<b>Time Network News</b> "Mission Impossible 5: Mysterious Country" in North America in the first weekend of release in the first weekend of release of more than 121 million US dollars, the first day of release in China also grossed more than 100 million yuan, once again proving that Tom Cruise is still not old. Paramount Pictures knew that audiences liked to watch Cruise in crisis, so they made the scene of him picking up the plane the focus of the film's promotion. Of course, in order to bring a shocking psychological experience to the audience, the scene of Cruise encountering danger is not the first time in the Mission Impossible series of movies. Although the stunts in the film are thrilling, it is Cruise's fearlessness and professionalism that have allowed him to achieve great success in this type of thrilling film.
In addition to Brother Tang's desperation, there are also many filmmakers who perform hard in extremely dangerous scenes, hoping to get the affirmation of the audience. Time.com takes stock of movie stunts and their impact on the entertainment industry as a whole. Given the sheer number of stunts used in films over the past few decades, it's impossible to judge exactly which is the most dangerous—after all, actors are required to look easy. At the same time, the rapid promotion of computer special effects has also allowed the filmmakers to produce effects that were completely unimaginable before, but this is completely different from the use of live actors in real scenes. In addition to The Last Safe (1923), The Great Escape (1963), Iron King Kong (1968) and Batman: The Dark Knight Rises (2012), there are 10 other films in film history that deserve a closer look.
Editor: Ji Xiaowen
Steamboat Little Bill (1928) - It's no secret that the silent-era superstar Buster Keaton would rather put himself in danger for better results. And this movie happens to include one of the greatest and most memorable scenes. In the film, an entire wall of the building collapses around him, and he is unharmed. The wall weighed two tons, and Keaton was reportedly told he would most likely suffer serious injuries if he didn't stand precisely in the designated position. We have no way of knowing if he really knew or cared, but he did everything brilliantly at great risk.
Flying Over The Mountain (1939) – Yakima Cannath, who was involved in the battle of chariots in Ben Hun, truly established himself as a stuntman and coordinator through this classic Western. In this film, he plays an Apache who jumps from his horse into the horse team pulling the carriage, and then he is "shot" in the back, falls off the horse and is run over by the wheels. It was a stunt effect that had been parried in several films, including Raiders of the Lost Ark, which would be mentioned later in this article, but at the time, performing this stunt was extremely lacking in safety measures.
Bin Hue (1959) - This famous scene took almost a year to complete even today, which may be why the film still looks thrilling and memorable to this day. In terms of the chariot clash itself, Charden Heiston did most of the driving scenes himself, but the more difficult stunt scenes — such as his character almost being thrown out of the back of his chariot — were performed by Yakima Cannat and his son Joe, and this realistic performance is one of the most thrilling scenes in our review. While filming a shot of a chariot running over Steven Boyd, he reinforced his costume with steel armor.
The Golden Gun Man of 007 (1974) - To be honest, this film isn't a good one in the 007 series, and the same is true for Roger Moore personally. But in one of the car chase scenes, which seems a bit silly at times, the performance of stunt driver Willard "flying" over the river has not been replicated in the entire history of cinema, driving an amc hornet 360 degrees in the air to fly over a "broken" bridge and landing safely opposite. Sadly, composer John Barry gave the scene a fancy sound effect that reduced the stunt's astonishment, but it was still the best automotive stunt shot.
007 Undersea City (1977) - Before 007 The Golden Gun Man, James Bond's name (and the film series) had become synonymous with large, thrilling, groundbreaking stunts. Yet just three years after completing the most spectacular car chase stunt in history, the coolest heroic moment in all of the series' films was born. At the beginning of the film, there is a climax, when stuntman Rick Sylvester, as a stand-in for Roger Moore, skis off a cliff in the Alps and falls through the air for as long as if it never ends. Claude Renova's photography captured the stunt so that it looked as if the sylvester would eventually fall to the ground, but as John Barry's iconic 007 theme song sounded, he opened his parachute, which was decorated with the Flag of the United Kingdom of Britain.
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Although some of the action scenes in front of a truck speeding with a suitcase were done by Harrison Ford himself, almost all of the stunts behind the truck were played by his stand-in terry leonard, such as the scene where Indiana is dragged. This is a tribute to the battle of chariots in "Bin Hun", and it has also become a magic weapon used by many later films to increase the tense action scenes.
Police Story (1985) - Admittedly, Jackie Chan is a master of performing action stunts himself, but that doesn't mean he won't be shocked and hurt in his performances. In this action film, there is a jaw-dropping scene in which Jackie Chan jumps into a hole covered with Christmas lights and then slides down, leaving a broken light bulb behind him. Although he successfully completed the stunt performance, the price paid was not only sweating, he was not only burned to a second degree by the light bulb, but also injured his back and sprained his pelvis when he landed.
Police Story III Super Cop (1992) – In this film, Yang Ziqiong jumps from the motorcycle she and Jackie Chan are riding on on a moving train, but she only began to learn to ride a motorcycle two weeks before filming this action. But she succeeded, not only saving her own life and Jackie Chan's life, but also winning the opportunity for the series to shoot the next one.
Proof of Death (2007) - Director and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino hired stunt actress Zoe Bell as a stand-in for Uma Thurman during the filming of Kill Bill, but when Filming Of Death Began, Quentin gave her a very special main role: a female stunt who decided to try a difficult stunt "mast" on the roof of a Mercedes benz for extra pay. Bell completed the creepy performance with little computer effects (just removing some wires) as another driver (Kurt Russell) slammed into her Dodge Charger. Bell won the Taurus Award for his successful performance, which is the equivalent of the Oscars of the stunt world.
Mission Impossible 4 (2011) - Four years before he was stranded on the side of a military plane, Tom Cruise had set the industry benchmark for actors to perform stunts himself — about 1,700 feet tall — the height he reached when he risked a great deal of danger climbing the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Usually when shooting such scenes, the actor will tie some safety rope (completely understandable) and then erase the rope with computer technology. But there was no doubt that Tom Cruise had chosen to climb up the building and risk his life to enter the heavily guarded room from the only direction—that is, to crash into it from the outside.