Chapter 1,705 Painting a tiger cannot turn against a dog
What Chen Wen said is not bad!
Soon preparations for "Hurricane Rescue" officially began.
In fact, the real key, or in other words, the real protagonist of the movie "Taken" is the male protagonist!
Everything else is just embellishment.
It is actually very easy to create gimmicks. Li Yi considered turning the female singers in the film into real singers. Of course, the question is, which singer to choose, domestic or Hollywood?
In the end, I decided to choose a domestic one. There is no other choice. Although this role seems not that important in the movie, in fact, the role is not small.
And if you randomly find a Hollywood singer who is not that well-known, to be honest, there is no particular benefit, but for a top singer.
Not to mention the high salary, the key is that the characters don’t quite match up!
Coincidentally, Cheng Hu's side is also very fast, and Li Yi's side has just started to prepare for casting, while the other side is already officially preparing to start filming.
Moreover, Cheng Hu's new film is titled "New Super Cop", and the gimmick of Cheng Hu transforming into a super dad to save his daughter has indeed attracted a lot of attention.
To be honest, Li Yi felt quite uncomfortable when Cheng Hu played something like this. Although this thing was not considered plagiarism, his face was indeed a bit ugly.
However, the influence is not great. Those who imitate me will live, and those who imitate me will die.
Li Yi is still confident in this aspect!
Due to the filming needs of "Hurricane Rescue", Chen Wen entered the "special training camp" early to receive special training!
Of course, Chen Wen has also done a lot of military scenes in the past, so there is no need to worry about this aspect, the main thing is to return to the past and recreate his temperament!
As for action guidance, because the action routines of "Hurricane Rescue" are not actually novel, they are not difficult. Of course, even so, Li Yi also found a real former "King of Soldiers" through Zhao Guangming.
Become a motion consultant.
The actors were assembled quickly, and the early preparations for the film have officially come to an end.
"Taken" is a typical popcorn commercial movie. This does not mean that commercial movies are easy to make. In fact, action movies are not really easy to make.
Especially those fighting scenes, car chase scenes, explosion scenes, etc.
However, Li Yi's team is top-notch, and it can be said that all aspects of the configuration are top-notch. The filming is actually much smoother than that of an art film.
After all, literary and artistic films mainly focus on the acting skills of the actors. It is normal for this kind of thing to have ups and downs, but for commercial films, as long as the team is capable and experienced enough, the filming will be smoother.
Of course, we have to travel to many places to shoot, so the shooting time of this movie will definitely not be short.
When Chen Wen appeared in front of Li Yi again, his whole person felt completely different. He had lost a lot of weight, but his body had become tougher.
The super dad of "The Rescue" is a real tough guy hero, and Chen Wen's current temperament is starting to get closer and closer.
Filming has officially started!
However, it is obvious that the progress on Cheng Hu's side far exceeds that on Li Yi's side.
By the time Li Yi's side of "Hurricane Rescue" was finished filming, it was already ready to be released over there, and Cheng Hu even sent Li Yi an invitation to the premiere.
This time Cheng Hu's "New Super Cop" has a huge momentum, and the lineup is also luxurious.
The male protagonist is naturally himself. In addition, the ambitious Cheng Hu also invited Hollywood actress Jenny Tang to be the heroine of the film, and a popular domestic star will play the second female lead!
As for the supporting actors, almost without exception they are domestic movie star-level niche actors.
It can be said that the movie's lineup is extremely luxurious.
No, the premiere was just like an awards ceremony. Of course, Cheng Hu's status in the Chinese film industry is indeed second to none.
"Director Li, Director Mu, welcome, thank you!" Seeing Li Yi and Mu Qing arrive, Cheng Hu came out to greet them personally.
After some pleasantries, Li Yi also walked into the premiere.
"Will this movie affect "The Rescue"?" Mu Qing asked worriedly.
"Don't worry!" Li Yi really didn't take it to heart.
Soon, the premiere began.
Cheng Hu can become an international kung fu superstar, but he still has a few skills. There is nothing to say in the opening, perhaps to show that he is just learning from it, so Cheng Hu did not directly follow the plot described by Li Yi.
In fact, these are all small sections.
However, when it came to the fight, Li Yi couldn't help but shook his head, Cheng Hu was indeed old!
Although he still follows a fierce action route, his style has not changed much, and he even still looks like he can't take pictures if he is not humorous.
Occasionally interspersed with some gags, it doesn't matter at first. After all, it is Cheng Hu's own inherent style. But the problem is that in the movie, Cheng Hu's daughter's life hangs by a thread, but he still makes gags all the way.
Although he did seem to have changed some things after fighting all the way, such as crushing him all the way, he was still a little conservative.
For example, there is a plot where the villain takes hostages and threatens Cheng Hu, but then Cheng Hu still feels compassion, and the plot suddenly returns to the style of Cheng Hu's original movie.
When Li Yi saw this, he was basically certain that this movie would be like that.
In fact, why are action movies declining? The biggest reason is that the old-school routines no longer seem fresh to the audience.
It's not that Cheng Hu's style is outdated, but that movies need a unified style. For this movie, he can be said to want both. As a result, the plot and fighting style are incoherent and inconsistent.
What is the most outstanding aspect of "Taken"?
In order to save his daughter, the male protagonist almost went to pieces.
He could directly threaten the other party with the wife of his old friend, now a high-ranking deputy director.
He will even perform lynchings. In many movies, these are things that only villains would do, but in "Taken", they have become a major selling point!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When faced with extremely vicious villains and villains who are not worthy of being human at all, at such times, one should fight violence with violence!
Don't think that the use of violence to fight violence in "Hurricane Rescue" was arranged casually, but after a long period of preparation.
For example, the male protagonist uses the electric chair to force a confession. Before that, the actions of these people were foreshadowed, making everyone understand that these people really do all kinds of evil and are really not worthy of being human!
Therefore, at this time, the audience also needs to vent, so how to vent?
Naturally, it is vented through the actions of the protagonist!
Back to business.
The final showdown of "New Super Cop" still did not deviate from the inherent routine. The biggest villain held his daughter hostage!
Then, the old father compromised!
Li Yi didn't know what Cheng Hu and his team were thinking. After all, he mentioned it directly at the beginning!
When the movie ended, Li Yi couldn't help but shake his head.
When "New Super Cop" was released, Li Yi no longer paid much attention to it, and "Hurricane Rescue" also entered the final edit.
As Li Yi expected, the performance of "New Super Cop" was far below expectations.
Not only was the box office mediocre, but most importantly, the reviews weren't particularly high either.
Famous film critic Zhou Bin commented: "The story idea of "New Super Cop" came from director Li Yi. I was originally looking forward to it, but to be honest, the result was a bit disappointing!
First of all, Cheng Hu is indeed old! He can’t be beaten anymore!
In terms of fighting and action scenes in the movie, there are serious stylistic differences!
One second he was extremely sharp and deadly with one move, but gradually he started to return to Cheng Hu's original style!
It was dragging its feet and the routine was still the same old routine. It didn’t make the audience happy when it was supposed to be fun!
Secondly, the plot is also a little weak. Well, I won’t say much about action movies, but I just want to ask, is it interesting to make jokes even when my daughter is almost dead?
In the end, it’s style, style, style!
I want it to be crisp and witty, but to be honest, after reading it, I always felt a little bit angry and I don’t know how to let it out!”
In the end, the score of "New Super Cop" was only 6.2 points!
Although as a commercial action movie, the ratings of such movies are generally difficult to compare with those of literary and drama films, but this rating is still on the low side.
When "New Super Cop" was released overseas, especially in Europe and the United States, it was almost drowned out without even splashing.
When "New Super Cop" failed, Li Yi made his official debut with his new film "The Rescue".
And this time it will be released simultaneously all over the world.
There was not even a screening, the final publicity shockwave was launched directly, and it was released simultaneously around the world.
Just so confident!
Regarding this movie, Li Yi is not worried at all in Asia, but in Europe and America, Li Yi cannot guarantee it.
Cheng Hu was actually a little unconvinced.
It is said that when "The Rescue" held its premiere in Beijing, he was also invited to attend.
Mainly, I want to see where I am wrong?
Soon the movie officially started showing.
The original version was actually good enough, so Li Yi didn't make too many changes.
The opening scene is still a scene of my daughter’s fifth birthday.
It's just that in the picture, only the mother is celebrating her daughter's birthday with her, and no father appears.
Suddenly the screen flashed, and the father played by Chen Wen appeared in the screen. It turned out that these were scenes in his dream.
In the darkness, Chen Wen turned on the desk lamp and put the photo of his daughter back on the table.
In the next scene, he drives off in a car with a gift.
He arrived at his destination, which was a manor. It was already very lively.
You can tell at a glance that the people who live here are either rich or noble.
The interior of the huge manor is beautifully decorated!
Dad took the gift and walked into the manor. Suddenly, he was blocked by people in the manor.
"Wait a minute, sir, the parents' party is in front!"
"I am Lily's father!" Chen Wen said.
"Sorry, I work for his father!" the security guard said.
"I am her biological father!" Chen Wen explained.
At this time, the mother who appeared in the picture before came over.
As everyone knows, the male protagonist Chen Wen and his wife have divorced, and the wife has reorganized her family with her daughter.
"I'm just here to give Lily a gift!" Facing his ex-wife, he said a little awkwardly.
"There is a special place to put gifts for children! Just put them with other people!" said the ex-wife.
"I want to hand it over to her with my own hands!" Chen Wen insisted.
"I still go my own way!" the ex-wife said sarcastically.
He was silent!
At this time, a young girl ran over happily: "Dad!"
When his already tall and graceful daughter came over, a gentle and doting smile suddenly appeared on the face of the originally silent old father.
"Happy birthday, baby!" He let go of his daughter and gave her the gift he had prepared.
"Open this gift, but not the other gifts..." The ex-wife frowned when she saw her daughter about to open the gift.
But Chen Wen ignored it at all: "Come on, open it!"
After opening it, a surprised and somewhat embarrassed smile appeared on her daughter's face.
Because what her old father gave her was an antique record player for karaoke!
Just because my daughter once dreamed of becoming a singer, but her ex-wife said: "That happened when she was twelve years old!"
"We have all changed!"
The daughter was still very happy and said thank you to her father.
When the two hugged, the daughter whispered that she still wanted to be a singer and asked her father not to tell her mother!
Then, the father took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the two of them.
But as soon as she turned her head, there was a sound of a horse neighing, and the daughter immediately dropped the gift carefully prepared by her old father and ran over excitedly.
It turned out that it was a gift prepared for her by her stepfather, a horse!
Seeing his daughter riding the horse excitedly and accepting blessings from the guests, he felt mixed emotions in his heart.
He left here silently!
When he got home, he carefully put the photos of his daughter he took during the day into the album. Looking at his daughter's happy smile in the photos, he couldn't help but smile.
In this photo album, there are photos of his daughter's birthdays. Just looking at them quietly like this makes him feel very happy as a father.
An old friend called and introduced him to a job, which he originally refused. Now he just wants to watch his daughter grow up, even if it means staying with him from a distance.
But when an old friend told him that this time his employer was a famous female singer, he thought of his daughter's dream and agreed.
Soon, he stepped into the role and was responsible for the security of the female singer's book signing!
During the book signing, a fan suddenly wanted to attack the female singer. He immediately used the simplest and most powerful skills to save the female singer.
Then escort the female singer away.
This female singer is Xu Wen, the top singer in Asia nowadays!
He also acted in his true colors!
After Xu Wen was rescued, she asked Chen Wen: "I heard that your daughter wants to be a singer?"
"As you can see, the life of a singer is not as glamorous as everyone thinks!"
“Once the novelty is gone, all that’s left is running around hotels and airports!”
"This is what she yearns for!" Chen Wen shrugged.
In order to thank Chen Wen for his timely intervention, the other party gave him a business card with the phone number of her music mentor on it.
