Recently, with the hot screening of "Chosin Lake", the director Lin Chaoxian, who mainly grasps the action scenes in the film, has once again entered people's vision.
As we all know, Lin Chaoxian is best at handling thrilling battle scenes and shaping character emotions in action scenes, and those thrilling and imposing explosion war scenes in "Chosin Lake" are all written by Lin Chaoxian.
"Chosin Lake" promotional photos
For audiences who like police films and are familiar with Lin Chaoxian, the title of "film emperor manufacturing machine" should not be unfamiliar, in 2008, a "witness" let Zhang Jiahui take away the golden statue and the golden horse two film emperor trophies at the same time, and the 2010 "Informant" let Nicholas Tse win the first film emperor in his career at the Academy Awards.
Being able to win out the film emperor can not lack the talent of the actor himself, but it is also inseparable from Lin Chaoxian's ruthless tuning, and Lin Chaoxian's title of "Devil Forest" also comes from this.
"Informant" promotional photo
Lin Chaoxian, who is not from a science class, under the support of his predecessors in the industry, started from the apprentice on the set, the director's assistant, and then to the assistant director, and gradually became a well-known director with a variety of styles.
And 2008's "Witness" is a turning point in his film career, the film is not only good at the box office, but also in the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan have received praise, this work also marks Lin Chaoxian began to form his own film style, Lin Chaoxian also ushered in the peak of his career.
"Witness" promotional photo
Since then, Lin Chaoxian's films have continued the rhythm and tone of "Witness", and the 2010 "Informant", 2012 "Reverse War", 2013 "Guild Wars", and 2014 "Magic Police", all of which have received good responses and brought Lin's violent aesthetics to full play.
In 2016's "Mekong Action" and 2018's "Red Sea Action", director Lin Chaoxian transformed his violent aesthetic scenes from a small pattern to a big style, and the main theme, commercial movies, and police action movies were integrated, making the audience addicted.
Guild Wars promotional photo
Today, I will share with you a few very Lin style "big scene" action movies!
I. "Counter War"
Released in 2012, the film is directed by Lin Chaoxian and starring Nicholas Tse, Jay Chou, An Zhijie, Lin Peng, Liao Qizhi and so on.
"Reverse War" set a precedent for a Helicopter Chase scene in a Chinese film, costing nearly 200 million yuan to shoot in Malaysia and Jordan, and received strong support from the local government and military.
In addition to approving the crew to close the streets for two consecutive days to shoot the chase gun battle and large-scale explosion scenes, the Malaysian government also sent police personnel and a number of police vehicles to help guide pedestrians and command vehicles, ambulances and fire trucks also arrived at the scene for alert, and the Jordanian military directly took Lin Chaoxian to the military base in the desert to select the armaments needed for filming, which is unimaginable.
Promotional photos of "Counter War"
In the play, the serial flying car explosion is huge, not only the aircraft cannons are out, but also the rare foreign street chase gun battles in recent years are also a major highlight, and the successive gun battles filmed in Malaysia use nearly 10,000 live ammunition, which cost a lot.
In addition, another major attraction in the film is that many leading actors compete for the height of jumping off the building, and they are all personally on the battlefield, without professional stand-ins. Nicholas Tse jumped on the 8th floor, Jay Chou jumped on the 7th floor, An Zhijie jumped on the 4th floor, Lin Peng also did not let his eyebrows be raised, and the jump in the movie himself was also 5 stories high.
Stills from "Counter War"
Operation Mekong
Released in 2019, the film is directed by Lin Chaoxian and starring Zhang Hanyu, Peng Yuyan, Feng Wenjuan, Xie Wenfeng, Wu Xudong and so on.
"Operation Mekong" is based on the "10.5 Chinese crew Golden Triangle Murder Incident", and with the support of the Ministry of Public Security, it has obtained a "foreign gun" license, so many actors and crews even wear real body armor to shoot on the shooting scene, and the crew even invited the Thai King's bodyguard to be responsible for the actors' action training, including shooting, close combat and other projects.
Mekong Action promotional photo
It is said that when the crew was filming in Malaysia, they really smashed a famous local shopping mall, and although they were supported by the Chinese government, they still lost a lot of money.
In the film, there are shocking pictures of railway hand-to-hand combat, gun battles on the river, speeding car chases, and city demolitions, and the high-standard large-scale scenes are magnificent. The film has a strong sense of rhythm, does not drag mud and water, has a high degree of restoration of real cases, and accurately captures the attention of the audience.
Operation Red Sea
Released in 2018, the film is directed by Lin Chaoxian and starring Zhang Yi, Huang Jingyu, Hai Qing, Du Jiang, Jiang Luxia and so on.
Based on the true events of the "Yemeni evacuation" in 2015, operation Red Sea has a total production cost of 500 million yuan, and the military equipment budget alone has reached 200 million yuan.
The crew went to Morocco, Africa, to shoot scenes, using the "sea, land, air three-line scheduling" and "real-life shooting" shooting form, from steep mountains to barren deserts, from bustling city streets to lonely ancient city alleys, traveling to nearly ten regions, up to four and a half months of live shooting, and the final audiovisual effects can only make the studio shooting works look back.
Publicity photo of Operation Red Sea
As a professional war movie, it is basically impeccable in terms of theme, plot and firearms, so that the audience can accept the sensory stimulation at the same time, but also let the audience understand the style of modern special operations and Chinese special forces with high military standards!
In fact, the filming process of the film is also very difficult, the first thing to overcome is the nearly 40 degrees celsius heat of the desert and the unpredictable sandstorm, and as a military action film, gun battles, explosions and other scenes are indispensable, and the actor's injury is more commonplace.
It is under such difficult conditions and the hard work of many main creative personnel that there is such a film that can satisfy most audiences.
IV. "Emergency Rescue"
The film was released in 2021 and was directed by Lin Chaoxian and starred Peng Yuyan, Wang Yanlin, Xin Zhilei, Lan Yingying and so on.
"Emergency Rescue" is also based on real sea rescue events, is the first Chinese film on the theme of sea rescue, in order to complete the world's most difficult to shoot "water drama", the crew went to Mexico, to "Titanic", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and other film shooting sites to complete underwater shooting.
With a production budget of up to 700 million yuan, Lin Chaoxian invited Martin Laing, the art director of "Titanic" and "Avatar", at any cost, and also made the film's post-special effects reach the top, and the audiovisual effects were unprecedentedly realistic and shocking.
"Emergency Rescue" promotional photo
The overturned and sunken drilling platform, the head of the oil truck that rushed straight down the river, the fully loaded passenger plane that fell straight into the sea, and the fully loaded tanker that burst into the sky, the film truly showed the audience the style of China's rescuers through four large-scale rescues. They stand at the forefront of the roar of water and fire, guard the end of the critical evacuation, and fight against natural and man-made disasters with their lives!
Lin Chaoxian did not photograph the rescue team members as saviors with super powers, they are also a group of ordinary people with flesh and blood, in the face of nature, real fear makes these fighters tremble, helpless and discouraged countless times.
And there is no "retreat" in the dictionary of sea rescue, when you hear the roar of the rotor, the loud whistle, the speed of the motor, it is a heroic song that they are not afraid of hardships and obstacles, sacrifice themselves as human beings, and compose.
The reason why "Lin's violent aesthetics" is highly respected by the audience, those fist-to-flesh, blood-boiling battle scenes in the film make every audience seem to be immersed in the scene, and the biggest reason is that Lin Chaoxian has always upheld the real-life shooting, real guns, huge scenes, and can not use stand-ins, which is Lin Chaoxian's hard requirements.
Because it is real, it is easier for the audience to feel empathy. A strict director who leads by example, a strong actor who can dare to fight, shoots with heart, and real scenes, how can a film made in this way not let the audience respect it?!