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Chapter 644 Cruel Shooting (Part [-])

The next day, the sun rose in the east, and the filming of "Assassin's Creed" continued.

This filming scene is about the male protagonist Altaïr played by Chen Xiaotang and the princess Aphrodite played by Wang Zuxian met, knew each other, and fell in love.But after Afro's uncle seized the throne, he asked the Templars for help to kill Princess Afro in order to kill the grass.Jean-Claude Van Damme, who plays the leader of the Knights Templar, and Chen Xiaotang, the male protagonist, engage in a bloody battle.

For the sake of shooting, the shooting location was chosen in the ancient city of Egypt on the east side, which has always been the shooting base of film and television works. The previous Hollywood blockbuster "The Mummy" was shot here.

The camera swishes on a track.

In the camera: In the courtyard of the ancient city, a team of mobile sentries of the National Guard are cruising around, stepping neatly and looking very vigilant.
However, vigilance did not save them from the bad luck that struck them.When turning around the east corner of the palace, a ball of white light like snowflakes, with an inaudible low whistling sound, slashed straight from behind, whirled lightly in the air and disappeared into the dark place.

Close-up shot: Bloody light suddenly appeared, the entire team of eight people, all heads flying into the sky!
At the same time, the nearly meter-thick concrete wall on the west side of the wall suddenly bulged, and as the thumb-thick tortoise cracks continued to spread and extend, debris rustled down.A few seconds later, a large wall cracked, and a burly man stepped in through the hole.

Close-up: Arrows shoot wildly, and the dense rain of arrows strikes with sharp screams.
The tall man raised his arms to protect his head and face, and there were "dang dang" sounds from all parts of his body, and sparks flew everywhere.

In order to film this raid scene, director Cheng Xiaodong adopted the shooting techniques that are very common in oriental martial arts films, especially the two scenes of "heads soaring into the sky" and "arrows raining down" can be said to be handy for him to shoot.

The camera changes, and the burly man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme rushes into the princess's resting place. Two guard soldiers responsible for protecting the princess pull out their long swords and stab at him.

In a close-up shot, the burly man pressed the handle on his wrist, and a layer of skinny black armor wrapped him up. He walked straight over as if nothing had happened, picked them up one by one, and bumped them.
Princess Aphrodite played by Wang Zuxian sat in front of the dressing table, looked at the guards who were killed, and her body under the light blue robe began to tremble slightly: "Allah will never forgive you!"
The burly man was amazed by her bravery, he threw down the two corpses with his hands, strode closer, and punched, half of the veil on the girl's face was rolled up by the howling wind.
At this moment, a voice said: "Stop!"

Close-up: Inside the house, a young man with knife-like eyes came in at some point and looked at him with a calm expression.
The male protagonist played by Chen Xiaotang and the knight leader played by Jean-Claude Van Damme are about to start their first confrontation.

"OK! This shot is over! It was shot very well!" Director Cheng Xiaodong shouted with a microphone.

Whoosh!People breathed a sigh of relief, and the dead bodies on the ground "lived" one after another, wiping the tomato juice on their faces with a rag.

Fatty Wang Jing, as the producer, is coordinating the shooting of the next scene, pointing at the picture, asking people to prepare the sets, props, etc., and exhorting: "The next scene is the most important fight scene in this drama, everyone work hard , it’s best to go through it once!”

Fatty was very busy here, and the director Cheng Xiaodong was not idle and started talking to Chen Xiaotang and Jean-Claude Van Damme.

"Wait a while and you have to pay attention, this fight scene needs to use your real kung fu, I won't call Ka in the middle, so you must pay attention to the camera, don't run away from the camera, and, although you don't let you really fight, But it’s best for you to do your best for the sake of art! Ah Tang, Lao Shang, it’s up to you from now on!”

"Don't worry, Lao Shang and I will definitely go through it!" Chen Xiaotang said.

"Of course, I have absolutely nothing to say about making Kung Fu movies!" Jean-Claude Van Damme boasted. In his opinion, waiting for a while to make a movie is just enough to compete with this legendary "New Kung Fu King" in Hong Kong. Look at him How powerful it is, as the director said to do his best, he will definitely do it, and he will go all out and show no mercy!
"Quack, I'm sorry, my dear Chen, for the sake of art, you may be beaten later!" Jean-Claude Van Damme thought very dirty.

Filming continues.

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On-camera: "Such a loose defense is really boring. As the strongest of the Templars, you will only be lambs in front of me!" The man went straight to the young man and stood still, the black armor on his body The clothes glowed dimly.
Altaïr, played by Chen Xiaotang, said indifferently: "Whether it is a lamb or a jackal, you can only know by comparing, isn't it?"
The man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme had a murderous look in his eyes, and said coldly: "What a powerful mouth, if you kneel down and beg for mercy now, you can die peacefully without suffering any torture."

Altaïr, played by Chen Xiaotang, raised his hand expressionlessly, and lightly hooked: "Are you begging for mercy? Shit! Why don't we start."
The camera changes suddenly and quickly.

The light is dim.

The pros and cons played by Chen Xiaotang and Jean-Claude Van Damme fought fiercely.

It can be said that it is very difficult for the camera to track and shoot their fighting scenes, mainly because the two people move too fast, and the frame rate of the camera seems to be unable to keep up.

Fortunately, what this group of shots requires is speed and destructive power, but it can be seen in the picture: the princess's house is full of devastation.Broken and shattered furniture is everywhere, and the walls are densely covered with deeply sunken fist marks. Radial cracks extend in all directions, and debris and powder are constantly falling down.

Of course, these "shattered" props were made by prop masters with a lot of effort, not to mention the masters like Chen Xiaotang and Jean-Claude Van Damme, even ordinary people can smash them to pieces with a wave of their hands.

In addition to the great efforts of the prop master in this scene, the lighting engineer did not show weakness. He could not control the entire light just right through his own design.

At this moment, in the camera: all the lights have been completely extinguished, the room is very dark, only a ray of cold moonlight pours in from the window, dyeing the two figures facing each other quietly with a faint blue light.
The male protagonist Altaïr, played by Chen Xiaotang, breathed deeply and long, his chest was stained with blood, as if he had suffered a lot of injuries.In the darkness, his eyes shone like two lamps.
On the ground directly in front of him, the burly man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme was vomiting blood, and there were countless shallow dents on the chest and abdomen of the black armor.
"Now, who is kneeling down and begging for mercy?" Chen Xiaotang said indifferently.

In the camera, the burly man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme suddenly fell to the ground slowly and looked up at Altaïr played by Chen Xiaotang: "You are indeed very capable, but unfortunately, you are not yet qualified to be proud."
Amidst the crackling sound of joints, his hind limbs were firmly nailed to the ground, but his entire upper body was raised from the ground in an extremely strange way, gradually bending backwards.After reaching an unimaginable angle, the body suddenly shot forward, screaming like a bow and arrow!
This extremely visually impactful "transformation" shot was not conceived by the director Cheng Xiaodong, but Chen Xiaotang, the leading actor, inadvertently thought of a Hong Kong drama "Scorpion Warrior" in his previous life, starring Qian Jiale. In the scene where he fights with the enemy, the enemy uses the incarnation of a scorpion, lying on the ground, with one leg raised high, like a scorpion's tail, and the moves are fierce, which looks very enjoyable.

In Chen Xiaotang's view, this visually impactful move is a way for American audiences to understand Chinese Kung Fu.So he gave suggestions to the director Cheng Xiaodong, who was amazed after hearing the movements he designed.Then I called Jean-Claude Van Damme to see if he could do it.That Jean-Claude Van Damme is the famous "King of Legs", all his kung fu is on his legs. Although this kind of move is a bit weird for him, it is not difficult, so he agreed to it, and now the official shooting is really wonderful. .

In the camera, the burly man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme transforms into a "scorpion warrior" and shoots him with electricity.

Altaïr played by Chen Xiaotang raises his arm to block, the opponent's attack is extremely fast, his blade-like hands dance a phantom, and his strength is unimaginable.
There was a rapid and intensive impact sound, and the fists and palms of both sides shook hard.

Altaïr retreated violently, but the burly man was even faster, the two of them retreated and advanced in a flash, their bodies were almost close to each other!
Altaïr's waist abruptly folded back, and the edge of his hand barely brushed across his chest, blood burst out immediately.Unable to stop the momentum and passing by the opponent, he suddenly felt his ankle tighten, his figure immediately stopped in the air, and the whole person was thrown out immediately.
There was a loud bang, bricks and stones fell, and the burly man collapsed the two-meter-square wall and fell straight to the ground.After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he climbed up the wall, and his body swam rapidly, as if turning into a huge scorpion.
Altaïr, played by Chen Xiaotang, looks coldly at the opponent who is gradually swimming up to the roof of the room, and stands with his hands behind his back, as motionless as a mountain.
A strange whistle came from afar, and the burly man played by Jean-Claude Van Damme's expression changed slightly, and he stared at Altaïr played by Chen Xiaotang with hatred, his body backed away, and disappeared into the dark.
Watching the opponent disappear without a trace, a hot current in Altai's chest couldn't be suppressed, it went straight to the throat, and spewed out to the sky.

"Crap! The filming is great!" director Cheng Xiaodong yelled, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said, "The fight just now was really exciting. If you didn't know it was filming, you would have thought you really had a grudge against each other!"

Chen Xiaotang took the towel handed over by his assistant, wiped the "blood" from the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Old Shang is still merciful, his fists are too heavy!"

Next to him, the burly man who was thrown out by Chen Xiaotang just now --- Jean-Claude Van Damme came over with a disheartened face: "I have convinced you, my dear Chen, your fists and kicks are really strong. Strength still doesn't have the upper hand, you know, in terms of physique and weight, I'm much stronger than you!"

When filming just now, Jean-Claude Van Damme wanted to have a real "comparison" with Chen Xiaotang in the film, so during the filming, he held back his strength and fisted and fucked his legs fiercely.Originally thought that Chen Xiaotang, who was relatively thin compared to himself, would be unable to bear the pain and call for a stop, but what he never expected was that Chen Xiaotang couldn't help resisting his powerful offensive, and threw him out with all his might.

Unbelievable!

It’s incredible!
In Jean-Claude Van Damme's view, the distinction of "heavy weight" in fighting did not seem to cause any obstacles to Chen Xiaotang in front of him at all. The real deal.

Among the people watching the shooting, apart from the director Cheng Xiaodong who saw some clues, it was Lundgren who came to Egypt to film with Jean-Claude Van Damme, and he also saw the "tricks".

"I didn't expect this Lafei Chen to be so powerful. Fortunately, I didn't get on the horse! Old Shangke will be miserable!" Long Geer secretly laughed.

(End of this chapter)