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Before we watched Hong Kong movies, we watched stars, but now the actors on the big screen are still Ren Dahua , Aaron Kwok , Leung Ka Fai , Wu Zhenyu , Andy Lau , Liu Qingyun , Gu Tianlez In this way, veteran stars over the age of 50 or 60 are struggling to support the field. Although
, in recent years, occasionally someone like Lin Jiadong who is already an old actor has surfaced and won the best actor.
In fact, any actor under the age of 50 in Hong Kong movies has no box office appeal.
is 42 years old this year. Nicholas Tse is the only one among the post-80s and post-90s who has won the best actor. Nicholas Tse is now a boss, playing variety shows, being a mentor, making money, and enjoying the unlimited excitement brought by traffic.
Acting is just a hobby for him.
In addition to relying on his preference for action movies last year, this cook, mentor, and boss has only acted in one "Rage: Serious Cases"
His interest is obviously not in movies.
Edison Chen , who debuted at the same age as him, was forced to disappear long ago, while Shawn Yue became a dad and stopped acting.
At the same time, the co-production mode that started more than 10 years ago has almost stifled the development of Hong Kong actresses.
Generally speaking, the principle of making money for commercial films in Hong Kong is to first select the male star who has box office guarantee and traffic guarantee, and then match the popular actress in the mainland with . After all, the movie has to sell tickets all over China.
In this environment and mode, judging from the Hong Kong Film Awards actresses in recent years, it is still the stuff of mainland actresses.
This year is Liu Yasser , last year was Zhou Dongyu , the year before last was Zeng Meihuizi .
In the absence of male actors and no actresses, we can say that the glory of Hong Kong movies has long been gone.
and the recent announcement of the delay of the commercial blockbuster " Chills 3" seems to be more proof that the of Hong Kong movies exists in name only .
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Combining the above background, let's take a look at "Cold War 3" , and it may be really chilling.
Although Lu Jianqing and Liang Lemin directed the two films " Chills ", Zeng Xiansen did not like them.
But at present, the ratings of these two films on various platforms are acceptable, and there should be fans who like them. The box office at that time was indeed good. This also prompted the main creators to start filming the third part.
From "Cold War 1" in 2012 to " Chilled War 2" in 2016, the box office can be described as "sesame blossoms", and this "Cold War 3" has already been officially announced in 2020. It will be released. The ambition is also great. When the official announcement of "Cold War 3" was announced, the main actors were Andy Lau, Zhou Runfa , Peng Yuyan , Liang Jiahui, Aaron Kwok five movie emperors. Its lineup is strong, and the rapidity of firepower at the beginning of the promotion is quite a bit like the posture of "Infernal Affairs" back then. The date of
has already been marked as July 8th.
However, or because of the epidemic, or maybe the quality of the film is really poor, and finally this film was not released .
Recently, the director of this movie Liang Lemin remarked, seems to confirm that the movie will be released hopelessly .
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Liang Lemin reluctantly said that the times are developing too fast, and the release of " Chill 3" is likely to be far away.
After all, after the accident of HK, the law made many police and bandits political themes untouchable, and "Cold War 3" was carried out by stably grasping such a ideology that the police, bandits and politics are bound to each other in the past few years, It should be said that at that time, there was indeed some kind of success.
Looking at it from another angle, now times have changed, in addition to the vastly different environment, it is a question whether the audience of is interested in this genre, and whether this subject matter can be approved is another question.
And whether Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung's rivalry is still interesting, in Zeng Xiansen's view, is even a big problem .
In the first two "Cold Wars", the two actors Guo Liang gave each other's lines, which became a major attraction.
10 years ago in 2012, the quarrel between Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka Fai in "Cold War 1" in the office focused on the whole movie.
Rights, human nature, and the system are rippling and decomposed in egoism, moral cultivation, and personal emotions. The blue veins on the faces of the two movie stars, the sharp eyes, the rivalry, and the words of each other have become a classic scene .
came to "Cold War 2", although a similar scene reappeared, but to Zeng Xiansen, it was obvious that the first did not shock .
If "Cold War 3" can really be released, Zeng Xiansen can only use this performance mode to attract attention again.
But even if it can be released, it seems that it may not really be able to save Hong Kong movies by relying on Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau.
There are too many problems with the script, subject matter, and actors.
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Even Liang Lemin was so disappointed, Zeng Xiansen estimated that this "Cold War 3" would hit the street because of the above four points, Hong Kong films are weak, the actors are not new, the genre is homogenous, and the subject matter is sensitive .
and the sensitive subject matter may be the most direct and painful reason.
So, in a way, the once smashing Hong Kong movie, or will gradually fade out of the stage of history.
