Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 122 Rave Reviews
On the big screen, Meng Tao was holding an apple, looking very scared: "Lin Yuan, you must not lose it!"

Lin Yuan shook his head and sighed, "You don't have confidence in me? I'm going to punish you!"

In the next scene, Meng Tao not only had an apple on his head, but also held an apple in each hand.

"Hahaha, I'll let you play dirty!"

"Lin Yuan, you did a great job!"

The audience continued to laugh and cheer.

Lin Yuan on the movie screen was standing ten meters away, and suddenly he shook his head.

Just when the audience thought he was feeling unsure and wanted to move closer, Lin Yuan actually walked another ten meters away.

Just when he was twenty meters away, Lin Yuan turned around quickly and swung his right hand.

Three silver rays of light flashed by.

"Snapped!"

With just a loud bang, the three apples on Meng Tao's head and hands were smashed to pieces at the same time, and the flesh splashed everywhere.

This scene was recorded by the camera and there is no possibility of falsification.

"Oh my God! Aren't you supposed to smash the apples one by one? Why are you smashing three at once?"

"That's a full twenty meters away, right? This is incredible! Lin Yuan is simply a walking human pistol!"

"Don't be ridiculous! You can't fire three bullets from a pistol at once!"

"What's even more exaggerated is that the three apples were hit at the same time, so there was only one sound! This is simply amazing!"

"Ever since Lin Yuan defeated Tyson with one kick, I believe there is nothing he can't do!"

"After this movie airs, I bet those street thugs, even with guns, will stay away from Lin Yuan."

"I swear, I'll watch the movie again just for this tidbit!"

Seeing the audience’s reaction, Lin Yuan was convinced that he had contributed to the success of “Hero”.

The following behind-the-scenes footage also shows more beautiful scenes of the crew filming at various scenic spots.

Lin Yuan hopes that this part of the footage can play a certain role in promoting Chinese tourism. Judging from the audience's feedback, the effect seems to be very good.

Then there is the production process of some fighting scenes, which shows the difficulty of filming and the hard work of the actors.

I won’t go into details about these.

When all the highlights were finished, the entire theater erupted in thunderous applause.

The audience's love for this movie is obvious. Many of them even ran to buy tickets for the next show, ready to watch it a second time right away.

After all the audience had left, Lin Yuan, who was sitting in the back row, put on his sunglasses and left last.

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Mr. Eisen's study in Gladstone, New York.

"Well done! Our film studio has had a great start." Mr. Eisen stood up from his chair and said excitedly.

Although he has released countless successful films in his life, the films he collaborated with Lin Yuan all have the youthful vigor and vitality.

Mr. Eisen is fully confident that these masterpieces will continue to be viewed by many people fifty years from now, and Lin Yuan and his name will continue to be mentioned.

"It seems to have a good reputation?" Lin Yuan asked.

"Yes! It's even better than Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. We can look forward to the Oscars next March." Mr. Eisen handed the compiled results to Lin Yuan. "Be cautiously optimistic. After all, when it comes to dividing the profits, there are always many factors to consider besides the quality of the film."

Lin Yuan replied and began to look through the results summary.

The first thing he saw was the reviews from major traditional media:

Director Zhang Mou and his team skillfully used different colors. Black, white, red, green, blue and yellow are like paints on a palette. They are used to perfection to create a beautiful painting!

We can even make a conclusion in advance: the best movie of 2002 has been announced! — Review from The New York Times

"Hero" is the most poignant, the most captivating, and simply the best of everything. It's a film shot with such precision and detail that not a single frame of film is wasted. — Time Magazine

"Hero" is the pinnacle of cold weapon action movies. As the action director and leading actor, Lin Yuan brings us unparalleled shock in this movie. His talent is so full that it is about to overflow the screen!
We can't imagine a film with more exciting fight scenes than "Hero." If there is one, it must be Lin Yuan's next film! — Los Angeles Times

"Hero" is incredibly ingenious in its structure, using different colors to construct a truth wrapped in lies. Director Zhang Mou imbues the film with infinite poetry amidst its stunning beauty. —Roger Eber, renowned film critic special to the Chicago Post.

Lin Yuan felt nauseous when he saw these compliments. He looked up and asked, "Isn't this someone we paid for?"

"Of course not, this is a truly objective evaluation," Mr. Eisen said with a smile.

Lin Yuan nodded and continued to look through the pages.

IMDB rating: 8.4 points...

This score exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations, but was also reasonable.

In historical time and space, "Hero" has a score of 7.9, which is comparable to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

But now it has suddenly risen to 8.4 points, which has widened the gap.

This means that the rating of "Hero" on IMDB will be on par with old masterpieces such as "Once Upon a Time in America", "Cinema Paradiso" and "The Shining".

On IMDB's most important list: the TOP250 ranking, an 8.4 point score is also an extremely high score, enough to rank in the top 50 in film history.

This achievement would be the best among the Chinese-language films that Lin Yuan knew in his previous life, and it would be difficult to be shaken by any other film.

It is worth mentioning that even if the entire Confucian cultural circle is included.

Only Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" with 8.6 points and Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" with 8.5 points can slightly surpass "Hero".

The "Hero" in historical time and space is certainly not worthy of such an honor, but the version adapted by Lin Yuan is well-deserved.

Both the script and the fight scene arrangement have been greatly optimized and improved.

If we were to choose a movie with the most exciting fighting scenes in human film history, it would undoubtedly be "Hero".

If we were to select the most beautiful movies in human history, then "Hero" would definitely be in the top ten.

Saying it's in the top ten is actually a conservative estimate, mainly because aesthetics is extremely subjective. According to Lin Yuan's opinion, it should at least be in the top three.

Therefore, when Lin Yuan received such high praise, he was surprised, but also felt it was reasonable.

Lin Yuan continued to scroll down, and suddenly a picture of a strong black man with a bald head appeared on the paper.

Tyson?

In the news report, Tyson smiled brightly: "I went to see "Hero" last night. This movie is really great! It is the best action movie I have ever seen in my life. I plan to book a few movies and invite my other friends to watch it together!"

He also said: "Lin Yuan's kung fu really impressed me. If he has the honor to see this interview, I hope he can consider taking me as his apprentice.

Even if I don't become his apprentice, I'd love to play a cameo role in his next movie. I'd love to experience the glory of an action superstar up close!"

"What do you think? Do you want to pay attention to him?" Mr. Eisen asked with a smile.

"To satisfy him, of course!"

(End of this chapter)