Author of this article: Li Xiaotian
At the end of three years ago, the end of 2021 was a good period for the awards season, with blockbusters and literary masterpieces emerging in large numbers. During this period, an inconspicuous action movie "One Strike" was quietly released. Although it had no sense of presence among the literary masterpieces, for action movie fans, it ushered in an action feast.
"One Shot" stars Scott Adkins, the king of B-level action movies, and is paired with Ashley Greene and Ryan Phillippe who have excellent acting skills. The overall performance is quite good.
What is particularly rare is that "One Shot" adopts a one-shot shooting method. The entire story is collected in one shot. The rhythm is tight, and various shootings and actions come one after another, which is quite exciting. (For detailed reviews, see: The grandpa who couldn’t beat “Wolf Warrior” and couldn’t beat Ip Man finally got tough!)
It’s certainly a good thing that action movies can be innovative.
But not every innovation is rewarding, and not every innovation can be successful.
John Woo's new work "Still Night Fighting" is a work that fails in innovation. Although Director Wu really wants to create a classic image of "a ruthless person who doesn't talk much", so that the hero can solve things with his fists and never use his mouth. It seems that It sounds very gimmicky, but in fact the final effect of the film is unsatisfactory, quite ordinary, it doesn't have what it wants, and it's terribly ugly.
Scott Adkins' "One Shot" is a very rare shooting technique that uses one shot to the end (of course a fake one shot). The whole film flows smoothly and in one go, which is quite beautiful.
The story of "One Strike" takes place in a military base in Poland, Europe. Scott Adkins plays an armed escort who is responsible for transporting a key criminal who holds nuclear weapons secrets from the base together with the CIA. to stand trial in the United States. As a result, a large number of armed men rushed into the military base to snatch away the criminals.
As a result, under the firepower of the militants, the head of the CIA and the head of the military base were killed one after another. Only Akins was left to face a large number of vicious opponents and run for his life with the criminals.
In the end, of course, evil does not suppress good. Scott Adkins successfully led the key criminals out of the siege, escaped, successfully completed the mission, and brought the terrorist key criminals to the United States.
Ordinarily, this story is over and there is no sequel to be made.
But how can Hollywood believe this evil? Since the first part of
was good, developing a sequel is inevitable.
So, "One Strike 2" is here.
launched its first shot in the action field at the beginning of 2024. awesome.
The story of "One Strike 2" follows "One Strike", and the connection is quite smooth. Hollywood's creative ability is not limited, as long as you can think of it, you can do it.
The story of "One Strike" takes place in Poland, far away from the United States. In "One Strike 2", it goes directly to the United States. The storyline has Scott Adkins escorting the criminal from Poland to the U.S. near Andrews Military Airport in Washington. In a civilian airport.
At this time, there are only 2 hours left before the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union Address. The key criminal has not revealed key information about the nuclear bomb that will be installed near the president's State of the Union address. CIA officials had already attacked the Virginia port where the nuclear bomb was supposed to arrive, but failed. At this time, we must pry open the criminal's mouth as soon as possible, ask him to tell the location of the nuclear bomb, and then dismantle it.
Scott Adkins' escort mission was supposedly over. He lent the prisoner to the CIA, and that was it.
However, Akins, who was about to turn around and leave home, suddenly discovered that new military elements had arrived at the airport, and their goal was to capture the prisoner and only survive. The purpose of the operation is still to install a nuclear bomb in Washington and kill the president.
So, the story that happened in "One Strike" will be repeated in "One Strike 2".
is still in a special place. Akins has to face a large number of heavily armed military elements, and continues to protect the core criminals and the key information of the nuclear bomb.
Author of this article: Li Xiaotian
At the end of three years ago, the end of 2021 was a good period for the awards season, with blockbusters and literary masterpieces emerging in large numbers. During this period, an inconspicuous action movie "One Strike" was quietly released. Although it had no sense of presence among the literary masterpieces, for action movie fans, it ushered in an action feast.
"One Shot" stars Scott Adkins, the king of B-level action movies, and is paired with Ashley Greene and Ryan Phillippe who have excellent acting skills. The overall performance is quite good.
What is particularly rare is that "One Shot" adopts a one-shot shooting method. The entire story is collected in one shot. The rhythm is tight, and various shootings and actions come one after another, which is quite exciting. (For detailed reviews, see: The grandpa who couldn’t beat “Wolf Warrior” and couldn’t beat Ip Man finally got tough!)
It’s certainly a good thing that action movies can be innovative.
But not every innovation is rewarding, and not every innovation can be successful.
John Woo's new work "Still Night Fighting" is a work that fails in innovation. Although Director Wu really wants to create a classic image of "a ruthless person who doesn't talk much", so that the hero can solve things with his fists and never use his mouth. It seems that It sounds very gimmicky, but in fact the final effect of the film is unsatisfactory, quite ordinary, it doesn't have what it wants, and it's terribly ugly.
Scott Adkins' "One Shot" is a very rare shooting technique that uses one shot to the end (of course a fake one shot). The whole film flows smoothly and in one go, which is quite beautiful.
The story of "One Strike" takes place in a military base in Poland, Europe. Scott Adkins plays an armed escort who is responsible for transporting a key criminal who holds nuclear weapons secrets from the base together with the CIA. to stand trial in the United States. As a result, a large number of armed men rushed into the military base to snatch away the criminals.
As a result, under the firepower of the militants, the head of the CIA and the head of the military base were killed one after another. Only Akins was left to face a large number of vicious opponents and run for his life with the criminals.
In the end, of course, evil does not suppress good. Scott Adkins successfully led the key criminals out of the siege, escaped, successfully completed the mission, and brought the terrorist key criminals to the United States.
Ordinarily, this story is over and there is no sequel to be made.
But how can Hollywood believe this evil? Since the first part of
was good, developing a sequel is inevitable.
So, "One Strike 2" is here.
launched its first shot in the action field at the beginning of 2024. awesome.
The story of "One Strike 2" follows "One Strike", and the connection is quite smooth. Hollywood's creative ability is not limited, as long as you can think of it, you can do it.
The story of "One Strike" takes place in Poland, far away from the United States. In "One Strike 2", it goes directly to the United States. The storyline has Scott Adkins escorting the criminal from Poland to the U.S. near Andrews Military Airport in Washington. In a civilian airport.
At this time, there are only 2 hours left before the President of the United States delivers the State of the Union Address. The key criminal has not revealed key information about the nuclear bomb that will be installed near the president's State of the Union address. CIA officials had already attacked the Virginia port where the nuclear bomb was supposed to arrive, but failed. At this time, we must pry open the criminal's mouth as soon as possible, ask him to tell the location of the nuclear bomb, and then dismantle it.
Scott Adkins' escort mission was supposedly over. He lent the prisoner to the CIA, and that was it.
However, Akins, who was about to turn around and leave home, suddenly discovered that new military elements had arrived at the airport, and their goal was to capture the prisoner and only survive. The purpose of the operation is still to install a nuclear bomb in Washington and kill the president.
So, the story that happened in "One Strike" will be repeated in "One Strike 2".
is still in a special place. Akins has to face a large number of heavily armed military elements, and continues to protect the core criminals and the key information of the nuclear bomb.
However, the story of "One Strike" takes place in a Polish military base, while the story of "One Strike 2" takes place at a civilian airport in Washington, USA.
There is no way around this, because this series is a small and medium-sized production without a large budget and cannot have big scenes. The story can only be limited to a specific area, which can maximize the cost of venue rental. Don’t underestimate this. You can save so much in a single scene. In addition to venue rental, there are also transition fees, transportation fees, food and accommodation fees, different group performance fees, etc. A single scene can minimize unnecessary expenses. One rental is enough to shoot the entire film. Moreover, the number of actors required for one shot to the end is greatly reduced, and labor costs have been reduced again.
returns to the plot. The story takes place in the United States, and the President of the United States will deliver the State of the Union address in 2 hours. This background setting makes the story quite oppressive and imminent.
This means that the story of "One Strike 2" will solve all problems as quickly as possible without any delay.
The one-shot shooting technique also makes this story even more oppressive.
More importantly, escort Scott Adkins discovered that there was a traitor in CIA. This explains the reason why a large number of gangsters appeared for no reason and dared to attack the military base in "One Strike", and also intensified the plot conflict of "One Strike 2".
It is said that the story of "One Strike" takes place in a military base. It is a plain. Most of the buildings on the ground are low buildings. It is easy to shoot in one shot. When it comes to "One Shot 2", the story takes place in the airport. It is a large building with an upper and lower structure, consisting of various stairs, corridors, and houses. This makes shooting a lot more difficult for one shot. , because most of these stairs, corridors, and houses are relatively narrow, making it much more difficult to arrange the shots.
Objectively speaking, the visual effects of "One Strike 2" are indeed not as good as those of "One Strike". After all, the characters in the story on the plain are flat, which looks much easier. When you arrive at the airport, you are constantly going up and down. For viewers who do not have a strong sense of space, it is easy to feel dizzy. On the physical level, it will become chaotic and no structure can be found.
Also, the story of "One Strike" takes place during the day. The plot of "One Strike 2" changes into the early morning according to time needs. The weather will be unclear, and many scenes appear dark, which further intensifies the space. Audiences with poor imagination.
These two points are quite important, which directly leads to the fact that "One Strike 2" does not look as good as "One Strike".
Also, the cast of "One Strike 2" has dropped compared to the first one. There are two acting talents in "One Shot", Ashley Greene and Ryan Phillippe. Although they are not big celebrities in Hollywood, they are at least familiar faces in Hollywood and belong to the golden green leaves.
A force director was added to "One Strike 2", and another B-level action king Michael Jai White was invited to come over and serve as the counter-number one. But his action scenes are too few, and only the final battle takes place between Scott Adkins and Michael Jai White. Since Michael Jai White was invited, he was only allowed to fight once, which was really unsatisfying, wasting Michael Jai White's skills, and seriously disappointing the audience. Therefore, it seems that the cast has been upgraded, but in fact it has been downgraded. Michael Jai White did not play his due role, and the performance of other actors was not up to par. The performance of the female lead Alexis Knapp It's very crotch-stretching, and it didn't become a bonus point for the film. It didn't show off either the figure, the skills, or the acting skills, which is quite a pity.
Scott Adkins certainly has a lot of action scenes, and his actions have absorbed the advantages of action scenes since "John Wick". They are fierce and sharp, with one fatal blow and one shot to the head. It is very exciting. However, B-level production still limited Akins' performance and greatly compromised the scene.
In this way, "One Strike 2" is actually not as good-looking as "One Strike".As a sequel, it barely picks up where the prequel left off. The story is reasonable, the scenes are barely reliable, and the whole movie is watchable.
In the story, the key criminal who had been escorted in the two plots finally spoke and revealed the location of the nuclear bomb, and then he died. Scott Adkins continued to kill Michael Jai White's group who wanted to take away the nuclear weapons, preventing the weapons from being transported to Washington, and successfully completed the mission again.
However, I feel that it is still possible to develop "One Strike 3". Then let the accident happen again. The nuclear bomb was still transported to Washington. After all, Akins did not see the nuclear bomb being destroyed in "One Strike 2". Akins can just continue to go to Capitol Hill in Washington to prevent the nuclear bomb from detonating.
Will "One Hit 3" happen? If there is
, I will still look for it. Um.
As for the current "One Strike 2", it can't be said to be a particularly classic, but as a small appetizer before the Spring Festival, it can be regarded as okay.
As a sequel, it barely picks up where the prequel left off. The story is reasonable, the scenes are barely reliable, and the whole movie is watchable.In the story, the key criminal who had been escorted in the two plots finally spoke and revealed the location of the nuclear bomb, and then he died. Scott Adkins continued to kill Michael Jai White's group who wanted to take away the nuclear weapons, preventing the weapons from being transported to Washington, and successfully completed the mission again.
However, I feel that it is still possible to develop "One Strike 3". Then let the accident happen again. The nuclear bomb was still transported to Washington. After all, Akins did not see the nuclear bomb being destroyed in "One Strike 2". Akins can just continue to go to Capitol Hill in Washington to prevent the nuclear bomb from detonating.
Will "One Hit 3" happen? If there is
, I will still look for it. Um.
As for the current "One Strike 2", it can't be said to be a particularly classic, but as a small appetizer before the Spring Festival, it can be regarded as okay.
