Chapter 274: Hurricane Released

Chapter 274: Hurricane Released

Chapter 274: Hurricane Released

Wang Hao was not sure why Lu Chuan's Nanjing! Nanjing! did not avoid the release date of Taken.

However, he didn't care about these and still arranged the film's release as planned.

Moreover, the movie "Taken" was released simultaneously in five places: China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and North America.

This is already a big deal in the domestic film and television industry.

On the one hand, very few domestic films can be released overseas as in the past; on the other hand, simultaneous releases in multiple locations are also a test for the film's distribution and promotion.

If it weren't for Wang Hao's special relationship with Sony Pictures and CJ Entertainment, and Columbia's investment in the film, this would not have been possible so easily.

On the day when the movie was released, the momentum was even greater. Not only were there bosses of major film and television companies, as well as well-known actors and directors, but even some Hollywood stars came to the scene because of the relationship between Liam Neeson and Columbia.

Anyway, the premiere of "Taken" was very lively, and the celebrity guests walking the red carpet also attracted a lot of attention from the news media.

The subsequent process was nothing special. It was the same as in the past. After introducing the movie and interacting with the audience, the movie finally began to show.

It is still the opening animation of the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" series, with the galaxy twinkling and stars exploding.

Then came the movie Dragon Logo, and the picture suddenly became rich and vivid, with vehicles shuttling back and forth on the busy streets, crowds of people surging, the sound of car horns, the chatter of tourists, and the shouting of street shops, one after another.

With this scene and the words on the sign, most viewers can tell that this is a street somewhere in Hong Kong.

At this time, the opening subtitles began to appear with a slightly hurried background music, and the originally bustling flow of people suddenly became chaotic, as if a predator suddenly broke into a school of sardines.

Pedestrians were running in all directions, and their screams of terror were piercing amid the din of the street.

As the camera moved forward, the audience soon saw the cause of the chaos.

They were a group of gangsters who were robbing a roadside gold shop. Everyone was fully armed and holding guns.

Then the scene changed, and several police cars appeared at both ends of the street, and a team of fully armed Flying Tigers also took their positions.

With the help of subtitles and soundtrack, these gangsters were no match for the Flying Tigers. After a series of fast and sharp shot switches, the gangsters were forced into the police car and peace returned to the streets.

The camera followed the Flying Tigers' special service vehicle as it moved along the road. When they arrived at the base and the Flying Tigers members got out of the vehicle, the opening credits just ended.

The commander in charge of the team took off his mask, revealing the face of Liam Neeson. As he talked with his teammates, the audience learned that this movie protagonist named Brian, whose appearance was exactly the same as the villain in "Warrior Warriors", would soon enter his retirement life.

The story officially begins here, and through the exciting opening just now, the audience has a general impression of the movie's protagonist Brian, an experienced special forces commander.

The movie continues to show that after successfully retiring from the Flying Tigers, Brian's life has changed from tense to idle.

In the past days, this taciturn man seemed to have his entire life occupied by work and fighting. He was not good at speaking and did not know how to care for others, so his relationship with his wife and adopted daughter was very poor.

In this opening plot, the focus is more on Brian's life after retirement, and his family situation is also explained.

Through his reminiscing about the past with his old colleagues who have also retired, as well as his communication and interactions with his wife and adopted daughter, the film lays a rough foundation for the subsequent development of the story.

Although his relationship with his family is not very harmonious, Brian is still a good person. Although his words are dull, he has a heart that cares for his family.

It happened to be his adopted daughter's birthday, so Brian prepared early and gave his daughter her favorite tablet computer, which eased the relationship a little.

Then, after retirement, at the instigation of an old friend, he once again worked as a personal bodyguard at a star concert, just because the old friend agreed to his invitation and could help him get tickets for the concert of his daughter's favorite star.

The story that follows is not much different from the original "Taken". Brian gave the concert tickets he got to his daughter and provided travel expenses. His daughter happily took her best friend to Paris to watch the concert.

As for Brian himself, he is spending time at home with his reconciled wife.

Originally everything was beautiful and comfortable, but just when the plot reached one-third, an unexpected change broke this comfortable life.

The daughter made a cross-border phone call just to report her safety, but she unexpectedly discovered that someone broke into the hotel room where they were staying and tried to kidnap her best friend.

After the father, who was a SWAT commander, received the news over the phone, even though he was extremely anxious, he immediately demonstrated his superb professional qualities. He tried to comfort his daughter and keep her calm, and asked her to follow his instructions to secretly hide the mobile phone with the recording function turned on and leave as much useful information as possible.

Not long after she finished explaining all this, the daughter, who thought the kidnappers had left, was dragged out from under the bed.

Fortunately, she completed her father's instructions and did not expose the mobile phone that was secretly recording the video.

Seeing all this, Old Bu's heart was about to break, but he still gritted his teeth and patiently watched the video, not missing any details.

When his daughter's figure could no longer be seen in the video call, a retired SWAT commander and a father who loved his family, just like a tiger out of the cage!
As a special police officer, Brian is well aware of the darkness of overseas society and knows that he must race against time.

Without wasting a moment, after comforting his crying wife, he made a direct phone call to a wealthy Hong Kong businessman. He used some black material he had learned from previous cases and used both soft and hard tactics to force the businessman to provide his private jet so that he could fly directly to Paris.

Then he used the videos and photos taken and uploaded by his daughter, with the help of his former colleagues and the official intelligence network, and successfully found out the specific circumstances of those bastards.

It turned out that these kidnappers were a group of Albanians who kidnapped women in Paris in a brutal manner, forcing them to engage in the sex trade or sell them to high-ranking officials.

And the time left for Old Bu is only 96 hours, after which his daughter's whereabouts will be cut off.

So Brian boarded the wealthy businessman's private plane and began a journey to save his daughter.

The story is already halfway through at this point, but everything that happened next left the audience with only the "cool, cool, cool" feeling of venting their anger in their minds.

Old Bull first pushed Peter, who was chatting up a girl at the airport exit, into the car and beat up the culprit who caused everything. He used the joint skills he learned from the special service department to try to get the information of the kidnapper from him. However, Peter was hit and killed by a car while escaping.

With the clues cut off, Old Bu found an old friend who now works as a civilian in a security department in Paris. Based on the other party's information, he learned the approximate territory where the kidnappers are now entrenched. At the same time, he also learned that the kidnappers have a large number of people in Paris and are a criminal force that ordinary people dare not provoke.

But what does this mean to an old soldier who is eager to save his daughter?

After that, with a little stratagem, Old Bu finally succeeded in entering the bandit's lair, and found that it was full of persecuted women. He also finally found a clue about his daughter - a piece of clothing his daughter had worn.

With the help of the information provided by the girl wearing his daughter's clothes, Old Bu finally found the lair of the kidnapper gang and entered it alone.

This part can be said to be the most exciting scene in the whole movie. When Old Bush broke into the bandit's lair, he first disguised himself as an official who came to discuss business. After finding the real boss, he went straight into a decisive and fierce action scene.

Fruit knives, tables, plates, stove skewers, and the pistols on the enemies' bodies all became Old Bu's weapons. He could kill with one strike, and he would hardly use a second move.

Although those gangsters looked ferocious and ruthless, they were no match for Brian, a veteran special forces soldier. They were knocked to the ground in no time and fled in all directions.

The most pleasing thing here is that Old Bull was not like the protagonists in previous movies, who was compassionate and talked about human rights. He shot every gangster who tried to escape and the wounded lying on the ground.

Later, Old Bu found his daughter's classmate in the gangsters' base, but she had died in bed due to forced drug injections and brutal torture.

Seeing this, not only did the audience applaud Old Bu's decisive killing, but the furious Old Bu also captured the only survivor, the gang leader, and tortured him with electric shock.

At first, the boss was quite tough, but under Brian's persuasion, he quickly revealed the whereabouts of Old Bull's daughter.

But Old Bull didn't care about the feelings of these villains. After obtaining the information he wanted, he turned off the power and left, leaving the gang boss trapped in the electric chair and wailing miserably.

Such a cruel scene of "fighting violence with violence" was edited and approved by higher authorities.

But even so, the audience was still very excited.

Especially after they witnessed the dark side hidden under the fashion capital of Paris, they have begun to empathize with it and are worried about the old Bu's daughter who is in danger.

At this time, any behavior of Old Bu would not make them feel uncomfortable. All they felt was a refreshing feeling of tit for tat and blood for blood.

What’s more, the actress who plays the role of Old Bu’s daughter is the 21-year-old “Fairy Sister” Liu Yifei. Such a lovely and beautiful girl, how can people not feel concerned about her.

Thinking in this way, it seems that Old Bull's cruel methods are not so unacceptable.

After obtaining relevant information about his daughter and learning that his daughter was sold to the underground human auction market in Paris by the gang, Old Bull found his old friend who held an important position in the Paris security department and pointed out that the other party was the umbrella of the local gang and had an unshirkable responsibility for his daughter's kidnapping.

The two sides had a big quarrel over this, and in the end, Old Bu taught his friend a lesson and threatened him to retrieve the upstream information. For this reason, he even shot his friend's wife in the arm without hesitation in front of the other party.

"You're absolutely crazy!"

Brian's former friend hugged his wife who had been shot and yelled at Brian:
"She's just your adopted daughter, not your biological daughter!"

However, Brian looked at him and pointed the gun at his friend's wife.

"Aren't you also willing to take risks for your wife, your own daughter?
For my daughter, I can even topple the Eiffel Tower if necessary, because she is my family!"

Faced with Brian's words, his former friend was speechless and could only hand over the information about his superior.

But while doing this, he did not forget to mutter to himself.

"You're going to regret this! You're crazy! That's the territory of the High Table's subordinates!"

Brian didn't care about the terrifying high table mentioned by his former friend. He just wanted to rescue his daughter.

And with the information he got from his old friend, he also successfully infiltrated the Continental Hotel where the human auction was secretly held.

Who would have thought that this seemingly magnificent and most luxurious hotel in Europe was actually doing shameful things in secret?

Brian sneaked into the underground auction house of the hotel and finally saw his daughter there, but at this moment she was unconscious. She was wearing a white dress, standing under the spotlight for the dignitaries present to choose.

Seeing this, Old Bu's eyes were bloodshot, but he still remained rational and did not kill anyone. Instead, he pointed a gun at a guest and forced him to buy his daughter.

However, before his daughter came to her, Brian was discovered by the hotel security.

Fortunately, Brian had already made note of the buyer who eventually bought his daughter. After struggling to break out of the hotel, the old soldier contributed another wonderful chase scene.

In the dark streets of Paris, with the gloomy and tense soundtrack, Brian chased as hard as he loved his daughter.

Especially when Old Bruce was driving the stolen Audi against the flow of traffic to chase the yacht in the Seine, the high beams of the oncoming cars were like lines of life and death hitting the father's resolute face, and the audience at the scene could not help but cheer him on.

Fortunately, the endings of most movies like this are always that justice prevails.

Brian finally caught up with the yacht, and in a thrilling gun battle scene, he eliminated the enemies on the yacht and rescued his daughter.

At the end of the story, Brian escorted his daughter onto a private plane parked at the airport and left the dark city of Paris.

Below the plane, there were only a few faint lights in the dark city, rendering the entire city into a devil's cave, and in the distant sky, dawn was about to rise.

(End of this chapter)