Violent Neighborhood: Europa Run

Violence Street (2014) is a remake of Violence Street (2004) and its sequel Violence Street 13: The Ultimate (2009), and still has Luc Besson as writer and executive producer, led by the famous French fat man. His Europa Film Company has launched many action movies including "Violence Neighborhood", such as "Hurricane Rescue", "Desperate Express", "Taxi Express" and other major series. As the "Hollywood of Europe", the action films produced by Europa Films have always been distinctive and unique, especially in the design and innovation of action scenes. In contrast, the plot concept of the film is relatively straightforward and simple, and the story is relatively flat.

In 2004, a "Violence Neighborhood" made all audiences aware of the sport of parkour, as well as David Bailey, a parkour athlete. "Violence Neighborhood" uses parkour as the main feature of the film, which is unique among action films. As action actors who started sports, David Bailey and Cyril Rafaeli personally went into battle in the film to complete the action part of the movie. The strong explosive force and high tacit understanding of the two made the whole film. Smooth and rhythmic. The sequel launched five years later is still hot and exciting. In addition to the ingenious action scenes, some jokes have been added to keep the movie interesting.





2014's "Violence Neighborhood" continued the story outline and main characters of the previous work. The protagonists are still Reno and Damian, and Damian is played by American movie star Paul Walker. Compared with the original, some of the settings in this version have changed, mainly in the location, character background and the performance of fighting scenes.

(1) Location
The story takes place in Detroit, the "City of Crime" in the United States. Messy graffiti, American-style rap and electronic music, and African-American youths rushing by, show that this is not a peaceful place. However, the content of the opening eight and a half minutes almost combines the classic action scenes of the two original films. It is indeed easy to make people suspect that the film is misplaced, and it is impossible to see the difference between the confusing and desolate Detroit and the violent and violent 13th district of France. . The most plausible explanation for this may only be to set the background for Damian's identity by explaining the location. This change has little meaning. The biggest effect is to change the home ground for the "battle" of the two male protagonists.

(2) Characters



The biggest difference between this version of "Violence Neighborhood" and the previous one is Damian's character background setting. In the movie, we learn from several big names that Damian's father was also a policeman, and later died in the line of duty (in fact, he was framed by his boss). With this premise, Damian's character image is much more three-dimensional - of course, the method of using father/brother as an example is not uncommon in Hollywood, and it is also applicable to Luc Besson. This setting makes the characters more or less American heroism, which is not present in the original work.

(3) The joining of scene design
Paul Walker brought a different style to "The Violent Neighborhood", but unfortunately, Paul failed to break out of the shackles of "The Fast and the Furious" in this film, and added "The Car Chasing Scene" Violent Neighborhood" is more like a Hollywood police and bandit movie. Paul's action scenes in the film mainly focus on fighting instead of parkour. Cooperating with David Bailey, who uses parkour as a signature, Paul seems a little powerless. Parts are not very harmonious. Fortunately, with the help of the "Fast and Furious" series, several car-related scenes set the rhythm of at least half of the film.





(4) At the end
, the villain leader this time is much gentler than in the original version. After skillfully taking care of his own site, he can also go to the kitchen to cook himself as a "cooker", and he immediately feels warm. At the end on the terrace, Tremaine still didn't want to hurt the kidnapped heroine, and finally succeeded in "whitewashing" and became a generation of "knights" who care about the country and the people and fight against injustice. At the same time, the ending of the two male protagonists has entered a happy and happy stage. Reno and his girlfriend lead a peaceful life, and Damian returns home to spend time with his grandfather. Less indifference and coolness, more warmth and calmness. Maybe we can attribute this to the infiltration and rendering of Hollywood warmth, but in any case, the memories and nostalgia brought by "Violence Neighborhood" are greater than everything, and its status and role in the hearts of fans lies in this. .

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