This year's best action movie was finally released on May 1st, that is, the test pilot movie "The King of the Long Sky" directed by Liu Xiaoshi and starring Wang Yibo, Hu Jun and Zhou Dongyu.
Among the many movies released at the same time, only this "King of the Long Sky" has the most special theme, which is not only an action blockbuster, but also the first tribute film with a "test pilot" as the protagonist.
So let's talk about it today, what is the excellence of this movie:
One: The rhythm is tight and the plot is shocking
It is no exaggeration to say that when watching this "King of the Long Sky", I felt an indescribable shock more than once.
This shock comes from the shooting experience of director Liu Xiaoshi - he is the only director in China who combines the experience of shooting propaganda films of the navy, land and air forces. So in his shots, every fighter is full of searing oppression and fireworks like vitality. For example, there are many real-life pictures of J-10, J-16 and "big killer" J-20 in the movie, which simply pinches every military enthusiast.
At the same time, this shock also comes from the "test pilot", a military class that makes the audience unfamiliar.
In the cognition of many audiences, when mentioning "soldiers", they will immediately think of the navy, land and air force, but when further mentioning "air force", few people know that in addition to the majestic and spirited pilots, there are many excellent and great soldiers, risking their lives to use their professional knowledge to test fly the latest fighter again and again, by simulating various problems that pilots may encounter, bringing the latest data back to the ground and engineers for debugging.
In other words, those who can become "test pilots" are not only the best in the Air Force, but also may have the highest sacrifice rate. After this concept is clarified, when I go to watch this movie, the thrilling plots have a silent and tearful shock.
At the premiere, Chinese test pilots: Wang Ang, Li Gang, Lei Qiang and others, all arrived at the scene, and after watching "The King of the Long Sky", they bluntly said that the scenes in the movie were too real, and many scenes in the play occurred from time to time in their careers.
Two: It is growth and sacrifice
In the movie "King of the Long Sky", test pilot Lei Yu (played by Wang Yibo) is the protagonist to build a complete growth line, and Zhang Ting, the captain of the test flight team played by Hu Jun, has also become the biggest tear point of the entire movie.
The movie begins with pilot Lei Yu piloting a third-generation fighter jet to fight with foreign aircraft that invaded the mainland's airspace, his skillful operation and smooth movements make this battle should be easy, but the sudden engine failure makes the situation change abruptly. The situation changed rapidly, and although Lei Yu calmly did various emergency treatment at an altitude of thousands of meters, he still let go of the aggressor after repeated consideration.
Lei Yu's extreme operation not only made the audience sweat coldly, but also let Zhang Ting (played by Hu Jun), the captain of the test flight team, see his plasticity, and invited the other party to participate in the selection of the test flight team after arranging the crowd, and has since become a member of the test flight team.
I have to say that the screenwriter is really very good at writing the growth line of the military theme, and the dispute between Lei Yu and his parents after the test flight selection, whether it is Lei Yu's insistence, or the parents want their children to give up for safety reasons, all make the characters more three-dimensional and make the plot more grounded. The growth of this character quickly filled the gap about test pilots in film and television dramas, and also allowed the audience to see the sacrifice and dedication of Air Force test pilots.
Three: The plot is tearful, and the actors are brilliant
Wang Yibo's Lei Yu's growth line is very full, whether it is the setbacks he faces or the choices he makes in a difficult situation, many audiences feel the same way, but the most tearful thing for the audience is Hu Jun's performance.
According to convention, the growth line of the protagonist must be accompanied by the sacrifice of the elders and seniors, so when Zhang Ting, played by Hu Jun, appeared, many viewers had already guessed his ending, but when the sacrifice came, it still made people cry, because Hu Jun's acting skills were too brilliant.
Whether it is Hu Jun's resolute temperament from the inside out, or his calm self-sufficiency in the face of danger, it makes him infinitely close to the pilot "Zhang Ting" in the movie, and he goes to that station, giving the audience like a senior pilot with decades of flying experience. When he encountered a malfunction during the test flight, the bombs on both sides of the fighter would explode when they crashed, and the bottom of the plane was a residential area, and it was clear that the tower ordered him to abandon the plane immediately and skydive, but out of military nature and duty, he refused the skydiving command four times and insisted on driving the plane to no man's land.
That was his first and last disobedience as a soldier.
Zhang Ting's perseverance and courage, his sense of responsibility and persistence are vividly interpreted by Hu Jun, if you have to choose the most outstanding role in "The King of the Long Sky", I think many audiences will definitely vote for him.
In peacetime, there are still countless heroes who are going in the opposite direction, or rushing to the sea of fire, or incognito, or like the test pilots in "King of the Long Sky" who fly fighter jets to the blue sky, powerful, silent and full of power, I think this is the fundamental reason why this movie is shocking.
This "King of the Long Sky" deserves a movie ticket!