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In 5 days of release, the box office only exceeded 80 million, and the total box office is predicted to be less than 200 million.
From the "Bomb Disposal Expert" series to the "Anti-Drug" series, to the "Customs Front".
As a representative director of Hong Kong films today, Qiu Litao's overturn does not seem to be surprising to the audience.
In this summer file war, the action blockbuster "Customs Front" that came on the stage first is not even comparable to the family drama "There is a Commissary by the Clouds" next door.
And Nicholas Tse's return seems to have become a joke.
Click on the comment area, the style of painting is very consistent.
Words such as "really bad", "extremely disappointed", "too bad", etc., all express the audience's dissatisfaction.
Why did this "visual effects blockbuster" usher in many bad reviews when it was released, Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung took Qiu Litao, did it really overturn so completely?
This time, let's take a good look at the blockbuster "Customs Front".
First of all, I have to say that from the perspective of visual effects, I can indeed fully feel Nicholas Tse's love for movies.
served as the action director of the film for the first time, and he did let the audience see some of the professionalism and dedication of Wusheng in the old Hong Kong film.
In terms of action scenes, "Customs Front" is quite acceptable.
However, the level of this "acceptable" action scene is not high enough for the audience to ignore the plot.
It can be seen that Nicholas Tse is indeed cool, but he is still not "fancy" enough in terms of expressiveness.
At least for me, who has watched a lot of Hong Kong films, it is almost interesting to get away from the high-energy warning promoted in the early stage.
In this regard, it is really not as good as Lin Chaoxian's "Breaking Point".
And judging from the plot, I can't even believe that it will be Qiu Litao's handiwork.
Let's start with the characters.
Similar to the master-apprentice relationship, the two male protagonists, the male wife and the Thai policewoman, the two female protagonists, are not new and interesting.
In order to increase the literary drama, director Qiu Litao put more pen and ink on Zhang Yunnan (played by Jacky Cheung).
was constantly oppressed by his boss in the workplace, and when he returned home, he had to sacrifice himself for his wife's career.
Zhang Yunnan's severe schizophrenia caused him to secretly hurt himself in a no-man's corner, and he usually had to behave mildly.
This kind of character design seems to be a breakthrough, and I want to take the warm route, but in fact, it is a lot less refreshing.
The main reason is that the plot does not support it.
wants to make an action movie, but wants to use the most simple method to sensationalize, but in fact, the action scenes are average, and the most painful tears are also superficial.
In various emotional lines, there is a lack of foreshadowing.
For example, the master-apprentice line of the two male protagonists.
Whether it is brotherhood or the master-apprentice friendship similar to father and son, it is relatively one-sided, and the relationship that can really poke the hearts of the audience in the past cannot be seen.
So in the end, when life and death parted, everyone couldn't empathize with the pain of the second male.
Another example is the love line between Zhang Yunnan and his wife.
This kind of willingness to dissect yourself to fulfill your feelings is actually very easy to impress the audience.
However, in the movie, I can't see at all how important this relationship is to two people, or how difficult it is to maintain a relationship.
Even from another point of view, the so-called "sacrifice" of the male protagonist may just be self-moving.
In addition, the second male played by Nicholas Tse is just a supporting role with gold edges.
The images of the other characters who appear are also relatively flat, and the whole film is not as moving as the ending song sung by Jacky Cheung at the end.
Really disappointed.
It is said that the old Hong Kong star fights, Jacky Cheung can still be active on the big screen at the age of 62, and even sits in an action blockbuster, which is really surprising.
After all, this old brother is at the level of singing and dancing in concerts.
However, after watching the movie, I just want to say that the king should still appear on the stage where the flash is focused.
I don't know if it's because of the dubbing, Jacky Cheung's performance in this film makes me not see his profound interpretation of the characters.
In the highlight scenes that can show his acting skills such as burning himself with an iron, having a nervous breakdown to an outburst, etc., Jacky Cheung's handling is actually quite superficial.
As the big male lead, he didn't perform the most surprising reversal, and the mental illness of depression and bipolar disorder, which the director wanted to show with all his might, was not portrayed well, which is really hard to swallow.
And Nicholas Tse, who returned again after many years, acted blandly.
There is no shining point in the character design, and there is not much room for him to play.
And it seems to me that he spends almost all of his energy on action scenes.
The most typical is that the ex-girlfriend who has been in love for many years died in front of him at the beginning, without the despair and disbelief of opening and closing, only the feeling of "constipation" that could not cry for a long time.
Liu Yase, there is actually no problem with acting, but the character setting is really inexplicable.
Suddenly, two policemen came from Thailand, and the male policeman was arrested, and the female policeman basically didn't react much.
The interaction with the male protagonist in the back seems to want to secretly poke and poke a CP, but there is no actual action, and it is not much help in finding key clues.
And the main thing is that the filming of "Customs Front" took more than two months.
The effect of filming makes me feel that the actors are not as familiar with each other as the relationship between the characters in the play.
When they interact on the screen, the audience does not feel the real emotional collision between people, and the state of wanting to talk in their eyes.
It's like a bunch of professional actors, doing tasks according to specific plots and characters, holding back tears for crying, and depression for depression.
I sat in the theater until the end, and I was more depressed than the male lead.
epilogue
There is no harm if there is no comparison, and it is not that there have been no good Hong Kong films in the past two years.
"Rage: Serious Case", "Detective War", "Breaking Point", "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City", etc., are actually not bad, at least there are always highlights that can convince the audience in the plot or fighting scenes.
In contrast, "Customs Front" is probably not half a star worse in terms of narrative ability and shooting techniques.
Relying on feelings and eating old books is understandable for movies, but if you can't even understand the story and want to dig out the audience's pocket, it's a bit too much.
In addition, professional people do professional things.
It's not that you can order three-legged cat kung fu to be a martial arts instructor.
Nicholas Tse is indeed very handsome, but on the basis of his acting skills are not in place, the insignificant fighting scenes are also vigorously promoted, which is really a bit poor in donkey skills.
In general, it is actually reasonable for "Customs Front" to become cannon fodder in the summer file, but I still look forward to director Qiu Litao's later works, and I only hope to maintain the level of "Bomb Disposal Expert" and "Sweeping Drugs".
I don't know if you have watched this Hong Kong film in the summer file? #记录我的2024 ##电影海关战线#
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