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of this movie is not big, but because of the director's excellent scheduling, the audience is dizzy from beginning to end.
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The sci-fi action movie under the suspense coat
9 alien babies were secretly sent to Earth for refuge, and the serial killer gradually killed 3 of them. How should the fourth alien visitor on Earth face? What "Key No. 4" tells is such a sci-fi + suspenseful action story. This film is directed by D.J. Caruso, who has directed action suspense movies such as "Mobile Killing", "Frightening in the Rear Window", "Hawkeye", etc. This time, he will shoot a movie with the same theme again. D.J. Caluso analyzed the overall style of "Key No. 4": "Action plus suspense, I like this kind of film structure very much, because as long as the suspense level of the story is high enough, coupled with the cooperation of intense and tense action scenes, The quality of the film presented in this way will catch the audience. For most audiences, they want to see a wonderful entertainment movie in the cinema, and the purpose of my filming is the same. I will also refer to some excellent movies. Action suspense films, when I was shooting "Hawkeye", I consciously borrowed from Scott's "Public Enemy". In fact, I am a very senior action film fan. "Key No. 4" is to some extent. There is also the shadow of Spielberg's Minority Report ... but when Spielberg was chatting with me, he hoped that "Critical No. 4" would surpass "Minority Report" in action."
Move further? Does this mean that in Spielberg's mind, the suspense of "Minority Report" and "Key No. 4" have achieved the same height? Regarding the comparison of the two films, the director of "Minority Report" and the producer of the film "Key No. 4", director Steven Spielberg said: "In addition to the similar structure of the two films, in fact, the story It's completely different from the previous one, Minority Report is a story set in a future human world, while "Key No. 4" is the adventure of some aliens fighting bravely in unfamiliar environments. Perhaps the only some Similar is that the protagonists are all escaping the pursuit and looking for the truth. From this point of view, the two films have some things in common, but D.J. Caruso and I have completely different film styles. When I collaborated with him on "The Rear Window", I found that he was able to tell a suspenseful story in his own style. Like the first 10 minutes of that movie, it was almost all the director's own play. No. 4, I am very assured that he can always find some interesting entry points for his personal play in the details of the film, and then write the suspense of the story in his own style."
As the title of the film, "Number Four" is obviously also a key point in the film. Regarding the portrayal of this character, D.J. Caluso analyzed: "After deciding to direct the film, I and several screenwriters conducted a detailed study of the original comics, we listed each character separately, and then Post their timeline on a large blackboard and analyze them one by one. In this story, there are 9 aliens living on earth, and they all have someone to protect them, the "guardian". Among them, Henry is assigned to protect 'Number Four' - He's from the same planet, so in order to complete this mission, he can say he sacrificed everything, including his family and life, all he needs to do is bring this child to earth and raise him up , constantly directing him to his innate abilities, and then having him reunite with the other eight children. For the nine of them, the unfortunate part was that the first three had already been killed, so in order, 'Number Four ' became the next target to be hunted down. Henry became the Guardian because he knew the law and meaning of this massacre when he left their planet, but 'Number Four' was right He has no knowledge or concept of this, nor does he know that from the day he was born, he was the one who was chosen. I think Henry must feel a little frustrated and frustrated, because John can't understand what he is doing In the end, it was not until some very tragic encounters that forced John to face up to everything, and finally understood the reason and meaning of his existence. Their relationship was like brothers, like father and son, It is the relationship between the leader and the guided, the guardian and the protected, and the emotion between them is also the focus of the film. "
People rush to kill in a foreign land.
Aliens are being hunted down on earth, and our homeland has become a battlefield for aliens. It sounds like this story has the feeling of "Transformers" or "Alien vs. Predator", but the director of "Transformers", Ben Ben The film's producer, Michael Bay, doesn't think so: "This story is about the growth of a teenage hero. The Earthlings in "Transformers" are just foils. Robot combat. Unlike in "Key Number Four", the relationship between humans and aliens is very subtle, and humans play a very important role in the movie. 'Number Four' is very weak at first, he He doesn't want to be a hero or a savior. Even after letting him know his identity, he didn't do it willingly. He has a soft part in his heart, which is not portrayed in movies of the same type. 'No. 4' is actually Just an earthling in an alien identity, he has the characteristics of most of us, and that's what really attracted me to this character, he's real."
Playing 'Number Four' is Alex from England · Pettyfer, who will be 21 years old, once starred in "Storm Raiders", this hot boy idol in the UK, also attaches great importance to "Key No. 4". Talking about the film and his character, Alex Pettyfer said: "My character is the name of the film, and when I knew I was going to make this film, I was very stressed. There's a lot to this film. Green screen performance, but the director told me that I need to exercise my physical fitness, and then I realized that even in front of the green screen, I need to jump up and down and run. This character is a fugitive in the movie state, he has been living on the edge of life and death, but he didn't know it himself. Later, until the bloody death of the people around him, he gradually understood his identity. Playing this role fascinated me because of the richness of his character and the The layering of characters makes me feel very hard, but for such an excellent film, everything is worth it."
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