Chapter 152: Hurricane II Released, The Road to Miracles
From June 10th to 11th, the premiere of the movie "Hurricane Rescue 2" was held in Los Angeles and San Francisco, USA, with director Chen Musheng, starring Cheng Long, heroine Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, and screenwriter Li Mu attending the premiere.
Since the premiere of the movie was held in Beijing on June 6, film reviews about "Hurricane Rescue 2" have begun to appear on the Chinese Internet, and these reviews are generally positive, probably more than half of the film critics or netizens who have watched it have given good reviews, about forty percent of people have given relatively general evaluations, but about one percent of people have directly given bad reviews.
Although the number of people who give bad reviews only accounts for about 10% of the total number of reviews, the impact and momentum caused by them cannot be underestimated.
Since Li Mu stepped into the entertainment industry in 04, his works have gradually ceased to be news, and he is praised everywhere, can you still praise the flowers?
On the contrary, if there are suddenly some large-scale criticisms of his works in public opinion, it is very easy to cause a sensation.
On the blog, a film critic commented after watching the movie:
"I attended the premiere with the mood of watching "The Matrix 1" and watching "The Matrix 2", and as a result, Li Mu served the audience a dish similar to "Life and Death 2" this time!"
On the Tianya forum, some netizens commented:
"Before attending the premiere, what I was most looking forward to was when Director Li Mu would start filming "Inception 2", and what I was most afraid of now after attending the premiere was that Director Li Mu would really shoot "Inception 2"!"
Although the proportion of negative reviews is not high, it still affects the confidence of some fans in the movie, and as the date of the film's global release is getting closer and closer, the discussion about Hurricane 2 on the Chinese Internet is becoming more and more intense.
"Isn't it really bad for movies? I've seen several people who say that the movie is actually very bad."
"Nothing! Why do you want to watch "The Matrix 2", but the film team gave "Life and Death 2", the movie may not be too amazing, I believe it, but I definitely don't believe that this will be a bad movie, and it is impossible for Mu Shen to write a bad movie!"
"I didn't expect "Hurricane Rescue 2" to be a masterpiece in film history, a masterpiece like "Inception", it is enough for a director to make one in a lifetime, how can it be compared to "Inception"? How many "Inceptions" have been released in the Chinese film industry over the years?"
"Haven't you read Zhou Limin's movie reviews? His film reviews are the most credible, right? What did he say today? "A textbook demonstration of what it takes to make a wonderful, successful, and satisfying fast food movie." o, why do those dissatisfied people go to watch "Hurricane Rescue 2" with the mentality of going to see famous historical masterpieces? I believe that if you get your own psychological orientation of the movie and tell yourself that this is a fast food movie that will make you feel good after watching it, then you are unlikely to be disappointed after watching it."
"I just watched it, and the Douban score of "Life and Death Speed 2" is only 5.9 points, maybe "Hurricane Rescue 2" is really not a qualified sequel?"
The entire entertainment industry is also almost all paying attention to the word-of-mouth situation of "Hurricane Rescue 2", in the past, Li Mu's friends almost all shouted masterpieces when they evaluated, but this time there were so many unfavorable voices unusually, maybe Li Mu will really lose Maicheng this time?
It's not that people in the entertainment industry really want to watch Li Mu on the street so much, everyone just wants to watch a big news, either you come to a miracle of breaking $1 billion at the global box office, or you come to a box office fiasco and lose your pants.
It doesn't matter if you succeed or fail, you let us have braggadocio to talk about, and let's watch the big news is the most important!
On June 11, the day before the official global release of the movie, the famous Internet celebrity Han Han made his own evaluation of "Hurricane Rescue 2" on his personal blog.
"Liu Yifei is one of the highlights of the movie, but the film as a whole is still a mediocre work written by Li Mu, and it is expected that the box office situation may not be too optimistic. In the past, the worst box office performance of director Li Mu's blockbuster films for the international market was close to 300 million US dollars, and this time I estimate that the final box office may be between 200 million and 250 million US dollars, and my judgment is that the box office will not be too ideal."
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Shocked, Han Han asserted that "Hurricane Rescue 2" will fail miserably at the box office! 】
[Han Han spoke very tactfully, "Hurricane Rescue 2" is a mediocre work of director Li Mu as a screenwriter! ] 】
[International director Li Mu is afraid that he will fall off the altar? ] Han Han said that "Hurricane Rescue 2" is only a highlight of Liu Yifei's appearance! 】
All of a sudden, the media seemed to be all crazy, and there were reports all over the place.
Many celebrities, famous directors, and CEOs in the entertainment industry were completely energetic after seeing the relevant titles.
"Han Han said that "Hurricane Rescue 2" may suffer a fiasco? Ooh! Big news, go check it out!"
"Mediocrity? The box office situation may not be too optimistic? It seems that this time, the so-called "Great Director of the Gods, Li Mu", may really be planted! It's a little exciting, it's even more exciting than when "Inception" won $956 million at the box office! How rare it is to have such a big news - the Waterloo of the international director Li Mu!"
"What? What's going on?"
"I'll go!"
Suddenly, almost all the CEOs, famous directors, and stars in the circle who were watching this news were stunned, just because of Han Han's next prediction - "It is expected that the box office situation may not be too optimistic...... This time, I guess the final box office of the movie will probably be between $200 million and $250 million."
"You call the global box office $200 million to $250 million, maybe the situation is not too optimistic? So, if the box office situation is optimistic, how many hundred million dollars do you want Director Li Mu to take?"
""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" swept Europe and the United States, and "Hero" shocked at home and abroad, what is the global box office of these two movies? The former is $203 million, the latter is $177 million! As a result, you Han Han said that Director Li Mu's box office performance this time may not be too ideal, but you finally made a prediction that the final global box office of "Hurricane Rescue 2" may be between 200 million and 250 million US dollars?"
"Are you a fool? I'm afraid the box office situation won't be too good?"
"What would a box office look like in your eyes?"
Facing the complaints and doubts of countless netizens, Han Han stood up and responded publicly: "Director Li Mu is different from all other directors in China, maybe the box office of 200 million US dollars is already a good result for other directors, but for director Li Mu - 300 million US dollars is only qualified, 400 million-600 million US dollars is excellent, and 600 million-1 billion US dollars is a masterpiece."
"Rub, what? $300 million at the box office is only qualified?"
At this moment, the hearts of many domestic directors who continue to pay attention to this matter are broken, as for the question raised by some netizens about what is more than $1 billion, Han Han responded: "I drink too much, and I have everything in my dreams."
"I repeat!" In the end, Han Han added, ""Inception" is very likely to be the peak that director Li Mu will never surpass in his life, don't think that it's easy to make this kind of movie, don't think that after a director makes a movie like this, he will continue to make this kind of work in the future, and don't think that the global box office of $1 billion is very simple!"
"Li Mu's achievements are much stronger than everyone imagined, but this also means that if Li Mu wants to surpass his previous self in the future, it will also be hellish difficulty."
On June 12, 2009, the movie "Hurricane Rescue 2" was officially released worldwide, and Chinese netizens were a little entangled in the mentality of this movie after all.
"I'm going to the movies!"
"Hurricane Rescue 2?"
"Of course!"
"But I heard that this movie doesn't seem to have a very good reputation!"
"Let's go, don't ink, there are Cheng Long, Liu Yifei Liu Xiaoli, and I heard that there are a lot of scenes, that's not enough!"
"Hmm...... Alright then!"
"Let's go and watch Hurricane Rescue 2!"
"Hmm...... It's okay to go, it's okay today anyway, but I seem to have heard that this film is very ordinary, and many people say that it is not as good as "Inception", and it is not worth the money!"
"So what? It's not worth the money if Inception isn't worth the money? The movie theaters are all out of business, me
It is estimated that within ten years, there may not be another work comparable to "Inception" in China."
"I bought two movie tickets, let's go to the movies together tonight!"
"Hurricane Rescue 2?"
"What's wrong?"
"No, I just heard that this is a mediocre work, but it's just a movie, as long as the actors' performances aren't too embarrassing......
On June 12, 2009, countless audiences across the country poured into movie theaters across the country with the mentality that "the film may not be too good, but it should not be too bad".
The plot of "Hurricane Rescue 2" continues from the previous part, in the first part, the protagonist played by Cheng Long killed all sides in order to save his daughter, and this time the father of the villain in the first part came to seek revenge.
The family suffered revenge from the enemy in the process of vacation, and the protagonist played by Cheng Long had to throw a mouse bogey because his ex-wife was arrested, and before he put down the gun and surrendered, he called his daughter who was still in the hotel, told her about the situation of him and his ex-wife, and told her daughter to hide in time.
Cheng Long took a small phone from his lap after being chained to a water pipe, so he contacted his daughter again, and he told her to go to the embassy, but the daughter played by Liu Yifei was determined to find a way to save her parents.
So Cheng Long began to remotely instruct his daughter on how to rescue him and his ex-wife.
Before this, the movie was foreshadowing, and the plot was indeed a bit ordinary, but after that, the pace of the movie began to speed up significantly, and the plot suddenly became tense.
Under the guidance of Cheng Long, Liu Yifei's character takes out a toolbox and finds a map and a scale from it, and Cheng Long deduces the location of his possible trapped based on the details he wrote down when he was captured.
After the first estimation error, Cheng Long asked Liu Yifei to take out the grenade in the toolbox.
"Take out a small jar with a latch on it, that's a grenade, take the grenade to the balcony, is there a safe place to throw it?" …… Unplug the grenade latch and count to three, so I can hear ...... Don't hang up, I'm going to hear an explosion!"
"One, two, three."
"Boom!"
Cheng Long estimated his location again according to the interval between the explosion on the phone and the explosion in reality, a total of four seconds, this time Liu Yifei successfully found two possible locations in the east and west, and Cheng Long deduced that he was near the point in the east according to the direction of the wind.
"Look at the map, you go to the east where the intersection is, bring a pistol, go to the roof, and wait for my call, and bring a few grenades......
At the place where Cheng Long was imprisoned, Cheng Long's ex-wife had been cut in the neck by the vengeful boss and hung upside down with chains.
Blood drops fell on the floor in the dimly lit room, blood flowed through the brain and then dripped down, and if you didn't think about it, Liu Xiaoli's character would soon die, and the tension of the movie suddenly reached its peak.
This is a moment that often silences the entire theater.
Cheng Long managed to open the handcuffs and put down his comatose ex-wife in time, but if he wanted to escape with his unconscious wife with his bare hands, it would be a fool's dream.
But fortunately, the daughter played by Liu Yifei is nearby.
Soon the father and daughter were in contact again.
"Throw another grenade!"
"Boom!"
"It's close, keep going east, keep going east, count thirty, and throw another one!"
Liu Yifei began to run wildly on the roof, and counted as he ran:
"One, two, three, four...... Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty."
After counting to thirty, he decisively threw a grenade again.
"Boom!"
This time it was closer, and Cheng Long cut off the heating equipment in the room, allowing the rising white gas to rise on the roof.
"Look east, do you see a cloud of white steam?"
"See!"
"Run, tell me when it's time!"
"Dad, I'm here!"
"Throw the gun down the exhaust!"
"Dad, they're chasing you!"
"Quick, throw it down, and run!"
Liu Yifei did as he was told, Cheng Long used all his strength to reach the gun that fell in the corner, the villain guards had already come to inspect the cell, Liu Yifei was running wildly on the roof, and behind him was a group of villains chasing after him.
At this moment, the plot was so tense that countless viewers didn't even dare to take a breath.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
Cheng Long finally got the gun at the last moment, and the next thing was the same clean and tense gunfight and fighting scenes as the first part.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
After Cheng Long got rid of the guards, he quickly ran to the roof to save his daughter, and finally succeeded in saving his daughter at the most dangerous moment.
Although his daughter was saved, his ex-wife was still in the hands of the other party, Cheng Long decided to send his daughter to the embassy first, there were too many enemies, and only the embassy was the safest at present. When you have no worries, you can rest assured and boldly rescue your ex-wife. During this period, Liu Yifei also staged a wonderful car chase scene, which made many Liu Yifei's fans addicted.
You don't have to guess the plot in the back, Cheng Long went into the tiger's den alone to rescue his ex-wife, and the family went through hardships and even had to be wiped out several times, but in the end they still survived the difficulties without danger.
When the movie ended, the lights in the theater were turned on, and countless fans at the scene were pleasantly surprised: "It's enjoyable!"
The vast majority of audience members walked out of the theater with excited expressions on their faces, and many of them would discuss the plot they had just watched with their friends.
"Isn't the movie good?"
"Pretty good indeed!"
"It's a qualified sequel, I like the first one very much, and I'm looking forward to the second one, basically everything I expected before is in the movie, it's not amazing, but it's definitely not how disappointing it is!"
"Liu Yifei acted well, the positioning of the grenade was a big surprise, and the rhythm of the movie was awesome from the moment Liu Yifei threw the first grenade!"
"I did think it was a bit mediocre at first, but the grenade positioning section was really awesome! The climax part is not inferior to the first part, and the beginning of the emotional rendering is also good, a surprise popcorn movie!"
"Who said there were no surprises before? Grenades looking for someone is not a surprise? Isn't it a surprise that the daughter saves her father in turn?"
"Cheng Long listened to the sound and praised the road, Liu Yifei rushed into the embassy in a drag racing car and was so nervous that I buckled the ground with my toes, but the big o is a little weak."
"It's a very cool movie, I don't know why so many people say it's not good."
"Maybe they're all targeting Inception!"
After the official global release of the movie, the word-of-mouth that had previously been questioned by many people rebounded quickly, and the Internet was full of audiences who spoke for the movie.
"Is the movie good? Of course, it's super beautiful! How bad can the movie written by Li Mu be? I said that it is worse than "Wu Ji" directed by Chen Kaige, do you believe it? Netizens who haven't bought tickets yet can buy tickets boldly and boldly, the movie is definitely worth the ticket price!"
"Don't you keep trying to benchmark Inception, okay? Is "Hurricane Rescue 2" good-looking? Of course, it's almost as interesting as "Inception", but it's "Inception" too strong, okay? Specific to this movie, let's just say that, since Liu Yifei rescued my father from Hurricane, I have to hold back to watch it even if I have diarrhea!"
"Don't be reckless upstairs, it's not worth it for a movie, it's a big deal to buy a ticket and watch it again afterwards, pants are always more expensive than movie tickets, aren't they?"
"I originally heard that the movie was very mediocre, but before I came, I thought it would be a big deal to watch Liu Yifei at that time, it doesn't matter if the movie is good or not, I didn't expect that Yifei would also use a grenade to locate and save his father, and he would drag a car into the embassy, praise!"
"An excellent popcorn blockbuster is not too good in director Li Mu's works, but it definitely crushes the works of most directors in the country."
"Since Cheng Long and his ex-wife were arrested, the audience in the theater didn't even breathe."
"Liu Yifei's mother is very beautiful, and her style is much better than in "The King of Kung Fu", and it is not too pleasing to see their mother and daughter in the same frame! Want me
That's worth the ticket price just by looking at it!"