I learned that Zhang Yimou's "Article 20" has been squeezed into the prime time slot of the Spring Festival. I was sweating on my forehead. The National Master said: Please be merciful. You are not short of fame and fortune. At least leave some time for other directors to make a breakthrough. chant!
The promotion line for this year’s Spring Festival is not very long. Almost all of them are officially announced this month. In the early stage, there are 5 movies scheduled to be released on the first day of the new year, and the genres are relatively clear, such as "Bear Infested", "Flying Life 2", " "Let's Shake the Sun Together" are all series movies, and the tone has been set. The advantage is that they have their own audience, but do you want to win during the Spring Festival? Haha...
The box office and reputation expectations of the other two films "Mr. Red Carpet" and "Hot and Spicy" are also unstable.
Let’s first talk about Andy Lau and Ning Hao’s collaboration in “Mr. He also had a cameo role in "Sister Peach" starring Andy Lau, but their cooperation was almost a side project.
This time, one of them is working together as a director and the other is a starring role. In addition, the story text is adapted from the entertainment industry's "absurd story of Hong Kong superstars going to the countryside to experience life." It is indeed a bit contrary to the styles of Ning Hao and Andy Lau. I I'm really worried about them.
Jia Ling's "Hot and Spicy" was officially announced for the Spring Festival two days ago. It must be said that Jia Ling understands marketing strategies, which is different from the overwhelming publicity methods of other directors.
She created a sense of mystery. Even during the Spring Festival warm-up period, except for the news that Jia Ling lost weight in the movie, no other news was really released at all. The hook is enough.
But the movie "Hot and Spicy" is a remake, and the story has been set, so even if Jia Ling doesn't say anything, in terms of storytelling, it won't be much more mysterious.
In addition, the subject matter of the original Japanese film is very niche, and the movie itself has just reached a passing score. It is not really a classic movie. The chance of success in a remake of a movie with such a poor reputation is really not high.
When I saw the trailer of Zhang Yimou's "Article 20", I felt that this movie was very unlike Zhang Yimou. If you said it was directed by Feng Xiaogang, I would believe it even more if it was directed by Zhao Benshan.
My first impression is that Zhang Yimou really doesn’t care about the Chinese style that he insisted on in the past. Not only does he want to make a "new realism" movie, but he should also be following dramas non-stop, right?
has collected almost all the popular characters from popular dramas in recent years and used them in his "Article 20", which is really vicious.
In this movie, there are Zhang Yi, Gao Ye, and Wang Xiao in "Hurry"; there are Fan Wei, Chen Minghao, Jiang Qiming, Liu Yitie, and Shi Pengyuan in "The Long Season"; and there are also actors in "Above the Cliff". Yu Hewei: Judging from the edited trailer, almost no face is unfamiliar.
Moreover, in this supporting cast, Zhao Liying, a 85-year-old flower, was added as a voice actor. What I was thinking after reading the entire cast list was, how much is the total salary of the actors in "Article 20" of Guoshi? Can you get your money back?
Compared with them, the leading actors Lei Jiayin and Ma Lijia are really not outstanding. It is said that Zhang Yimou chose these two to star because he wanted to add comedy elements to this serious movie, so he invited these two. An actor with comedy genes plays the lead role.
In addition, Lei Jiayin has collaborated with Zhang Yimou four times in the past few years, and they have a tacit understanding with each other. As long as Ma Li doesn't mess up, there will be no problem in the running-in part between the actor and the director.
From the story point of view, director Zhang Yimou really wants to make a breakthrough. I don’t know why the national teacher who used to like romance and artistic sense suddenly wanted to make a serious criminal law movie.
"Article 20" originally had an intuitive name called "Legitimate Defense", which mainly talks about the themes of "legitimate defense" and "excessive defense".
Although the creator did not say it clearly, it is speculated from the synopsis of the story that the story of "Article 20" is somewhat related to the previous "Mother Insult Case" and "Kunshan Murder Case".
In the "mother-humiliation case", Yu Huan stabbed the "mother-humiliator" to death in order to protect his mother. The first instance of the case sentenced Yu Huan to life imprisonment for "intentional injury resulting in death", without considering his legitimate defense factors.
After arousing great public attention, the Shandong High Court held a second trial. In the end, the court found that there was no problem with the determination of the injury, but it was excessive defense, and the sentence was changed to 5 years in prison. In this case, the legitimate defense system played an important role.
"Article 20" filmed by Zhang Yimou mainly tells the story of Han Ming, a prosecutor who was assigned to the Municipal Procuratorate, and encountered a case in which a man desperately resisted when he was in danger of death, and finally shot him to death. The court ruled that his behavior constituted "intentional homicide" ” does not constitute “legitimate defense”.
After some investigation, Han Ming finally withstood various pressures, changed the case from intentional injury to legitimate defense, and upheld legal fairness and justice.
The subject of the film is very special and sensitive. I think the reason why Zhang Yimou wanted to add a lot of comedy elements to this film this time may also be to weaken this sensitive subject.
After all, the last time he directed "Sturdy as a Rock", although the original film had a lot of large-scale content, when it was released, there were almost no sharp points in the cuts and cuts. It lost the meaning of making this kind of movie. It might as well be a joke. Seeing the real chapter in the book will have a more unexpected effect than discussing the 20 articles of the criminal law seriously.
