The author of this article: Li Xiaotian
Sure enough, everyone loves to watch action movies in a row, and after writing the Oscar**, no one paid attention to it immediately. Even "Flowers", the goddess Green Stream writes so well, and there are fewer people who can see it, it's a pity.
So, since everyone loves to watch it, let's continue to talk about action movies.
Let's talk about the best --- for action movie fans"The Ultimate Fighter".
In order to be able to write it well, I deliberately revisited the "Ultimate Fighter" series, an action movie full of memories.
When it comes to Ultimate Fighters, action fans naturally think of itBoyka, thinksScott Akins
But interestingly, Scott Akins and his role as Boyka are characters who only appeared in "Ultimate Fighter 2". In the first main story "The Ultimate Fighter", the protagonist's aura belongsWesley "Blade" Snipes
"Ultimate Fighter" can actually only be regarded as an okay work, but you can watch it or not, it's not that classic. This series is comingThe third part is the peak, glory to Scott Akins.
That's fun.
At that time, "Ultimate Fighter 2" was actually a follow-up work. The investor saw that the performance of the first part was okay, so he started another stove, found a group of people, borrowed the IP, and thought about continuing to make moneyA copy of Ultimate Fighter 2
This routine is really Hollywood's abuse. "The Butterfly Effect".The performance was very good, so I made another "Butterfly Effect 2", continued to squeeze the commercial value of the IP, and changed a group of people to copy the same story again, but the result was a rough production, not at all, which brought about the collapse of word-of-mouth, but the box office was okay, so I further developed "Butterfly Effect 3" and continued to squeeze the IP value, but the result was too bad, and the IP was squeezed to the point that only the scum remained, so I had to give up.
"The Grim Reaper is Coming".is also the same, the same routine has been interpreted again and again, and it has been filmed until the 6th part.
The same goes for Saw Horror, but fortunately there isWen Ziren's escort, the same routine has not been played enough again and again, and the result has been held upSaw 10, can still play a little new tricks, and there is no one.
There are too many such practices, countless of them, and the usual tricks of greedy businessmen. "Wong Fei Hung", "Crazy Boy".Aren't they all photographed and people don't stop when they see them vomiting? The same is true for "Ex" and "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".
It's just that sometimes there are surprises. "Ultimate Fighter 2" is that it was originally intended to simply copy the routine of "Ultimate Fighter", so that the two boxers can continue to fight in the black prison and forget it. The familiar routine is just to change people and horses and squeeze out the surplus value, but I didn't expect that Boyka as the villain was on fire and Scott Akins was on fire. A look at the calculating Hollywood,Unintentionally planted willows, but willows are shady, This is a great opportunity to make a fortune, but you can't miss it, so I hugged my thighs, no longer wasting IP, and simply riveted Boyka, explored his story deeply, and further developed it, and then there was a more classic "Ultimate Fighter 3", and "Ultimate Fighter 4", forming a trilogy about Boyka.
So, the series "Ultimate Fighter" is a lot of fun, yesSee how Hollywood works
Similarly, "Fast and Furious". At the beginning, the first one, even the name was very arbitrary, and Universal didn't take this film too seriously. Unknown actors, clichéd undercover stories, no matter how you look at it, it looks like an ordinary assembly line job, it can't make any big waves, and it's enough to make a little money.
However, after the release of "Fast and Furious", it actually caused a lot of waves, and the word-of-mouth and box office were unexpectedly good. Universal Company took a look at it, this is a treasure that has been picked up, and it can still have this effect if you shoot it casually, so why not hurry up and shoot a sequel?
However, Universal had a serious miscalculation, and thought that the story of "Fast and Furious" was good, and everyone liked the undercover story in the film. So "Fast and Furious 2" also tells an undercover story, so that the undercover police in the first partPaul WalkerChange places and continue to go undercover. As for the villain in the first partVin Diesel, his function in the previous undercover story has disappeared, and there is no need to reveal the second part.
After the film was released, it was pointed out that the key point was made, did you go at this speed? Universal was quite persuaded. It turns out that everyone likes racing, not undercover stories. That's easy to do, "Fast and Furious 3" will give you a racing car, soar until you are so high, let you drift, since you don't like undercover stories, then even Paul Walker is out.
Who knows, Universal is wrong again. It's not wrong for everyone to like "speed", but "passion" can't be lost, and there can't be less exciting stories. This makes it"Fast and Furious 3" became the worst in the entire series, not one of them.
Again, again, again, again, again Universal has finally woken up this time. As a result, "Fast and Furious 4" finally brought back Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, not only "speed" but also "passion", and began to build".Tired of loggingThe concept of whitewashing the former villain into the real boss, and uniting white, Latinos, blacks, Asians and other minorities, political correctness first, and the story has also been cleverly transformed from a police film to a crime film. As a result, a new "Quick Thrill" series was officially established, and became a blockbuster IP of the world and a golden signboard. Fast & Furious 5At the beginning, this series glowed with dazzling light, and it was promoted from a B-level production in the first few parts to a super first-line top production.
The "Ultimate Fighter" series is not as good as the "Fast and Furious" series, because the production company has not met anyone who is super creative and super creativeLin Yibin, only one Scott Akins who is not so tough.
Lin Yibin started from directing "Fast and Furious 3" to "Fast and Furious 6", single-handedly carved this IP from Puyu to the essence, and he was promoted from a third-rate director to a first-line director in Hollywood. Scott Akinshas no creative ability, so he can only use his own skills to transform the series "Ultimate Fighter", and promote himself from an unknown actor to the action king of the B-level market.
Scott Akins's status in Hollywood is somewhat similar to that in the Chinese film and television industrySemyon。In the first-line cinema production, it is very inconspicuous, but in the B-level market, it is the absolute king. Xie Miao is the same, in theater films, it is basically difficult to even show his face, but in the online market, especially in the field of action movies, Xie Miao is like a top master, and there is no one else.
However, all of the above is a foreign language. What I want to talk about here is "The Ultimate Fighter", let's talk about this starting point story.
In this previous work without Boyka, the two male protagonists areWesley "Blade" SnipeswithVin RhimesAround 2002, when the film was released, these two were hot black actors. Wesley Snipes is in the limelight with the Marvel animated adaptation of the "Blade" series. That's right, the real first hit of Marvel's works is thisBlade, as for "Iron Man", that was later. "Blade" was launched in 1998, which is 1The box office of 300 million US dollars is still very good (the box office of Will Smith's "Public Enemy", which was launched in the same year, was only 100 million US dollars), which also proves that the IP of "Blade" at that time had quite enough money to attract money, and became the most successful superhero movie in Hollywood at that time under the role of Wesley Snipes. The trilogy did not hit the streets, making New Line Pictures, which has mastered the IP of "Blade Warrior", make a lot of money.
"The Ultimate Fighter" is just part of the expansion of the popular Wesley Snipes, during that time he also starred in "Ghost Mission", "Countdown to Death", "Infernal Transaction", "Soul Pusher", "True Love Forward" and other works, covering spy films, action movies, business war films, romance films, inspirational films and other genres, and the limelight is in the limelight. However, Wesley Snipes committed his own death and was suddenly found to have "tax evasion", and as a result, after rounds of rendering, the court finally sentenced Wesley Snipes to 3 years in prison. As for the results, you can refer to them"Fan Ye" Fan BingbingAfter Wesley Snipes was released from prison, the daylilies were cold.
This also explains why "Ultimate Fighter 2" did not invite him to star again, not because he didn't want to be invited, but because he was in prison, his reputation was stinky, and he had no commercial value.
As for the other little coffee in "The Ultimate Fighter".Vin Rhimes, as one of the supporting roles in Hollywood, he has appeared in many films. His main work is as hacker Luther Stickell in the Mission: Impossible seriesEthan HuntOne of the team members, he made many appearances and made the audience remember him.
It is said that Vin Remes is the first actor in "The Ultimate Fighter", and the whole film unfolds from his perspective. Vin Rhames plays the heavyweight boxing champion"Iceman" George Chambers, the whole story can be said to be an "Iceman" story. The iceman was thrown into prison on suspicion of the ** case, but he wanted to continue to rely on his fists to become the boss and maintain his reputation as the boxing champion in prison. As a result, he met a prison boxing champion who dominated prison boxing for 10 years, Monro Hakin (Wesley Snipes). As a result, the two boxing champions who refused to admit defeat started a black prison boxing match, and in the end, "Iceman" lost the game in embarrassment and became a prison laughing stock. It was one of the few failures he had, and he refused to admit the existence of this defeat after his release from prison.
The perspective of the story is Vin Rhames, but his role is only a foil, and the core of the film is actually Wesley Snipes, and "Blade" is the real hero. Something like"The Last Generation**"., the whole film is about how James McAvoy isUgandan tyrant AminUnder the cage, how to remove Amin's disguise and escape. It seems that the whole story revolves around James McAvoy, but the soul of the story isForest Whitakerplayed Ah Ming, he also successfully won the Oscar for this role.
The Ultimate Fighter is like this, it is said that it is two male protagonists, but in fact, Wesley Snipes is the soul of the story. Scott Akins also became really popular after inheriting the role of Wesley Snipes.
If there is no subsequent trilogy, without Scott Akins, watching "The Ultimate Fighter" alone, I don't actually think it is very good, especially after many years, it is even more so-so. But if you want to plate the entire series, you can't do without this one.
Supposedly, "Ultimate Fighter" is just a relatively mediocre filmBlack Films, the protagonist of the film is black, the environment is also dominated by black people, and the soundtrack used in the film is also dominated by black people**, no matter how you look at it, it is a non-mainstream movie for black audiences. But its brilliant editing, smooth cinematography, and explosive fights make it stand out from the crowd of black audiences and win the hearts of all action movie fans.
The most commendable thing about Ultimate Fighter is that it removes the concept of positive and negative, there are no more positive and negative characters, and everyone is in the same placeBlack Prisonwithin, powerless to be free, can only goFight black boxing。And the fight without justice and goodness has become the biggest attraction of the whole film.
The fist-to-flesh boxing hand-to-hand combat is much more heart-shaking than the showmanship in Hong Kong action movies, and it is very immersive, which is also the fundamental reason why it can be praised repeatedly by action movie fans. When gravity throws every punch in the camera, the audience seems to feel that it has hit themselves, and they follow the figure.
Although there are not many real fight scenes in the film, and all the strength is accumulated just for the final action highlight, there is too much foreshadowing ahead.
But just for the last fight, it's worth it, not to mention that the previous scenes are not ugly with the film's good editing. The whole film is not bad.
Okay, it's still the same sentence, if you don't want to watch the whole series, just watch this first part, then don't watch it. And if you want to Pan Boyka, you can't do without this first part, you have to watch it. It's that simple.