When it comes to domestic suspense movies, coupled with comedic elements, perhaps the first impression of many people is the movie "Detective Chinatown", so what if you add the "script killing" element?
Recently, I watched a movie with light-hearted and humorous comedy characteristics, fascinating suspenseful plots, unexpected reversal designs, some sharp satire, and social issues such as respecting women and protecting women. You may have guessed that it is the recently released "Fame and Fortune", this movie took six days, the box office has reached 188 million, this achievement in the usual situation, may not be worth mentioning, but in the unusually cold November, it is very rare, especially after comparing the box office of movies released at the same time.
"Fame and Fortune" is slightly inferior in terms of production costs, cast and IP cognition, etc., but the result has achieved a reversal in the word-of-mouth and box office trend of the movie, although it is not a "phenomenon-level hit", but it is also a work worth going into the theater to see, and I believe that the subsequent box office will continue to rise.
What is so good about "Fame and Fame"? What kind of story does it tell?
During the Republic of China, there was a boss named Lu Ziye, who was the most famous film investor in Shanghai Beach, and on this day in order to shoot a movie, he found the strongest lineup in the Shanghai film industry, including: Zheng Qianli, a well-known director who had filmed two box office blockbuster movies "Hero in a Hero", Guan Jingnian, who was once the "king of silent films", guan Jingnian, who is now the bone of the old drama, Chen Xiaoda, a kung fu superstar who returned from Hollywood, and Su Mengdi, a rich wife who has been popular all over the beach and is now married to a rich woman, the cast is so luxurious. The level of screenwriting naturally can not fall, Boss Lu invited the most well-known film critic and screenwriter in Shanghai, that is, our male protagonist Li Jiahui, in order to ensure the quality of the film, Boss Lu even invited two senior consultants, so he is so troublesome, what kind of movie is he going to make?
On a dark and windy night in the middle of the month, trapped in a manor that can't escape, and all they have to do is make a movie based on a real case, what case? "Three old murder case", the so-called "three old" refers to the three most powerful bosses in Shanghai Beach, they control shanghai's economic resources, have strong capital chips and connections, but no one expected that these three bosses together with the bodyguards under their hands, suddenly killed overnight, even the news media that has always been rooted in the ground, also shut up about it, such a gimmicky case, to be adapted into a movie, will definitely be a big hit at the box office, so Boss Lu invited them over, So the crowd on this case, scrambled to discuss, some people said that it was made into an action blockbuster, some people said that it was made into a revenge film, and some people actually said that it was made into a war of resistance films, but they wanted to make this movie, just like playing a script killing, they only got fragmented information, but if they wanted to understand the truth, they also needed to restore the whole story, but they chatted and talked, they felt that something was wrong, why at the script meeting, there would be a camera shooting the whole process? Why did they discuss in a dilapidated manor house, and why were chains tied to the feet of a consultant? And as the plot continues to advance, Boss Lu finally told everyone that he spent a lot of money for this movie, bought the internal information of the police station, and even brought the murderers to the front of everyone, and their location is the scene of the murder, and the other one, the filmmaker he found, is not as bright and beautiful as the previous introduction, the director Zheng Qianli sent the nickname "The King of Bad Films" Although the film is very bad but very popular, the old drama bone Guan Jingnian, see people talk about people and talk about ghosts, When he was red, no one paid attention to his eyes, and he could only rely on soft rice to make a living after he was a returnee martial arts superstar, but he only played the beaten Japanese, and the female lead actor was called a vase, and he was accused of illness without acting skills, and when he was old, he had to work hard to package himself, as for the screenwriter Lee Ka-fai. Alcoholics and arrogant, not much ability but always do not choose words, a few words can offend everyone, to tell the truth such a bunch of people, who does not want to have a chance to make a name for themselves?
From this point on, the whole film from the "Report Boss" style, gradually to the process of reasoning and decryption, and as one puzzle after another mystery was constantly uncovered, I realized that the whole film was punching me in the face, in fact, I had three main ideas in the previous film watching process, the murderer who appeared at the beginning was definitely not the real murderer, each of them had a big secret hidden, among them, there was definitely a real murderer hidden, but perhaps because my thinking was solidified by the script The more you look back, the more you feel that something is wrong, this movie is actually very "simple", the murderer has been placed in front of you, all you have to do is speculate on his motives and methods, if you only need to know the truth, but less guess the process of guessing the murderer, what is the meaning?
It turned out that I was so wrong, because the truth was so desperate, and after watching "Fame and Fame", I still remember a line in it, "Do you know what is the most terrible thing in this world?" "Is the memory", director Liu Xunzimo although using the shell of Benge reasoning, but has no intention of exploring who the murderer is, but through an abnormal crime process, to explore its deeper reasons, under the reversal of the layers, we finally learned that the original murderer has been guarding the daughter of the old comrade-in-arms, not only taking care of her living and eating, but also after the girl became a singer, he also protected her thoroughly, and finally he took advantage of the loopholes in the people's conversation in the movie to completely hide the girl's secret, and this sincere emotion is undoubtedly touching As for what secrets he is hiding, I believe that everyone will naturally find the answer after watching the film.
Next, it is interesting to talk about something interesting, in "Fame and Fame", the director buried a large number of fan terriers as Easter eggs, such as the martial arts stand-in played by Kodak, dressed in white against the Axe Gang, which is obviously paying tribute to "Kung Fu", and he also has a plot of showing his face in the door, which is also a tribute to "The Shining", and the director Zheng Qianli, played by Yu Entai, his name should be derived from the actor and director Zheng Junli of the old generation of Shanghai Beach, whose representative works are "National Wind", "Big Road", "A River of Spring Water Flows East" and his play is called "Hero in the Hero" , and only two films were filmed, which is clearly in the tune of Ni Tangge's "Conspiracy on the Plate" series, not to mention his nickname "The King of Bad Films," has been scolded and has been calling the wind and rain, it is difficult not to remind people of a director surnamed Wang
In addition to this, the film also contains a lot of comedic elements, in addition to the most familiar, "Report Boss" cold humor style, I believe many people remember "I call your father, you beat my mother, right?" There is also a policeman played by Qin Xiaoxian, who wants to talk to the female lead actor when his life is in danger, and as a result, the martial arts stand-in came over and directly shouted "Roll", and the whole audience laughed badly at that time.
In addition, like what director plays a big name, compete for the position of the conspiracy, the boss blindly intervenes to make money, the team does not respect the screenwriter, although this film is a Story of the Republic of China, it has long been implied that this fish can eat "the inner fish can't do it".
The gimmick of "Fame and Fame", although it is a murder case killed under the script, but unveiling this layer of clothing, you will find that it is not only wrapped in such a simple murder, in the words of a hot comment on Douban, that is, the fringe actor's "Actor Please Take Place" has no cover of the "Spit Conference", the "Star Detective" that clears the layers of fog, the "Old Boy" who is the last fight of youth, the "Twelve Hours of "Shanghai" that attaches importance to the friendship of war, and the "Twelve Citizens" who do not stick to their conscience.
Speaking of which, it is still highly recommended that everyone go into the theater and personally go to see this movie, like the small partners of Wanhe Tianyi, you can see Kodak, Ben Yu, and cameos of Bai Ke, Xiao Ai and other Wanhe old people, like "Love Apartment" can see the little aunt, as well as 33 people who participate in the competition, in the case of various "retirements" can also debut 17 people, but still did not debut Yin Zheng, as well as "Wulin Wai Chuan" Lu Xiucai, "Dragon Gate U Bureau" Uncle Gong, and Deyun Society's Qin Xiaoxian, whether it is the cast, Or the script idea, or the emotional sublimation and so on.
Forget it, or go to the theater for yourself to see it!