2. First introduce the protagonist’s profession with a hot opening, establish a character, make the audience fall in love with the protagonist, and then immediately throw it into the abyss, how miserable it is. When the audience was worried that the protagonist was overwhelmed, the plot took a sharp turn, directly beyond imagination, and the chief inspector was kidnapped. Completed the maximum reversal of the character setting. The transition from negotiator to kidnapper.
3. After that, evenly exerted force, began to shape the dilemma faced by Shi Paixi. Spacey’s film can actually be cut into a single film. After being summoned, he entered the adventure journey, and finally succeeded.
4. The biggest suspense setting. The protagonist requests that the bad guys in the police station be found out within the specified time. And this is impossible in everyone's eyes. The final solution is to let the bad guy confess himself unintentionally through the walkie-talkie.
5. Suspense and misleading: Pretend to kill innocent police officers, making the audience confused about whether the protagonist is in madness, and the characters become taller when they discover that the police officer is not dead. Take it back and put it back later.
6. In a large number of genre films in the United States, the protagonist has a wife who loves him or a family who loves him. This is an indispensable part of shaping the integrity of the character.
7. Ace to ace, to cherish the heroes between ace and ace, and then cooperate together. Form a complete event process. The contradictions are unified and resolved.
8. The inspector who was killed. The inspector has always been regarded as the insider of the police station and the mastermind of the framer. His performance also became misleading. This is a close confusion. There is also the boss of the action team, Baker, the chief of police. Although they kept shouting to kill the kidnapper black trump card, they finally showed that they were not rapes, they just followed the rules. This is another layer of confusion. It seems that everyone wants his life, but it comes from different motives and leads to the same suspicion. This is the technique of setting suspense.
9. The scene is very concentrated, the movie is 140 minutes and consists of a lot of dialogue. However, it is not verbose at all. low cost. Strong foundation in script and lines. What is supporting the audience to watch? Powerful direct suspense! And worries about the fate of the protagonist! Change the relationship between characters in the constant puzzle solving, and promote the development of the plot in the process of seeking the truth. There is no superfluous character, including hostages.
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