The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 257 "Operation Mekong" Premiere

In Wu Heng's view, it cannot be said that these films in the Spring Festival file are bad movies. In fact, the phrase "the strongest Spring Festival file in history" has some truth. The overall quality of the three films he has watched is indeed better than There has been progress in the past two years, and it cannot be said that they are all bad movies.

However, the expectation of watching movies is too high, which leads to a strong sense of gap.

Objectively speaking, "The Mermaid" is really not a bad movie, it is a qualified comedy, but it does not match the star's name and the audience's expectations of him, this is the main source of Wu Heng's disappointment.

"Lion and Camel Kingdom" is much better than "The Monkey King" in terms of special effects and scenes, but it is completely different from the word-of-mouth released by the screening and concept art, even close to fraud.

What the audience is looking forward to is the Lion Camel Ridge in "Corpse Tuoling Ridge", the kingdom of demons where demons and monsters gather, the tribulation that depicts the tragic plight of human beings, and the change of heaven and earth in which the Great Sage smashed the purgatory of the world with his mighty cudgel. It is also a mythical epic blockbuster in which a few big demons fight wits and bravery with the master and apprentice, and show off their abilities.

These expectations that had previously whetted the audience's appetite completely fell through.

Of course, Wu Heng understands that if the tone is too cruel, he will dissuade the audience, but he should also retain some horror and weird atmosphere under the gags of comedy elements, just like "Journey to the West" three years ago.

But what Wu Heng saw was "Lion and Camel Kingdom" full of comedy elements, which had more comedy elements than the previous "True and False Monkey King". The sense of comedy dispelled all the horror atmosphere and the posture of the drama, making the movie a hodgepodge of bad vulgarity.

Not to mention "Casino", even though Wu Heng didn't have any expectations, the actual viewing experience still disappointed him. If the word-of-mouth marketing of "Lion and Camel Country" is close to fraud compared to the actual experience, then "Casino III" is basically a fraud.

Wu Heng recorded on his mobile phone notepad while thinking about the movie's slots, and extracted a few keywords, which would allow him to lay out the script structure around the keywords when he went back, making complaints about the movie more layered, and able to Resonate with the audience at Station C.

It is not easy to accurately refine the shortcomings or advantages of the film, and it is even more difficult to make the audience smile or hit the nail on the head. But he has a special language talent.

The opening music of the dragon label that has been written into the DNA brought Wu Heng back from the conception of the script, and the beautiful opening animation of DreamWorks made his already calm mind produce a nervousness that was similar to a conditioned reflex.

As a well-known "Dream Blow", he has watched the works of DreamWorks more than once. Whether it is a movie, TV series or animation, he can experience a pleasant or surprising viewing experience.

Just like a conditioned reflex, when I saw the opening animation of DreamWorks in the movie theater again, the pleasant neural memory involuntarily surfaced from the bottom of the subconscious.

This made Wu Heng, who had been disappointed three times in a row in one day, once again had a sense of expectation that had been smoothed out before.

DreamWorks...it should be different...

Mekong River, waters of Ranhi Island, Myanmar.

Two large inland river fishing boats are driving in the narrow river channel. The mountains on both sides are green and lush, showing the scenery of virgin forest.

From a bird's-eye view, four speedboats were dragging the white line and approaching the fishing boat quickly. Seven or eight people boarded the fishing boat from the speedboat.

The opening shot is slowly falling from the clouds, like an eagle, overlooking the narrow waters.

Therefore, the audience can only see four white lines approaching two fishing boats in the beautiful and distant bird's-eye view. screen, and did not know what was going to happen on the two fishing boats.

As the height of the camera gradually decreases, the angle of view gradually narrows, and it seems that the curses in some Southeast Asian language transition from blurred to clear.

There are also cries and prayers in Chinese.

The audience who hadn't entered the state soon became shocked and concentrated their divergent attention.

The camera shifts to the angle of view of the fishing boat. Although the scene in the cabin cannot be seen, the sound of undulating waves, ferocious scolding and wild laughter, cries, pleadings and screams made the audience in front of the screen feel a sense of urgency. With the feeling of being on the scene, the brain can't stop imagining the picture inside the cabin.

A chill rose from Wu Heng's heart.

A gunshot sounded suddenly, echoing in the auditorium.

Then there was the continuous sound of gunfire.

Then it was silent.

The sound of the cabin door opening and the sound of footsteps came at the same time, because the angle of the camera is parallel to the edge of the ship, only the legs of the person walking out of the cabin can be seen, and there is a sound of dragging behind.

A body covered in blood was dragged past the camera, thrown off the fishing boat with a plop, and sank into the water.

All that was left was a long, bright red and glaring bloodstain on the front deck of the camera, like a big broom stained with blood and swept away!

The audience in the cinema hall was completely silent, and they couldn't react for a while to the impactful picture.

Soon another body was dragged past the camera and thrown over the side of the boat with a plop.

Then the camera also left the side of the boat and slowly sank into the water.

The point of view is changed to shoot the water surface from underwater and upwards.

The camera sinks slowly, getting farther and farther away from the light cast by the sun on the water surface.

Another body shattered the light spots cast by the sun, and fell down together with the blood color that spread like paint.

The fourth body, the fifth body, the sixth body... One after another, the corpses broke through the water surface one after another. In the thicker and thicker blood, they fell towards the camera that seemed to be sinking into the water like a ladder.

Every thud was like a hammer hitting the hearts of the audience.

"Fuck...how many people have been killed..."

Wu Heng could clearly hear the exclamation of someone next to him.

Five bloody fonts emerged in the bloody water—Operation Mekong.

The audience seemed to have finally got a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, and began to discuss in whispers.

At this moment, Wu Heng felt as if a drop of toilet water had dripped into his brain, and the pungent smell of mint filled every groove on the surface of his brain.

The whole person suddenly woke up, and the dullness caused by watching three movies and the biological clock in the afternoon was swept away!

Although he has known the story and theme labels of "The Mekong River" for a long time, he never imagined that the movie would be so high-energy, or large-scale, from the beginning.

In fact, the scale is not that big, the scene of the murder is not directly shown to the audience, and there is not even a close-up of the deceased, nor the face of the victim or the appearance of the murderer.

But just the sound of begging and crying, the sound of dragging the corpse, the bright red bloodstains on the deck, the sound of falling into the water, and the blood color permeating the water like paint, the combination of these pictures and sounds is like There is a kind of evil charm that seduces the brains of the audience to unsettledly tap their own imagination, and mobilizes the emotions of the audience.

Not only did Wu Heng, who had watched three movies full of comedy elements before, feel as if he had been poured cold water, but other viewers who might not have watched other Spring Festival movies were also caught off guard and drawn into the world created by "The Mekong River" .

Shouldn't the Spring Festival be a joyful time to watch movies?Even if it's a gun battle or solving a case, it should be lively and vigorous. It's so "cruel", "bloody" and "serious" at the beginning. Is this the main theme of the movie?Love love love.

Wu Heng waved his fist in his heart. He was tired of watching other Spring Festival movies, whether it is a comedy theme or not, they all have comedy elements, and they are a hodgepodge of comedy elements at the Spring Festival Gala level. "The Mekong River", which shows its cruel temperament everywhere, has created an unprecedented sense of anticipation.

The tragedy that occurred in the Mekong River Basin alarmed the Ministry of Public Security, and soon organized a special case action team, and put pressure on the three countries in the Mekong River Basin, and established a joint working group of four countries to supervise the detection of the case.

Gao Gang, the leader of the Huaguo Action Team played by Zhang Hanyu, and Fang Xinwu, the undercover anti-drug agent played by Hu Ge, stepped onto the stage of the story.

When Hu Ge appeared on the stage, the audience was shocked, not only because of his special outfit, but also because of his dark complexion and rough face, although his image in the trailer has already triggered a round of fans, passers-by and the media. discussion, but actually appearing on the big screen still makes the audience feel very fresh.

"Ah... my god, it's really Hugo!"

There are still quite a few Hu Ge fans in the theater. Last year, with "Source Code" and "Nirvana in Fire", Hu Ge was regarded as a first-line actor who was second only to Deng Chao in popularity, and his fan base was quite stable.

Interestingly, the three hottest actors in the past two years: Luo Chen, Hu Ge and Deng Chao are all closely related to DreamWorks, which is why DreamWorks has another nickname "Star Factory". , which means that if you want to become a first-line or even super-first-line star, DreamWorks can help you achieve it, and because of this, domestic actors flock to it.

However, an action scene after Hu Ge's appearance made the audience, including Hu Ge's fans, divert their attention from Hu Ge's appearance.

The anti-narcotics undercover played by Hu Ge found out that the Mekong tragedy was related to a gangster incident involving 90 dp.

He needs to catch this drug dealer who stole a huge amount of dp, and interrogate who is behind the Mekong tragedy. The trouble is that this drug dealer was also targeted by other drug dealers because he stole dp. Catch this person one step faster.

So this is a situation where the praying mantis and the oriole are eyeing the same prey. Although Hu Ge is alone, he must become an oriole.

This action scene takes place in Bangkok with complex terrain and dense crowds. The background involves trains, markets and narrow and complicated alleyways. The props include jeeps, vans, motorcycles, etc.

It combines the chasing action style of old Hong Kong movies and Hollywood chasing style in one, whether it is suspense setting, rhythm or scene scheduling, it is all first-class.

This storyboard was actually designed by Chen Jingxing and Guo Fan, and it was the only scene in which Chen Jingxing, the producer, was deeply involved.

This kind of chasing scene with multiple perspectives and chaotic clues is not easy to shoot.

The target was discovered successively by Hu Ge and the gang of drug dealers, chased by the gang of drug dealers, escaped, then chased by Hu Ge, escaped again under the interference of the gang of drug dealers, chased by the gang of drug dealers again, escaped again, and finally escaped like a fish out of the net. In a safe environment", Hu Ge, who was lurking in the dark like a poisonous snake, caught him with one blow in a place that neither the target nor the audience expected.

Such a complex chasing action scene is a mess if it is not filmed well, leaving the audience confused. If it is filmed well, it will step on the rhythm step by step, allowing the audience's nerves to be pulled along with the goal and Hugo's choice and situation, so as to achieve An immersive viewing experience without comprehension.

Fortunately, this chase action sequence falls into the latter category.

(End of this chapter)