"Escape from the secret room" was released on December 8. As a director, Liang Kun had to participate in publicity activities before the film was released.
There are many films starring stars released at the same time, but this schedule was chosen because the person in charge of paramount pictures made a decision after watching the film escape from the secret room.
Liang Kun''s second film and some star films hit it hard and won, which itself is excellent hype. Paramount is very optimistic about the quality of the film and thinks it will explode.
The American media generally believe that the film will hit the street under the attack of several films, and only a few media believe that escape from the secret room can become a big dark horse.
On the 8th, a number of popular films were released. Love holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Jude Law and Kate Winslet; Blood diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Connery; Mel Gibson''s revelation and so on.
There are a few films without any threat. They are rotten films that are only released in December.
If "escape from the secret room" is released two weeks in the evening, the competition will be more intense on the 22nd. They have to PK rocky 6 forever champion starring Stallone and spy situation starring Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie.
The really tough one is Ben Stiller''s wonderful night at the museum, which will become a big black horse at the box office.
On the 5th day, Liang Kun attended the premiere of escape from the secret room in Los Angeles, and other major actors also attended.
Liang Kun walks along the red carpet with Talisa Palmer. Talisa kisses him on the cheek. The reporters took a lot of photos, and some people called Liang Kun''s name. He was the only big name in the crew.
Teresa looks young and beautiful in a pink dress today. Her modeling is very popular. Zoe soldana is wearing a bronze coat, jeans and high heels. The collocation of "KAMORA" is a little nondescript. I don''t know what to think. Maybe I don''t want to be the shortest among the actors.
Theresa is in good spirits and radiant at happy events, and soldana can''t compare with her. She won the Australian Film Academy Award for best actress with "2:37". With the performance of Hollywood, she has become popular in Australia.
Chris Hemsworth, Chris parrat and others walked alone on the red carpet and were very happy to attend the premiere. Neither Chris has experienced anything like this before.
Chris is also popular in Australia and has become a hot star in China. He hasn''t acted in a film in China. He directly played a leading role in Hollywood and was wildly praised by the local media.
Parrat is much worse. He lost his job after making the film. No one wants to play tricks.
He believes that attending the premiere can increase the exposure. Whether he can make a living in the entertainment industry next depends on the film.
Liang Kun saw that there was not much time difference between parrat''s body shape and filming. He smiled and said, "if you want to become famous, the best way is to lose weight. Even if you lose 200 kilograms, your image is not bad. At least you can play an important supporting role."
This is a reasonable suggestion. Palat did not get an important role until he lost weight. Professor X was green in the warrant.
Parrat sighed, "maybe I eat too much junk food."
"Control your diet and do more exercise, you will lose weight." Liang Kun casually advised him that he would lose weight in the future.
Parrat was a little procrastinating. When he had to lose weight, he soon became a muscle man. He was still a fat man when auditioning for the galaxy guard. The director said that he would let him play when he lost weight, so he began to lose weight.
Not many reporters interviewed other actors, mainly around Liang Kun.
When talking about his feelings, he said: "I am very excited because the quality of this film is very high. I think it will achieve good results. This is my second Hollywood film, and I hope it can become a classic."
The reporter asked: "your film was released at the same time as Leonardo, Mel Gibson, Cameron Diaz and other films. Would you feel nervous about being hit by blockbusters?"
"No, I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with Leonardo in the future. He is my favorite actor," Liang Kun smiled.
Then everyone went into the theater to see a movie. Liang Kun sat with Theresa and Chris.
After watching it for a while, the two Australian actors were even more excited. The film was more wonderful than they thought.
Ben''s performance in the squeezed room was edited to the beginning of the film, which was very exciting. The process of introducing the protagonist''s background is not boring. Liang Kun uses the method of multi-line narration and cross editing. The stories of the three people seem to happen at the same time, representing different social classes. They all received the invitation of the secret room escape game.
The film simply introduces the character and human design of the character. Then the story came to the point. Six people played a game that would kill people.
With the emergence of secret rooms, the audience who came to see the film thought the film was great. The rhythm of the story is very refreshing. A 102 minute film gives people the feeling that it is very short and there are almost no redundant scenes. The people of the six characters are very distinctive. In the process of escape, the film also shows human nature.
At the end of the film, there was a round of applause, and everyone thought the film would be hot.
Liang Kun briefly accepted the interview again, and then went home separately from Talisa.
When he came home at night, Teresa threw herself into his arms. "Liang, is our film going to be popular? Almost all the people who have seen the film on the Internet have praised it."
"Of course, when the film is officially released, the reputation of the film will be high and attract more audiences into the cinema. You''re brilliant this time. Get ready to be a star."
"You''re all too tall. I look so short. I''m less than one meter six," Talisa sighed.
"When you''re popular, fans will check the information. They won''t think you''re short."
The next day, the public praise of the media was lifted. The film received almost unanimous praise. Story content, action scenes, visual effects, actors'' performances and so on are all highly praised.
Film critic Peter McMahon said: "I think escape from the secret room" It''s the best thriller in 2006. Liang Kun is really a talented director and actor. The film tells people the importance of luck and how different people will behave in times of crisis. Excellent storyline, excellent editing, shocking action scenes and the ''soul'' of the original film. I can''t wait to see it again. "
Reporter Eddie Gill said: "before watching it, I didn''t expect that I would like escape from the secret room so much. It exceeded my expectation and reached a height you didn''t expect. It is also playing a murder game. The game of this film is more wonderful than the two games of chainsaw. I think many young people will want to play this in reality in the future."
Film critic Larry Stewart said: "Liang Kun once again showed people his talent. He is a versatile person with great ideas and excellent acting skills. His performance in the film is the best and created a complex character. Thanks to his self-directed and self acting, I have introduced the film to my son. I believe young people will like the film."
Reporter Cheryl Macmillan said: "at the beginning of the game, I thought Jack and Zoe would live to the end and develop a relationship. As a result, Jack''s people have an amazing reversal behind. Director Liang Kun is worthy of writing the best-selling book the lost lover." The actors played well and created credible characters in this incredible story. "
The first batch of film reviews hardly found the shortcomings of the film, and the reputation is higher than the original version released in 2019.
In terms of shooting style, Liang Kun is undoubtedly better, unlike the original South African director Adam, who constantly faces with the lens. Moreover, there are almost no real-life secret room escape games on the market. When people see these mechanisms and suspense, they think Liang Kun is a genius. He designs each secret room very well.
In the process of escaping from the secret room, the action scene happened very quickly, but Liang Kun still established the background story of the characters, thus creating a lot of suspense. The actors'' appearance is also very high, and the audience has been attracted and stimulated.
On the 8th, "escape from the secret room" was officially released and immediately exploded with high reputation.
Of the films released on the same day, this film is the most entertaining. Liang Kun once again created a super dark horse and became the champion of this week''s North American box office list in three days, with a revenue of $28.5 million.
The new film revelation directed by Mel Gibson, a former Oscar winner, ranked second with 13.3 million. This film, starring amateur actors from Indian tribes and unveiling the mystery of the Mayan civilization in South America in the middle ages, has less than half of the box office of escape from the secret room.
The bloody massacres and corpses in the film will keep some viewers away from the film, but most critics believe that the film is expected to win Oscar nominations in music, sound effects and photography.
The romantic comedy "love holiday" ranked third at the box office with $12.3 million.
The animated film happy feet and the 007 film Casino Royale, which had occupied the top and second places at the box office for three consecutive weeks, retreated to fourth and fifth places. Since the release of the two films, the total box office in North America has reached 138 million and 129 million US dollars respectively.
Leonardo''s "blood diamond" only ranked sixth in the list with a box office of $7.9 million. The film reveals the bloody inside story that some African criminals fell into a devastating civil war for diamond mining in the late 1990s, while international diamond dealers made huge profits from it, and appealed to consumers not to buy diamonds through the mouth of the characters in the film.
The production cost of this film is as high as 110 million, and the filmmakers must have cried.
Liang Kun has received more attention. There is no big star in escape from the secret room. People naturally attribute the success to him. The media raved about Liang Kun''s omnipotence, believing that his future achievements would not be worse than Ang Lee, another Chinese director.
Several major film companies all focused on him and had the idea of cooperation. He proved that he was a commercial film director who everyone liked and was good at making money!