As we all know, summer movies have always been lively.
From the perspective of movies that have been set and are about to be set, from mythological blockbusters to suspense movies, from animated films to films with a super luxurious lineup, it can be said that there is everything.
But observant fans should have discovered that there is one less genre.
Yes, it's a monster blockbuster that can get our adrenaline pumping in an instant.
Don't worry, this is not just decided.
On May 9, the movie "Megalodon 2: The Abyss" released a final trailer, and the film will be released globally on August 4.
I have to sigh that after 5 years, we finally waited for the sequel to this top IP.
In the summer of 2018, the movie of the same name "Megalodon", adapted from the novel written by Steve Elton, was released.
The film tells the story of the prehistoric giant giant tooth shark accidentally escaping the deep sea to recreate the human slaughter, in order to resolve this catastrophe, we had to fight with megalodon to the death.
In the summer season surrounded by strong enemies, this film won 533 million US dollars at the global box office and 1.053 billion yuan in the mainland, which surprised everyone.
After all, I have seen a lot of monster blockbusters, but deep-sea monster blockbusters are really rare.
After watching the trailer of "Megalodon 2: The Abyss", Bluestone dared to assert that the most explosive deep-sea monster blockbuster in 2023 is really here.
First of all, the film still has a first-class behind-the-scenes team.
The director of "Megalodon 2: The Abyss" is British director Ben Vetley, who has directed films such as "Butterfly Dream" and "Fire Trade".
The director was also nominated for the Golden Shell Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for the movie "Skyscraper".
In addition, the core team of "Megalodon" is still there, such as producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Bella Avery , screenwriters Dean Joegras, Joe Hobel, Erich Hober.
There is also Peter Bebb, who won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects for "Inception", as the visual effects supervisor, and the blockbuster effect of the underwater spectacle and the thrill of the deep-sea adventure are guaranteed.
That is to say, from the bottom of the class, this movie will not be bad.
Starring two international superstars, and many internationally renowned actors joined.
From the time of the official announcement of filming, the starring configuration of this movie is curious.
Because two international superstars were invited: Jason Statham and Wu Jing.
Jason Statham, starring him in the previous work.
What makes us curious is, what kind of role and position will Wu Jing be in the movie?
In the stills of "Megalodon 2: The Abyss", Wu Jing and Jason Statham sit on the beach together, showing a shark smile;
There were two people on a mission together, with solemn faces;
There is Wu Jing looking at Jason Statham, accompanied by the line "You go out every time and play more and more dead";
It seems that the relationship between the two is a teammate or a comrade-in-arms who has a lifelong friendship.
In addition, the popular Cai Shuya in the first work continued to star, and Cliff Curtis and Page Kennedy also returned.
As well as Skyler Samuels, Sienna Gherly, Sergio Perris Mencheta and many other internationally renowned actors announced their joining.
With such a luxurious lineup, it seems that the domestic theater line is bound to show a situation of "blowing up the sky" in the upcoming August.
Whether it is the information released in the early stage of the film or the main creative lineup, plus the trailer that has been released, the movie "Megalodon 2: The Abyss" is interpreting 4 words from all aspects:
Super upgrade.
First upgrade: story upgrade, more exciting adventure.
The story of the second part continues the first, which is still a deep-sea adventure, but the sequel pattern is even bigger.
The story will take place at the limit of the thermocline, both the unknown exploration of the 7,000-meter abyss and the exploration of the mysterious prehistoric underwater world isolated for tens of millions of years.
From the fixed poster and trailer, you can see the suffocation of the deep sea.
The picture of the bottom of the sea, the dark abyss, only illuminated by the red light beam of the submarine, makes people feel more faintly uneasy.
In addition, the picture of sharks rushing towards the crowd by the sea is absolutely thrilling, and just watching the trailer makes people's palms sweat.
Second upgrade: Monster upgrade, more, bigger, more ancient!
As the title suggests, the highlight of the "Megalodon" series lies in the megalodon.
In the first part, the moment the megalodon appeared, the visual impact of that prehistoric monster made people's adrenaline soar instantly.
By the second part, it was no longer 2 megalodons, but a "group of megalodons"!
We can see more and larger megalodon colonies and new "lineups" of ancient monsters, and it is no exaggeration to say that a whole grand world view of "sea monsters" has emerged.
There are huge megalodons;
The picture of Wu Jing and Megalodon meeting head-on directly makes people's hearts rise to the throat.
Not to mention the megalodon rushing to the shore to attack the hunting part of the crowd on vacation.
Eating the couple on the kayak in one bite is simply dumbfounded by everyone.
There are large and dexterous carnivorous dinosaur dragon hunters;
The picture of the dragon hunting at the bottom of the sea has a super sense of oppression.
Even dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago have pictures!
The "triple eating" picture that shocked the jaw drop is really amazing.
And octopuses.
The big octopus special effects of the first part are very realistic, and this time the special effects have also made a qualitative leap.
The giant octopus on the bottom of the sea and the iron chains is too impactful.
The trailer not only has the entanglement of octopuses and sharks, but also images of octopuses attacking humans.
What kind of position these prehistoric behemoths have is a veil of mystery.
Again, this movie is a paradise for monster movie lovers!
The third upgrade: look and feel upgrade, cool points and laughter coexist.
In "Megalodon", the most burning clip in the whole film is Jason Statham's intelligent fight against sharks, directly staging a shark mouth escape.
In the second part, the first-class British actor in action scenes still exploded in combat, and there is nothing to say about riding a speedboat to break the waves with a halberd on his back.
This picture of a knife aimed at a shark, don't be too handsome!
Of course, it looks just as good when you fight with people.
And Wu Jing.
Tough guys join forces and fight wits with megalodon groups is definitely better.
Wu Jing also has armor that looks very powerful.
This armor can chop 200 tons (probably) of stones with his bare hands, and from Wu Jing's research on armor and "swimming" with megalodon, Bluestone guesses that he may be a scientific researcher, responsible for mental responsibility.
In addition, he has thrilling scenes such as jumping from a helicopter and hanging in the balance, and fighting with giant octopuses, which are very enjoyable to watch!
While the refreshing feeling has been upgraded, the viewing of the second part has also become stronger.
When Wu Jing took the initiative to swim with megalodons in order to do experiments, his partner Jason Statham's words made people instantly spray rice.
"The name of the experiment is 'Am I delicious?'"
It can be seen here that Jason Statham and Wu Jing are teammates who are both "scaring each other" and caring for each other.
In fact, the reason why we are looking forward to this movie so much is that there is one person - Wu Jing.
For the Chinese film industry now, Wu Jing is a very special existence.
From his preparations for "Wolf Warrior" to his efforts for "The Wandering Earth", his exploration of the "Chinese film industry" has never stopped.
When filming "Wolf Warrior", military action movies were not popular, and the film faced the dilemma of insufficient funds from early shooting to post-announcement.
As a result, after the film was released, it became a super IP, ranking second in the box office list of Chinese film history. When it comes to "The Wandering Earth", Wu Jing is also making changes for the sci-fi genre.
Together with Chinese filmmakers, he tried to document and adjust the problems in the filming process to make the filmmaking process more efficient and professional.
It is worth mentioning that before filming the movie "Wolf Warrior", Wu Jing also took over a work with a similar theme, mainly to learn how to shoot.
It's the same in Megalodon 2: The Abyss.
On the shooting set, he studied with the director more than once, and sometimes even directly lay on the ground to observe the shooting equipment. Wu Jing said in the interview that the original intention of participating in this movie was to understand the process of shooting marine monster movies and learn the world's advanced film technology. It can be seen that Wu Jing has been exploring new areas and is full of curiosity.
Therefore, Wu Jing's filming of "Megalodon 2: The Abyss" is more like another exploration of his Chinese film industry.
This time, what he wants to explore is "The Ocean", a monster movie.
Following "wolves on land, strong in space", what is Wu Jing's next work, maybe this "Megalodon 2: The Abyss" can give us a little inspiration.
This August, the cinema "exploded"!
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