On New Year's Day 2020, watch a movie alone...
This film is the work of Jackie Chan's entry into the American market, but I was too young in 1995. My impression of Jackie Chan is more concentrated in Hong Kong films such as fast food trucks, Project A, and Zuiquan. This movie has no impression. Looking back now, whether it is a script, an actor, or an action scene, this red fan zone is a proper masterpiece. After watching it, there will be a feeling of conviction.
Let’s talk about the script first. Many people say that the plot of this plot is rushed and uncoordinated. In fact, the red fan area we watched should be a cut version. From the ending tidbits, we can see a lot of things related to Uncle Biao’s marriage. The scenes, and these have been cut out in the movie, don’t ask here, it must be the comedy part of Anita Mui who dominates. At that time, director Tang Jili should consider that Americans would not accept Hong Kong-style comedy so all the bulk of the content was deleted. Minus it, in fact, people familiar with Jackie Chan movies should be able to guess the general plot. It may be that Uncle Biao came back to have the wedding, and then the underworld entered the trouble-making venue. The unbearable Anita Mui broke out and successfully held the gang, and finally followed the kayak to ask the hostage. Jackie Chan went to rescue Nancy together.
The scene here would be very beautiful if it were filmed. After all, we saw the scene of Anita Mui lighting firecrackers and falling off the table at the wedding venue, but the director thinks that if the Americans cannot understand the jokes, this scene It cut off the tense atmosphere of the whole show, so I cut it down resolutely. You must know that Anita Mui is the second female. Such a cut is equivalent to cutting off her scenes, and Jackie Chan's action movies are all featuring comedies, which is like breaking her own arm. But the facts proved that the director's decision was completely correct, and the short and compact plot pushed the tension in the fight to its peak. In contrast, now, our Wolf Warriors and Nezha want to push to the United States, but which one has the courage to cut off all the embarrassing comedy scenes? Who dares to remove all ideological things for the American audience?
The most worth mentioning is that the screenwriter seems to have specially modified the script in order to open up the American market. Brother Jackie Chan was in his forties when he was filming the Red Fan District. Movies such as Project A, Drunken Master 1, and 2 have achieved very good results in China, and the script styles of these movies have been finalized, in theory. It is said that the production team is unlikely to make a movie with very different styles. However, if you carefully review the script of the Red Fan District, you will find that every node in it is reversed. When the protagonist faces the crossroads of the incident, all developments are detrimental to the protagonist, not to mention Jackie Chan’s It is very rare in comedy action movies, and even today in 2020 will make people's eyes shine. There is a kind of memorable after drinking a glass of spirits.
For example, when Jackie Chan first met the gangster, he beat the gangster, and later the gangster came to take revenge. Jackie Chan who was forced to the corner was beaten up and down. If this was replaced by the next door, Ip Wen would have beaten up these guys. Jackie Chan later met the gangsters in the parking lot. This time he still didn’t fight back, but ran away desperately; Jackie Chan got the diamond and went to the supermarket. He originally thought that he could negotiate with the boss by relying on the diamond and come to a hero. In the classic scene of saving the beauty, I didn’t expect the boss to tear down the supermarket directly. There is no point in talking about it. The precious diamonds are also scattered in the ruins. I couldn’t find it. In the end, the police used a fake diamond from Nancy’s house to impersonate it, making the plot even more tense. Finally, Anita Mui may have found the diamond while sorting out the ruins and made a fortune. This should be more in line with Jackie Chan’s movie. Style); Jackie Chan was directly found out by the gang at the dock for the bug. What's even more worrying is that the boss didn’t even want the diamonds, and ordered to kill his mouth. This made the protagonist’s last reliance disappear... just like this little progress, Every time, the protagonist is driven to a dead end. This way of advancing is a Hollywood textbook-style script writing method. If you have read American screenwriters, it is not difficult to find that pushing the protagonist to desperation is the core of the script. The script doesn’t care about this. At least not one of the works cares so much like the Red Fan District. They have carefully considered each plot point. You must know that if you want to maintain this way of advancement, you must also take into account the happy ending at the end. Difficult. If it were easy, the whole China would have written this a long time ago, and Chinese films would not be like it is now. It can be seen that the screenwriter must have dealt with the script specially.
The other is actors, all handsome men and beautiful women. Needless to say, it’s not necessary to say more, but in the extras, you can see the scene of the blonde woman falling down on a motorcycle race at the beginning of the movie. What surprised me is that this very dangerous motorcycle scene was actually performed by her herself, that is Said she is a stuntman, the question is, where did Jackie Chan find a stuntman with such a high profile? In addition, in this movie, everyone seems to be Jackie Chan. It was not only Jackie Chan who got under the kayak when the kayak rampaged, but we can also see that someone was injured in this scene. It's crazy. Everyone in a movie is Jackie Chan, so there's another thing that is not popular? Finally, I saw the severe pain of Jackie Chan’s ninja’s calf muscle cracking. He continued filming in a plaster cast. My god, what made him so desperate? !
It is because of these things that we can see and many invisible efforts that make the Red Fan District get a box office of more than 32 million in North America that year. It is worth mentioning that the box office of the best Oscar movie of the year Brave Heart was only more than 7,500. Ten thousand, the classic seven deadly sins of suspense and the action film Die Hard at a box office of 100 million yuan. It is not easy for a Chinese movie to get 30 million box office. More importantly, this movie was released after the DVD version was released in North America. It was released, that is to say, you can go to the movie theater to watch it again if everyone has watched the DVD. Movies like the Seven Deadly Sins were not released on DVD until 2000, and the popularity of the Red Fan District at that time can be imagined. Shortly after the red fan zone was released, Jackie Chan was blown across North America. Movies such as Project A and Drunken Master were also released, with a total box office of far more than 100 million, and Jackie Chan became an international superstar.
I find that it is difficult for me to accept new TV series or movies anymore. In 2020, I will be 30 in a blink of an eye. Come on.
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