Chapter 21: Refreshing
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"Ah......h
The elevator fell rapidly, and the female passenger in it let out a frightened scream, probably stimulated by the continuous flashing images, and the exclamation of a young woman also sounded in the theater.
Sitting in another theater in Los Angeles with his mother, Duke was very calm, and he cut out many of the film's transitions, such as the murder at the beginning, which directly switches to a group of people laughing and walking into the elevator.
Yes, the rhythm, what he wants is a continuous fast pace, so that the audience never has the opportunity to completely relax, and several transitional plots are also brushed aside.
There is also the exaggerated appearance of Jack's sedan, with a distinctly Hollywood style of the 80s, and Duke did not hesitate to change it to a beautiful swing tail parking after the sedan came speeding in.
There is nothing surprising about the film's next plots such as rescuing people, looking for bombers, shooting Harry, and the first large-scale explosion, they are all Hollywood's rotten bridges, the only difference is that these bridges take place in the extremely confined space of the elevator room, the narrow environment and tight time bring the audience a sense of oppression that cannot be delayed!
On the other side of Lady Leah, from the elevator downhill, a female spectator's hand was pressed to her chest, and her rapid breathing also showed her nervous mood at the moment.
Nervous and breathless......
That's the biggest feeling that the beginning of the film brings to Kunitez, and for the past twenty minutes, he has fully recognized Jones's assessment of the film's absolute brilliance, and the twenty minutes of opening scene alone are worth the $5 ticket price.
"Boom ......"
The explosion that wants to blow up the entire building is simply the best ending to the opening scene of the film.
"Whew...... Whew......"
The companions around him breathed rapidly one after another, and it seemed that they were completely nervous and completely forgot to breathe in those twenty minutes, especially the middle-aged audience in his thirties in front of him, who took off his coat directly, and the sound of thick breathing was like a running bull from Texas.
After taking several deep breaths in a row, Johnson's chest gradually calmed down, as a fan with more than ten years of movie-watching experience, this is still the most exciting opening scene he has seen since entering the nineties, except for "Terminator 2"!
In terms of wonderful Cheng dù alone, this beginning is indeed not as good as "Terminator 2", but when it comes to thrills, it is definitely not under James Cameron's masterpiece.
The picture gradually enters the transition plot, the mayor of Los Angeles is awarding Jack and Harry, Johnson's nervous mood is slightly restored, his demeanor is gradually relaxed, he takes the Coke placed next to him, and prepares to take a few sips.
However, before Johnson could bring the straw to his mouth, the picture suddenly changed, the bomber was sitting in front of the TV applauding the actor Jack, and the camera switched between him and Jack several times, telling him in the most understandable lens language, there will be a good show between these two people!
"He wouldn't be stupid enough to go straight to Jack for hand-to-hand combat, would he?"
Looking at the obviously old and weakened bomber, the only female companion asked Jones, "If this is the next plot, it will be too cliché, and it will be no different from those muscle-showing action movies, Keanu Reeves though ...... Well, it's handsome, but there's no muscle to sell, right? ”
"This isn't a traditional action movie!" Jones replied casually, motioning to the female companion to look at the screen, "Look, the showdown is about to take place!" ”
Although there was a sound of talking in the back, it didn't affect Johnson in the slightest, and when he saw the bomber, his nerves tensed again, and he saw the plot of the movie quickly change again, and Jack, who was on vacation, walked out of the coffee shop, skillfully greeted a middle-aged man, watched him get 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, Johnson heard a shout of admiration from nearby.
"The explosion scene shot by this director is so exciting."
"He seems to have a knack for it."
"How did you shoot that inside out, where the whole explosion looks like it's happening in front of you?"
The rapid breathing sounded again, and Johnson realized that he didn't know when he opened his mouth wide, and felt a layer of fine sweat on his body, which was simply an explosion that exceeded the nuclear explosion scene in "Terminator 2"!
The plot of the movie is very fast, the rhythm is like Jack driving the wheel that is spinning, a tourist bus is planted by a bomber, the bomb will be activated as long as the speed exceeds 50 miles per hour, and then the speed below 50 miles per hour and someone will explode when someone gets off the bus, and the bomber is forcing Jack, who destroys his first operation, to join this 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, Johnson suddenly felt a little sympathy for the old man, this is not a natural bad guy, but because of the helplessness of some reality, he embarked on the road of madness, 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 very real.
He is a man of few words, and he looks like an ordinary retired old man, but the occasional fierce light is very terrifying, and it seems to be quite rational, but as long as he goes against his will, his evil inner will immediately burst out! Especially in the close-ups that the camera confesses several times, he always has a crazy energy, and it is not the kind of madness that is exposed outside.
In Johnson's eyes, the bomber is even more realistic than Jack, who always has a strained face.
By the way, I remember that on the subtitles that I vaguely paid attention to, the screenwriter and the director are the same person, and the villain he set is simply outstanding.
"Everyone's misfortune comes from the federal government?"
In another theater, Mrs. Leah whispered to Duke, who shrugged, "The Washington authorities will always be the best people to blame in Hollywood movies." ”
In the movie, under the premise that the government is correct, the federal government can be discredited, and the unemployed are unlucky, which is the fault of the federal government! There are too many homeless people, that's the fault of the federal government! The bomber can't get a pension, and it's 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 the rescuer, was naturally a white police officer, and among the passengers in the back, there were a large number of Asian, Latino, African and other minorities.
Duke paid great attention to this when filming, although the transition plot was shortened, many large scenes were filmed with models, and there was an additional Naomi Watts in the back compartment who compromised to play soy sauce, but the distribution of the rescuers and the rescued did not change.
The distribution of passengers in the bus can be said to be a microcosm of North American society.
"Wow, cool!"
There was another burst of exclamation in the theater, followed by warm applause, Mrs. Leah can't remember how many times this was, although there were not many people in the audience, but they were frequently applauding the film, cheering for the people who made the film!
There was a hint of pride on her calm face, the pride of a mother alone!
Now, she gradually believes that Duke will be her greatest pride!
"The director's name is Duke Rosenberg!"
Next to Dunn, Jones's voice suddenly rang out, and he was reminding his companion, "This young guy is a brilliant director!" Guys, his explosions are unbeatable, and even if there is no plot suitable for the explosion, he can find an alternative explosion! ”
In a scene just past, the bus hit the car pulling the bucket of water, and the splash in the sky was as wild as the Caribbean Sea under a hurricane, it was simply an explosion that used water as explosives!
The flying wheels, the speedometer that always hovers a little bit at 50, and the various crashes and chaos caused by the bus are all stimulating the nerves of Jones and others, who cheer and applaud it, and don't even care about the popcorn spilled on the ground, they only have this film in their eyes!
Only "Life and Death"!
"Speed of Life and Death" did not disappoint them, the tense and exciting plots are interlocking, the soaring speed and rhythm are breathless, and the life and death decisions have to be carried out in high-speed sports, isn't it exciting enough?
"This is definitely a rare top-notch action movie!"
As a veteran movie fan, even if the film is far from the end, Johnson has made up his mind - there are few direct confrontation scenes between the positive and negative factions of the film, it is completely a battle of wits and courage in the guò bus, this is an alternative action movie, and it is also a peculiar action movie, the film's exciting rhythm and scenes seem to never end, and the director uses the most glamorous, beautiful, exciting and fastest shots to be placed on the big screen one after another.
The film is flawed, and if you look for loopholes in the plot, Johnson can easily find a few, but the film's shocking and exciting, brilliant and suspenseful rhythm and images are enough to cover up the flaws of the young director's storytelling.
This is Johnson's real perception of the film.
Then, the sound of the theater heard an explosion that made his blood boil again, and an entire house was reduced to debris in the explosion, and although Jack's partner died inside, Johnson just wanted to cheer for the explosion, and the adrenaline rush of the exhilaration made him extremely high.