Chapter 158 Shocking Reversal
On October 31, 2002, on Halloween, the United States, "Saw" was officially released in North America!
As Chen Hao's first English film, although he has a lot of confidence in the quality of the film, he is still a little nervous when he is released and is tested by the market.
After all, this "Saw" is related to whether Chen Hao's next journey to North America is smooth, and more importantly, whether he can earn enough money to return to China to implement his future plans.
So, Chen Hao was about to go to the theater in person, wanting to see the attendance rate and the reverse of the audience as soon as possible!
Chen Hao came to the cinema without any cover-up. It turned out that he was right because no one here knew him.
Chen Hao asked specifically when buying the ticket. Davis mentioned the three competitors "Merry Christmas Again Crazy", "28 Days of Shocking Change" and "Golden Spy" will be released tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Friday, and three consecutive days are exactly the weekend. New North American films will generally be released on Friday, which is also the statistical scope of the North American box office rankings.
Unlike the mainland, the North American box office rankings generally count the box office for three days on weekends. Of course, there are also cumulative box offices in a week, but they are not very concerned.
The reason is naturally because weekends are the peak period for movie viewing, while Monday to Thursday is the off-season. In North America, the two are very different.
The box office of three days on weekends can better reflect the popularity of the film, so counting the box office of three days on weekends has become a practice in the Hollywood industry.
"Saw" was released on Thursday, which is a bit cheaper than the other three films.
After Chen Hao walked into the theater, he observed it and found that the attendance rate did not seem to be too high. By the time the movie was about to start screening, there were probably not 50 people.
Seeing this, Chen Hao frowned slightly. He didn't know what the situation in other theaters were. He just hoped that the box office of the three-day weekend would be more impressive.
Soon, the screen lights up and when he sees "a filmhao·", Chen Hao smiles.
What is a little embarrassing is that Chen Hao set up a Tianshi Studio in North America has no money to do the opening animation, but it is still just a picture.
Then came the iconic statue of Sony Colombia.
Columbia was added to the production company just for the convenience of distribution, just like Davis also served as the producer of "Saw", all for the purpose of increasing the screening.
Soon, the movie begins.
Adam was thrown into a bathtub filled with water. He woke up and struggled out immediately, finding himself in a dilapidated bathroom with one foot handcuffed to a rusty sewer pipe.
There was another man across from him, also an unknown kidnapped, Dr. Laurenz Gordon.
"Oh! Is this Robert Downey Jr?"
"It seems!"
"He was released?"
"It seems yes, but there are directors who dare to use him, but that's right. He can only appear in such a B-level film now!"
...
Robert Downey Jr.'s appearance has caused some discussion. It seems that his name as a bad Hollywood boy is not a false reputation!
In the picture, there is a corpse lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the room. He holds a 38 pistol in one hand and a recorder in the other.
Neither of them knew why they were tied up, nor did they know why they appeared in this strange place, nor did they know what they should do.
But soon, the calm Gordon discovered the instructions left to them by the murderer.
The corpse was holding a small audio recorder in his right hand, which recorded the kidnapper's instructions: Gordon must kill Adam within 6 hours. If the mission fails, not only will both of them die, but Gordon's family will also be killed.
These actions of the kidnappers reminded Gordon of a murderer Detective Tep was investigating.
This psychopathic murderer likes to kidnap victims whom he thinks he does not cherish his life, allowing them to experience the value of life in a cruel game of death.
A man who attempted suicide was kidnapped and, in order to survive, was forced to drill a long distance from an iron cage full of barbed.
He eventually died of severe bleeding due to his artery being cut and his artery was bleeding. What's worse was that his body was covered with dense scars and his stomach acid was flowing all over the floor.
A drug-addicted woman was brought with her an iron mask. If she didn't untie within one minute, she would explode. In the end, in order to survive, the woman broke open another man's belly and finally found the key in his stomach.
The woman survived, but the man died of a broken belly and his stomach was swelled.
There was also a policeman who was shot to death in order to hunt down the murderer. He was covered in blood holes and his death was miserable.
"Damn, this murderer is so perverted!"
"I really don't know what this guy's mind is thinking. How come there are so many kinds of tortures that kill people!"
"These guys died so badly, but these clever ways of killing are really amazing!"
...
The murderer's various strange but clever methods of killing made everyone feel bloody and cruel, and they inevitably became interested again, and even had a desire to see what kind of way to die next.
Many young people even talked about which killing method was cooler, but soon, the suspense and thrilling plot brought them back to the movie, because they don’t know who the murderer was!
In the film, Gordon and Adam have obviously become pawns of the murderer and face a fate similar to the previous victims.
The death deadline is only a few hours away, but the strength of the two sides is so different.
The murderer seemed to know them well, but they only knew that he was a schizophrenic maniac nicknamed Jigsaw.
The murderer controlled the fate of the two people and their family, but the clues they could get from the scene seemed to be intentionally left by the murderer.
The murderer used various equipment to control their actions, but only left them two hand saws, which were not enough to open their ankles, but could completely cut off their ankles.
In the bag containing the hand saw, there were several photos, which were exactly Gordon's every move that Adam had hired by police detective Tep.
In a photo of Gordon's house window, Gordon accidentally found a figure, a medical worker in the hospital, Saip.
"It must be this medical staff, it's obvious that it's a pervert!"
"It really looks quite morbid and a little nervous. This kind of person is really dangerous! I feel like there is such a person in our community hospital!"
"Then you have to stay away from him!"
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Chen Hao wanted to laugh when he heard this. I wonder if Hulk, who plays the medical staff, would cry in the bathroom when he heard these words!
As everyone guessed, Saip did kidnap Gordon's family at this time and called Gordon to urge him to kill Adam as soon as possible (you can only answer your phone), but Gordon couldn't bear to kill someone.
At Gordon's house, Gordon's wife fought with Saip, and the call was interrupted. As a result, the detective appeared and shot each other with Saip, saving Gordon's wife's life, and Saip ran away.
While the phone call was interrupted, Gordon could only hear the constant sound of gunfire from his phone. He was shocked and angry and threw the phone directly to the wall.
Gordon's wife called Gordon again after being rescued, but Gordon was unable to get the phone because he had just thrown away his phone and his foot was locked.
The ringtone of the cell phone kept ringing, and Gordon cruelly sawed off his legs in a state of mania and despair.
"Oh, man!!!"
"Damn it, it's so cruel!"
"It hurts so much!"
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When the audience saw Gordon's legs, his expression was distorted, and he felt too terrifying.
During the sawing of the foot, the phone stopped ringing. Gordon dragged his broken leg and pretended to kill Adam, asking the murderer to let his family go. At this time, Saip arrived.
He wanted to kill Gordon, but was pulled to the ground by Adam who was pretending to die on the side and tamped it directly with the toilet tank lid.
"Damn, I finally killed the murderer!"
"That's it, it's done well!"
"The murderer died, what a pity! It would be fun if he didn't die!"
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When the audience saw the murderer being killed, most people felt it was right, and a small number of people felt it was a pity.
In the movie, Gordon is about to climb out to ask for help, but Adam, who was left there, wants to find the key from the murderer, but he finds out a recorder.
Then he was terrified to discover that the so-called murderer was actually poisoned by a jigsaw and was playing the game of death like himself!
In other words, he is not the murderer!
Then, amid Adam's thriller and the audience's exclamations, the body that had been lying there suddenly stood up.
He tore off the disguise on his head and said, "The key is in the bathtub!" Then he walked out of the bathroom, and said, "Game over!"
The whole film is over!
Chapter completed!