Perhaps domestic publishers think the title of "Fast and Furious 4" looks too boring as a sequel to a B-rated film, so when it is released in China, the title is directly changed to "Racing Wind and Cloud", which is obviously It underestimated the domestic audience's familiarity with Hollywood movies. "Racing Wind and Cloud" has just set a box office record of more than $70 million in the first weekend in North America. It will be released in China in less than two weeks. I believe there should be a whirlwind of "speed and passion" in the country, and the box office will be indistinguishable.
"Racing Wind and Cloud" is a typical car chasing action scene. The biggest selling point of the fourth episode is the return of the two first episode partners, Wen Diesel and Paul Walker, together with other supporting roles. This sequel can be described as a neat lineup. . When looking back at the first episode of "Fast and Furious" in 2001, Vin Diesel had just played the low-cost science fiction film "A Darkness" that was well received afterwards. At most, he was only a newcomer who had just emerged. Few people know that this car chasing action drama has made a group of newcomers including them. What's interesting is that the two people have negotiated, the former is absent from the second episode, and the latter is absent from the third episode. Although the reasons are different, it is objectively enough to pave the way for the fourth episode.
The most fascinating thing in the fourth episode is indeed a few dazzling and harsh car chases. It is really creative. Whether it is a robbery of a tanker truck or a tunnel chase across the border, the filming is brilliant enough and popular. In terms of action scenes, from the opening episode of Paul Walker chasing the suspect, it is obvious that the film has been influenced by the "Bourne Bourne" series and 007 movies in the past two years. It has moved closer to the speed and chilling style, and it can be regarded as advancing with the times. Then add the classic combination of muscular men and beautiful women, which is enough to make the audience enjoy watching the film and listening to it. But the problem is that if the whole film is a sports car, it is at most "new models, old parts", and only its gorgeous appearance can be remembered.
It is a pity that no matter from the story, the characters, the performance or the dialogue, "Racing the Wind" is too boring. If you happen to be a fan of action movies, you will find that the sound of every car engine in the film will be as beautiful as heaven. Bells, you wish that the action scene would come early, because the other scenes were really flat and boring. But it is such a film with such distinct advantages and disadvantages, which still set the first place in the history of the April opening in North America, which has to admire Hollywood's successful marketing, because car culture is indeed the most typical American mass culture. , Americans, especially young people, love cars beyond our alike. And this is gradually echoing the young generation with strong domestic consumption power. From the few movies that have been released in China and related to racing, the box office has been not bad enough to make people feel that China is gradually forming its own car culture. This is also the main reason why I believe this "Racing Wind and Cloud" will certainly be sought after by young people in China.
Another person in the film that deserves attention is the young Chinese director Justin Lin. In 2002, a low-cost film "Good Luck Tomorrow" is impressive. This is about a few Chinese young people in Los Angeles. The film that was born alive was an independent film created by the most influential Chinese in Hollywood that year. This film also allowed director Lin Yibin to truly enter the ranks of Hollywood directors. Although in the following years he has been able to play at the minimum payment level, and "Fast and Furious 3" is not a big success, but this time "Racing Wind and Cloud" is believed to give him a firm foothold. Sharp-eyed fans will find that in "Racing Wind and Cloud", the director still installed a few "Queen's Team" from "Good Luck Tomorrow" that year. For example, one of the drivers who participated in the robbery of the tanker in the beginning of the film, the other buddy simply went straight In the form of a photo, it flashed past a pile of suspect information. Seeing this, people can't help but think that this silly car chasing action series also has eight years of history, and it can actually make people feel a little nostalgic.
09-4-16
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