"Rage · Serious Case" returns, "Changjin Lake" airborne, "Midsummer Future" filed
A wave of new movies in August
In July, "Chinese Doctor" continued to hit theaters with a box office of over 1.2 billion; "White Snake 2: The Green Snake Rising", as a sequel to the best-known work, currently has nearly 300 million box office.
In the upcoming August film market, good news continues. The war giant "Changjin Lake" announced that it will be released on August 12, and the Hong Kong police film "Anger and Serious Case" will be released on July 30. The youth of Zhang Zifeng and Wu Lei The film "Midsummer Future" will be released on July 30, and "Five Boys Who Fell in the Water" will be screened on August 13... There are a lot of highlights in the second half of the summer vacation this year.
Yangtze Evening News/Ziniu News reporter
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Long-lost Hong Kong Police Film
"Rage · Serious Case" is Donnie Yen's "Most Satisfied Action Movie"
Hong Kong-produced police and criminal films have always had a stable audience in mainland China. Although the box office ceiling is not high, if the word of mouth is good, it is expected to hit 1 billion + box office. For example, "Sweeping Drugs 2: Battle Between Heaven and Earth" released in the summer of 2019 won At the box office of 1.3 billion, the "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" released in December last year was 1.3 billion.
The Hong Kong police film "Rage: Serious Cases" is highly anticipated by fans. The film is directed and produced by Chen Musheng, produced and starred by Donnie Yen, and starred by Nicholas Tse and Lan Qin. It tells the story of the crime squad encircling the international drug lord and suddenly killing a group of masks. The gangsters "black and eat black" and slaughtered the police even more cold-blooded.
Donnie Yen and Nicholas Tse collaborated again after 12 years, and they were the most "burning" real police action blockbuster.
The serious crime team inspector Zhang Chongbang, played by Donnie Yen, witnessed the killing of his comrades, and in-depth investigation found that the leader of the gangsters was actually a former friend Qiu Gangao played by Nicholas Tse.
The once brothers are now in full swing, and a just battle has officially started.
From "Breaking the Wolf" to "The Fuse", Donnie Yen's previous actual combat action films have left a deep impression on the audience. The action scenes are infinitely close to real fights, and they are praised by many action fans as the actual combat classics of Chinese action movies. Template.
With these works, Donnie Yen has won the Best Action Design Award many times.
In this "Furious Case", in addition to acting as the producer and leading star, Donnie Yen is also the action director of the film, which vividly reflects the actual combat action style of "Zhen Kungfu".
Donnie Yen also admitted that this is the "most satisfying action movie" he has ever filmed.
It is reported that there are as many as five core battles in the film alone, including black eating black in an abandoned shopping mall, street fighting in Cha Kwo Ling, police and robber shootout in Tsim Sha Tsui, motorcycle chase, and the ultimate duel at the cathedral. Guns and grenades took turns in battle. In the last church battle alone, five weapons were designed and used, including batons, butterfly knives, hammers, iron rods, and hammers to stage a battle of cold weapons.
In addition, "Furious Cases" is the posthumous work of director Chen Musheng. In August 2020, Chen Musheng died of nasopharyngeal cancer at the age of 58.
Chen Musheng has directed classic films such as "Heavenly Love", "Who Am I" and "New Police Story", and is regarded by many fans as "one of the directors who are best at shooting big action scenes".
Street blasting, stimulating gun battles, high-burning fighting... every scene in the trailer that makes people soaring adrenaline tells the audience that the familiar director Chen Musheng is back.
This is also director Chen Musheng's filming of a police action movie after "Anti-drugs". The protagonists under his lens are quite heroic and very charismatic.
All of the above make people look forward to "Rage · Serious Case".
Watch "Chinese Doctor" in July and "Changjin Lake" in August
"China Victory Trilogy" combination boxing is too fierce
On July 26, the film "Changjin Lake" was finally officially announced to be released on August 12, which undoubtedly gave a boost to this year's weak summer vacation, which can be called a "save the market."
As soon as the news came out, it was instantly searched.
As the backbone of the "China Victory Trilogy", "Changjin Lake" closely followed "Chinese Doctor" in its appearance, arousing heated discussions. "The first "Chinese Doctor" was released on July 9th, and the second "Chinese Doctor" was released on July 9th. "Changjin Lake" will come on August 12! This combination boxing is too fast", ""Chinese Doctor" is a great victory for the white soldiers, "Changjin Lake" is a great victory for the volunteer soldiers, this is us The Chinese victory that I want!" "It's definitely a fierce movie! At the same time, I look forward to the third part of the trilogy "Anonymous"."
In the second battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the 9th Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteers divided and surrounded the elite U.S. troops in the Changjin Lake area, annihilating more than 13,000 enemies, and reversing the battlefield situation.
The movie "Lake Changjin" is based on the Battle of Changjin Lake, which restores this epic battle in a panoramic view.
The story takes place in the winter 71 years ago. The Volunteer Company held its position and bravely killed the enemy in the extreme cold and harsh environment. It embodies the revolutionary spirit of seeing death as home, freezing into ice sculptures and not retreating, and the heroic spirit of daring to fight and daring to win without fear of strong enemies.
It is reported that the film shows the full picture of the Battle of Changjin Lake in an epic way: from the U.S. army landing in Incheon, flagrantly crossing the 38th parallel to invade the border between China and North Korea, to volunteer troops crossing the Yalu River to fight abroad, resisting U.S. aid to Korea and defending the country.
From the outbreak of the Battle of Changjin Lake, the soldiers of our volunteers inflicted heavy losses on the enemy, to the defeat and withdrawal of the US troops from Xingnan Port... During this process, the generals from both sides of the war came on stage in turn, the strength of the US military equipment and the high morale of our volunteers all gained The manifestation.
The protagonists of the movie are Wu Jing and Yi Yan Qianxi. They play a pair of brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli, and the two have also become the focus of netizens.
Wu Jing said that the fate with Yi Yang Qianxi runs through the filming of "Changjin Lake" for more than 180 days, and he feels that young people are "extremely valuable and promising."
"Changjin Lake" is based on the actions of the "Seventh Interstitial Company" of a hero company and its brothers. It tells the fighting spirit and touching stories of ordinary volunteer soldiers throughout the campaign. In addition to the brotherhood of Wu Jing and Yi Yan Qianxi, Duan Yihong, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Han Dongjun, Hu Jun and others played the "seven consecutive six heroes" and the feelings of comrades-in-arms are also moving.
The reporter learned that in order to create the epic masterpiece "Changjin Lake", all the filmmakers in front of and behind the scenes have devoted countless efforts.
The main creative team has gone through more than 5 years of script polishing, more than two years of meticulous preparation, more than 70,000 extras participated in the performance, super large-scale costume props, military equipment preparation, and over 100 kilometers of battle tactical design.
"Changjin Lake" is produced and directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Lin Chaoxian. Director Chen Kaige, who is very familiar with the history of US aid to Korea, is responsible for grasping the historical keynote. Director Tsui Hark, who has successfully directed "Take the Tiger Mountain out of Wisdom", boldly launched the creation with " Director Lin Chaoxian, who has accumulated rich experience in Operation Mekong and Operation Red Sea, has shown his expertise in the film's action scenes and war scenes.
Coupled with the help of the screenwriter Lan Xiaolong, art director Zhang Heping, historical consultant Wang Shuzeng and other experts in various fields, the quality of the film is guaranteed.
Youth films are not absent
"Midsummer Future" and "Five Boys Who Fell in the Water" have their own highlights
"Midsummer Future" tells the story of Chen Chen (Zhang Zifeng), who is about to take the college entrance examination, is depressed after discovering that his mother (Hao Lei) and Uncle Wang (Zu Feng) are having an "affair", but at this time, he has a relationship with the campus celebrity Zheng Yuxing (Wu Lei) Acting) I met unexpectedly because of a lie.
In their unsolved youth, the two of them faced the challenges of growing up hand in hand, faced their true self bravely, and witnessed each other's transformation.
The film focuses on the "future choices", "intergenerational communication", family campus life and other hot issues that the current society is concerned about, deepens the confusion and confusion in the growth of young people, and shows the other side of youth in addition to beauty, which is expected to arouse resonance and thinking.
This is one of the works of "National Sister" Zhang Zifeng dominating the screen this year. After "Detective Chinatown 3", "My Sister", "Secret Visitor" and "Chinese Doctor", "The Future of Summer" finally ushered in.
In the hit "Chinese Doctor", Zhang Zifeng's performance was once again highly praised by the audience. In the film, she wore a mask and expressed her complex emotions through her eyes and simple body language, which made many viewers cry.
And this time in "Midsummer Future", she partnered with Wu Lei, this CP combination is very fresh.
It is worth mentioning that the films previously directed by director Chen Zhengdao include "Return to 20", "Master of Hypnotism", "Master of Memory", etc., which are all excellent works of word-of-mouth and box office win-win.
"Five Poking Boys" will be released on August 13th. This is a unique youth film. There is no love, no blood plot, but a collection of high beauty and high hormones. The whole film shows It is full of youthful vitality.
The film tells the story of five high school students who accidentally joined the men's synchronized swimming team, started a passionate and humorous challenge training, and finally represented the school sprint competition.
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Looking forward to the "leader" effect of "Changjin Lake"
According to the lighthouse professional data, the box office of the Chinese film market has exceeded 30 billion yuan this year, and continues to lead the global market.
However, after the crazy Spring Festival stalls and Qingming stalls, the box office of the 51st stalls and the Dragon Boat Festival stalls has been tepid, especially after entering the summer stalls, the market is still not as hot as expected.
As of July 28, only 2.8 billion box offices were obtained in July, which is a huge gap from the 5.756 billion in the same period in 2019.
Now entering the second half of the summer vacation, films with richer themes, such as youth films, cop films, and big-production war films, will enter the venue one after another. Many industry insiders said that the results of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival and May 1st gear have long been proved. One point is that "Pianhai tactics" still need to be "leaders". "Chinese Doctor" gave a good start to July. In August, "Changjin Lake" has higher expectations, and the head effect is expected to be stronger. All of these will Brings a lot of hope to the follow-up sprint of the summer vacation file.