Hollywood's three big ones can't touch: Keanu Reeves's dog, Liam Nisson's daughter, and Jason Statham's courier.
Today I'm going to talk about one of them: Keanu Reeves's dog.
The meme comes from the classic "Suit Thug" movie, the Rush To Kill series.
There are three parts in the same series, 1, 2, and 3 are translated into "Rapid Pursuit", "Rapid Special Attack", and "Rapid Preparation".
Keanu Reeves' appearance in this series is definitely a classic of the suit thug.
He plays John Wick, who was once a fearsome killer who retired because of love. But after his wife died, he seemed to have lost everything. So when the gangsters sneaked into his house because they wanted to steal his car, beat him to death, and killed the dog that his wife left for him, he unleashed the terrible destructive power and single-handedly destroyed the entire gang. This is also the origin of the "Don't Kill Keanu Reeves Dog" terrier.
The film has mixed reviews, and one of the points is the design of the action scenes. Some people feel that the protagonist is not portrayed enough, the fight scene is simple and boring, there is no handsome action of the clouds, whether it is with a gun or a fist, often can not win in one move.
Those who like it feel that this is a real fight, and the protagonist lives to the end by experience, precise training, and even because of luck. (For example, at first, he was seriously injured by a sneak attack at home, but he was not repaired.) This is a bug in the plot, but since the screenwriter does not want to write the protagonist to death, it is considered luck. ）
Part I: Shooting Instruction
This film can be called a shooting skill demonstration teaching, and the shooting methods in the film are all tactical shooting with theoretical systems in reality. The protagonist, Keanu Reeves, even did professional training for this purpose and passed a professional shooting exam.
Will-style shooting
The first is the Will-style shooting, which is a gun holding posture invented by the American Wilver, which has the advantages of small exposure area, fast gun positioning speed, good stability, good directivity, and rapid repetition of shooting.
This is often the case with the protagonist in outdoor close-range shootouts.
C.A.Rs, "Central Axis Relock System"
C.A.Rs, Center Axis Relock System, translated as "Central Axis Relock System". There are many theories about this system, and the overall description tends to be a set of tactical theories involving shooting, including a series of tactical theories such as shooting theory, weapon protection, firing finishing, and loading and changing magazines.
It can be roughly understood as: standing sideways to reduce the exposure area, thereby reducing the risk of being shot, while using the sideways center axis to complete the actions of changing hands, transposition and aiming, so that a series of tactical actions are small and flexible; and emphasizing the gun as close to the body as possible, so as to play a role in protecting the weapon. (Detailed introduction online can be found keywords, here is only a quote general description, interested can search for their own)
The advantage of C.A.Rs is that it is extremely suitable for melee scenarios. The protagonist's scenes in the film are often fighting alone while facing a group of enemies, and often in a narrow indoor or outdoor space with various obstacles. In this scenario, the flexibility and rapid response ability of C.A.Rs are the most important.
At the same time, this tactical shooting often uses "directional shooting" to deal with unexpected situations, that is, the body naturally faces the target and shoots directly without aiming, so as to achieve rapid response. So this is also why there are fewer "precision shooting" scenes such as a headshot in the movie.
Mozambican shooting
At this time, a kind of "Mozambican shooting" will be mentioned, which is the most frequent scene of the protagonist: first shoot the body twice, so that the opponent loses the ability to react, and then a headshot to make up for the fatal blow.
This is also a shooting method based on the actual combat summary, the principle is that the body target is easy to hit, after hitting the body to prevent the opponent's action, so as to achieve the safest and most effective killing effect.
The shooting scenes of the whole film do not have the master perspective of gunshots, but because the protagonist has undergone professional training, it is a more logical scene from the perspective of holding a gun, reacting to the enemy, and killing effect.
Of course, as long as the movie will have a protagonist aura, with the support of these professional shooting theories, the protagonist kills people and feels a unique sense of rhythm, a different kind of cheerfulness.
In addition, the protagonist often uses Brazilian jiu-jitsu and a lot of joint techniques, which is a technique that focuses on uniforms, and emphasizes the victory of the weak over the strong, not to fight with people who are stronger than you.
It is said that street fights often end on the ground, and scenes like in some movies where a group of people can still get their clothes dirty are basically not seen. And people who like MMA can often see that the current competition often has ground technical fighting, and similar scenes have appeared in many types of movies (Tom Hardy's "Warrior", Zhang Jiahui and Peng Yuyan's "Guild Wars").
Such a scene is not dashing, but the neat surrender and the use of joint skills also give people a professional and exquisite feeling.
Overall, the first part is a revenge story, and the highlight is to show us a set of professional and sophisticated fighting scenes. If you like to see scenes that are close to real fighting, this series is a good choice.
Part II: The Western-style "Chivalry with Force"
From the second part, the entire background framework is gradually completed. John Wick's former organization was a tight and sprawling organization, with its own system and even its own internal circulation of gold coins.
John was asked to come back to do the "last business" because of his previous blood contract, which was actually to do something that was impossible to retreat: kill the client's sister and help the client seize the senatorial seat that belonged to his sister.
John Wick refused. But this time it was not the dog that was killed, the direct home was blown up.
So John's comeback once again let people see the strength of being a god of killing, first completed the task to lift the blood contract, and then after the other party issued a hunting order in the name of helping his sister avenge, surrounded by a group of killers, chased the opponent to the mainland hotel, and then shot a headshot.
In the second part, a relatively clear background begins to be outlined. For example, the organization before John Wick was a global killer organization with its own gold coins as currency, and as long as there were enough gold coins, any help could be found in the organization: arms, equipment, map intelligence, and various support supplies and shelter.
At the same time organized in one of the strongholds in Italy, the Continental Hotel can be said to be the "coaching inn" of many killers. Here they replenish their equipment, gather intelligence, and prepare for missions.
However, the Continental Hotel has a rule: it is not allowed to do it in the hotel.
So at the end of the second part, the direct reason why John Wick was hunted down by the organization was not even to kill an organization leader, but to do it at the Continental Hotel.
This style of extreme emphasis on rules represents a respect for order. Like everyone else in the film, they do things that kill people with money, but dressed in the style of high-class people. Externally, it can be said that it is a destroyer of order, but internally it is emphasized to strictly abide by order.
Similar to Chinese martial arts films, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there is a mixture of order and chaos. Just like the absence of the official government in most martial arts, no matter how hot the fight in the movie is, the police are not seen. It was as if it were a jungle of reinforced concrete, hunters and prey chasing through the streets, weaving through the floors, light and shadow swaying like leaves obscuring the sun, and eyes in the shadows watching every target.
Chivalry is forbidden by force. The protagonist is the one who is hunted down and killed by the whole jianghu.
The protagonist wears a suit, slim and restrained, but does not drag the mud and water when he moves his hands. This strong contrast creates a very charming style, which, together with a variety of modern facilities and lights, creates a cold image of a thug in a suit.
As an elegant, gentlemanly and decent garment, the suit has always been associated with order. The close-fitting cut highlights the upright shape and gives a sense of authority. So when those in fitting suits swing their fists and splash flesh and blood, the ultimate contrast often gives people a different aesthetic experience of violence.
During the period, there is a clip of the protagonist arriving at the Continental Hotel to prepare, selecting arms, customizing bulletproof suits, collecting mission maps and information scenes to switch, with a fast-paced soundtrack, people are adrenaline secreted, involuntarily excited, and the shooting is very textured.
It is also the first time that we can see how the protagonist's full equipment as a suit thug comes from.
From this time on, the image of the protagonist gradually stands up, no longer a killer without a past. In addition to his lover, he also has past friends, friends, and the deterrent and respect he has accumulated in the killer industry.
So at the end of the second part, even if the protagonist is seriously injured and must be hunted down by the entire organization, when that almost desperate oppressive force comes to the fore, we still believe that he can break through the siege.
Part Three: What is Hunting and Killing? This is the hunt
The third part closely follows the plot of the second part. The protagonist confronts the entire organization. The equipment gameplay is newly upgraded, and the "new version of the ship" that you have not played is still the same black suit.
So for John Wick, it's as if the suit is the body.
The structure of the entire killer organization began to be more complete, and the plot began to be richer. John Wick began to look for a way to break the situation, and while being hunted down by the entire organization, he also sought a way to lift the killing order, so as to solve the problem once and for all. But until the end of the movie, it just leaves a suspense, which clearly tells you: predict what will happen later, and listen to the next decomposition.
However, the hunting and killing method of this part has been upgraded, and various new scenes have emerged.
Even John Wick had his own little fan (although he eventually died at the hands of an idol):
And in addition to the traditional gunfights and car chases, the means of transportation in the third part are also different.
There is a shot of the protagonist riding a horse
There are also motorcycle chases
Horses and motorcycles who are fast
There is also the protagonist's helper with a group of dogs
The strange light under the neon of the city, the collision of glass and metal, the alternating use of cold weapons and hot weapons, showing a visual feast of one fight after another.
It can be seen that the director deliberately used different elements to enrich the fight. In addition to the previous Russian gangsters, the third part also features the faces of the killers of Asian descent.
People who have seen Raid should have an impression of this face
The protagonist's Japanese fan
In this part, in addition to the basic plot promotion to improve the story background, more space is used to create different styles of fight scenes.
The fourth part is ready to be released this year, which can also be regarded as a warm-up.
Maybe some people value the plot of the movie. But without affecting the movie experience, like watching all action movies, I don't care what the protagonist fights, I only care about how the protagonist plays.
If what you like is a rigorous secret agent movie, then this movie will disappoint you. If you want to see smooth and elegant fight clips, this movie is not satisfactory.
But the collection succeeds in creating a charming atmosphere. It may be counted as an industrial-age Western, or an American martial arts film.
Don't ask, ask, the protagonist is invincible.