Fiasco! The three major actors did not win against Wang Baoqiang, and "Drug Sweep 3" is not a plot, it is no plot

This summer, the cinema is crazy!

First, Chen Sicheng's "Disappearing Her" opened the situation, and the premiere day opened with a box office banner of 200 million a day, and then the state is getting better and better, and he will not stop if he does not take more than 100 million a day.

Until Monday, "Disappearing Her" achieved a box office reversal on weekdays, declaring that the film miracle happened.

And the professional media also immediately changed the total box office forecast of 700 million to 3.3 billion.

Now, "Disappearing Her" has become a phenomenal hit in 2023, with 3.3 billion at hand, and Chen Sicheng has won again.

Chen Sicheng had just eaten, and his good brother Wang Baoqiang took over the baton.

After "Big Trouble" was named the worst director, Wang Baoqiang made a comeback 6 years later and sacrificed a new directorial work "In the Octagon Cage".

This time, the work was completely reborn, transforming from a comedy to a realistic feature film, and it was adapted from true events.

Wang Baoqiang riveted and wanted to prove himself and declare it to the public.

He is not only virtuous, but also talented.

"In the Octagon Cage" became, breaking 400 million at the box office just by screening, breaking 700 million in three days of release, and now it has exceeded 1.2 billion on the 10th day.

The media forecast was changed from 1 billion to 1.2 billion, and from 1.2 billion to 1.9 billion, and the market potential of the film was repeatedly amplified.

Not only the box office exploded, but also the word of mouth exploded.

"In the Octagon Cage" scored 7.6 points, which is a huge improvement from crawling to flying compared with the previous "Big Trouble".

After this small month of trials, the movie has only dropped by 0.1 points, and it has just dropped, and its score density can be imagined, basically it will not change much.

Good and popular, Wang Baoqiang not only proved his box office resistance with "In the Octagon Cage", but also proved his directorial talent.

The brand "Wang Baoqiang" will become a super first-line from this moment.

However, the moon bends and shines on Kyushu, and a few rejoice and some are sad.

When Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng opened champagne to celebrate, a group of three brothers from Hong Kong were secretly weeping, wondering whether they were ashamed of failing the efforts of their predecessors or angry that they were not capable.

- "Anti-Drug 3"

Big brother, sweeping again?

Yes, Drug Sweep 3 is coming.

In 2017, the first part of "Drug Sweep" filmed by Chen Musheng won 237 million box office in the mainland, ranking 30th.

Although the results are not dazzling, it was already a victory worth celebrating back then, after all, the box office market was not as magnificent as it is today, and you must know that "Generation Grandmaster" has a box office of 280 million.

It is also worth gratifying that the film is one of the most outstanding Hong Kong film commercial films in those years.

"Three years, do you know how I lived these three years?!"

"Jesus can't keep him, I said!"

I believe that no one should know these lines.

To this day, Zhang Jiahui's bridge is still one of the most popular materials for short videos, and the residual heat of "Anti-Drug" has spread for several years, and it has been really popular for a long time.

According to the inertia of Hong Kong movies, anti-drug is definitely going to make a sequel.

In the second part, in order to fit the mainland market, the capital specially found Qiu Litao, a mainland professional, to shoot.

Although Qiu Litao is inferior to Chen Musheng in the accuracy of the script, he knows the adrenaline of the audience well.

Under his guide, "Drug Sweep 2" was replaced by Andy Lau and Koo Tianle's opposition to good and evil, the plot is more light and direct, although there is no magic line out of the circle, but the Central Metro drag racing scene at the end is still very outstanding.

It turns out that Qiu Litao really understood the audience at that time.

The uncomplicated plot and wild bombing, coupled with the handsome faces of Andy Lau and Koo Tianle, make the movie an unprecedented success.

In terms of market performance, it has won a full 1.3 billion box office, breaking 4 records including "2019 Domestic Crime Film Mainland Champion", and major awards have also won countless awards.

The movie won a big victory, made a lot of money, and even continued the incense for the dying Hong Kong movie.

The following year, "Anti-Drug 3" will start in 2021.

This part strengthened the strength of the lineup, black-faced actor Liu Qingyun returned, continued to partner Koo Tianle, and the four heavenly kings were replaced from Andy Lau to Kwok Fucheng.

Qiu Litao holds two important positions as director and screenwriter, which can be regarded as an upgraded version of 1+2.

"Drug Sweep 2" has a box office of 1.3 billion, and now the market is so fierce, won't "Drug Sweep 3" go up to 2 billion?

Now, two years later, "Drug Sweep 3" is finally here, but did he win?

It can only be said that it was a failure.

"Drug Sweep 3" was released on July 6, the same day as Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage".

The results on the first day are not divided into Bozhong, Wang Baoqiang got 64 million, and the three brothers of drug sweeping also have 44 million, after all, there is no home field advantage, it is inevitable.

But the next day, Wang Baoqiang immediately started the rush mode, winning 80 million in a single day, but "Drug Sweep 3" stopped moving, also only 45 million.

The days to come are almost uneventful, without surprises or surprises.

But yesterday, under the double squeeze of "In the Octagonal Cage" and "Chang'an 30,000 Li", "Drug Sweep 3" only won 19.28 million box office, falling off a cliff, indicating that there is insufficient stamina and will soon be handed in in advance.

Up to now, "Drug Sweep 3" has been released for 10 days and has a box office of 246 million.

Even according to the final forecast of 300 million, it is more than 70% smaller than the upper part.

Of course, this result is not bad.

But compared to the previous work of 1.3 billion, coupled with the luxurious upgrade lineup of three actors, this is really a bit shabby.

From golden IP to lack of stamina, to ask how "Drug Sweep 3" got to this point, the quality of the film is naturally the main reason.

Qiu Litao is desperate on this road.

"Drug Sweep 3" cannot be said to have a bad plot, and there is no plot at all.

The whole movie is 124 minutes, two hours at every turn, except for the bang, bang, bang that broke my brain, I almost forgot all the plots, and felt that my brain hard drive was shattered.

The script is still the brother and undercover set, which can be explained in a paragraph:

(To facilitate understanding the plot, the following is replaced by an actor abbreviation.) ）

Ah Qing is a Thai drug dealer who licks blood from the tip of a knife.

When developing in Hong Kong, he met Agu and Acheng one after another, because the other party was righteous and saved Aqing several times, and Aqing married Jinlan on the spot and was born into death.

Of course, as you guessed, Agu and Acheng are undercover.

Later, Agu and the police surrounded and suppressed Ah Qing, but the operation failed, and Ah Qing absconded back to Thailand, because Ah Cheng did not reveal his identity, and continued to lurk in Thailand.

Then Ah Qing and Ah Cheng took a part-time job in Thailand, and Ah Gu knew the location of Ah Cheng and united China and Thailand to save Ah Cheng.

And then.

It's gone!!

It's really gone!

To be honest, when I finished the above plot review, I also carefully thought about what was missing.

But racking my brain, I found that the whole plot is like this, boring and uninteresting.

The whole story is monotonous to only a few outlines, in order to make the plot more exciting, the director also used interludes, flashbacks and other techniques, but tossing for half a day is difficult to cover up the incurable disease of weak plot.

Under such a thin plot, there are many ridiculous bugs that cannot be justified.

For example, it is written so magnificently at the beginning, but it is clear that the drug dealer can escape when he is fully prepared.

Doesn't this mean that Hong Kong's police force is weak?

There is also a drug dealer A Qing, who is invincible, empty-eyed, and almost has to become a generation of heroes.

But the two cronies around him are undercover, and they haven't found out yet, this chance, don't portray it in IQ, the more pen and ink, the more clumsy it looks.

The movie is full of holes in the text, and almost all of Qiu Litao's energy is spent on the scene, blowing up the port at the beginning, then a small fight in three minutes, a gun battle in five minutes, and finally even an air raid.

But without emotional investment, all fried and fried is a superficial scratching of the boot.

The first time I experienced falling asleep in the midst of artillery fire, it was a wonderful feeling.

And the comments of "Drug Sweep 3" are basically attacking the laziness of the script, scoring 6.0 points, holding hard for many days, and finally dropping to 5.9 points, falling below the passing line.

Is it that Hong Kong movies can't work, or Kwok Fucheng can't do it?

With the folding halberd of "Drug Sweep 3", another voice sounded -

Hong Kong movies don't work anymore.

Dege found that the viewing needs of mainland audiences have undergone tremendous changes, from the previous "Hong Kong movies must see" to the current "Hong Kong movies are not good", it feels like two worlds.

Yes, Hong Kong movies don't talk about faults, that's almost extinct.

The three protagonists of "Drug Sweep 3", Gu Tianle is 52 years old, Liu Qingyun is 59 years old, and Guo Fucheng is 57 years old.

are all 50+ middle-aged people, three people add up to 168 years old and play liver and gallbladder, brothers look at the same set, looking at the wrinkles on their eyebrows, it is really not interesting.

Massacres are also happening on the other side.

Zhou Yunfa's "Don't Call Me God of Gamblers", both 68 years old and challenging a 40-year-old new father, can't hang meat on their faces, plus the IP of consuming "God of Gamblers", it is really reluctant.

In the end, the box office was only 40 million, and many people didn't even know that such a movie was released.

Jackie Chan's "Dragon Horse Spirit", 69 years old staged action scenes, reviewed the classic image of his life.

Although the feelings are very plus, the box office is only 200 million, which is not the same as the previous appeal of more than one billion.

Counting the top movies that can be ranked in the past three years, only "Detective Wars", "Tomorrow's War" and "Fury: Heavy Case" are still okay.

But "Detective Wars" is the IP of stepping on Du Qifeng's "Detective", "Tomorrow's War" has a bad start, relying on Gu Tianle's bitter tears to sympathize with the rising trend, and only the victory of "Rage: Heavy Case" is hearty.

But who does this movie rely on?

Hong Kong's last superstar, Nicholas Tse!

This also proves that young blood is the primary productive force.

Some people say that Hong Kong movies are now blind boxes, stuffing a group of 5, 60+ actors into it, and then finding police and bandits, undercover, gunfights, brothers, love and other elements to join.

Grab a handful and you're done.

Don't believe it, do you recognize which movie these posters are?

In addition to the gold content of Hong Kong film brands, some people say -

This may be a spell for Aaron Kwok.

As one of the four kings, Kwok Fucheng's production has increased sharply in recent years, and he has held solo concerts, which shows his dedication.

But the results of the work have not gone up.

In 2021, the huge "Secret Visitor" only had 200 million box office.

At the beginning of this year, there were two movies in a row, "When the Wind Rises Again" with Tony Leung and "Broken Network" with Liang Chaowei.

As a result, one is 49.04 million, the other is 64.87 million, and both have not broken 100 million.

By the middle of the year, this "Anti-Drug 3", which has clearly become a brand, has a poor double effect.

Some people even say that the terminator of Hong Kong films is Kwok Fucheng.

Of course, this hat Kwok Fucheng definitely can't wear.

But as the most prolific of the four heavenly kings in recent years, Kwok Fucheng's proud achievements will go back to 2018's "Matchless".

It has been 5 years, which has really greatly reduced the gold content of this heavenly king.

Film quality, Hong Kong film brand, Kwok Fucheng's curse.

There are multiple reasons behind the collapse of "Drug Sweep 3", which do you think is the main one?

Welcome to discuss in the comment area!

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