is involved in plagiarism controversy and resources have been released, " eliminates three evils in a week " is still strong, with a box office of over 600 million.
not only surpassed several movies during the Spring Festival, but also dethroned the Hollywood blockbuster "Dune 2".
Compared with the popularity of "Zhou Chu Destroyed Three Evils", another Taiwanese movie was not so lucky.
" Life and Death Racing " only received 293,000 box office on the first day it was released. Now that it has been released for 9 days, it has only received 502,000. It is really miserable.
01, a strong team in front and behind the scenes
In order to commemorate their father Ke Shouliang, the Ko brothers created a racing-themed film.
's younger brother Ke Yuqian became a director for the first time. His brother not only participated in the performance, but also served as the screenwriter.
Ke Shouliang was very popular during his lifetime, so this movie has a strong team in front of and behind the scenes, many of whom are members of the former "Black Family Team".
Qiu Aokuan, known as "Big Sister" in Taiwan's entertainment industry, serves as the producer, responsible for finding money and coordinating the entire film.
invited diva Zhang Huimei to be responsible for the music and brought a new single "Parting Is Always So Sudden", which became the theme song of the movie. In terms of
actors, rapper Shouzi e.so and singer Chen Jiahua serve as the male and female protagonists, which also brings together the group "Naughty Boy Mj116" (Shouzi, Xiaochun, Dayuan) for the first time on the big screen.
Of course, the biggest gimmick is to invite Andy Lau, Eric Tsang and Karen Lam.
Eric Tsang makes a cameo appearance as a bar owner, who has little to show for himself and is just a tool.
Andy Lau and Karena Lam play a couple again after "Anti-Drug 2", and they have a perfect understanding.
"Racing" is also Andy Lau's second appearance in a Taiwanese film after "My Girlhood" in 2015.
When he heard that the Ko brothers were making a film to commemorate their father, Ko Shouliang, Andy Lau agreed without hesitation, and it was not a simple guest appearance.
He plays the role of "a generation of car god" in it, which is considered a villain and runs through the entire drama.
The crew attached great importance to Andy Lau's joining and went to Hong Kong to shoot in person. Hua also dedicated himself to completing the 7 days of shooting.
02, Andy Lau, Eric Tsang and Ke Shouliang have a close relationship.
Ke Shouliang is known as "Asia's No. 1 Flyer" and is known as the bold and king of stunts.
He has a deep connection with Hong Kong movies. He worked as a stuntman in Hong Kong movies as early as the late 1970s.
later became famous with "'s best partner " and established his status in the world. In addition to stunts, he also dabbled in the fields of actor and director.
has directed, for example, "Curry Chili", "Ya Fei and Ya Qi" and "Cheese and Ham". As for actors,
has collaborated with Chow Yun-fat in "God of Gamblers 2", partnered with Jet Li in "Letter to Dad", and was a prisoner who was beaten violently by Zhou Xingxing and Uncle Da in "Fight Back to School 2".
What impressed me the most was Ke Zhihua in the "Young and Dangerous" series, Pheasant's cousin, who made people laugh when he appeared.
The most powerful thing is that he challenged various limits and constantly broke through himself. He flew over the Great Wall and Hukou Falls of the Yellow River, and carved many "firsts" into history.
In the second year after his death, the Hong Kong Film Awards also awarded him the Professional Spirit Award in recognition of his contribution to Hong Kong films.
Ke Shouliang's heroism and loyalty have won the respect of many people in the film industry. He is friends with Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, etc.
Among them, Eric Tsang is his best friend. Their fate can only be traced back to 1982's "The Best Partner".
This movie is the signature work of New Art City. The first film was directed by Eric Tsang. At that time, he wanted to find a powerful stunt actor to complete the scene of a motorcycle breaking out of a window on the second floor of a building.
searched all over the Hong Kong entertainment industry at that time, but no one was willing to take it. He felt that this was a joke with his life and it was an impossible task.
At this time, Ko Shouliang stood up and said that he could do it, and his sudden move became a classic shot in the history of Hong Kong movies. Since then, Ko Shouliang has made a name for himself in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
It is said that before the filming started, Eric Tsang said to him, "If it doesn't work, let's just forget it." But Ke Shouliang insisted that there was no problem.
When the filming officially started, Eric Tsang was so frightened when he saw the scene of people coming out of the broken window that he even forgot to shout "Stuck!"
It was precisely because of Ke Shouliang's intrusion that Eric Tsang recognized him as his friend. When Ke Shouliang challenges the flying car project, he always goes to the scene to cheer.
In addition to participating in "Racing" this time, he also served as one of the film's producers, escorting the son of an old friend.
Speaking of the fate between Andy Lau and Ko Shouliang, director Ko Yuqian said that his father was busy preparing to fly across the Yellow River, and it was Andy Lau who took care of the two brothers.
They have made many movies together, such as "The God of War", "The Fortune Corps", "The Gambler", etc. The most classic collaboration of
is the hit song "Stupid Kid" released in 1998, written by Andy Lau and co-lead by Chrissie Ko and Wu Zongxian.
Andy Lau recalled that the filming of the MV was also unforgettable for him. At that time, the three of them walked up and down the street under a typhoon. Although they were very silly, everyone worked together like brothers and completed the filming without fear of wind and rain.
Andy Lau plays the role of "a car god" in the movie "Racing". It can be said that he has a kind of cooperation across time and space with the real-life Ke Shouliang, which is of great significance.
Andy Lau also said: Being able to collaborate with Yugyeom this time is both fate and a meaningful inheritance. It can be seen that the two brothers love racing and are very passionate and talented about movies.
03. Andy Lau lost at the box office, but gained fame.
Andy Lau’s recent films have failed one after another. The "Stealth" produced by him sold 389 million, which is far from his previous "Anti-Drug 2" and "Bomb Disposaler 2".
What's even worse is the reputation, with a score of only 5.3. The cliched plot and illogical narrative can be regarded as one of the tragedies of Hong Kong movies in recent years.
and Tony Leung reproduced " Golden Finger " by the team of " Infernal Affairs ". It gathered the top lineup of Hong Kong films, but it only sold 574 million.
What is incredible is also " Mr. Red Carpet ". Originally, the collaboration between him and Ning Hao was a good talk between Bole and Maxima meeting again. Unexpectedly,
ended up being a failure. It was originally scheduled to be released on November 17 last year. Although the schedule was not very good, there was no worthy opponent. With the appeal of Ning Hao + Andy Lau, it would be easy to break the 100 million mark. of.
As everyone knows, the film crew changed the schedule to the Spring Festival release. Then, due to the film's weak comedy attributes and Ning Hao's self-innovation, the film failed miserably at the box office. Although
failed miserably, if it persists, it can still make some money at the box office, and it is possible to exceed 100 million.
But at this time, the film studio made another mistake and announced that it would be withdrawn and re-released on March 15. As a result, it only sold more than 2 million on the first day. Now it is difficult to break through 100 million.
Of course, this time "Racing" failed at the box office, it's Andy Lau's fault.
First of all, the movie was originally called " " and it was released in theaters in Taiwan as early as last year. Now that resources have become available, it will naturally lose some viewers.
Then there are too many problems in the whole film. For example, there are many confusing parts in the plot. The villain played by Andy Lau, his motivation for revenge is not clear and not convincing enough.
For a racing-themed movie, the racing shots are average and featureless. And except for Andy Lau, the performances of other actors are also a mess.
Although "Racing" made Andy Lau one more failed movie, he won fame.
After the death of his old friend Ke Shouliang, he has always taken good care of his old friend's son. 21 years later, he still does this and agrees to help without hesitation.
Some people say that Andy Lau made this movie out of favor, but in fact it is Andy Lau who is so loyal and caring that makes us like him as always.
If he changes one day, maybe he won't be Andy Lau anymore. (Written by: Eleven)
