As Jet Li's first film in Hollywood, this movie is more than just making a Chinese star popular. The shock he brought to Hollywood was not obvious at the time, but his role in the years that followed, slowly emerged, which is hard to ignore.
So what is its main function? It injects a whole new meaning into Hollywood action movies. After that, all Hollywood action movies gradually changed from violence to performance and beauty. This transformation reached two culminations with the launch of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the filming of The Matrix. We said that it was beyond the expectations of the director and photographer that Jet Air Force 4 made Jet Li’s hit a hit. However, Jet Li's performance in this movie combines the beauty and strength of movement with physical flexibility, which is a major basis for changing the angle of action when shooting The Matrix. At the same time, the costumes of the main characters in this movie follow the popular route at that time, but the head-shaped accessories of the character costumes shown by Jet Li focus on highlighting the character background of the character, which greatly strengthens the power of the background in shaping the character. Then the success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and the heroes must have gained some experience in it. Changed the popular image of the actor's costume modeling before, but took a refined route, using the color of the costume, the color of the background shot, and even the weather conditions to highlight the psychological activities of the characters at the time, which greatly added points to the filming of the entire movie. . These changes are certainly not only due to Jet Li’s success in Heng Tian Pao, but in my viewing experience, I believe that the beginning of these changes came from Jet Li’s success in Heng Tian Pao 4.
This movie is a movie that has taken a lot of effort from the screenwriter and director. The dialogue between the protagonist and the supporting actor is full of humor and wisdom. But as the ultimate villain Jet Li has very few lines in it. His performance mainly emphasized the unity of movements and expressions, or his body language was enough to attract the audience. The online celebrity sentence in the past two years, "I’m brother X in society, people don’t talk harshly" is a vivid portrayal of this performance style. In future personal hero movies, there are more and more heroes with their own aura when they appear on the scene, and even a considerable part of them are villains, but they still harvest a large circle of fans and enrich the diversification of the characters in the movie. But there are pros and cons. The result of blindly catering to the audience is bound to be a vague definition of the pros and the villains of the film. The vague definition of positive and negative is very detrimental to the guidance of young people. This can be clearly seen from the impact of the Young and Dangerous series fire in Hong Kong that year on society. This is a malpractice after catering to excessive, and has nothing to do with this movie.
Returning to the topic of this movie, I watched it three times. I really appreciate the performances of the two decent protagonists, especially Mel Gibson. His performance in the movie is very breakthrough, but it is a pity at the end of this series. After it was over, I didn't continue to shoot. But I think for Hollywood in which year, this movie mainly composes the legendary story of a Chinese star who became popular in a short film performance scene. If you have time and are free, you can actually watch this movie. It is a good action movie, where the lines from the protagonist to the supporting role and the personality paving can be connected. It's really interesting. You can also pay attention to Jet Li's performance, a landmark work of Chinese martial arts style.
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