muscle actor

Chapter 411

This is the beginning of the third part. In Ding Cheng's view, compared with the first two parts, the protagonist is facing many crises and Wick, who is highly wanted, must show more comprehensive killer skills.

From melee combat, the use of cold weapons, to precise shooting techniques, rapid reloading of guns and headshots...

Various techniques make the process of killing full of aesthetics, and make good use of all the items that can be found around them to become weapons in their hands. In the process of exciting pursuits, the audience truly understands that the ultimate goal of killing is to put them to death .

The most interesting thing is that as a plasma action film, the director also discusses philosophy.

For example, there are no rules mentioned throughout, how are we different from animals, and the story of two wolves mentioned by the protagonist and his mentor when trying to escape from New York...

Everyone seems to have darkness and light, and in the process of going to the light, they must have experienced darkness, because the light is in the darkness.

He's not a good guy in the standard sense, he's even an out-and-out bad guy, he will kill people at will, without emotion, in accordance with the rules of the killer world.

However, because of what I love, I violated the rules, and at the same time tried hard to live, in order to remember what I love.It seems so noble here, but it is beneficial enough. Compared with many other protagonists, they are fearless, show their abilities, and kill the Quartet. Every time he makes a move, he seems to be telling the audience the simplest truth:

I just want to live,
To do this, kill all enemies.

That's it!

It is because of this beast-like primitiveness,

In order to stimulate the audience's deepest stimulation.

Like an animal trapped in a cage,

See how you can survive to the end?
After debuting for so many years, not to mention his moves and drag racing stunts, I have always felt that there is still potential to be tapped when it comes to firearms.

Needless to say in China, the May Fourth Movement has come to an end.

Although South Korea is better, but it is not useful.

Finally came to Hollywood, two movies in a row were about superheroes, guns were nothing.

It's so easy to meet a work that can play with guns, especially with the joining of gun experts. This is why Ding Cheng is looking forward to it.

The deepest impression is the nightclub massacre scene in the middle of the second part. Although most of them hold pistols, they don't hide behind the cover and shoot from a long distance.The director adopts the most inefficient confrontation method: get close to the opponent to fight each other physically, and finally use a pistol to make up the knife.

Guns, a modern weapon that allows people to escape violent physical contact, have their power removed in this series and become a cold weapon with an extremely limited effective attack range?
The spectacle of close-range headshots with bullets in the fight refreshes the old effect of iron combat with swords, guns, swords and swords. It can be seen that the director wants to use this as the main axis to reorganize the structure and rhythm of the action routine.

Create a brand-new visual effect of physical combat: the movement range is not large, but it is fast and neat, and blood can still burst. The rhythm of fast movement can even be changed interestingly by changing the clip.

As I deepened my understanding of lens language, I discovered that action movies are not just the action itself, but also include supporting aspects such as space design, prop use, scene scheduling, and editing ideas.

For example, giving rationality to firearms and cold-weapon melee combat, this series obviously draws on the scene space design concept of traditional Chinese kung fu martial arts movies: most of the fighting and shooting scenes are set inside narrow buildings, ballrooms, corridors, underground passages, Bathrooms, even under the surface of the swimming pool.

The limitation of internal space effectively compresses the fighting distance between people, making the combination of shooting and body collision clear and reasonable, the rhythm more tense, and the audience more exciting.

Because both martial arts movies and Kung Fu movies pay great attention to the invention and use of novel props, such as the nunchaku first used by Bruce Lee, or the golden knife lock invented exclusively by Zhang Cheh, which have left a deep impression on the screen for a long time.

Therefore, Chade not only uses conventional cold weapons such as knives, swords, axes, daggers, etc., but also broken glass, belts, pens, and even toothpicks are used as murder weapons, and horseshoes are used by the protagonist to defeat opponents.

From the aggressive use of various props, it can also be seen that he has won the true biography of Kung Fu movies. Although he is white, he may have more ideas than many domestic directors.

Even a lot of camera scheduling has completely restored the essence of continuous shooting of Hong Kong-style action movies in the golden age. The fighting scene is divided into several continuous parts, and each part is shot with different camera positions, scenes and angles. String it together into a complete fight.

Nowadays, various Hollywood action fantasy blockbusters have used construction cuts too frequently to assemble an action scene, omitting most of the action content, and linking several action node scenes to form a fighting scene, so that it can be imagined in the audience's mind. Creating spectacle-like movements with a fantasy color can also hide the clumsiness of the actors' lack of physical abilities.

The director clearly showed disdain for such laziness and slippage, and consciously erased the lack of realism brought about by constructed editing.It would rather retain the cumbersome, slow and lack of dexterity of the actors' movements, and insist on using segmented continuous shooting to present the true sense of power of the action scenes.

Coupled with the cold weapon use of firearms, it brings a new visual and sensory experience.

real!

Ding Cheng suddenly remembered an interview conducted by Brother Cheng Long last year. The reporter asked why Hollywood no longer invites Hong Kong martial arts instructors to make films.
Because they have learned all the methods we invented, even better than us, now we have to ask others for advice!
Of course, the reason for choosing this style is itself a huge challenge for actors. Reeves himself is a kung fu fan, starting from filming The Matrix.

It is no exaggeration to say that if I hadn't turned out to be born by myself, I guess the uncle had to bite the bullet and make at least two sequels.

(End of this chapter)