave her a small gift and said, "Thank you." ”

The female fan nodded politely, "You're welcome." ”

Subsequently, Rebecca Carltansen stopped another male fan who looked less than twenty years old and asked the same question.

"How so?" The male fan scratched his ears and cheeks, thought for a while, and then said, "A very shocking movie, a commercial film can shoot such depth, and only Murphy can do it." ”

Rebecca Carltansen asked again, "What about the rating?" ”

“A+！” He affirmed, "Definitely A+!" ”

In the following time, Rebecca Carltansen collected more than a dozen comments from the audience, just like the previous early scenes, all of which were rated A+ without exception.

"The Darkness is Unparalleled"

"The story is so wonderful!"

"A movie at the pinnacle!"

There are so many compliments like this that Rebecca Carltansen is disgusted to hear them, and she wants to hear some fresh bad reviews, but unfortunately the time of the night is not satisfactory.

The theaters where "Dark City" was screened across the United States did not gradually become quiet until half past five in the morning, but the next morning, in front of popular theaters in many cities, hundreds of people lined up in front of the theaters before they opened, and the queue once stretched hundreds of feet.

With the increase in the number of theaters in North America, it has been a long time since there has been such a spectacle.

At Beverly Hills' Wave Manor, the sun had just set up in the sky, and Murphy and Gal Gadot had finished their morning work and walked together from the garden into the back door of the villa in short sweatshirts.

Because there was an event in Los Angeles today, after the premiere last night, the two and the main crew took a private jet back to the City of Angels.

"I've signed a contract with LAX."

As the two entered the gate, Gal Gadot remembered something and said, "The plane can be parked on a private tarmac at the international airport later." ”

Gulfstream has already delivered business jets.

"Yes, you can." Murphy closed the door, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's call the plane." ”

Gal Gadot knew that there was no need to be polite to Murphy about this kind of thing, and nodded, "I'll contact a professional to make and file it when I go back." ”

Walking into the living room, the two took the towels handed by the servants, wiped the sweat from their faces briefly, and Murphy asked the butler, "Have the faxes from Twentieth Century Fox and Carla Firth arrived?" ”

"Not yet." The butler brought two glasses of water and said, "I've had people watch over the fax machine." ”

Although they have now entered the information age, Murphy and Carla Firth still maintain the habit of sending faxes after the premiere.

Gal Gadot took a sip of water and reminded him, "Maybe it's time to send an email, I'll go check first." ”

"Let's go." Murphy followed.

Arriving at the computer in the living room, Gal Gadot turned it on and quickly scanned her and Murphy's mailboxes, which contained the latest emails from Twentieth Century Fox or Carla Fez.

"Not yet." Gal Gadot shook his head, "Looks like it's going to be a little later." ”

Murphy is not in a hurry, after all, the pre-sale box office of the film is here, and the attendance rate of the early show must be very high, even more than 90% is not a problem, and the box office of the early show is definitely not bad.

Gal Gadot clicked on the webpage and said, "Let's take a look at the critics' comments first. ”

At last night's premiere, except for the late Roger Albert, most of the famous film critics in the United States were almost invited by Twentieth Century Fox, they were full of confidence in the film and Murphy, and they also believed that the film not only met the appetite of fans, but also projected the critics' favor.

Murphy and Twentieth Century Fox are aiming for more than just summer box office.

Gal Gadot didn't care about Murphy in the back, and watched the film reviews of these critics with great interest.

"'Dark City' is a dark and highly complex drama, and since the beginning of the new century, it is difficult to find another crime film to match it!"

"This is definitely not an exaggeration, in terms of conceptualization, creation, acting and directing, it surpasses the summer popcorn commercials, and even surpasses all the noir crime movies. This film from Murphy Stanton, in the compact action plot design, uses more angles, a wider perspective shooting method, the near-perfect picture shocks the audience, if you are lucky enough to enjoy the IMAX version, you will definitely be more surprised, more cheering and excited. ”

"Murphy Stanton has taken something as vulgar as a commercial popcorn film to a very high level, and he has made the discussion of art and commercial films worthless. "Dark City" not only captures the feeling of classical tragedy, but also explores contemporary hot topics such as terrorism and transgressive power. The most important thing is that the movie is good and flawless! ”

- Peter Truckee, "Rolling Stone."

Seeing this, Gal Gadot is undoubtedly in an excellent mood.

"The whole film is extremely smooth, Murphy Stanton made a commercial film like this, it is definitely a textbook level, seeing the ending, tragedy naturally comes to mind, the cold time during the screening will not exceed five minutes, every minute is a visual feast, and it is beyond imagination real, as if there is really such a New York in the world, the narrative is in full swing The plot is laid out and the grand pattern is tightly knit, The perspective has changed from the simple appeal of chivalry to the reflection on terrorism and the calm empathy of the authoritarians, supplemented by fast-paced editing and exciting soundtracks, with a kind of contemporary epic dramatic spirit! ”

- The Hollywood Reporter, Todd McCarthy

Gal Gadot is sure that this film is bound to be a big hit.

"Not only is the plot full and exciting, but the characters are meticulously portrayed, and the psychological changes are well captured, which is fascinating and thought-provoking at the same time. Throughout the film, the weaknesses of human nature are constantly poked, and the choices forced to make also test the darkness of human nature; Good will triumph over evil in the end, and it is precisely because of the brilliance of human nature......"

- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Subsequently, Gal Gadot went to the Rotten Tomatoes website to take a look, and Rotten Tomatoes has included 77 professional film reviews, with a positive rating of 98% and an average overall score of 8.9 points!

For a commercial film, this is definitely a very explosive professional reputation.

She then opened IMDB and looked at it, then turned to Murphy and said, "Congratulations, dear, the film is currently rated 9.8 on IMDB!" ”

Murphy shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, he was still very calm, most of the people watching "Dark City" now are his fans, and of course the high ratings are high.

"Sir, Miss......"

The housekeeper hurried over at this time, still holding a fax document in her hand, "Miss Feith just sent a fax from Fox Corporation. ”