Back then, "The Fast and the Furious" was only a medium-cost movie in Hollywood, and its box office results were average. After 17 years of tempering with 8 movies, this series has been upgraded in all directions and has become a super blockbuster that attracts gold all over the world.
The success of the "Fast and the Furious" series has proven time and time again that the Hollywood film industry's magic weapon: the real heavy industry blockbuster is the master of the global film market.
To make this kind of film, you have to rely on a lot of investment, and the investment in the last few "Fast and the Furious" has risen sharply from the previous one. The investment of "Fast 8" is as high as 250 million US dollars, far exceeding the previous highest "Fast 7" of 190 million US dollars. It is the first time in the history of this series that the investment exceeds 200 million US dollars, setting a new record. The cost of 250 million US dollars is definitely the level of Hollywood's top production.
With such a production, plus the fan effect, plus the emotional factor, plus the super radiation foundation of "Fast 7" to passers-by and audiences, plus more powerful superstars and more impactful action pictures, "Fast 8" A big sale is an inevitability of necessity.
In addition to the above factors, "Fast 8" deserves special attention this time - boldly adjusting the story line laid out in the previous work. Changes like this have been done before, otherwise the series might have ended as early as the third installment.
Only this adjustment is more of a last resort, because during the filming of "Fast 7", Paul Walker, the soul character of the series, was accidentally killed in a car accident, and his character Brian had to retire in the movie, making the series The original dual-core structure of Paul Walker + Vin Diesel, only the single-core structure of Vin Diesel remains.
This must and can only "add drama" to Vin Diesel, developing the clues that he can dig in the previous story. As a result, his Brazilian police girlfriend from "Furious 5" reappears in "Fast 8", and the child she gave him became the central driving force of the story. And the big villain Cypher played by Theron is also set to be the ultimate boss who has actually fought against Diesel twice. Therefore, Statham also got the opportunity to whiten himself, and also whitewashed his brother, although this made many fans of "Fast and the Furious" feel dissatisfied, thinking that Vin Diesel and others had betrayed him So-called "family" beliefs.
This kind of handling does seem a little mechanical, and even a little clumsy. It is no wonder that some people say that literary drama is weak. But overall, the story of "Fast 8" can generally be justified. Moreover, literary dramas are not the selling point of movies. People who watch this series of movies have the basic positioning of "Fast 8" as a "cool movie". The picture is a super popular visual enjoyment, and they don't know how much the logic of the story is. rigorous.
In this series, "Fast 8" is of great significance. It is not just a sequel, it is the first of a new trilogy, followed by "Fast 9" and "Fast 10". After the change of the story line and character setting of "Fast 8", the transformation of the previous series of the series has been basically completed, and its significance is similar to the "Future Reversal" of the superhero movie "X-Men" series that changed the timeline, which is well completed. shouldered the important task.
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