In the same theater, in a VIP room not far away, van diesel with a bright head sat down and waited for the film to start showing. He was able to get away from his busy work and come to the cinema to pay attention to Murphy Stanton''s film, which he didn''t like very much, mainly because his film was about to face the impact of the film.

    "Speed and passion 6" was released in North America last weekend, and it won more than $97 million in the first weekend. Although the film''s reputation is not good, it may face a big box office slump in the second weekend, but there should be no problem if it exceeds $250 million in North America.

    However, if you want to achieve this goal, the premise is that "dark city" released this weekend can not be too strong. If there is a super boom like "Avengers", all the films released in the same period will be affected. Speed and passion 6, which has a general reputation, may have a precipitous drop.

    That''s a situation van diesel doesn''t want to see anyway.

    Van diesel is very clear that from the pre-sale results, it is basically a foregone conclusion that "dark city" will get $150 million in the first weekend of North America. If it is $150 million, the impact on "speed and passion 6" may not be particularly big.

    It all depends on the quality of the film after all. If the premiere has a big reputation

    Van diesel shook his head, the last thing he wanted to see.

    "Here we go!"

    When the big screen lights up, Daisy can''t stop her excitement. She can''t wait to see the evil performance of the magician.

    Countless fans are waiting in nearly 4000 theaters in the United States. A large number of film critics gather at the Lincoln Art Center, the premiere venue. They are all preparing for a black meal!

    At the beginning of the film, everyone was shocked.

    The classic 20th Century Fox title has changed. In the familiar background music, when the 20th Century Fox logo appears, the screen is gloomy and dark. It seems that there is a heavy black fog floating through the background. Even the title of Stanton studio is no exception. It seems that it is shrouded by darkness.

    Two titles flash, and the rest of the screen is floating black. The camera suddenly drops down and becomes a panoramic view. The whole Manhattan Island appears in the picture. In the panoramic view, the tall buildings also show strange bluish black. The tallest buildings suddenly burst into flames and form a line in the dark ——City of darkness!

    Then the camera cuts quickly, and the subtitles of Murphy Stanton''s works flash away.

    Then, the darkness disappears, and the bright sunshine suddenly appears on the screen. In the busy streets of New York, the camera captures an ordinary looking figure in a black suit. Then the picture draws closer and closer, and finally stops on the person.

    The other side is carrying a net bag, which is a number of colorful magic balls!

    "This is the magician!"

    The use of the lens is ingenious and easy to understand. There is no sophistication. Even if you are not a movie fan, you can understand what this is about.

    "Murphy Stanton is still that Murphy Stanton!"

    In the State Theater of New York, Peter traki, a famous film critic from Rolling Stone magazine, sighed, "his opening scenes are always amazing, but they can be understood by all people. There is no entry threshold at all. This is a really excellent director!"

    Who can''t play some sophisticated lens? Among the students who have just graduated from the film academy, there are a lot of them. Peter traki thinks that this is nothing at all. It''s really brilliant to be able to use the lens amazingly and easily understood at the same time.

    The screening of the film is still going on. The person with only his back meets another group of bandits, enters the bank and starts to rob. These guys with black headgear obviously have a careful plan, and easily open the bank''s vault. For a moment, the audience can''t tell which one is the real magician.

    "Is that all?"

    Richard Brody, the critic of the new Yorker, shook his head as he was also sitting in the cinema. "The opening scene is really amazing, but what''s the use of such a robbery scene for the film and character building?"

    Seeing the robber open the safe all the time, he didn''t think there was anything special about the play. Except that the robber who might be a magician was a little crazy, it was plain and boring.

    He has a variety of tastes, an amazing amount of film viewing, and is famous for his sharp comments and opinions. If the film is only of this standard, Richard Brody thinks it''s hard to get a passing score.

    However, the following plot evolution, let Richard Brody immediately give up the idea.

    There is still no formal appearance of any magician, but this character is in a series of words and actions of the robbers, as if it really exists in front of the public.

    Through dialogue, a group of robbers showed that they were provoked by the magician. When they opened the vault, they also started a fight with each other, until finally there was only one person left. This person also made fun of the bank manager and the New York gangster behind him with witty words, killed the driver who drove the school bus into the bank, drove away calmly, and mixed into a group of school buses The line at the end of the car.Inside the bank, only the stunned bank manager is biting a cigarette grenade in his mouth. The curling smoke of the grenade seems to laugh at all the people in the world.

    "Damn it! The magician is so handsome

    Inside the cinema in Los Angeles, Justin clenched his fist. "Before he showed up, he stole the limelight!"

    Richard Brody looks at the screen and becomes speechless. The opening scene is not dull at all. It''s wonderful and people can''t help crying out. Murphy Stanton''s technique of side setting off is almost perfect, so that the role of magician can leave an indelible impression without appearing!

    This is not plain at all, but Wonderful!

    There are three main characters in this film. After the magician appears in such a special way, Jay Rachel, as the heroine, also appears in the film. In the early stage of virus marketing, many of the contents are about Jay Rachel''s campaign for the New York District Attorney. Therefore, when she first appears, she is the New York City Attorney, and at the same time, there is the last one The father of a congressman in the Ministry.

    At Jay Rachel''s inauguration, her father also made a few simple remarks, revealing from his lines that he had retired.

    Although Murphy did not give a very clear account, people who have seen the last film are very clear that the high-ranking official in New York City who colludes with Reina is Jay Rachel''s father, and Jay Rachel already knows.

    In this case, Jay Rachel, who has just become New York''s attorney general, not only chooses to turn a blind eye, but also lets her father participate in his inauguration

    In fact, Murphy is telling the audience that Jay Rachel is not as simple and kind as it seems.

    Maybe this kind of content, maybe some viewers need to see it for a second time to find out, but the observant professional film critic immediately realized this.

    As a film critic who has always been very fond of Murphy, Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times constantly nods to the scenes and designs since the beginning of the film, especially this paragraph.

    "People are not simple animals, they all have their own thoughts and ideology." He wrote in his notebook, "Chris Dann has it, Lena has it, detective Lynch has it, and Jay Rachel has it too!"

    When the law conflicts with family affection, what kind of choice will people make? No matter which one to choose, for Jay Rachel, it is undoubtedly very difficult.

    The other side of Rachel''s pursuit of Jay and Jeanne is more clear.

    She cracked down on gangs, but once again chose to turn a blind eye to Chris Dann.

    As the film''s three absolute protagonists, Chris Dann is the last one to appear. The appearance of night walkers gives a layer of security to the chaotic New York City, and also becomes the hope of New Yorkers. Some radicals even imitate the appearance of night walkers to fight against criminals.

    Chris Dann appeared on this occasion, he stopped the gang trading and the behavior of the imitators, but the words of the imitators made him only witty.

    "What''s the difference between you and us?" An imitator asked loudly, "what right do you have?"

    Many of the people who enter the advance screening venue are Murphy''s senior fans. When they hear this, they naturally start to think, as ordinary people, without legal authorization, why do Chris Dann''s night walkers have the power to fight crime? Is this action of using violence to control violence really reasonable and legal?

    Compared with the ordinary audience, professional film critics undoubtedly prefer this. Richard Brody was directly poked into the sensitive part of his heart by this question.

    "Just a line..." He murmured, "Murphy Stanton has sublimated the theme of the film. No It''s the first city of chaos that''s changed. "

    He took his eyes off the screen and tried to look forward to see what was different about the director sitting in the front.

    Unfortunately, like the films on the screen, Richard Brody saw only darkness.

    It''s not only Richard Brody who is aware of the difference in this film, but also many people, such as van diesel and Leonardo DiCaprio, who know that they are facing or will face a very terrible opponent.

    But fans don''t care, they have been deeply attracted by the film.