was the hot summer file of "Nezha" and "Heroes of Fire", and "Apostle Walker" joined the fierce battle. The movie "Apostle Walker 2: Operation Bourgogne" starring Louis Koo, Zhang Jiahui and Wu Zhenyu was released on the 7th. As of 5 o'clock in the evening on the first day, it had won a box office of 100 million yuan, and the box office of "Heroes of Fire" was more than 7 days in the theater. Ranked second in the single-day box office.
As early as 2014, the TV series "Apostle Walker" sparked an upsurge in drama pursuits and became the champion of Hong Kong drama ratings that year. In 2016, the drama director Wen Weihong adapted it into the movie version of "Walker Walker". The film broke the previous law of the general decline in the quality of film adaptations of Hong Kong dramas and created a box office record of over 600 million in the summer file with a dark horse. As a sequel to the movie, this time, "Apostle Walker 2" retains the three classic elements of the previous game: police, undercover, brotherhood, and the lineup of director and starring, but the content of the story is basically not related to the previous game.
This film continues the theme of "finding an undercover", telling the story of a pair of childhood brothers who were accidentally separated and met 30 years later due to a crime. The two are already in different camps. With the deepening of the crime investigation, a terrorist organization that has been hidden behind the scenes for many years has gradually emerged. The two brothers Zhang Jiahui and Koo Tianle reunited in different ways. Regardless of each other's status, the brotherhood will always be the one that can't let go. Wen Weihong, director of
, believes that previous undercover films were purely police and criminal stories and were mostly local, but this film expanded the filming location to Myanmar and Spain, trying to combine local folk customs and plots to create the atmosphere of international spy films. "The purpose of our shooting is to give the audience the most real feelings, not relying too much on computer special effects, and actual shooting." During the shooting in Pamplona, Spain, Zhang Jiahui and Louis Koo broke into the local historic Bullfighting Festival. To drive into the ferocious running herd, while shooting at the opponent. Koo Tianle revealed: "Cows are difficult to control. Speeding in a herd is very dangerous." Shooting shots of being hit by a car in Burma gave him the feeling of being "bone to pieces".
After the film was released, many netizens commented that “brothers are deeply emotional” and “the big scene of the shootout is wonderful”. Film critic Mu Yi believes that “the most rare thing is that the film’s creator can make simple things simple and moving.” However, some viewers believe that the role of Wu Zhenyu in the film has a weak sense of existence, partly lyrical slow motion and overall narrative. Out of place.
"In "Apostle Walker 2," we not only saw director Wen Weihong's obsession with brotherhood, but also saw the film's desire to get rid of routine innovation," commented the film critic Mengli Shishu, "but This film has not been able to completely get rid of the aesthetic fatigue of Hong Kong films. What it lacks is not only the solid details, but also the truly amazing pen."
Producer: Jia Wei
