In the same theater, in a VIP private room not far away, Van Diesel, with a bright head, sat down, waiting for the film to start screening, and being able to withdraw from his busy work to the theater, paying attention to the film, which he didn't like very much, mainly because his film is about to face the impact of this film.

"Fast and Furious 6" was released in North America last weekend and received more than $97 million in the first weekend. Although the film has a bad reputation and may face a major box office decline in the second weekend, there should be no problem in North America exceeding $250 million.

However, if you want to achieve this goal, the premise is that "Dark City" released this weekend cannot be too strong. If there is a super big hit like "Avengers", all the films released at the same time will inevitably be affected. "Fast and Furious 6", which has a very average reputation, may experience a cliff-like plunge.

That situation is something Van Diesel doesn't want to see anyway.

Vin Diesel is very clear that judging from the pre-sale results, "Dark City"'s first weekend in North America has basically been a foregone conclusion. If "Fast and Furious 6" is $150 million, the impact on "Fast and Furious 6" may not be particularly big.

All of this depends on the quality of the film after all. If the premiere is a hit...

Vin Diesel shook his head, which was the last situation he wanted to see.

"here we go!"

The moment the big screen lighted up, Daisy couldn't help but feel excited, she couldn't wait to see the magician's evil performance.

Countless movie fans are waiting in nearly 4,000 theaters across the United States, and a large number of film critics gathered at the premiere venue Lincoln Art Center. They are all preparing to enjoy a black meal!

At the beginning of the video, everyone was slightly shocked.

The opening of the classic 20th Century Fox has changed. In the familiar background music, when the logo of 20th Century Fox appears, the screen picture is dark and dark, and it seems that there is a lot of black fog floating through the background. Even the opening of Stanton Studio is no exception, and it seems to be shrouded in darkness.

Two openings flashed, and the rest of the screen was fluttering black. The camera suddenly lowered and turned into a panoramic downward shot. The entire Manhattan Island appeared in the picture. In the panoramic shots, the tall buildings also showed strange blue-black. The tallest buildings suddenly exploded with flames, forming a line of darkness in the darkness!

Then the camera was cut quickly, and the subtitles of Murphy Stanton's work flashed.

Then, the darkness disappeared, and the bright sunshine suddenly appeared on the screen. The busy streets of New York were busy, and the camera captured a look of a very ordinary back in a black suit. Then the picture got closer and closer, and finally stopped on the man.

The other party was carrying a net bag with several colorful magic balls inside!

"This is the magician!"

The use of the lens is clever and simple and easy to understand, and there is no profound thing about it. Even if you are not a movie fan, you can understand what this is to be explained.

"Murphy Stanton is still the same Murphy Stanton!"

In the New York State Theater, Peter Trucky, a famous film critic from Rolling Stone, sighed, "The opening shots of his video are always amazing, but they can be understood by everyone. There is no barrier to entry. This is a truly outstanding director!"

Who can't play with some pretentious shots? Not to mention anything else, among the students who have just graduated from the film school, there are a lot of them. Peter Trucky believes that this is nothing at all. It is truly clever to be able to use the shots while being easy to understand.

The film's screening continued. The man with only his back met with another group of bandits and entered the bank to start robbing. These guys wearing black hoods obviously had careful plans and easily opened the bank's vault. The audience couldn't tell which one was the real magician for a while.

"Is that all?"

Also sitting in the theater, Richard Brody, a film critic of "The New Yorker", shook her head, "The opening shot is indeed amazing, but what is the use of such a robbery for the film and the character creation?"

I kept seeing the robber open the safe, but he didn't think there was anything special about this scene. Except that the robber who might be the magician was a little crazy, it was so dull and boring.

He has a lot of taste, amazing viewing volume, and his comments and opinions are always known for his sharpness. If the film is only of this level, Richard Brody feels that it is a barely enough to give a pass score.

However, the following plot evolution immediately gave Richard Brody the idea.

There is still no scene of a magician officially appearing, but this character is as vivid as if it really exists in front of everyone in a series of words and actions of the robbers.

Through dialogue, a group of robbers showed that they were all provoked by magicians. While opening the vault, they also started a murderous fight between each other until there was one person left. This man also teased the bank manager and the New York gang forces behind him with playful words, killed the driver who rushed into the bank by driving the school bus, drove away calmly, and sneaked into the end of the school bus team.

In the bank, only the bank manager who was stunned was left with a grenade that could only smoke in his mouth. The curling smoke from the grenade seemed to be mocking everyone in the world.

"Damn! This magician is so handsome!"

In the theater in Los Angeles, Justin clenched his fist hard, "Before he showed up, he stole the limelight!"

Richard Brody looked at the scene on the screen and gradually became speechless. The opening scene was not dull at all, but wonderful, so people couldn't help but want to cheer. The side-setting technique used by Murphy Stanton was almost perfect, making the character of the magician without showing up, leaving an indelible impression!

This is not plain at all, but... wonderful!

This film has three protagonists. After the Magician appeared in this special way, Jay Rachel, the heroine, also appeared in the film. Many of the early viral marketing contents were about Jay Rachel's campaign for the New York District Attorney, so as soon as she appeared, she was a New York City Attorney. At the same time, she also appeared as the congressman's father in the previous film.

At Jay Rachel's inauguration, her father also said a few simple words, revealing from the lines that he was retired.

Although Murphy has not made a very clear explanation, anyone who has watched the previous video knows that the senior official in New York City who has colluded with Renner is Jay Rachel's father, and Jay Rachel is already aware of it.

In this case, Jay Rachel, who had just become the New York Attorney, not only chose to turn a blind eye, but instead allowed her father to participate in his inauguration ceremony...

In fact, Murphy is telling all the audience through such a shot that Jay Rachel is not as simple and kind as she seems on the surface.

Perhaps some viewers may have to watch this content for a second time before they can discover it, but professional film critics with keen observation immediately realized this.

As a film critic who has always loved Murphy very much, Kenneth Tulan from the Los Angeles Times kept nodding at the various scenes and designs since the beginning of the film, especially this section.

"Neither human being is a simple animal, he has his own thoughts and ideologies." He recorded it casually in his notebook, "Chris Dane, Reiner, Inspector Lynch, and Jay Rachel too!"

What kind of choice will a person make when the law conflicts with family affection? No matter which choice is, it is undoubtedly very difficult for Jay Rachel.

Then, the other side of Jay Rachel showed more clearly. Her first task as the Grand Prosecutor was to hunt down the gangster and Chris Dane's Night Walker. Both of them undoubtedly violated the law, but facing these two, Jay Rachel once again showed her duality.

She cracked down on the gangsters, but once again chose to turn a blind eye to Chris Dane.

As the three absolute protagonists of the film, Chris Dane was the last to appear. The appearance of the Night Walker gave a layer of guarantee in the chaos of New York and became the hope of the New York citizens. Some radicals even imitated the appearance of Night Walker to fight criminals.

Chris Dane appeared in such an occasion, and he stopped the gang's transactions and imitators' behavior, but the imitators' words made him only humorous.

"How are you different from us!" a copycat questioned loudly, "What power do you have?"

Many of the people who entered the early screening were Murphy's senior movie fans. When they heard this, they naturally began to think about why Chris Dane's Night Walker had the right to fight crime without legal authorization? Is this kind of action of using violence to fight violence really reasonable and legal?

Compared with ordinary audiences, professional film critics undoubtedly take this trick more, and Richard Brody was directly touched by this question.

"Just a line..." he murmured, "Murphy Stanton sublimated the theme of the film, no... it became different with the first "City of Chaos".

His eyes left the screen and tried to look forward, wanting to see what was unique about the director sitting in the front.

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

Realizing that this film is not just Richard Brody, but many people, such as Vin Diesel and Leonardo DiCaprio, they all know that they are facing or are about to face a very terrifying opponent.
Chapter completed!