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Chapter 365: Just Jump and It's Over
The audience soon saw the scene where the villain tried to kill Jackie Chan by driving a forklift with a container.

Then Jackie Chan flipped over to another container at the critical moment, and straightened his waist to avoid the opponent's fatal move.

“This is a real shot!”

"This must be a real shot." A young man in his twenties said, "That actor is very courageous! If it's shot like this, will the insurance company be willing to insure it?"

"How can you be sure it's a real shot?" The person next to him was unhappy. "Who can tell if they manipulated the frame rate?"

"I am a relevant staff member of the film crew. If you slow down your movements, you can still climb up the container by stepping on the wall? Didn't you see how the other party got up there? And there was no sign of using a wire. This actor is quite good!"

"Also, his fighting scenes are a little different!"

"It is indeed faster and more exciting. In comparison, the previous actors' fighting scenes looked like children fighting. The last time I saw such fierce action scenes was in Huang's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"It's not just about speed and excitement. His movements always give me a funny feeling. Keep watching."

Soon the scene started to show that the ambassador's daughter was arrested, and Police Officer Li was invited by the ambassador to find his daughter, so he flew to Los Angeles.

As soon as they got off the plane, the audience felt that this action movie was very different from previous action movies.

funny.

Even the actions are funny.

Whether it was the Heyman officer getting on the bus or the two men fighting to grab the gun, when Carter handcuffed Officer Li to the steering wheel, it reached the climax of the early stage.

Police Officer Li, played by Jackie Chan, was unable to unlock the handcuffs, so he actually removed the steering wheel and used it to stage a gun-grabbing battle, which made everyone laugh knowingly.

This film is not just based on the original film. Knowing that Jackie Chan has so many classic moves, it would be a shame if I didn't try to incorporate them into the film.

Therefore, Huang Ze also incorporated Jackie Chan's classic jumping scene from "Who Am I" into the filming.

A similar building could be found in Los Angeles, but it was not as tall. Huang Ze felt that the effect could not be achieved, so he went directly to Rotterdam and spent a few days specially filming Jackie Chan jumping off the Rotterdam building.

Never mind whether there are similar buildings in the United States.

Even American audiences are not sure that every building in the movie actually exists in the United States.

The excitement is over!

The effect was also very good and the audience enjoyed it very much!

Some of the audience even stood up.

"Oh, oh, oh!"

"How the hell was this filmed?"

“Is this actor playing with his life?”

"Special effects, this must be special effects. Which actor would dare to shoot it this way? I am just a viewer and I feel scared just watching it."

"Can special effects reach this level nowadays? Model special effects? It doesn't seem like it. Computer special effects? I heard that "Rush Hour" is just a medium-level production?" Some film critics were also shocked by this shot.

This is a brand new version of action movies that they haven't seen before.

The kind that gets your adrenaline pumping.

When the film ended, there was a sudden burst of thunderous applause, accompanied by occasional whistles.

Apparently, some young people were having more fun watching it.

This was also reflected in the subsequent questionnaire survey, where younger male audiences gave quite good reviews.

"A+, cool! I didn't expect that steering wheels could be used for fighting, and all kinds of things, in Officer Li's hands, they are all deadly weapons comparable to guns! The key is that it doesn't make people feel embarrassed to do so, it just feels reasonable."

"A, this movie is not as thrilling as Speed, and the quality is a little lower, but it is worthy of being Huang's work. It is definitely a work worth watching. It seems to be more relaxing, and there are parts that will make you laugh from the bottom of your heart." "Will Smith performed well, I will watch his next work, we hens need a superstar." This is a hens man with dreadlocks and looks quite rebellious. Before leaving, he added, "Make more movies where hens save everything, instead of always white people, white people, white people, white people saving the world, white people picking up local beauties, I've seen enough of that!"

In the end, the reviews compiled by Warner were considered to be above average.

It is lower than "Speed" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Of course, Warner also knows that for commercial films like this, reviews cannot represent everything, and the most important thing is the box office.

No matter how high the reviews are, if the box office is low, it is still a failure.

Profit is the most important thing for a commercial film.

Box office and reviews are not completely correlated.

When the new week comes, the box office figures for the first weekend are summarized.

It earned $7.5 million on Friday.

Saturday was 10 million.

Six million on Sunday.

Twenty-three and a half million in the first weekend!

"Director Huang, the average box office at each venue during the first weekend didn't even exceed 10,000. With this kind of box office, can the final box office exceed 100 million?" In a TV station's dressing room, Jackie Chan could no longer suppress his smile.

Whether it breaks 100 million or not, it will not affect the foundation.

The key point is this data, which is almost half of 50 million. There will definitely be no problem in breaking 50 million in the end.

This time he has broken through the barriers of Hollywood.

"It shouldn't be a big problem!" Huang Ze said.

"According to conventional wisdom, it might be a little bit shaky."

"But neither you nor Will have much box office appeal, so most people who come to see the movie are here for my name."

"I asked Warner Bros., and the reviews are pretty good. Our film is special enough, and there aren't many action comedies on the market. If word of mouth spreads, it will probably exceed 100 million. 95% chance."

Huang Ze didn't say everything, leaving himself some room.

"I am so grateful to Director Huang for giving me this opportunity." Jackie Chan immediately began to express his gratitude.

"Hey! Stop it!" Huang Ze raised his right hand, "Don't do these nonsense."

"I'm going to be on the show soon, so performing well is better than anything else!"

"Don't worry, I understand!"

After finishing their makeup, Huang Ze, Jackie Chan and Will Smith walked into the studio and started chatting with the host.

After a while, they naturally started talking about some of the exciting scenes in the movie.

“How was the container shot at the beginning taken?”

"Let Jackie Chan speak, after all, he is the one who danced." Huang Ze no longer needed to be in the spotlight, so he humbly gave the opportunity to answer to the other party.

"It's actually not that complicated. I turn on the machine, have someone drive the forklift forward, and I do one, two, three, and then I jump."

"What about jumping off a building? How was that done? Some viewers said it was a computer effect."

"It's not a special effect, it's very simple." Jackie Chan began to use hand movements, gesturing, "I was also scared, but in order to achieve the effect, I secretly counted one, two, three, and jumped down."

(End of this chapter)