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No one will forget the scene in "Seven Deadly Sins" where Brad was blown out by Hugo's wonderful performance like a wooden stake, which even made the showdown between Hugo and Brad lose the suspense for a time. Not only the "Seven Deadly Sins", but also when Brad was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for "Burning Years" before, he was still criticized; "Interview with the Vampire" Li Brad's light was also praised by Tom Cruise. Grab it all.

It can be said that in the past two years, Brad has been at a disadvantage in the showdown with Hugo, which is also an important reason why people always put Brad in the position of the impactor.

This time, the showdown between "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Convict Walk", people had expected the result, "Twelve Monkeys" had an advantage in terms of box office due to the inherent advantages of the subject matter; "Death Convict Walk" was comprehensive in word of mouth. Leading, Hugo proved himself again.

After the screening of "Death Ramble", things seemed to develop like this, but the "Twelve Monkeys", who were almost ignored during the screening, officially declared that they would not admit defeat.

Although the screening is more than one or two steps behind "Death Ramble", the film review written by the film critic for "Twelve Monkeys" shows that this is a very good work! Among the first 14 film critics, three media gave a perfect score of 100 points, namely "Rolling Stone", "Austin Pravda" and "The Christian Science Monitor (The. Christian. Science. Monitor)."

This is a very interesting situation, because none of the three newspapers have written a review of "Death Ramble", especially "Rolling Stone", which is one of the most influential in North America, compared to the other two newspapers whose influence is limited to the state in which they are located. In other words, the full score of "Rolling Stone" is very weighty.

The "Rolling Stones" disregard for Hugo and to the death of glory has never been a secret in the circle. This time, "Rolling Stone" ignored "Death Ramble" and gave "Twelve Monkeys" a perfect score, which makes people have to think more.

In addition to these three media, "USA Today", "San Francisco Observer", "TV Guide" and "The Globe and Mail" all gave a high rating of 88 points. If you can compare it, the Globe and Mail can almost be said to be a media that hates Hugo, and the scores of the other three media on "Death Walk" are really intriguing.

The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun, and New York Times all scored Twelve Monkeys below 70; the lowest was the San Francisco Chronicle, which scored only 30 - This is another assessment worth pondering, especially in today's context.

In the end, the comprehensive media review of "Twelve Monkeys" came to 72 points. Although it is not as good as "Death Ramble" or "Seven Deadly Sins" released not long ago, for the thriller and suspense theme, This is still a very satisfying score, especially for works that are determined to win at the box office.

Among the many comments, the two leading actors Bruce Willis and Brad are also praised, especially the "Austin Pravda" said in the comments, "Brad has given the best performance of his actor's career so far, which is wonderful. , the tense performance injected infinite vitality into the film."

Not only "Austin Pravda", but also many media have said that Brad's performance in "Twelve Monkeys" is impressive, sweeping away the decadence completely suppressed by Hugo in "Seven Deadly Sins", and making people watch it again. To the aura and talent that Brad showed during the "Big River Love" period. Moreover, Brad's excellent performance also stole the countless demeanor of the hero Bruce and became the biggest highlight of the whole movie.

Feng shui took turns and finally turned to Brad!

Although Hugo's stunning performance in "Death Ramble" has received countless lofty reviews, this undoubtedly cuts Brad's light; but it must be admitted that "Twelve Monkeys" gave Brad The opportunity to turn over, his wonderful performance won the unanimous appreciation of everyone. With Martin Baum running behind the scenes, the media public opinion swept away the low-key and decadent before, and even many people began to blame the "Seven Deadly Sins" for Libra. De's performance defended, "At least Brad's performance in the last confrontation scene was very good."

This also made Brad's momentum start to rise again, and at the same time, the showdown between "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Ramble" once again found suspense. At least the overall word-of-mouth trends of the two works are on the same level, which also makes the duel no longer a one-sided situation.

The so-called "competitors" are bound to be carried out between two or more who are evenly matched and have each other's winners and losers. If it is only a unilateral crush, it cannot be called a competition. And now, "Twelve Monkeys" has the ability to confront "Death Ramble" head-on - even win!

For many years to come, it was widely believed that 1994's "Burning Years," "Interview with the Vampire," and 1995's "Seven Deadly Sins" made Brad; You know, it is not the "Seven Deadly Sins" starring Brad starring in the box office that makes Brad a top superstar and qualified to challenge Hugo and Tom, but Brad's "Seven Deadly Sins" as a supporting role. Twelve Monkeys".

Not only did the "Twelve Monkeys" allow people in the circle to truly recognize Brad's efforts in acting, but the film also allowed Brad to steal the protagonist's light as a supporting role, and he truly had the ability to attract audiences. , the ability to appeal to the audience.

After "Twelve Monkeys" won excellent reviews among film critics, the theater score also received a high recognition of "A-". It can be seen from this score that, at least in the eyes of the audience, "Twelve Monkeys" The visibility of "Monkey" is higher than that of "Death Ramble". Universal Pictures defines "Twelve Monkeys" as a box office commercial film, which is also inevitable.

However, at present, "Twelve Monkeys" and "Death Ramble" are only screened in three theaters, so the showdown between the two is still full of suspense.

In the third week of December, "Jumanji" easily topped the North American weekend box office charts with an $11 million opening, ending Toy Story's three-peat. It's worth mentioning that "The Line of Fire," which featured Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, also premiered this week, finishing third at the weekend box office with $8.5 million.

This week's hot topic is undoubtedly very many, and the premiere dispute between "Jumanji" and "Pirates of Fire" also attracted a lot of attention; "Toy Story" entered its fourth week of screening, with a cumulative box office of 9,700 10,000 US dollars, created a precedent for computer 3D animation and won the recognition of the audience...

However, the duel between "Death Ramble" and "Twelve Monkeys" still attracted the most attention.

Thanks to the strong crowd of AMC, the "Twelve Monkeys", which has the potential for commercial films, took the lead, and the box office of 60,000 US dollars in a single hall almost stunned the entire North American market.

Among the current film history records, there are only five works that have exceeded 50,000 at the box office of the opening weekend, "Schindler's List", "Edward Scissorhands", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "The Joy Luck Club", "Howard Manor"! Even the premiere weekend of "Before Sunrise", which was the most talked-about at the beginning of the year, only got $43,000 in single-hall figures.

And now, "Twelve Monkeys" has actually created a box office of $60,000 in a single hall, directly surpassing "Kiss of the Spider Woman", only behind "Schindler's List" and "Edward Scissorhands", becoming a film history The runner-up work in the box-office charts of the single-hall in the opening weekend.

This data alone shows the great achievements of the "Twelve Monkeys".

The reason why "Twelve Monkeys" was able to achieve such sturdy results, and even directly ranked among the top three in history, is mainly because of Brad! Relying on the high popularity accumulated in the past three works, Brad has become the most powerful actor in the past two years, and even in the limelight of "sex. Sensual idol", Brad has surpassed the two consecutive years of People magazine named Hugo the sexiest man in the world, topping the list of the sexiest man in the world.

Although in the opinion of the public opinion, "Seven Deadly Sins" was almost taken away by Hugo, no one can deny that this film is starring Brad, and the box office of 195 million US dollars is also Make Brad's audience recognition and box office appeal to a higher level.

"Twelve Monkeys" came under such circumstances. The theme itself has box office potential, and the quality of the finished product has been unanimously affirmed by film critics and audiences. Bruce himself is also a first-line actor with box office appeal. Coupled with Brad's effect, it eventually detonated a single-hall box office of $60,000, stunning the entire North American market.

Although people have already recognized that "Twelve Monkeys" has the ability to obtain the box office, if not 100 million US dollars at the box office, it is at least 60 million or 70 million; but in the face of such an outstanding single-house box office when it was screened , All the news media is still in an uproar, and Universal Pictures is even more overjoyed, almost planning to start beating gongs and drums to celebrate the victory.

This is indeed a victory, regardless of the results of "Death Ramble", this is a major breakthrough for "Twelve Monkeys", and it is an important turning point in Brad's career, Brad. It was indeed a long sigh of relief. After experiencing the blow of the "Seven Deadly Sins", he needed the victory of the "Twelve Monkeys" to boost his morale. And the fact is, he did it!

As a film with a slightly poorer reputation and a brighter commercial prospect, the strong competitiveness of "Twelve Monkeys" at the box office in a single hall made this showdown even more exciting; and in the face of the fierce competition from competitors, "Death Convict Walk" also handed over its answer sheet, showing a unafraid attitude, competing with the box office of a single museum, and proclaiming its sense of existence with absolute strength.

Mars hit the earth, has officially caused a sensational explosion!