In recent years, Korean movies have been in a "Schrödinger boom."
On the one hand, they are making a splash in Western markets.
"Parasite " won Cannes and Oscars successively, grasping both art and business. Then Lee Jung Jae won the Golden Globe Award with the global hit "Squidward Game".
There are also more collaborations with Western films on the horizon.
But on the other hand, the Koreans' conquest of Hollywood has achieved remarkable results, but their local resources have been drained.
In 2023, well-known director Yin Jijun, who has produced "International Market" and "Haeundae ", said that Korean movies are facing a situation where no one invests.
Due to the invasion of the Western market, a large number of filmmakers have left overseas. At the same time, almost all local audiences have been dominated by foreign language films.
In 2022, only 8 Korean movies will be profitable, and the rest will be wiped out.
By 2023, there was only one movie that did not lose money in the first half of the year, and it was "Crime City 3" by Ma Dong-seok, known as the last man in South Korea.
"Crime City 3" is a shot in the arm for Korean movies. The movie
was still popular after being released for more than 30 days, and eventually hit 10 million moviegoers, becoming the 30th Korean movie to hit 10,000,000 viewers, and also the first profitable movie in 2023.
Ma Dong-seok became a hero in the Korean film market.
At the same time as "Crime City 3" was released, the filming of "Crime City 4" had been completed, which shows that the Korean market already trusts Ma Dongxi, and even depends on it to what extent.
No, the fourth crime episode over there has just begun, and here Ma Dongxi picked up another piece of pie.
South Korea's chief actor Lee Byung-hun personally feeds food into his mouth -
"Nowhere"
황야
The movie "Nowhere" is produced by Netflix in the United States. This film is also called " Wilderness ", but it also has a name , called "Concrete Utopia 2".
Yes, it is the sequel to Lee Byung-hun's movie to be released in 2023. The first part of
was released in August last year. Despite the heavy pressure of "Oppenheimer", it still received 3.48 million viewers, ranking ninth in the year.
Korean movies have high hopes for this film. Not only did the lead actor Lee Byung-hun and the director both win the Blue Dragon Best Actor and Best Director, the film was also sent to South Korea to compete for Oscars. It was definitely a star movie last year.
In a word:
big pie
Just a few months later, the pie immediately fell on Ma Dongxi.
even customized and modified the tone of the movie for him, which is enough to show Ma Dongxi's status in Korean movies.
html On the 26th, "Nowhere" was released online. After watching it, Brother De was hooked. When Ma Dongxi met Netflix, there was no way he could stop it.
One Punch Man Tear Biochemical Corps
First, let’s talk about the background of the previous work “Concrete Utopia”.
This movie tells the story of a magnitude 10 earthquake that occurred one day, and the entire Seoul was in ruins. Only the L-shaped building where Lee Byung-hun was located remained intact.
Later, Li Bingxian became the manager of the building, responsible for controlling the allocation of resources to residents, but was invaded by outsiders, and was eventually completely disintegrated from the inside.
To put it simply, the previous work is a dystopian social fable. If you have watched " A Good Show " directed by Huang Bo , you can probably get it.
When it comes to "Nowhere", this film inherits the doomsday background of the previous film, but the overall tone has been greatly changed based on Ma Dongxi's character design.
If the first film was a text-heavy drama feature film, then the second film becomes an adventure action film with dual opposition.
No nonsense, just do it!
A concept setting was added to the opening of the movie.
Crazy doctor "Yang Guisu" developed a specific drug to save his dying daughter, but an earthquake occurred just before the injection, which also laid the foundation for the subsequent plot.
The camera turned to 3 years later.
The survivors at this time have become relatively stable and have developed to the tribal level. 'Nanshan' played by Ma Dongxi is a hunter in the bus village.
This character is still Ma Dongxi's best character design -
has a gentle personality but a lot of force.
He and his companion "Jiwan" went hunting and happened to encounter a ferocious crocodile. Jiwan first shot it from a long distance with a light bow. Unexpectedly, the crocodile was not dead due to its rough skin and thick flesh. He also found Jiwan and rushed towards it to attack.
Jiwan hid in the scrapped car and asked for help. Nanshan came out with a machete. He controlled the crocodile with his left hand and chopped off the crocodile's head with three or two blows with his right hand.
chop the crocodile with one hand.
If this scene were played on others, they would definitely be criticized, so Ma Dongxi could do it.
Nanshan and Jiwan then peeled off the crocodile skin and chopped it into sections and sold them in the village.
At this time, any money and precious metals have no value, only survival items are the most important. The villagers barter for rice, clothing and daily necessities, each getting what they need.
Erjiwan was in adolescence and had a soft spot for villager "Suna". He would pick out large pieces for her when changing meat, and Nanshan also noticed it.
However, just when the meat was almost sold, a car broke into the village.
walked around three or five streets, claiming to be a policeman who wanted to catch criminals, and would lead the villagers away with just a finger.
Nanshan stood still at first, until the hooligans began to harass Su Na, and Ji Wan rushed out and was beaten violently before taking action.
is still Ma Dongxi's signature move -
moves quickly and accurately, hitting a kid with one punch.
Then, Nanshan and the hooligans announced their homes. When the hooligans heard the name "Nanshan", they couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and ran away in all directions.
At night, people in suits and leather shoes came to the village to help.
They claim to be volunteers from the apartment tribe not far away. The apartment already has a complete supply system and is completely self-sufficient. The purpose of their trip is to find the young people around them and bring them back to the apartment so that they can continue Propagate civilization.
Nanshan and Jiwanyi heard that the other party was not a bad person and saw that he was well-dressed, so they did not interfere and let the girls Su Na and Nai Nai follow the volunteers, and they parted ways from then on.
If nothing unexpected happens, something will definitely happen here.
Halfway through the volunteer unit, the leading woman suddenly made an excuse to separate Souna and Grandma. Other elderly people in the unit were also separated. They said they were going to some medical station to help the elderly with treatment, and then they caught up with the main force.
But as soon as the old people reached a remote place, they were stabbed to death by the staff...
By chance, Nanshan and Jiwan, who were out hunting, bumped into the murder scene.
Seeing that his grandma was murdered, Nanshan was so angry that he stabbed her to death.
But the opponent seemed to be cheating. He suffered several fatal injuries but was still unharmed. He stood up and was still alive and well.
Even after stepping into the trap, he cut off his ankle without changing his expression or heartbeat. The picture was so beautiful that I didn't dare to look at it....
While he was meditating, a female figure suddenly jumped out.
She immediately knocked down the enemy with a twist of her legs, and then killed her with a knife in the head, and then assisted Nanshan to cut off the head of the second person...
It turned out that the woman's name was Li Eunhao, and she was a sergeant in the South Korean CCU Air Force.
htmlAfter the earthquake 03 years ago, the troops discovered an apartment building that had not collapsed (the apartment building in the first part) and discovered underground water resources. Thearmy began to take in refugees and build homes together.
Suddenly one day a doctor came. Because of his special skills, he got huge rights.
's stable life didn't last long.
One day, Li Enhao discovered that the doctor was secretly conducting human experiments with his boss, and young people disappeared mysteriously every day in the apartment building.
Li Enhao turned against the troops, but was outnumbered and escaped.
The plot is already very bright here.
Before the earthquake, a doctor developed a biological agent to save his daughter. After the earthquake, he still did not give up and injected it into the army soldiers.
This resulted in them feeling no pain and their physical fitness was strengthened.
On the other side, So Na also discovered something fishy in the apartment building. After
failed to find her grandma many times, she sneaked into the laboratory one night and discovered the doctor's activities. However, she was also discovered by the doctor and was trapped on the operating table.
At the same time, the Nanshan three-person team found clues that the hooligan had underground transactions with the apartment building, and then immediately destroyed the hooligan's base and "borrowed" the hooligan's trading car to break into the apartment building.
The final battle is about to break out. The team is divided into three groups to fight against the biochemical corps. Ma Dongxi knocks out the doctor with one punch and ends the fight.
Simply put, "Nowhere" is an extremely standard light science fiction action movie.
The villain develops a biochemical virus and takes the girl hostage. The protagonist gathers into a team to defeat the enemy. This kind of script can be written by Hollywood screenwriters at ten kilograms a day.
From a plot point of view, this film is a typical one that can be forgotten as soon as you see it.
Of course, when watching Ma Dongxi’s movies, no one probably cares about the plot, most of them are just for Ma Dongxi’s punch.
However, the focus of this film is very strange. After Ma Dongxi is introduced at the beginning of the film, a large part of the middle and later parts of the movie are spent revealing the conspiracy of the apartment building, and Ma Dongxi disappears.
Although the audience could figure out this kind of plot with their knees, the screenwriter was holding his fists and did not say anything.
Souna had several tit-for-tat confrontations with the apartment building managers, and the words came to her lips, but no one exposed them. It really felt like a forced plot.
Moreover, there are several plots in the movie that "seem" to depict class differences.
For example, doctors have to take a deep breath before going to the basement where refugees work, and endure the stench of the poor before entering, which is exactly the same as the plot in "Parasite".
But that’s just the end of it. Any other metaphors about treating students as nutrients are pure waste.
Of course, the advantages are also obvious.
After all, this film is produced by Netflix and is aimed at young people who watch streaming media.
They are more receptive and prefer scenes of violent blood. In addition, the only way to deal with biochemical soldiers is the head, so the scale of this film is very large.
Beheading, shooting, stabbing the head... It is simply taking "head therapy" to the extreme.
There is a very classic corridor scene in the film, where Ma Dongxi faces the biochemical corps with a machete.
come and chop one, come and chop a pair.
This shot does not contain any taboo treatment, and directly captures the horrifying scene of flesh being torn apart.
Shots of chest piercings, headshots, and arms torn open abound, and the blood almost spills out of the shot.
’s way of solving the boss is also very decompressive.
His body was stuck outside the wall, and his head was grabbed by Ma Dongxi and pressed against the glass. The head was separated with a force, and the smell of crispy chicken made the children next door cry.
is cool!
is really cool!
In order to increase the excitement, the screenwriter also strengthened Ma Dongxi’s weapon enchanting ability.
His shotgun is comparable to an RPG rocket launcher. Pulling the trigger lightly can blast a big hole in an iron door.
With this kind of imagination, even if Rambo comes, he will have to learn from his master.
Generally speaking, "Nowhere" is a very "appropriate medicine" movie.
knew that the audience liked to watch Ma Dongxi fight, so he directly borrowed the scene from "Concrete Utopia" and randomly found a doomsday adventure script. It was completed within a few weeks of filming and was not even released to theaters. It was sold directly to Netflix. Make a fortune.
But the problem is, even the biochemical corps has been defeated, what else can Ma Dongxi fight?
Over there, "Crime City 4" is about to be released. It is determined to make 8 movies. The entire Korean film industry has been beaten by Ma Dongxi.
Over here, Ma Dongxi directly kills the biochemical soldier and overturns the entire apocalypse with one punch.
How long can Ma Dongxi continue to fight? How long can Korean movies last? If you continue to type
, you will always feel tired.
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