Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore
Chapter 707: "Fast & Furious 7: The Final Race"
On the screen, the first thing that appears is a shot of someone closing a car door.
Accompanied by the crisp sound of the door closing, the view suddenly shifts to an overhead angle, where a flashy luxury sports car is speeding down a straight street; ahead of it lies a bustling city nightscape, with neon lights illuminating the entire city.
"Vroom, vroom—"
Rapid electronic drum beats suddenly explode, carrying the roar of the sports car's engine through the screen, as the highly rhythmic melody instantly pushes the tension to its peak.
A handsome Western man, with his arm around the woman beside him, wears a lazy smile on his face.
However, in the next second, a car suddenly appears and slams violently into the high-speed sports car—
The scene transitions just then.
A bald Black man stands ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ in the middle of a sunlit warehouse, one hand in his pocket, head slightly tilted, looking at the brother in front of him with a complex expression: "Oh, say what you just said again?"
The camera begins to shift, and a handsome blonde man stands in the center, hands on his hips, his tone calm yet his face showing unprecedented determination.
In the voiceover, he delivers his final notice: "I said, I'm leaving this place."
As the words fall, a sports car appears out of nowhere, and the background shifts to a certain street, though the timeline has moved to the daytime; there are terrified screams on both sides, yet that car, as if never caring for life, lands in a very dangerous posture and continues to chase forward recklessly until it weaves through the congested streets to pull up alongside the silver sports car ahead.
The man fleeing looks back at the vehicle beside him, only to see the opposite window slowly rolling down.
A mysterious young racer wearing a helmet raises a middle finger at the protagonist: "Fuck you!"
Immediately after, the two cars split onto different roads.
The mysterious racer's car continues on the main road, while the protagonist turns the steering wheel and veers onto a nearby downhill path.
The scene changes again, showing a group of people in the middle of a towering and magnificent castle; the elderly Gang leader at the head thumps his cane, his tone exceptionally cold.
"How much effort did we spend to achieve our current goal."
"You, how dare you, just like this—"
"Give up?"
Music starts again at some point, but this time it's more soothing; without the initial intensity, it carries a hint of sadness instead.
The man stands at the doorway, looking at his lover and child through a crack in the door.
Under the warm yellow light, the woman holds the child in her arms, humming a little tune, radiating an unprecedented maternal glow.
He pauses for a long time before finally turning to leave.
But in the next moment, the woman is already standing at the door, cupping her lover's face for a deep kiss.
"I know you never run away from a fight."
The woman's voice is tender and affectionate, filling one with strength.
"So go do what you want to do—do what you didn't do back then, and fulfill all your regrets."
The man closes his eyes, and the scenes shift rapidly.
Racetracks, vehicles, the roar of engines, and intense music...
The camera cuts; in the city night, headlights pierce the darkness, casting fast-moving shadows on the walls, while the man in the car grips the steering wheel tightly, his eyes sharp as an eagle's.
In the next second, the sports car drifts through a corner, sparks flying as the rims spin and tires screech against the ground; a group of men in black stand at the end of the road, their expressions cold as they hold weapons, the air thick with a tense and oppressive atmosphere—
A young Chinese racer stands with arms crossed, turning to look at the camera with a cold and arrogant expression, his lips faintly moving as if saying something, but it quickly flashes by.
Finally, there are constant flashes of fighting clips, with both sides trading visceral, swift blows; the sounds of impact and engines intertwine with Hollywood's signature background chanting, pushing the atmosphere of the entire work to its limit.
After watching the trailer, it was hard for netizens not to get excited along with it.
However, perhaps because many versions of trailers had already been released recently, this final version actually had fewer racing scenes and fighting sequences, focusing more on reminiscence and nostalgia; the pace was slower, and the plot even interspersed many stories from the previous installments of the fast & furious series.
At the end of the trailer, the protagonist's figure looks lonely and despondent, like an aging king finally about to complete his mission.
Especially when he says he's giving up racing and leaving for good, that sense of a king's curtain call becomes even stronger.
At the very end of this trailer, the full title for fast car shadow 7 was finally revealed: fast car shadow 7: The Final Arena.
Instantly, the tragic sense of a story finally reaching its conclusion was fully realized.
Long-time viewers of the fast & furious series felt more of a sense of melancholy upon seeing this name.
【I actually always remember Director Tannis saying something about this movie years ago; he said the protagonist never left because there was always the regret of an unfinished race in his heart, and many promises he made to people had yet to be fulfilled. So, if he were to put a perfect period on the fast & furious series, it would definitely end with this race.】
【So is the fast & furious series really coming to an end? No!!! It's been with me for twenty years, how can it suddenly end!】
【Sigh, Old Man Tannis's health is also getting worse; it's more appropriate for this series to end sooner.】
【Someone predicted before that the fast & furious series probably wouldn't exceed ten movies, but I didn't expect it to actually end at the seventh; it's truly a bit saddening.】
【Actually, ending it early is quite good; after all, many series just get worse the longer they go. The fact that the old man could ensure these seven movies consistently performed well is already an incredible result.】
【But it's still a pity; I was thinking of watching the second-generation racers compete later on and having it filmed for over ten installments until there was nothing left to film.】
【It can't be helped, Director Tannis is still very much a perfectionist; being able to film the seventh installment already took a lot of energy, so choosing to end it is understandable.】
【So let's buy tickets to support it; consider it a way to put a period on my youth.】
...
As the reputation of fast car shadow 7 spread along with Xiao He's name, the promotional trailer quickly attracted a group of true movie fans.
This group of fans is undoubtedly older, with an age profile between 30 and 40 years old; most of them are die-hard fans who have followed the series from the first fast & furious movie all the way to the latest one.
Although people in this age group generally don't like to spend large amounts on entertainment online, when they do decide to spend, their purchasing power is incredibly strong, with a level of generosity far exceeding that of ordinary fan circles.
Even before this, Xiao He hadn't expected this group of people to be so fierce, being quite the experts even at boosting box office numbers.
He also completely didn't expect that a foreign series like fast & furious would have such a group of fans who are willing to spend money and are extremely loyal.
However, this made their movie promotion even more convenient and allowed them to provide an even more perfect marketing report to the fast car shadow 7 Film Crew.