I'm not just an action star

Few people leave the show so noisy. The premiere of "Death is Coming" ended, and it was done.

The lights turned on, like opening a catharsis, and the entire cinema was filled with noise.

From time to time, there are loud words such as "Fack" and "Shet".These swear words are not to criticize the film as bad, but to lament that the film is too scary.

Even if the films written by Wu Long are not directed or starred by Wu Long, many film critics come to watch them.

This is why these film critics also feel as if they have come out of the abyss, listening to the swear words in the world, their faces gradually recovered.

terrible!

Grim Reaper is scarier than any thriller I've seen before.

It's scary because it's inescapable, it's scary because it's sudden, it's scary because it's an accident, it's not murder!

Murder has a murderer.

Who should I turn to for reasoning?

Reminiscent of exploring the topics raised by weird websites, it feels even more creepy.Maybe it's true, as those weirdo fans explain, that most people who survive disasters are fine because they didn't die in the disaster.

And those who died after the disaster, because they should have died in the disaster.

Noisy discussions followed the flow of people out of the auditorium.The people waiting outside, acquaintances or strangers, are all asking if it looks good, it is not scary.

"Fack, it's terrible!"

"Xie Te, I dare not go home after reading this!"

"I think in the future, in addition to paying more attention to the car when walking, you should also pay attention to the light box advertisements!"

"Believe me, after watching this film, you will feel that death is all around us, watching us laugh."

"We are Death's toys! Like a mouse whose tail is caught by a cat!"

After the premiere, online impressions of "Death Comes" have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, appearing one after another.

Recommendation index: five stars!

Wonderful index: five stars!

Thriller index: five stars!

Some people even claimed that "Death Comes" created a new genre of horror and became a classic!

The first professional film review is very tasteful.

"This is a professional death thriller that absolutely leaves you terrified of your life after watching it.

It's also a decidedly innovative thriller that could start a new genre of thrillers.Unlike other horror movies, most of them can guess how to die.Also, the characters in the film don't know that they are going to die or die.

"Death is Coming" is different. The characters in the film know from the beginning that they will die and are about to die. The difference lies in how they die.

This film is a bit like "Midnight Ring", must die.But unlike "Midnight Ring", the character only knows that he must die, but he doesn't know when or how to die.

It is this damn sense of substitution that makes the audience fall into fear with the characters while watching the movie.

There are many omens at the beginning of the film, such as the hanging horror doll, which corresponds to Todd's death.

Watching this movie, you must see a lot of details.The details of the protagonist's room indicate that the protagonist believes in strange phenomena.So he believed in the lucky label, but unfortunately his mother didn't.

The film also deliberately sets up some metaphors.

For example, the departure date is May 5. 13 is an unlucky number, and Friday is a bad day.The 13 and 5 are simply the addition of two major buffs, which become the 'Black Friday' that we often avoid.

Billy said 'they left, we stayed. ', can also be understood as 'they die, we live. '

When Todd died, the water flowed back and let us know that none of this was an accident.It's just a trick of the god of death, making people who don't know it think it's an accident.

Many people will say that there is a stupid point in this film.At the scene of the female teacher's death, Alex foolishly pulled out the knife from the female teacher's body.Why is that?Normal people know that they should not draw a knife, otherwise they will become suspects.

I thought so too at first.But would Brother Long's script be so childish?Or, did the director change Brother Long's script without authorization?

When I think back slowly, I immediately understand the meaning.

After Todd's death, the water that flows back tells us that this is a trick played by the god of death.

In other words, the god of death wants a person to die, and can even directly control this person and kill himself with a knife.It's just that Reaper didn't do this, it was too boring to do so.

Alex wanted to rescue Claire, but was chased by the police because of suspicion.That's why Alex foolishly took the knife from the female teacher's body. This is also a trick played by the god of death.

Alex has repeatedly tried to sabotage Reaper's plan, and Reaper doesn't mind making it more difficult for Alex.

Just imagine, if Alex is caught by the police, he can't save Claire.

Unfortunately, Alex still saved Claire.

Thinking about this made me feel even more terrifying.I was surprised that this was a bit similar to "Midnight Ring", the more I thought about it, the more frightened I felt.

"Midnight Ring" is because of the fear that arises after thinking about it and substituting it into the movie story.

"Death is Coming" is because after thinking about it, I discovered the weirdness in real life and the fear that arose.

I find myself occasionally being silly, reacting or acting in ways I wouldn't normally do.

And I found that many people who had accidents died because they made mistakes that they didn't usually make or shouldn't.However, there were only the dead at the scene at that time, and we only speculated and restored it based on the scene after death.

But after watching "Death Comes", will you have a feeling that in fact, is there a possibility that those who died stupidly did not want to be stupid, but were played by the god of death? "

In addition to film reviews, it is more about the fans' fear of the means of death in the film.

"I think the death of Carter's girlfriend is what scares people. It's so sudden, in the blink of an eye, no one thought of it. It's the same as Alex was almost hit in the end, if it wasn't for Claire, who is also sensitive to death, to remind Alex, I'm afraid Alex will be killed by a car just like Carter's girlfriend."

"Although the death of Carter's girlfriend was terrible suddenly, it can also be said that he walked without looking at the road. But Billy's death is the most unjust. Carter didn't die, but he died in a blink of an eye. And he was cut off. It's too tragic .”

"From Billy's death, we know that after one person is saved, the next person will die immediately. So, at the end of the film, Alex didn't die, and Carter died immediately. They didn't learn their lesson."

"It's not that I didn't learn my lesson, it's because after Alex rescued Claire, he didn't die. So he thought he had solved the pursuit of Death. Just like "Midnight Ring", if it was the second book written by Brother Long, The heroine thought that after copying and distributing the video tape, she would not have to die, it must be false."

"Reaper" was screened globally, and the North American box office temporarily ranked first for the year on the first day, and the global box office also temporarily ranked first for the year on the first day, setting off a wave of death.

Especially on Hong Kong Island, people have brought up the story of the dark withering back then.Not only the Internet, but even newspapers and magazines are hyping this matter up.

However, the wording is different from before.

It used to be said that Wu Long knew Taoism, such as writing paper figurines and cursing.

Now it has been changed, saying that Wu Long is the agent of the god of death in the world, and whoever is disadvantageous to Wu Long, Wu Long will ask the god of death to take action.

Because Wu Long understood this, he adapted and replaced these and wrote the script "Death is Coming".

In fact, the god of death will not come to the world to claim his life in person.

The god of death is equivalent to the King of Hades in the East. Who has ever heard of King Hades personally claiming his life?They are all bull-headed and horse-faced or black and white impermanence.

Therefore, there must be such a kind of people in the world who work for the god of death in the west and the king of Hades in the east.

Wu Long is powerful, straddling the East and the West. He is not only the agent of death, but also the messenger of Hades in the world.

This kind of forced interpretation spread to Wu Long, and Wu Long couldn't laugh or cry.

When the box office came out in the first week, to everyone's surprise, "Reaper" did not win the temporary box office champion in the first week of the year.It is true that the first-week box office champion of this period is "Reaper is Coming", but in the whole year, there was no other film that had a higher first-week box office than "Reaper is Coming".

This is indeed surprising.Everyone thought that this movie was very good, and the box office must be very good.

However, many people forget that horror films have never been popular films.Not only restricts the following audience, but also restricts many people who don't like watching horror movies.

However, in terms of the box office of horror films, "Reaper" is already considered a success.The total investment was recovered in the first week, and there was a profit.

And after a week, "Death is Coming" sparked heated discussions on the Internet again.

It turned out that someone said on the Internet that he was almost hit by a sudden car.Fortunately, he somehow remembered the scene in "Death Comes" and suddenly woke up, so he didn't continue walking down the street, otherwise he would have been hit by a car and died.

Then, someone said on the Internet that thanks to watching "Death Comes", all possible safety hazards in the bathroom have been cleaned up, and they don't want to die of slipping and falling like Todd.Sure enough, it really slipped and fell.And if it wasn't for clearing up the hidden safety hazards, I'm afraid he was really dead. (above)

"Today I walked on the street and escaped a catastrophe. Since I watched "Death Comes", I now pay attention to the top of my head when I walk to prevent those billboards from falling. I didn't expect to encounter it today, and a billboard fell off. It fell and nearly hit me. If I hadn't looked up and saw it, I would have been crushed to death by the billboard!"

Many people on the Internet shared that since watching "The God of Death is Coming", they avoided accidents because they paid attention to danger.

This kind of word-of-mouth communication made "Death Comes", which showed signs of declining in the first weekend, to see a rise in the box office in the second week.

During the release of "Reaper is Coming", Wen Zhiren and Werner, who had watched "Reaper is Coming", had some disagreements on the upcoming film.

Both thought "Death Comes" was great, a hundred times better than "Blair Witch".This also influenced Werner's thinking that the films they made should be films with high production costs.

Originally, they planned to invest several million to make a film.The main thing is to give it a try and see how capable I am without Wu Long's script and marketing operations.

But now, Werner feels that he should keep up with the development of the times, and at least make more than 500 million films.

The production cost of "Death is Coming" is about 500 million. If they still make a film with a production cost of several million, they will not be able to try the effect at all.

"If it fails, will you say that the reason for the failure is the lack of investment?" This is what Werner questioned Wen Zhiren.

"You see, the production costs of "Midnight Ring" and "Ghost Call" are not high. They can be adapted into American versions. 500 million U.S. dollars. It is said that the American version of "The Grudge" newly invested by Weiner Films also exceeded 2000 million U.S. dollars."

"The times have changed, and the era of millions of films is over. The production cost is too low, and the audience is not willing to watch it. Why don't we invest in it at one time? If it fails, at least it can be proved that it is our own reasons, not because the production cost is too low. .”

"However, we invested so much in our first film, what would Brother Long think?" Wen Zhiren still objected. "We spend millions of dollars to make a film, and we don't need a big hit at the box office. As long as we don't lose money, we are successful, because this is our accumulation of experience."

"The money is Brother Long's money, we can't spend it carelessly." Wen Zhiren was still worried about Wu Long's opinion.

Werner advises directly.

"We are partners, so we shouldn't argue with each other. Why don't you ask Brother Long and see what he says?"

The two asked Wu Long for advice.

In fact, Wen Zhiren is also worried that after investing several million, the box office results will not be satisfactory, and he will attribute the reason to the low production cost, so the box office is not good.

Wen Zhiren still thinks what Werner said makes sense.

But he wants to do things in a safe manner, and he doesn't want to take too big a step.I want to shoot some less investment to accumulate experience, and gradually increase the production cost.

After Wu Long heard it, what he said was somewhat similar to Werner's.

"You two are partners. Do you know that? I've seen a lot of good partners, and they separated for various reasons. "The Witch Blair" has a good grade, and I don't want it to cause you to argue because of that. I would be disturbed."

"Wen, your idea is not wrong. Werner, your idea is not wrong. Now Wen's worry is that the production cost is too high, and he will feel uncomfortable in case of failure. As I said, "Blair Witch" is the two of you. What you earn through joint efforts belongs to you.”

"For a movie, the first consideration should not be the production cost, but what you want to make and whether it is what you want to make."

"Take "Blair Witch" as an example. If the cost of this movie is the first consideration, then I ask you, would you make such a movie?"

Wen Zhiren and Werner both answered no.I'm afraid it's a good thing that no one will do this.

"Right. If you look at some famous directors, some of their films with good box office are also over budget, right? So, as a director, the first consideration should not be the production cost, but what you want to bring What kind of film does the audience want, and does this film reflect your characteristics and ideas?"

"The emergence of "Blair Witch" is like this. I first thought about what kind of horror film I want to make, what form to bring horror to the audience, how to let them enter the movie world, and give them a What kind of or new horror experience."

"Then I thought about the pseudo-documentary, and then I thought about what kind of pseudo-documentary would appear real, and how to make fans feel that this pseudo-documentary is real. With these ideas, I conceived a marketing plan, and then I came up with how to make "The Witch Cloth" Lyle and its script."

"I won't help you make decisions. I think every filmmaker should have his own unique charm. I don't want to disturb you too much, and I don't want you to have my shadow. I can only explain why I did that, Let me tell you, I hope you can find your own way from it."

"If you make a loss on your investment, make it back. You are still young, what are you afraid of? If you don't even have the confidence to make it back after a loss, such a director can only be a downwind director. Once he hits the street after a good grade, he may not be able to Turn over again. I don't want you to be that kind of director. You should do it according to your own ideas while you are young."

"Young is the bargaining chip. You can fail when you are young. If you fail after becoming famous, you may not be able to pass the test in your heart."

Wen Zhiren and Werner thanked Wu Long for his guidance and trust, and decided that they would stop arguing and talk about it.

That's what Werner said, with their reputation, it would be difficult to succeed in marketing like "Blair the Witch" or "Death Comes".

Investing several million, without good marketing, if the box office is not good, it will give people the impression that their success is not based on the ability to make movies, but on marketing techniques.

In the future, no one will be optimistic about them.

If the investment is 2000 million, no matter how bad the box office is, it will be no problem to recover the cost.Because the quality of the film is not too bad, at least some viewers will buy it.

In the end, Werner convinced Wen Zhiren to plan to make a film with a production cost of more than 2000 million dollars.