The action film "Violent Block", which was produced, produced and written by the internationally renowned director Luc Besson, held a media viewing meeting in Beijing yesterday, which is a blockbuster that integrates various elements such as chase, parkour, gunfight, hip hop and action, and is fully exposed to the media for the first time. The film will officially land in theaters nationwide on August 1.
As the last installment of the Violent Blocks series, Violent Blocks is also a new and upgraded version of the action blockbuster "Violent District 13" that swept the world 10 years ago. Fast and varied camera switching and clever editing are the consistent style of the "Violent Block" series, from the first "Violent 13Thirectrough" to today's "Violent Block", from a technical point of view, what will never change is that the times and technology have been changing. Whether it is the rapid development of the film industry or the rapid development of film technology, this "Violent Block" is no longer the same as the classic work of 10 years ago in terms of shooting methods and entry points. Not only was the background of the story changed from 2016 to 2018 of this one, but the location of the story was also moved from France to Detroit, a famous industrial city in the United States. Undercover cop Damien (Paul Walker) is sent to search for a nuclear bomb hijacked in a slum and fights with the drug lord Tramene alongside Lino (David Bell), who is familiar with the slums, but as he moves from the process of stripping away the cocoon and getting closer to the truth, Damien gradually finds himself caught up in a larger conspiracy. In the 90-minute movie, whether it is a tense and fierce flying car fight or a tender and introverted emotional scene, it firmly grasps the audience's heart, and the rhythm of the whole process without urine points makes people have the urge to "watch it again".
Watch point one: True masters
As an action movie full of male hormones, "Violent Block" is definitely an action blockbuster that belongs to "real men" and "real men". Loyal fans of the series must have found that throughout the Violent Blocks trilogy is the lead actor David Bell and his parkour kung fu. Throughout the film, the audience can't help but sigh that this is how strong the physical fitness of people can have such excellent skills and clever and flexible bouncing kung fu! Since in the first two works, David Bell already has a considerable amount of parkour drama, how to achieve self-breakthrough in this new interpretation of the work has become the focus of the fans' most attention. From the perspective of the film screening, although 10 years have passed since the release of the first part, David Bell's performance has not shown fatigue, but "old and strong" has a more accurate parkour performance, flashing around in the stairwell, jumping over the ridge in the residential area, circling with gangsters on the roof, and even facing the bomb without fear, David Bell's performance is absolutely remarkable, worthy of being called the king of parkour.
I still remember that when "Violent 13 District" was released, David Bell's parkour once impressed Hollywood, and this new action film genre that was different from Jackie Chan's humorous Kit Kat martial arts style also laid a solid foundation for his subsequent two parts. It is believed that the release of this "Violent Block" will allow the audience to have a deeper understanding of the sport of parkour.
Highlight two: super speed
When paul walker is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely the image of the tough guy he played in the "Fast and Furious" series. Because of his outstanding performance in this series, Paul Walker also has excellent driving skills that are rare among actors, which laid a solid foundation for his role as Demian, an undercover police officer in "Violent Neighborhood".
Since Paul Walker has joined, the film is naturally indispensable to his best flying car chase and the fight on the car. Hijacking car accidents, dodging bullets, hanging outside the car to chase the drug lord to death... A number of road movies and classic bridges in the flying car movies are perfectly presented in "Violent Neighborhood", and the way and method used are definitely beyond the imagination of the audience. The collaboration with David Bell has allowed Paul Walker to incorporate parkour into the flying car, creating amazing possibilities in the small space of the vehicle and surprising people. And Demien's posture of punishing crimes at all costs and giving up his life is even more amazing and admirable.
In addition, in the film, Paul Walker is not the only drag racing master, the French sexy actress Catalina Dennis, who plays Lino's girlfriend, also has an absolutely eye-catching flying car performance.
Watch point three: surprise moves
Just as parkour always feels "unexpected", the fight and chase scenes in the film "Violent Neighborhood" are also full of surprising victories and unexpected surprises. In the seemingly ordinary environment to create unexpected fight scenes, the protagonist uses a variety of weapons, from rockets, sniper rifles to recoil large-caliber pistols, to the street gangsters commonly used in group fights, steel pipes and bricks, people in the violent neighborhood in order to survive has been "all the people are soldiers", and this kind of "chaos fight" scene has a different sense of harmony, and collides between the two male protagonists in a wonderful spark moment, The sense of humor and laughter are also enough to make people laugh, and it can be said to be a very entertaining and appreciative film.
Demien, who always acts according to the rules, and Lino, who frequently attacks and defeats enemies and frequently moves out of the door, are the pair that seem to be the most mismatched, but they have amazing tacit understanding and harmony. It is worth mentioning that in such a tense and intense fast-paced editing, the director did not ignore the rhythm of the film, but relaxed and measured, interspersed with high-speed photography close-up action shots in a series of fast shots, making the whole film produce a strange beauty.
The addition of the hip-hop rap king RZA and its performance in the film always bring unexpected feelings, killing people but loving cooking, and the comedy color also comes into being in such a contrast. And the appearance of black actress Aisha Issa has injected more sexy elements into this male-sexy film, she and Catalina Dennis have repeatedly fought in the film, swords and swords and chains and leather whips, not as weak and boring as the female action bridge in the general movie, but more exciting and bloody.
Watch point four: Forever missed
Yes, such a talented and charismatic type of tough guy, known all over the world for driving at great speed in the movie, but also ended his life prematurely because of his speed. And "Violent Neighborhood" is his last complete work left in the human world. The film's eventual release in China is also the best way for Chinese film fans to remember the screen superstar.
In "Violent Neighborhood", Paul Walker is as cold and handsome as ever, racing to save lives as always, and even when you are immersed in the rhythm and pleasure created by the film, you will completely forget that he has left us forever. However, when the film ends, the music starts, and paul Walker's picture appears on the all-black screen, coupled with the eulogy that pokes at the center of the matter, I don't know how many viewers will get wet and regret that they will never see his full film interpretation in the future.
The producers said that after the film was released, a part of the box office will be given to reach out WorldWide, a humanitarian relief organization founded by Paul Walker, not only to commemorate Paul Walker, but also to pass on his spirit of focusing on charity and children in poor areas forever.
Looking at the entire summer film market, it is not difficult to find that Chinese films in the summer of 2014 have created many "miracles" and "records", but the homogenization of films is also very obvious, such as "Breakup Master", "After The End", "Little Times" and other film types are mostly youth, love theme films, the film type is relatively single, if not counting the unique "Transformers 4", it is difficult to find overseas blockbusters. Under such a market trend, if the action blockbuster "Violent Block" that integrates drag racing, chase, parkour, fighting, and hip-hop as a variety of popular elements can be released in the summer file, it will undoubtedly inject a shot of strength into the soft film market, fill a big gap in the summer film market, and at the same time enrich the film market type, let the audience really feel the cool summer blockbusters, and make people look forward to the appeal of the film in the box office market.
It is also understood that the internationally renowned director Luc Besson will also launch a blockbuster work in the world this year - the science fiction action movie "Superbody", which is the first time Luc Besson directed a sci-fi action blockbuster after the science fiction movie "The Fifth Element" became popular around the world, "Superbody" is co-starred by The new hollywood goddess Scarlett Johansson, Hollywood old drama bone Morgan Freeman, south Korean powerful actor Choi Min-sik, and will be released worldwide in the near future, which is worth looking forward to.
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