Beijing News (reporter Zhou Huixiaowan) As the third part of the series, "Jedi X-Men: Rapid Pursuit" landed in mainland theaters on August 14, and the box office exceeded 10 million before the press release. The protagonist, Will Smith (nicknamed "Shi Huang"), laughed when asked by reporters if he liked to shoot such scenes, "I only like to watch action scenes, and it is too uncomfortable to shoot!" Really thanks to the stunt people, they are the best. ”
Stills from Jedi X-Men: The Rush.
Jedi X-Men is a major Hollywood action series, which debuted in 1995 by 29-year-old Michael Bay and later grossed $141 million worldwide at a cost of $18 million. The success of "Jedi X-Men" also brought Michael Bay a new opportunity, establishing his directing style, and since then he has directed Hollywood A-class blockbusters such as "Daredevil Island", "The End of the World", "Pearl Harbor" and so on.
Will Smith became a celebrity of the time, and later appeared in blockbusters such as Independence Day and Men in Black; another lead actor, Martin Lawrence, also relied on his strong comedic talent to reach the front line. In an interview, "Shi Huang" talked about the environment of his early career, "This is an action blockbuster with two black people as the protagonists, which was rare at the time. The hottest thing at that time was Eddie Murphy, so it was really remarkable to have two black people at the same time in a blockbuster movie, and not make a black movie. ”
Stills from Jedi X-Men 1.
In 2003, after eight years, Michael Bay went on to direct Jedi X-Men 2, which rose sharply to $130 million, but the final $273 million box office result also caused a small loss for the project, and did not allow Sony Pictures to continue shooting the sequel. In fact, Since 2015, Sony Pictures has repeatedly wanted to continue to promote the sequel project, and even wanted to break away from Smith to softly restart the project. After several postponements, the return of the original team was finally confirmed in November 2018. This is also after 17 years, Smith and Lawrence once again joined together to perform this two-male police comedy theme film.
In Jedi X-Men: Rush, Smith and Lawrence continue to play their classic roles of Mike and Marcus. In this story, Marcus wants to retire and spend more time with his family, but a criminal plan that endangers Mike's life is fermenting, and Marcus is involved in the case. Like the first two films, they will still crack down Mahami's worst criminal activities. Mike was still driving an expensive car, Marcus was ostensibly a stay-at-home man, and Captain Howard was still frustrated with the bad boys, and even burst into scolding. 17 years later, it seems that nothing has changed, except that the two protagonists are a little old, everything is still the same as in memory.
The two who are no longer young are still the same as they remember.
When it comes to why we chose to return Will Smith and Martin Lawrence to their early years' signature roles, producer Jerry Brookheimer explains the reason simply: "As long as a movie is good, interesting, and happy, whenever it is released is appropriate, and a good film is loved by everyone." They had a lot of fun acting, Smith was good at being first-class, and Lawrence was good at being funny, and every time the shot cut to him, it would make people laugh. They both have an affinity, and that's what the movie grabs. ”
"Mike tried to persuade Marcus to work together one last time, but Marcus already wanted to close, at least at first he thought so." Smith said, "I think the fading of friendship is a topic worth exploring, and people often drift away from friends under the pretext of refusing to grow." In the film, the state of the two of them seems to be about to part ways, the two people are diametrically opposite in all aspects, but it is precisely because of this that they are not tired of working together. ”
The two work together without getting tired.
The main theme of "Jedi X-Men" is the wonderful action scenes, the "Shi Huang" who still looks well maintained, in fact, even the simplest action scenes will feel very hard, "such as running, I also strained my legs... You should have gone to see the bear after we had run and almost went to the doctor (laughs). He said he really liked the film's message that "if you don't grow up, you'll die, which is the underlying theme of the film." Jedi X-Men: The Rush isn't just a comedy, it's also a strong message — if you get into bad habits, you might die, and you have to make a change. This is not only the plot of the movie, but also closely related to ourselves. Plus, we're getting older, our characters are getting older, and we're still able to win. ”
Beijing News reporter Zhou Huixiaowan
Edited by Wu Longzhen Proofreader Liu Baoqing
Source: Beijing News