Chapter 880: The Speed of Life and Death

The Los Angeles theater that can accommodate 2,000 people, many people are worried that the premiere of "Life and Death" will not be able to fill the Los Angeles theater. Of course, 20th Century Fox will definitely not allow this to happen, they will try their best. Fill the theater.

The fact is that the Los Angeles theater is indeed full, but it was not achieved by 20th Century Fox. On the contrary, countless fans flocked, just hoping to enter the Los Angeles theater to watch "Life and Death" for the first time. , and those reporters who arrived temporarily used their personal connections to get a ticket to the premiere.

Tickets for the premiere of "Life and Death", which were originally considered "abandoned sons", became instantly hot, but when the movie started, there were still as many as 500 spectators outside the venue who could not enter the Los Angeles theater, although they could. Wait until the movie is officially released on Friday before entering the cinema, but the audience who missed the premiere at this time are still reluctant to stay at the entrance of the Los Angeles theater, which makes Broadway still remain after the crowd has dispersed for a long time. Noisy.

It seems that from the premiere, "Life and Death" began to break people's fixed thinking - to be precise, from the beginning of the film's preparation stage.

The 2,000 spectators who were able to enter the Los Angeles Theater were already seated at this time. Unlike ordinary movie theaters, the spacious theater with 2,000 people was extremely empty. The nervousness or excitement didn't settle down until the theater lights dimmed.

But this calm didn't last long. When the "Speed ​​of Life and Death" began, the agitation on the scene began to stir again, because the audience found that they seemed to be deceived!

The title of the movie is "Speed", but the opening of the movie has nothing to do with speed or drag racing, but in an elevator shaft, a quiet and closed elevator shaft, which is really disappointing. However, this kind of restlessness only had a slight wave, and it soon calmed down, because the darkness, confinement, tension, and stimulation created in the movie's prelude were very well-placed, as if to block all the outdoor heat and let people feel The focus is on the movie, and it's easy to come by. You can't speak until you watch the movie, isn't it?

The first to appear is Dennis Hopper (Dennis. Hopper), the actor who worked with James Dean in the two masterpieces "Rebel for No Reason" and "Giant" in his early years. The self-directed and self-starred debut "Easy Rider" has caused a sensation, and is now one of the most familiar golden supporting roles to American audiences.

Penn, played by Dennis, pretended to be an elevator maintenance worker and was busy in the elevator room, but was found by the patrolling security guard who didn't want to. This unwarranted violence and killing did not cause any surprise, because the atmosphere brewing from the beginning of the film let the audience know that something was going to happen. Now Payne's actions just verify this, but the question is, what exactly is Payne seeking?

The answer will be revealed soon!

A group of ordinary company employees took the elevator down from the forty-sixth floor, but suddenly the rope holding the elevator was blown off, and then the elevator began to fall weightless. The emergency braking equipment of the elevator took effect in time, leaving the elevator in thirty. height around the floor. But the situation at this time is that the elevator is in the air, there is no sling above, and there is no support below, and it may fall at any time.

This is Payne's plan. He planted a bomb under the elevator and demanded a ransom of three million dollars for the lives of thirteen hostages in the elevator. If the police don't agree, he will detonate the bomb, then the elevator will fall directly, and everyone will be shattered.

The duo of Jack and Harry were ordered to the thirty-second floor for inspection, while Payne hid in another elevator, with the remote in hand, ready to detonate the bomb at any time. Looking at the ordinary employees in the elevator who knew nothing about bombs, "How do they shoot the police. The police are here, not the repairman?" The tense atmosphere in the elevator instantly condensed, and the movie theater was still 30 seconds ago. In a relaxed and sloppy atmosphere, it immediately became tense.

Jack sensed something was wrong. He felt that no matter what, the gangsters would detonate the bomb and bury all the people in the elevator. Although Harry felt that they should stay in place and continue to wait for the above instructions, Jack believes that the most direct way to subdue the gangster is to let the gangster have nothing to rely on. There is no way to continue to wait for the hostages to escape; for example, in the current situation, he must find a way to maintain the elevator and let the gangsters surrender.

So Jack decided to find other means to maintain the elevator. Looking at Jack who had left rashly, Harry still had no way to abandon his partner, so he could only follow.

Jack and Harry came to the roof and saw the steel rope support platform set up on the top floor. They put the rope through the ventilation window into the elevator shaft, and then Harry hung Jack with the nylon rope and hung the hook on the other end of the rope. On the lifting ring on the top of the elevator, the elevator is insured.

Watching Jack and Harry bored ridicule the police. This job is just "a meager pension and a gold watch thirty years later". The audience couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared at the corners of their mouths, but before the smile could be outlined, in another Payne, who was busy in an elevator, sensed something was wrong, so he detonated a bomb.

"Boom", a big hole was blown out at the bottom of the elevator, and the elevator began to fall sharply in an instant, and many audience members in the entire cinema exclaimed. This kind of exclamation caused the theater to fall into a tense heartbeat in an instant, and his breathing suddenly stopped.

Obviously, "Speed ​​of Life and Death" did not intend to relax the audience from the very beginning. It was a super big problem from the beginning, and the thrilling wave after wave, which made the originally dissatisfied and noisy audience unknowingly pay attention. It entered the rhythm of the movie, even if it was not drag racing or speed, it was still exciting.

The elevator began to accelerate down, and the elevator fell into chaos. Everyone was screaming, panicking, and frightening. Soon, the steel rope that Jack was holding at the top of the elevator was stretched, and the elevator braked suddenly. A lady fell directly into a hole in the floor because of inertia, and her life was in jeopardy.

The people in the elevator rescued the lady in a panic, but just when everyone felt that they could breathe, the steel rope frame could no longer bear the weight of the entire elevator, and was directly pulled down, and the elevator began to fall down again. The sudden weightlessness made all the audience's breathing stop again, and their heartbeats froze at this moment.

Meredith-Morris was completely stiff at this moment, unable to move, her whole mind entered the elevator of the movie, became a member of it, and watched intently, as if she would fall directly in the next second, this A tension started to permeate, resonating with many other audience members in the theater, and condensing the air throughout the theater.

Fortunately, after the rope support fell, it got stuck in the steel bars of the elevator shaft, which stopped the downward momentum of the elevator again. But at this time, the passengers had fallen into despair, and began to beat the walls of the elevator continuously, and even tried to open the elevator door. This airtight space was completely occupied by fear at this time.

Meredith exhaled a long breath, she would choke if she didn't breathe, but the air she inhaled was so hot, there was a terrible, tense breath in the air of the theater, which made her heart beat faster. , so that the pupils began to dilate uncontrollably.

Jack and Harry quickly went downstairs and came to the 21st and 22nd floors where the elevator was hanging at this time. They opened the elevator maintenance opening. They saw that the elevator was above the maintenance opening, and only one bar was exposed. sew. Jack was outside and the passengers were inside, and they opened the elevator door together. Then Jack pulled a female passenger and was about to rescue her when the rope support suddenly loosened and moved forward again, and the elevator continued to fall.

Seeing this scene, the swearing of "Grass!" sounded all over the cinema, and almost everyone could not control their emotions. Meredith's first reaction was to close his eyes tightly. The paralyzing tension is suffocating, and she is obviously not the only female audience in the scene. But even so, Meredith forced herself to open her eyes slightly, she wondered what happened, she wondered if Jack had turned the tide.

Just half a second later, the elevator's descent stopped again. The distance between the bottom of the elevator and the maintenance opening was enough for an adult to climb out. Jack quickly helped the female passenger to get out of the elevator. Passengers were rescued. But at this moment, the rope support began to slide down again, and the elevator continued to fall. With the urgency to save the passengers on one side and the crumbling of the rope stand on the other, this is definitely a crisis situation where every second counts.

While Jack and Harry were saving people, the elevator slid down, and someone at the movie theater could be vaguely heard muttering angrily, "Hurry up, hurry up!" There were also some restless and whining sounds, as if at this moment The cinema is like the enclosed space of an elevator, and the atmosphere of unease and fear permeates everywhere. At this time, the audience has completely entered the film regardless of each other.

In a blink of an eye, the elevator slid below the maintenance opening. As long as it was delayed a little longer, the "exit" would be closed, and there was no way to leave the elevator. However, there was a woman who was leaning against the wall at the far end of the elevator and didn't dare to move at all. She was shivering against the wall and wanted to cry without tears. She couldn't even take a step. Faced with such a situation, Jack couldn't bear it any longer, and shouted angrily at the lady, "Hurry up!"

Meredith couldn't help but murmured, "Hurry up," and she soon discovered that she was not alone: ​​dozens of voices in the surrounding field shouted in unison angrily, "Hurry up!"

Finally, the lady took a step. Jack took her hand and carried her out. At this moment, the rope support could no longer support it, and it fell completely, and the whole elevator fell directly. One of the lady's shoes was taken away. The rescued passengers in the corridor began to cry when they heard the high-pitched metal screeching sound in the elevator shaft, and some people in the movie theater finally couldn't bear it anymore and screamed, "Ah..."

There was chaos inside and outside the big screen. With a bang, the elevator smashed directly to the ground in the basement, turning it into a pile of scrap metal. All the audience felt exhausted at this time, and the feeling of excitement and consternation that lingered in the back of the heart continued to linger.