340: Polarization (1)
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[Tokyo has always been a paradise for modified car enthusiasts. Since there are many bends on Tokyo streets, it is impossible to win by speed alone on such a route, so the street race has become a drifting technology competition.
Brian found out that Han's death was related to a local gangster who called himself DK, who liked to race in underground racetracks, so he decided to take the risk.
"(Japanese) Who are you? Are you a little lamb who lost his way?" DK said to the stranger who broke into his venue.
"(English) Sorry, I don't understand Japanese." Brian shook his head and replied with a confused look on his face.
"Haha, you are from M country." DK said in poor English.
"Are you DK?" Brian asked.
"Come to my territory, don't you know me?" DK laughed contemptuously.
"You..." Brian confirmed the other party's identity, took out his mobile phone, opened the album, pointed at the person in a photo, and asked: "Do you know him?"
DK saw that it was Han, the partner who died a few months ago, and frowned. At the same time, he also understood the other party's intention. His attitude immediately changed and he said coldly: "This is not the place for you to come. Turn around and get out."
Brian confirmed that the other party knew about Han by observing his words and expressions, and said: "I heard that you are the drift king of Tokyo..."
As he said, he raised his hand and pointed at the Veilside 350z not far away, and smiled: "It seems, it's not that good."
DK took two steps forward, almost face to face with him, and said viciously: "Boy, do you know who I am? If I'm not going to compete soon..."
Brian interrupted: "Then come to the competition."
DK glanced at the Mitsubishi EVO9, laughed breathlessly, and said: "Just... just this car?"
The younger brother and female companion next to him all made various mocking sounds.
Brian didn't care, just said lightly: "Are you scared?"
DK snorted with his nose, raised his hand and patted his face, saying: "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. As long as you beat me, I will tell you about Han."
As soon as the voice fell, an AE86 drove into the underground racing venue. It was Fujiwara Takumi who came to challenge DK. 】
The familiar scene in the official trailer of "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" reappeared. The AE8350z and Mitsubishi EVO9 chased and drifted on the curves of Tokyo streets.
The road conditions of the city roads are complicated. In the place with the largest flow of people in the city, they rushed left and right, turned left and right. This is not a simple racing, but a hunting game with a shocking scene.
The rhythmic BGM "Catching Shrimp" sounded, accompanied by the roar of the engine and the friction between the tires and the ground.
The camera switches quickly, showing the drifting perspective of the three cars, the driving perspective of Brian, Fujiwara Takumi, and DK in the car, and the perspective of the tires and the ground.
The combination of sound and picture makes people's adrenaline soar!
The plot after the magic change is still a little weak, so Django works hard to make the plot "burn".
How to make the plot burn? This problem is more difficult for director Zhu Ping and assistant director Zhou Ran, but it is not difficult for Django.
You know, he has watched the "Initial D" anime seasons 1-6, the entire Fast and Furious series, and countless racing movies such as "Need for Speed", "Death Race", and "Ford v Ferrari", and he also used the star card of Fast and Furious director Rob Cohen when filming "Initial D".
It has to be said that Hollywood is really good at shooting racing movies, so when revising the script, Django took the essence and removed the dross, and cleverly integrated various exciting plots and pictures into this "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift".
The scenes of speeding cars are shocking, making the audience stare at the screen with wide eyes, fearing to miss an acceleration, a drift, or a surpassing.
And this kind of exciting racing scenes appear almost every once in a while.
This is also what Django did deliberately, using compact racing scenes to make the audience ignore the shortcomings of the plot's lack of story.
Is it useful?
It is useful, as can be seen from the exclamations from time to time in the theater.
Fujiwara Takumi, played by Xu Chenyi, is only a cameo, and the subsequent part is the competition between Brian and DK.
In the end, Brian and DK have a night showdown on a winding mountain road. The two cars chase and trip each other, pushing the whole film to a climax.
DK lost, and his car and people rolled down the mountain, but fortunately he did not die. In front of Brian, he finally fulfilled his promise and recalled the chase with Han.
Django also made two suspense.
The first one is that in the picture of DK's memory, Deckard Shaw appeared. He was played by Jason Statham on Earth and by Jason Statham on Blue Planet.
The second one is that after DK's memory ended, Dom came to Tokyo. He was played by Vin Diesel on Earth and by Charedick on Blue Planet.
"It seems that there will be a sequel."
"It's Jason Statham and Charedick, my two favorite Hollywood muscle men!"
"This is going to be a big deal!"
...
The actors that Django chose for the subsequent Fast and Furious movies are all Hollywood actors that domestic audiences are familiar with and like.
Although the main market is overseas, it does not mean that the domestic market has to be abandoned.
"This movie is okay. It follows the flow of pictures rather than plot."
"Personally, I think the chase between three cars on the streets of Tokyo is more exciting than the final battle on the mountain road bend."
"Racing movies are really interesting. I was so excited to watch them."
...
As the subtitles of the movie ended on the screen, the audience in the theater got up and left one after another.
Listening to their conversations in groups of three or two, the evaluation of "Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift" was good.
"From your professional perspective, how is it?"
"The plot is average, and the racing scenes are first-class."
"Great minds think alike, but this does not seem to be a script written by Xiao Ge."
"It is indeed different from the previous ones, but in my opinion, the movies in the Speed Universe are going to take the route of pure commercial films."
"You mean, the focus of these movies will be on the racing scenes, and the story of the plot will not be so concerned?"
"Well, for non-commercial movies, there are movies in the White Night Universe and other types of movies."
...
After leaving the theater, Jiang Yong chatted with Zhou Mulong.
The boutique route naturally includes commercial and non-commercial films, and there is no conflict.
It makes money, so it's not shabby.
At this point, the premiere reviews and the first wave of reviews for the public release have also come out.
In the car.
Jiang Ge is scrolling through his phone, looking quite helpless.
[Lying Like Spring Green]: The speed is barely gasping for air in drifting, the passion is lost in drifting, drifting for drifting, drifting for no reason.
[Big Love Bunny]: Among Jiang Ge's movies, the one with the stupidest plot is not worth watching.
[Compression Belt]: The background is set in Japan, but there is no Japanese element at all. It is not beautiful or Japanese, and it is not up to standard.
[Passerby Jia]: This is a real racing movie. Elegance + mountain roads are the kingly way, and the technology is the technology. The final life-threatening race is very exciting.
[How Long]: Especially the racing scene, it is very refreshing, the camera movement and scheduling are very strong, and the songs are not bad. What else do you want? The plot is not good? Speed Universe is about cars, not plots. Guo Standa and Charedick are surprises!
[A House Full of Flowers and Three Thousand Guests]: Night, neon lights, modifications, underground parking lots, drifting, parties, young people wearing fashionable clothes. Those who don’t like it may just be movie lovers, not car lovers.
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