The action comedy "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" starring Donnie Yen was withdrawn from the theater schedule on February 14 and was instead broadcasted exclusively on the two major online platforms of iQiyi and Tencent. The plot of the film was complained by many viewers. The score is only 4.8 points.
"Fat Dragon Crossing the River" is directed by Kenji Tanigaki, starring Donnie Yen, Mao Shunjun, Zhou Liqi, and Wang Jing. The film tells a series of stories about the Hong Kong policeman Zhu Fulong, who was played by Donnie Yen, turned into a 200-jin fat man due to a broken love and overeating. He was ordered to go to Japan to investigate the case. The film was released in Hong Kong ahead of schedule on January 23, and the box office was only 3.65 million Hong Kong dollars in six days, which was very average. However, the film performed very well in Southeast Asian countries and won the box office championship at the same period. The film studio originally wanted to seize the important time node after the Spring Festival on February 14th, but due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus epidemic, the theater has been closed. Therefore, the film studio chose to unite on the two major platforms of iQiyi and Tencent Video. Broadcast, and adopted two versions in Mandarin and Cantonese. The film is different from "囧Mom", which is completely free, but uses a fee of 6 yuan for members and 12 yuan for non-members. The original activity was only valid for 48 hours, but the reporter found that the activity was still continuing until the time of publication.
Neither iQiyi nor Tencent Video has announced the box office revenue of the film these days. Judging from the playback volume displayed under Tencent Video, "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" has received 56 million album views, but this The number cannot be equated with the actual number of paid views.
"Ip Man 4: The End" starring Donnie Yen, which was released not long ago, won nearly 1.2 billion yuan at the box office, and he also publicly declared that this is his "last kung fu movie". Although "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" has a lot of comedy elements, the biggest attraction is still the hearty fighting scenes of Donnie Yen. Producer Wang Jing also spared no effort to boast on the Internet, saying that many viewers believe that the action fighting in "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" is more explosive than the action in "Ip Man 4: The End", especially Yen Zidan for the first time in the film Try Jackie Chan's action comedy style, with a lot of technical design and physical exaggeration, which is rarely seen in Donnie Yen's previous movies.
film critic Wei Junzi believes that "the fans of old Hong Kong movies look at the new version of "Fat Dragon Crossing the River", and they feel the same old taste. Because Yen Zidan and Wang Jing have tried their best to evoke your classic memories of the golden age of Hong Kong movies." However, some viewers believe that although the film is very lively, it is still inseparable from Wang Jing's past hodgepodge style. The plot is too clichéd, and it has the roughness of a strong Internet movie, and it is not logical, old and nonsense in all aspects.
Donnie Yen himself wrote on his personal Weibo a few days ago, “At the current development of the Internet, the mobile network of movie content is also an inevitable trend. In the future, within the scope of my personal ability, I will try my best to make my movie work after the movie is released. , The Internet is still full of clicks!"
iQiyi Films also said that the innovative attempt of "Fat Dragon Crossing the River" is not only for the epidemic period, but also for the sustainable and healthy development of the Chinese film industry. And the mode of doing innovation. "For good movies, we are willing to adopt a flexible and open cooperation model."
Source: Beijing Daily Client | Reporter Wang Jinyue
Editor: Jin Liwei
Process Editor: Wu Yue
