Last week, the reputation of a new movie began to ferment in the fan circle.
From the director and screenwriter to the actors who appeared on camera, none of the audience could be named.
However, this net that was not optimistic at first turned upside down with the trend of lightning and deafness, becoming a dark horse that cannot be underestimated.
Tough Guy Gun God
Most people were dissuaded by the film's poster and name, thinking that this was just another bad film with a game theme skin, and it was just a big net.
But it is still the same batch of people, after reading without expectation, full of surprise when the "tap water" passionate message, without stinginess to play a high score.
The film takes the competition of the chicken eating game as the main line, telling the story of a former CS champion, in order to fight for the custody of his son, recruited to form a temporary team, after a series of tribulations, finally defeated the Kaihang inner champion team in a large competition and regained the glory of the past.
As a game-themed movie, the first thing that was scrutinized by the audience was the degree of reduction of the game effect.
First look at the picture.
The familiar picture and character modeling, the action operation of the clouds and the flowing water, even the angle of the lens and the rhythm of the editing, all show a high degree of restoration.
Towns, schools, bomb shelters, freight terminals, scenes that are usually familiar with playing games have been reproduced. Frequent up-and-up shots take the immersion even further and make people addicted.
According to the crew, in order to enhance the viewing experience, the game screen is built from a 1:1 real military scene, coupled with live-action shooting.
Not only the big scenes, but even the small details are full of sincerity.
Whether it is the smooth switching of the human perspective, the action of the characters lying on the ground, the effect of the characters kneeling on the ground when injured, the auspicious clothes that are easy to hide, the looming poison circle, the connection of the box after the death of the game characters, and the sound effects when taking injections and medicines, etc., we can see the intentions of the crew.
As the saying goes, "the layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway".
"Lively" is a lot of effort, but what about the "doorway"?
What gamers praise the most in the film is the tactical design of this 1V3.
The male protagonist constantly switches the vehicle to card the invincible time, combined with the director's long shot, and cleverly completes a counter-kill between the light and shadow transitions. The visuals and gameplay are vividly displayed.
A rookie like Uncle Eggplant, which either lands in a box or a master of human body strokes, can only say one word: "Cow!" ”
But at this time, some friends will say, "I don't play games, so I can't understand this movie?" ”
No, it's not just a thrilling game action movie, it's a comedy full of laughs.
The first is the character setting of the four teammates, which is quite playful.
The protagonist Xiao Han (played by Xue Wenjun), the game name tough guy gun god, is the almighty king of the team.
He is a poor egg who lives in a dilapidated rental house and is asked by the landlord to rent every day. Earn money every day by playing live games, and the income is extremely meager.
Xiao Han has a lively but mischievous son, who is often called a parent.
But their father and son tacitly cooperated, first by Xiao Han's roar to declare that the battle began, and the son immediately slipped to his knees and loudly confessed his mistake.
Immediately after the father came forward and pretended to beat his son, the son rolled and peed and hugged the teacher's leg and begged for forgiveness.
As long as the teacher was soft-hearted, the father and son quickly bent down in unison to apologize, and left the scene before the teacher could even say the reason for calling the parents.
The second is the game's name is The Big Fat (Zhang Luyao), who is good at sneaking attacks
His main business is barbecue stall owners, and his side business is game accompaniment. But his accompanying play is not very serious.
Turn on the most advanced beauty, use the voice changer, and then pamper it. Big Fat transformed into a girl, really know the essence of playing.
And the third teammate is the little brother (played by Qu Yicheng), who was tricked by the big fat, and the game name is I Am Coke, and he plays it well.
He spent a lot of money on his "dream lover", almost all of his living expenses, and as a result, he was dumbfounded when he met, and it turned out that he really fed the dog.
Looking at the various gifts he had bought for each other, Coke shed tears of humiliation.
The last teammate is a girl (Tan Xiaofan), but her game is called Your Daddy Kicking, who likes to shoot in the front.
The sister's parents are both in England, the family is wealthy, and wants her to marry the son of a partner. But she didn't want to, she wanted to evaporate, so she came to this contest and won the money to leave.
These four strange people formed a temporary team, and even the team name was very unreliable - "XQF"
XQF is the acronym for school district housing, which means that after the male protagonist wins, he will use the competition prize money to buy the school district house, so that he can occupy a larger advantage when fighting for the custody of his son.
In addition to the character setting, the film has also made sufficient efforts in the routine and anti-routine of the story, so that the audience is always in a vague state of guessing and guessing.
The opponent's behind-the-scenes boss wants to bribe the male protagonist and play a fake game.
He also threatened him: "In this game, you can get the first few places, and not a second is up to you." ”
Sure enough, when the official game is played, the opponent opens the perspective hanging, and tries to buy his teammates to sell the position, how to deal with this?
In addition to having the excellent strength of being able and hanging on, the protagonist team also understands the psychology of the opponent, cleverly using the opponent's default rules to defeat the rules, and catches the other party off guard.
The game will definitely be won, after all, there is a protagonist aura.
But how to win is really not expected, I thought it was a fierce competition, I did not expect to push the film to the climax at the last moment, it was an unexpected laugh.
Uncle Eggplant is not spoilers here, interested friends can go directly to see.
"Tough Guy Gun God" is undoubtedly the biggest surprise this summer, and it has also become a new benchmark for films of the same genre.
At the same time, it is also a love letter to gamers, which tells the blood and romance of game feelings.
It doesn't have overwhelming publicity, it doesn't have familiar stars, but it's sincere enough and respectful enough to respect the audience.
That may be enough.