HWI 205

Hollywood What If Chapter 205

[The father/leader of the criminals entered the room. He talked to Bryan Mills and the two had fierce interaction.]

["You killed my son!"]

["He kidnapped my daughter."]

[That was their exchange but the two were both determined. Unfortunately for Bryan Mills, he was at a disadvantage in this situation.]

[The leader sent Lenore into the room. Then, he wounded her throat!]

The audience gasped and thought that Lenore would immediately die. 

[However, Lenore didn't die quickly. Instead, she was hanged upside down as blood escaped from her neck.]

To make the scene less gruesome and pass the MPAA rating, Lenore's face was wrapped in a brown fabric sack. To hide the suffering that the woman underwent. Of course, the person who was getting hanged upside down was actually a body double.

Still, it was heartbreaking to see Lenore hanged upside down while the brown sack slowly turned red as the blood further dyed the fabric. 

[Bryan Mills' expression was horrible but he controlled himself. He then contacted Kim after he identified his location. He successfully escaped from his bondage and instructed Kim to throw a gun down the chimney.]

[Kim Mills was sensed by the sniper and tried to shoot her. Thankfully, Kim Mills already stopped throwing grenades and started hiding. She followed her father's instructions.]

[Bryan Mills checked his ex-wife and sighed in relief after he confirmed that Lenore was doing fine.]

[After that was another action sequence. Bryan Mills came out of the room and started blasting people.]

[Two of the five snipers were resting in the place and they failed to use their rifle in close distance. They died in the hands of Bryan Mills.]

[Bryan Mills was almost shot in the head if he didn't duck. He looked around and found a man on top of a three-storey building. The location was not that far.]

[Determined to finish what he started, Bryan Mills sprinted into the three-storey building. He didn't know that his opponent this time was Marcus.]

[Marcus and Bryan Mills had a confrontation and they started shooting in the stairwell. They dodged each other's bullet with no hassle.]

[But the situation changed once Bryan Mills successfully reached Marcus and fought him in hand-to-hand combat. Even though Marcus was a professional hitman, he was weaker against someone like Bryan Mills. Someone who had a particular set of skills.]

[In the end, Marcus escaped the building but he was wounded in his left leg. Clearly, Bryan Mills won this battle.]

The audience had mixed emotions in this one but most of them cheered for Bryan Mills. 

In this situation, Bryan Mills had the upper hand from a morality standpoint while Marcus was a clear enemy. In this movie, they found the duality of Marcus' character.

Marcus was a good friend to John Wick, he saved his life. But it didn't change the fact that Marcus was a hitman. Perhaps Marcus wanted to end this career but for now, his status was clear as one of the enemies in this movie.

The audience had a great time watching their battle because both Marcus and Bryan Mills were experts. The action choreography in the scene was satisfying. 

In the corner of the theater, Tae-Won Park could not help but smile as he watched the product that he made. He was the stunt director of Taken 2 and The Bourne Identity and his name was getting famous. Lately, more people have been trying to recruit him to join their projects. 

Unfortunately, Tae-Won Park declined all of them. He knew that the Hong Kong film industry and Hollywood were having a negotiation about hiring talents. Tae-Won Park didn't want to join this troublesome stuff. 

[Fighting Marcus didn't leave Bryan Mills unscathed. He was injured in his right arm but it was not fatal. At least he could move it with no problem.]

[Another group of criminals rushed to Bryan Mills and the protagonist didn't have a choice but to escape. He met Kim Mills on the way and found a car.]

[The two went to Lenore's location, only to realize that Lenore was abducted again!]

[Bryan Mills and Kim left the place but they were chased by the enemies. Just as expected, another car chasing scene and this time, the scene was much cooler.]

Not going to lie, the crew spent almost 2 million dollars just to make this scene happen. They rented a place in Istanbul, let the cars set free running, destroyed dozens of cars, and recorded it.

This was the outcome of that one week of filming. A very adrenaline-pumping scene, where cars were dashing forward and crashing into concrete walls or rolling over. There was something about cars exploding that made men entertained. 

[Kim and Bryan Mills' car entered the U.S. Embassy although their car was half broken.]

[Once Kim Mills was safe in the Embassy, Bryan Mills decided that this should end. Using the connection he formed and his experience, he successfully located the place where Lenore was.]

[He entered the house and started killing people, in a very swift but cool way. Gaining the attention of the male audience.]

[Bryan Mills found the leader of the criminals and gave him a choice-- peace or death. The leader/father chose death and Bryan kicked him to the wall where a sharp protruded blade stabbed the leader.] 

[Then, Bryan Mills proceeded to save Lenore and peacefully left Istanbul. That vacation was something that the whole family would never forget.]

Even the audience would never forget this movie because the interactions between the characters were getting clearer. In this movie, Marcus from John Wick fought Bryan Mills and lost, escaping from the protagonist!