The definition of action movies is a relative concept, and it is often combined with other genres, such as science fiction movies, thriller movies, crime movies and war movies.

In Hollywood, action movies have always been a bright pearl in its crown, even before the rise of Marvel and magic themes, they are the two brightest pearls alongside the science fiction theme, and countless classics have been born in its long history, such as "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "First Blood", "Die Hard", "True Lies", "Speed of Life and Death", "Mission Impossible", "Brave Island", "Terminator" They are the darlings of the public and the box office, not only in the United States, It is popular all over the world.

"Hurricane Rescue", which has collected a total of $593 million at the box office in three weeks, is undoubtedly another classic Hollywood action movie, and after this box office result was released, countless people have also begun to care about what height "Hurricane Rescue" will eventually reach in the genre of action movies after helping Lin Yuquan become the highest-grossing Chinese director in the world for a single film and a total film.

If you look at it according to the generalized action movie, that is, the movie contains thrilling action fighting elements, the current highest-grossing action movie in the world in film history is "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Soul Coffin" released last year, its global box office is 1.0662 billion US dollars, although this movie should actually be divided into fantasy movies, but the film does have a large action-adventure component.

followed by "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", which was released this summer, with a global box office of $961 million, followed by "Spider-Man 3" with $890.9 million, "Spider-Man" with $821.7 million, "Independence Day" with $817.4 million, "Spider-Man 2" with $783.8 million, "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" with $742.1 million, "Transformers" with $709.7 million, "Pirates of the Caribbean" with $654.3 million, "007: Battle for Casino Royale" for $594.2 million, "War of the Worlds" for $591.7 million, and "Men in Black" for $589.4 million have exceeded 100 million dollars at the global box office.

According to this ranking, "Hurricane Rescue" has managed to surpass Steven. Directed by Spielberg, Tom Brown. "War of the Worlds" starring Cruise ranks 11th among generalized action movies, and according to the current box office trend of "Hurricane Rescue", it is even very likely to surpass "The Matrix 2: Reloaded" and rank 7th.

And if you remove the movies with elements of science fiction, fantasy, history, etc., which should obviously be classified into science fiction, fantasy, history and other themes, only in action thrillers, adventure and other narrow action movies, there is no doubt that "Hurricane Rescue" will be at the top, according to this ranking, it has received 593 million US dollars after "007: Casino Royale" in second place, behind it is 553.7 million US dollars "Armageddon", 546.4 million US dollars "Mission Impossible 2", 472 million US dollars "" Mr. and Mrs. Smith", $474.2 million "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3", $467.7 million "Mission Impossible", $450.7 million "Ocean's Eleven", $442.8 million "Spy 3", $432 million "007 Die Another Day", "Changing Face", "Brave Island", "Die Hard", "Speed of Life and Death", "First Blood" and a series of blockbuster action movies, and in fact, when the box office came out, it had surpassed "007: Casino Royale", It has become a veritable global box office champion for action movies in the narrow sense of the word.

In fact, it can be clearly seen that action movies are integrated with science fiction and fantasy factors, and many of them are adapted from, comics, novels, film and television dramas, if you take stock of original action movies, then "Hurricane Rescue" is only behind the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, "Independence Day" ranks fifth, and if it is more subdivided, "Hurricane Rescue" is also the original action thriller in film history, and the crime theme is the world's highest-grossing movie.

It can be said that no matter from any point of view, Lin Yuquan and "Hurricane Rescue" stand at the pinnacle of the world's action movies, he is not only the world's No. 1 box office director in the Chinese world, but also a world-class action movie director.

Not only that, Lin Yuquan's abilities shown in "Hurricane Rescue", such as fantastic and beautiful drag racing and gambling skills, made everyone look forward to his future action movies.

"Guys, I think it's time for us to make a decision, time is pressing, we can't afford to delay."

Universal Pictures' conference room includes Universal Pictures President Jeff. Hill, Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Universal Pictures, R. Meyer, Universal Pictures Co-President Donna Brown. Langley and other relevant high-level personnel are all here.

Jeff. Hill finished speaking and looked at the others in the room.

"I'm for it." Bright. Meyer said firmly: "Kung Fu Lin can be said to be the most suitable person to save the "Fast and Furious" series, no matter what, we have to win him, and the time must be fast, because no one knows what he will start to be busy with new movies, if we hesitate any longer, once Kung Fu Lin starts to work on new movies, we will have to wait at least another year." ”

"Okay, I admit that Kung Fu Lin is the best director candidate to direct the "Fast and Furious" series, but everyone here knows that Lin's identity is too difficult for us to impress each other, he is not like other Chinese directors, as long as you use money, you can ask for it, even if you can invite him, we have to pay a huge price, in fact, Lin Yibin's strength is good, his table in "Fast and Furious 3" everyone has also seen it, rather than go to great lengths to invite Kung Fu Lin, it is better to give him a chance." Production Manager Horry. Wade said.

"If you haven't seen the fantasy drag racing scene shown by Kung Fu Lin in "Hurricane Rescue", it is natural to let Lin Yibin come as originally planned, and let him give it a go if he doesn't consider success for the time being, but after seeing Kung Fu Lin's table, I believe everyone must have the same feeling as me, if Kung Fu Lin comes to shoot, "Fast and Furious" will definitely be an amazing success, in this case, it is not about whether it can be successful, but we must strive for this opportunity to succeed, even if it is worth paying a big price, As you all know, is there any other choice for us? "Lang. There was a determination in Meyer's rhetorical question.

Just against Horry. Wade was silent for a moment, yes, does Universal Pictures still have a choice now? As Hollywood's second-oldest studio, Universal Pictures had a long period of slumps, and then in the '70s, it was the case that Universal. Spielberg, George. Lucas and other directors returned to the ranks of Hollywood's top studios, and since then they have made a series of classic blockbuster films, but in the past decade, they have been at a disadvantage in the competition of Hollywood's six major studios, and they have not once sat on the North American annual market share champion, or even the top three.

Although it is said that it is the six major film companies, but the six major film companies also have a high and low division, and even the gap is not small, the strongest of which should be Warner, since 2000, they have twice become the owner of the largest share of the annual North American box office, and basically remain in the top three every year, followed by Disney and Sony Pictures, the former became the box office leader in 2000 and 2003, and the latter became the box office champion in 2002, 2004, and 2006. It's just that most of it is supported by the "Spider-Man" series, and the rest of the time is sluggish. In fact, Paramount's performance in previous years was not much better than that of Universal, but in recent years, their trend has become more and more aggressive, and this year they jumped from fifth place last year to the top with hits such as "Shrek 3" and "Transformers".

20th Century Fox Pictures and Universal Pictures are the two weakest of the six major film companies, in comparison, Universal Pictures is the worst, in fact, in the past ten years, they have not been without blockbuster movies, such as "Gladiator", "American Pie", "Impostor", "Spy", "Interstellar Legend", "Fast and Furious", "King Kong", but the problem is that they lack a real heavyweight series goldmine, except for the "Spy" series can be shot for a long time, the rest of the movies are short-lived, The sequel table is not satisfactory, and it is difficult for individual blockbuster movies to provide continuous support, which is why they are difficult to compete with Warner, Disney, and Sony.

Of course, these are all in the past, and the future development is the most important thing, and what worries all Universal Pictures executives is that their lack of a heavyweight series gold mine seems to become more and more severe in the next few years, in the case of "American Pie", "Fake Celestial", "Star Sagas", "Fast and Furious" sequels are not ideal, "Spy 3" has just been a big hit, but the series story has ended, and can only find another way, because of a series of decision-making mistakes in the past few years, Universal Pictures suddenly fell into the predicament of not taking a sequel to the series.

In stark contrast, Warner Bros. is sitting on the continuous hit of Harry Potter and the blockbuster is being sold by Christopher. Nolan's "Batman Prequel", Disney has "Pirates of the Caribbean" and a strong animation department, Paramount has the newly developed "Transformers" series, "Shrek" series, "Mission Impossible" series, Fox has the newly developed "Night at the Museum", "X-Men" series and James . Cameron's "Avatar" and Sony continue to hold the "Spider-Man" series, and the shape is very difficult for Universal Pictures.

If you want to get out of the predicament, Universal Pictures will either choose a new development or choose to save the previously failed series, new development is not easy, the best choice is to learn from Warner to save "Batman", and the most suitable object to save in Universal's series of movies is naturally "Fast and Furious", without it, because compared with the "Fake Gods" and "Star Legends" series, "Fast and Furious" obviously has greater box office potential.

Before Lin Yuquan's "Hurricane Rescue" appeared, Universal Pictures originally admired the creativity and execution of Lin Yibin's drag racing scenes in "Fast and Furious 3", and was ready to give the young Chinese director a chance to give it a go.

However, after the release of "Hurricane Rescue", the shape was changed in an instant, and Lin Yibin, although excellent, naturally became worthless in front of Lin Yuquan, a younger Chinese director, and several senior leaders of Universal Pictures held several meetings for this purpose, which was expanded into a company-wide high-level meeting today for a final vote.

"Okay, I'm for it, but what kind of chips should we pay? You must know that Kung Fu Lin is not only a director, he is also an actor who plays a decisive role in the success or failure of the film, and how much should the investment in the film be after he takes over. Wade asked one after another.

"These are problems, but they are not all problems, since we all know the particularity of Kung Fu Lin's identity, it will definitely not work to seek cooperation in a conventional way, so what we have to do is not to discuss the details of the conditions for us to cooperate with him, but what is our bottom limit?" Bright. Meyer said in a deep voice.

"That's right, I agree with Lang, and now whether Kung Fu Lin is willing to direct or not is completely unknown, there is no point in discussing the details at all, the first thing we have to know is Kung Fu Lin's own thoughts on this, as for the terms of cooperation, we first opened and Steven. Spielberg and others used the conditions to show our sincerity, and at the same time test the reaction of Kung Fu Lin, the key is that we must move quickly. "Jeff. Ciel nodded.

"Agreed." "It's the best way to do it." "That's right, first of all, Kung Fu Lin has an idea and then talk slowly." Everyone in the room agreed.

"Okay, Lang, you'll be in charge of contacting Kung Fu Lin and communicating about the Fast and Furious collaboration." Jeff. Hill's gaze looked at Lang. Meyer.

"Okay." Bright. Meyer nodded.

Lin Yuquan was born in Michael. In the editing room of Kahn's studio, Lang was picked up. Meyer's phone, for Lang. Before coming to Hollywood, he had systematically learned about the top management of major Hollywood studios. Meyer, what impressed him was Lang. Meyer is the longest-serving senior executive at a major studio in Hollywood history, having served as Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Universal Pictures for 12 years since August 1995.

"What, the invitation to direct Fast and Furious?" After a brief greeting, Lang. Meyer's words made Lin Yuquan quite stunned, but thinking of the current situation of "Fast and Furious", he immediately realized the reason why Universal Pictures invited him to direct "Fast and Furious", and then shook his head, I knew today, why bother in the first place?

Because Fan. Diesel's relationship, Lin Yuquan has a good understanding of the situation of "Fast and Furious", and in his opinion, this is completely caused by Universal Pictures' decision-making mistakes.

As a rare racing movie, "Fast and Furious" was born in 2001. Cohen directed a police and gangster action film that directly regarded the core selling point as the title, and at a cost of only $38 million, it finally earned $145 million in North America and exceeded $200 million at the global box office, becoming the biggest box office dark horse in Hollywood that year.

Due to the box office confidence brought by the first episode, Universal Pictures launched a sequel while the iron was hot, doubling the investment in the second part to $76 million. Diesel quickly rose to prominence, and his salary rose completely beyond the budget.

In fact, the best choice at this time should be additional investment, but Universal Pictures actually wants to save money. With an extra $5 million in salary, Diesel chose to revise the script and let Paul, who was the second male lead in the first film, choose to change the script. Walker took the lead in the second part, and was originally the male number one. Diesel is just a cameo with soy sauce.

For a series of films, the continuation of the cast is crucial, and anyone knows the impact that such a huge change may have on the film, but Universal Pictures did just that, Lin Yuquan really didn't know what to say about the decision-maker, and the result was obvious, although the flying car scene was slightly more innovative than the previous work, but the original two-hero setting was transformed into Paul. In the end, the film that should have been built on the previous work only won $127 million at the North American box office and $236 million at the global box office, plus the double investment cost of the film, such box office results can only be said to be unsatisfactory.

Overall, though, with a $114 million investment and $440 million at the global box office, the first two installments of "Fast and Furious" were still very successful, and if Universal Pictures could continue the cast of the first film with a little more novelty in drag racing scenes, the series would still be popular.

However, because the value of the main creators of the first two parts of Universal Pictures has doubled, in order to save costs, there was a full change of blood, first the director was replaced by the Chinese director Lin Yibin, and then Fan. Diesel & Paul. Walker's two protagonists are both absent, and then the center of the story has moved from the United States to Tokyo, Japan, not so much a series sequel, but a side story, and the ending is needless to say, the investment of up to $85 million "Fast and Furious 3" finally fell to the bottom of the series at the box office of $62.51 million in North America, and only reached the box office passing line of $158 million worldwide, almost losing money.

If it was an ordinary movie, it would be nice to achieve such a result, but for a sequel to a popular series, such an achievement is simply a shame.

A series of decision-making mistakes have buried a good deck of cards, and it is no wonder that Universal Pictures has failed to achieve satisfactory sequels in recent years, except for "Spy Shadow".

It is not difficult for Lin Yuquan to guess why the other party is looking for him, obviously the other party thinks that he has the ability to save "Fast and Furious" that fell to the bottom because of the drag racing scene he filmed in "Hurricane Rescue", but doesn't the other party know his identity? He's not just a director who shoots for other studios, and at least for now, he doesn't have any interest in directing "Fast and Furious."

Lin Yuquan looked at the pleasant scenery outside the window, and calmly said into the phone: "Why did Mr. Meyer look for me?" Rob before. Director Cohen and Director Lin Yibin are doing a very good job, if you start filming "Fast and Furious 4", they should be the people you are looking for, at least more suitable than me. ”

"Lin, you are too polite, with the wonderful drag racing you showed in "Hurricane Rescue", there is no one more suitable than you on this planet." Bright. Meyer said complimentingly.

"Oh, thank you, Mr. Meyer, for your compliment, I'm ashamed to take it, but I probably can't promise you, I'm busy with the late stages of the movie right now, and I can't spare time for the time being." Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Oh, Lin, I know you're busy with the late stage of "Savage", but that's okay, our "Fast and Furious" doesn't mean that you should direct and shoot right away, Lin You can choose to shoot in the first half of next year after you are busy with the later stage of the movie, and you won't be delayed for long." Bright. Meyer said hurriedly.

"I still can't promise you, Mr. Mayer, that after I'm busy with the post-production of the film, I might have to think about a new movie, and I may run out of time at that time, I'm sorry." Lin Yuquan shook his head.

"Oh, Lin, you don't have to say sorry, but if I'm not mistaken, you shouldn't have a movie plan yet, why can't you take time out to shoot "Fast and Furious" before you have a clear film plan, really, this won't delay you for long, we at Universal Pictures very much hope to have such an opportunity to work with Lin you, if Lin you are willing to direct and star, we will provide you with a salary of 30 million US dollars, or 1500 US dollars plus 10 box office dividends." Bright. Meyer said sincerely.

Lin Yuquan was silent for a moment, he was not hesitant because of the expensive cooperation conditions offered by the other party, but because the other party did say yes, he really has no new film plan at present, and after thinking about it, he said: "That's it, Mr. Meyer, I can't give you an answer for the time being, I need time to think about it." ”

"Oh, okay, that's as it should be, Lin, call me if you're thinking about it." Lang on the other side of the phone. Meyer said happily, not being rejected by Lin Yuquan in one breath was already the ideal result he had imagined.

"yes, okay." After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuquan looked at the blue sky outside the window, maybe it was time to think about the next movie plan. R1152