In the past few years, online movies, which are only shown on video sites, have become all the rage in China. Whether it is the diversification of genres or the entertainment of the content, online movies have greatly expanded the creation space of domestic film and television works, and tried to explore a new way of paying for profit.
Reluctantly limited to the tightening of content review and strict governance of content, domestic online movies quickly ushered in a "film and television winter". On the other side of the world, not only did online movies not show any downturn, but they were on the rise.
The most recent "explosive" online movie "Using Violence to Control Violence: No. 6 Underground", which cost as much as RMB 1 billion, has already landed on Netflix. Director Michael Bay is insane to shoot his favorite action movie at any cost! And this year's most popular movie can really make the audience watch high!
Rich man leads guerrillas to save the world
For a film with a succinct, savage focus on action, the storyline is simple and straightforward. A wealthy man with no worries about food and clothing has organized a mysterious team.
All of them have unique skills, come from all over the world, and come together for a common purpose. With the responsibility of saving the people of the world in dire straits and the universal values of "overthrowing violent dictators", they overthrew the tyranny of their elder brother with the extraordinary skills of American comic superheroes and helped their younger brother come to power and realize a great democratic system .
This story with strong American Hollywood values has no twists and turns and no twists and turns, but this is not important, the important thing is that the action scenes in this simple and easy-to-understand story are really climaxing and explosive!
The opening scene is a 20-minute uninterrupted drag racing shootout. Cars are blown up, flames fly into the sky, and then the breathtaking skyscrapers go to extreme parkour to make people feel like this is a Jackie Chan movie! The big battle on the cruise ship is even more brain-opening, and the high-energy magnetic force shows great power, which is exciting to the audience's attention. This movie will definitely make all action movie fans hooked!
The perfect combination of Bombshell and Deadpool
Although it is an online movie, the director and starring of this film are all big names in the industry.
Director Michael Becker is the ace director of the "Transformers" series of films. His previous works such as "Pearl Harbor", "Breaking the Dead Island" and "Jedi Boys" are all famous action films, especially for his keenness to shoot popular movies. Famous for its action scenes, it is nicknamed "Bombshell" by domestic fans!
The starring Ryan Reynolds is a rising star in Hollywood in recent years. His wicked and endearing temperament is unique among many Hollywood male stars. He starred in the heavy-duty "Deadpool" series. With super popularity, the previous "Ace Bodyguard" is a funny and cool movie!
The film "Turning Violence with Violence" is a fusion of the iconic elements of the director and the starring. Exploding Bay swipes and splashes ink in action scenes to do whatever he wants, and in a wave of action scenes, Exploding Bay completely frees himself! And Renault continues to carry out the "cheap and bad" characters to the end, so that heartless humor and inappropriate jokes can be seen everywhere!
In this film, the director is in charge of "fighting", and the leading actor is in charge of "teasing", so that the audience does not feel heavy in the process of enjoying a movie full of electric, flint and bullets, but it is quite relaxed and pleasant!
That's right, this is a movie that makes it clear that you don't need your brains, let alone your emotions, and you just need to watch it! In terms of entertainment effect, the cooperation between Exploding Bay and "Deadpool" can be said to be quite successful!
The new era of US Internet has begun
Compared with the investment of hundreds of thousands to millions of domestic online movies, the cost of Michael Bay's film is almost astronomical. The production cost of this film is as high as 140 million US dollars, which is equivalent to one billion yuan!
Although the investment of this volume is not as high as the director's previous Transformers series movies, it is definitely a "head work" for a "traditional live-action" action movie without many superstars and without a lot of CG special effects. high investment.
For a major Hollywood director like Michael Bay, the biggest reason for choosing to make such an online movie may be because of the more free creative space.
As we all know, the production process of Hollywood commercial blockbusters is very industrialized, and it is almost strictly forbidden to "step by step", and there will be "trial screenings" before the film is released, and the film will be reviewed according to the feedback of the "first audience". To carry out "modification", due to Hollywood's "producer-centered system", the director does not actually have absolute power over movie editing, and even many big directors can only release their ideal "director" on DVD after the movie is released. Cut Version".
Choosing Netflix's investment means that the director will have broader creative rights, and does not have to follow the PG-13 review requirements in order to win the largest audience. For veteran directors who have been shooting action films for decades, they can be unscrupulous. Filming on the ground is probably the most enjoyable thing to do!
And this hugely invested "Violence with Violence" is not Netflix's biggest effort. In 2019, Martin Sixes' epic masterpiece "The Irishman" cost as much as 175 million US dollars! This is also the biggest investment Old Martin has received so far! It is worth mentioning that the previous hit movie "Marriage Story" in the United States also came from Netflix's investment.
Judging from these popular movies, online movies in the United States are on the road to quality and diversification. They have strong support for art masters, courageous attempts to commercial movies, and deep attention to literary and artistic small films!
The new era of American Internet that has kicked off has a more intuitive reference for domestic video websites! As long as major websites boldly practice and create carefully, I believe that China's Internet University will usher in the second spring in the near future!
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