Hollywood Road

When James Franco appeared on the stage, a maddened scene made many people even more fascinated. He was dressed in an ordinary black dress as a magician, and his face was as clean as a sunny boy with magnetism. His voice sounded like a kind-hearted elder. What he said and what he did all showed that there was a very evil soul hidden in this very ordinary exorcism!

This kind of strong contrast between the outside and the inside brings a great impact.

After so many years of hard work as a director, Murphy knows very well how to perfectly integrate the role of the magician with James Franco himself. James Franco in real life is just a bright outside, inside and out. A strange freak, the magician's setting is basically a combination of his realistic character, so from the very beginning, James Franco was the only candidate to play this role.

Murphy has never considered other candidates in the role of magician.

This role has been recognized by fans without any suspense. Not to mention ordinary fans, many film critics in the premiere venue all nodded to James Franco.

"In my impression, James Franco's acting skills are not among the best in Hollywood."

Kenneth Turan lowered his voice and said to his old friend Todd McCarthy sitting next to him, "I didn't expect this performance to be so brilliant, far more than the time he played James Dean. Just look at this role. , Has reached the best level of Daniel Day Lewis."

"Yeah." Todd McCarthy fully agreed with Kenneth Turan's statement. "This is thanks to Murphy Stanton. The role of the magician is well set. Contrast often makes an actor stand out!"

The magician has robbed the money of the gang and has the economic foundation to realize his philosophy in New York City. Just like "City of Chaos" and the real world, there are always policemen who fall in front of money. Reese Dann and Inspector Lynch are preparing to carry out a thorough surrender of the dark forces in New York City.

In a scene, Murphy mainly confessed to Inspector Lynch’s assistant that her mother was seriously ill in hospital and lacked funds for treatment.

The pace of the film is very fast. In addition to the necessary plot development, Murphy will not ignore the action scenes that movie fans value. These are an important tool for attracting movie fans.

In the VIP room in Los Angeles, Leonardo DiCaprio was also watching the movie intently. Although there were a lot of disagreements with Mo before, he just wanted to take a good look at the film at this moment. From a producer and From the perspective of the movie studio owner, this film has too much for him to learn.

Especially the magician, with the depth of the plot, he made Leonardo DiCaprio feel for the first time that the villain can be so brilliant and charming, completely overwhelming the protagonist.

From the startling glance of the bank robbery to the madness of the gang alone behind, the magician all showed unique charm.

Chris Dann almost robbed him of the limelight.

This film is really brilliant. Leonardo DiCaprio originally and "City of Chaos" are good enough, but this "City of Darkness" is now applied to the present, and the atmosphere of darkness is transmitted everywhere. Serious enough to suffocate, but spreading charming charm.

"Murphy Stanton brings a completely different black crime action movie, even different from any previous action movie."

Leonardo DiCaprio’s mind is very sane, and he confirms this very well. The bank robbery, the true and false nightcrawler, the magician fight the gangster, Chris Dan’s Hong Kong chase, the movie has never Let the audience take a breath, the tight rhythm is like a dense drumbeat, which drives people's emotions to rise to a higher level.

The actions of Jay Rachel and Chris Dann pushed the gang to a dead end. They hired a magician who didn’t even know them. The magician became a nightmare for the entire New York City. Under the support of the police insiders , The judge took the plane with the car, the chief of police was poisoned to death in the office, and the fake nightcrawler was killed by the magician live broadcast...

One after another defenders of New York law died under the magician's butcher knife.

The magician deliberately left a message announcing that if the nightcrawler did not take off his mask publicly, the killing would continue without stopping. Even Jay Rachel and her congressman father were also on the magician's death list.

"This is the real NB character!"

Watching the magician on the screen made the entire New York panic, Daisy was drunk, "This... is my idol!"

Compared with the magician, the villains in the past movies are simply weak!

Magicians are crazy. There is no bottom line or criteria. Chris Dan has his own bottom line. He is always restricted by the magician. Facing the magician’s death threat, he once regarded the nightcrawler as the citizen of New York hope. He didn't hesitate to ask the Nightcrawler to stand up, take off that mask, and assume the responsibilities he should bear.

In times of crisis, New Yorkers betrayed their hopes!

"Humanity!"

"Rolling Stone" professional film critic Peter Truckee shook his head, "This is human nature!"

Although he was shaking his head, he really wanted to run in front of Murphy Stanton and give him a thumbs up. Isn't this the best embodiment of human nature? In the real world, when a person is threatened, who first thinks of not himself? As for the hope of the city, go to hell.

I don't know why, many movie fans have a feeling of depression when they see this scene. Chris Dan has paid so much for New York. In the end, New Yorkers don't care about him.

For a group of people who don't care about him at all, is it worth almost losing their lives?

"A group of white-eyed wolves!" Daisy muttered in her heart, "I replaced them with an automatic rifle!"

Faced with this difficult choice in the film, Chris Dann's human nature looks extremely heavy, extremely dark, and extremely depressed at this moment!

This scene is indeed very touching, but the film critic Richard Brody of "The New Yorker" frowned slightly. In the past, it has become a habit to pick thorns from a film. At this time, he unconsciously came up with an idea. Is there no bright side to human nature?

He shook his head, Murphy Stanton took humanity too dark!

On the screen, Chris Dann met with Jay Rachel in his penthouse, and aimed at the magician, the two developed a strategy that they thought was very complete.

At a press conference convened, Jay Rachel announced that Nightcrawler would announce his identity on the spot. A male assistant prosecutor took the initiative to stand up and was arrested by the police. The police prepared to transfer him to a place outside Manhattan that night. When in a prison, the magician who has been igniting but not showing up appeared.

A hot car chase broke out!

On the big screen, the magician began to hunt down the assistant prosecutor posing as Chris Dann, and it seemed that the climax of the film was about to begin.

In the IMAX theater in Los Angeles, when Van Diesel saw the car chase appear, he noticed that the screen seemed to have changed. In the deafening sound effects, the picture became more impactful, as if it were all like He stood on a commanding height and had a panoramic view.

He is good at making car chasing scenes. Compared with the "Fast and Furious" series, he quickly discovered the difference. Compared with the 3D-produced "Fast and Furious 6", the pictures here are filled with every inch of the huge screen... …

This is the effect of IMAX!

Next to him, Leonardo DiCaprio stared at the screen intently and nodded subconsciously. When IMAX is combined with top directors and commercial films, the effect presented is simply... shocking!

In nearly two hundred IMAX theaters in the United States, many people's eyes are firmly glued to the big screen.

Although it does not happen in front of the eyes like the 3D effect of "Polar Express", the visual impact brought by this action scene makes many people's eyes widened, and their eyes are simply reluctant to leave the screen.

"The plot setting and the performance of the magician are wonderful, but the visual effects are equally amazing!"

In the New York State Theater, film critic Kenneth Turan from the Los Angeles Times murmured, "The anxiety of human nature and the exciting commercial attributes can be combined in such a perfect way. This is definitely Murphy Stanton's best. A good movie!"

Suddenly, there were intermittent voices shouting cool around, and Kenneth Turan's attention returned to the big screen. It turned out that it was the new dark nightcrawler superbike.

The magician is always crazy. In order to break through the bottom line of Chris Dann, he even used himself as a tool, but Chris Dann guarded the bottom line in his heart and would rather get hurt than he would break the principles he adhered to.

Just when the magician was squatting next to the unconscious Chris Dan, trying to remove his mask, detective Lynch, who was shot in the commemoration of the police chief, appeared and the magician was arrested...

"This is the end?"

Justin looked down at his watch. The film has been shown for more than ninety minutes, and the magician has also been captured. It seems that the film should really be over.

But he always felt that something was missing from this end.

The plot was quickly explained. The magician was deliberately deceived and arrested. He made little use of the plans of Chris Dann and Jay Rachel, not only successfully escaped from prison, but also took away the gangster. Accountant, also gave Chris Dann a multiple choice question.

With the help of the police, he captured Jay Rachel and her congressman father, and Chris Dan can only save one person himself.

Of course Chris Dan will save his friends and the bright future of New York City! Even if he knew it meant Jay Rachel might hate himself for it.