The arrival of the May Day holiday also means the emergence of a new wave of climax in the film market.
This year’s May 1st session is really a competition between masters, and the moves are exciting.
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Director Paul Cheng brought together Sammo Hung, Louis Koo, Ng Yun-lung and Aaron Kwok in "Kowloon Walled City " to create the most brilliant action scenes in a Hong Kong film in 17 years after " " and received rave reviews.
"Howl's Moving Castle" was rated 9.1 by more than one million people on Douban. Hayao Miyazaki once again proved that he is a box office elixir. The box office trend of "Spy House" with an 8.0 score is also quite strong.
and Jia Bing Xiao Shenyang's "Thelma and Louise ", the box office on the first day far exceeded expectations. Comedy is indeed a permanent need of theaters.
plus Yang Mi's " Nothing Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot ", Zhang Zifeng and Hu Xianxu's " Journey Through the Moon " and so on.
The first day of the holiday has not yet passed, and the total box office has already reached 310 million.
However, if this is all you have, do you always feel that something is missing?
is a thrilling and high-energy military action blockbuster.
"Peacekeeping Riot Squad" appears.
Produced by Liu Weiqiang and directed by Li Dachao.
Starring Wang Yibo and Huang Jingyu, plus Ou Hao, Zhu Yawen, and Gu Jiacheng, the film brings together almost all active traffic action niche actors in recent years.
Many people’s questions should be: After experiencing the same type of bombardment in previous years, with the main theme of action blockbusters, is it still selling well at the box office?
As a result, the morning show I watched was actually full. I just walked out of the cinema and there was still a buzzing sound in my ears.
This is an adrenaline-fueled, gun-filled masterpiece that was a box office hit. Less than a day after
was released, the single-day box office exceeded 100 million, completely exceeding the box office expectations of platforms such as Maoyan.
Don’t worry, look at the box office share and film schedule. This box office journey should have just begun. The final box office of 400 million predicted by the platform is obviously less.
clicked on the comment area, and as expected, the comments were polarizing. What
likes - "The rhythm is tight, the point is clicked, it is clean and neat", "The filming is very enjoyable", "The narrative is smooth and complete, Wang Yibo's acting skills were not bad three years ago".
complained about it, directly saying that the director couldn't shoot it and it was a waste of good material. It’s not surprising that
is a box-office blockbuster that has attracted fans. Does
video work?
After watching it, I can say that the key lies in the expectations of the movie. "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" is not " Operation Red Sea ".
Compared with previous military action movies, the focus was on "war". The film’s realism is more than just shocking.
also used real riot scene details, even excruciating details, to make the audience hold their breath and persevere from the beginning to the end.
After watching the movie, I breathed a sigh of relief and my limbs were limp, as if I had just finished a 10,000-meter long run.
It’s not that I’m tired, it’s that I’m emotionally loaded.
When the blood tank was full, I regained my composure, and couldn't help but give the movie a thumbs up. Finally, there is a movie that focuses on the unknown true heroes in peacekeeping operations.
For me, the film has three magic weapons. It made me excited from beginning to end, and I had to read the last 10-plus minutes of subtitles while holding back my urine -
The first magic weapon: the theme of peacekeeping police
Pay attention to the protagonist of the film, who is a peacekeeping policeman , not a peacekeeping force.
Just like at the film's premiere, producer Liu Weiqiang said: "Peacekeeping police are among the people closest to war and death."
The film is based on real Chinese overseas peacekeeping missions and invites former peacekeeping police officers to check the situation.
But peacekeeping police are a slightly unfamiliar group to the public.
In my opinion, the greatest significance of the movie is to take the audience into the peacekeeping police group and see how difficult and dangerous the work of this group of Chinese blue helmets who maintain peace overseas is, and how great it is.
Like "Operation Red Sea", the film chose a small team to show how the peacekeeping police went deep into the war-torn mission area and faced various dangers such as terrorist attacks, armed riots, and rampant gangs.
The protagonist group includes riot squad leader Yu Weidong (played by Huang Jingyu), sniper Yang Zhen (played by Wang Yibo) and liaison officer Ding Hui (played by Zhong Chuxi).
There is no nonsense in the story, and it is a riot scene from the beginning.
's unpretentious shots are so realistic that you can instantly be immersed in them.
The peacekeeping police squad entered the mission area.
As soon as we entered, it was like driving into a powder keg. Everywhere we went were broken walls and corpses, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke.
Right in front of the riot police, a living person was hit by a bullet in an instant, with a bloody mark on his body and his breath disappeared in a second.
The thugs shot indiscriminately, and the originally peaceful and simple town instantly became a river of blood, and the thugs were so arrogant that they laughed.
Is this the end?
is just getting started.
Difficulties faced by peacekeeping police include: local people do not believe them.
Under the instigation and inducement of interest groups in other countries, local armed forces and gang forces also pose serious threats to peacekeeping missions.
But the biggest challenge is that when peacekeeping police go abroad, every move they make represents the image of the country. They must obey the overall plan of the entire team, and they must not even fight back when attacked by thugs.
For example, in the scene of the square riots, the superiors did not allow shooting, so our peacekeeping police had to stand there and get beaten.
Are you feeling aggrieved? It’s aggrieved.
But it is through such a plot that the audience can truly understand: What is the difference between peacekeeping police and peacekeeping troops? What dangers will they encounter while maintaining peace in Africa?
How to distinguish between thugs and civilians in a complex environment?
In "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", the peacekeeping police are not the dragon commandos you think of. Anyone who offends China will be punished no matter how far away they are. Have fun, relieve your anger, and just fuck the thugs.
but to obey orders and follow dispatch.
has to brave the hail of bullets again to complete the mission and protect peace.
How to break through the difficulties and dangers?
They don’t have the halo of heroes, but they tell us what it means to be a hero.
What is "peace, is our common wish."
What is "justice, regardless of national boundaries."
The second magic weapon, special effects and action scenes
However, of course the film has to be played, in fact, from beginning to end . All scenes in the
film were panoramically constructed according to the actual situation in the peacekeeping mission area, and were restored to 1:1. Heavy gun battles, car chases, explosions, melee fights, etc. were all shot in real time.
film producer Lau Wai-keung needs no introduction, he is a leading figure in Hong Kong action films.
director Li Dachao has participated in the action design of the "The Matrix" series, and has served as the action designer for films such as "October Siege", " Heroes of Fire ", " Chinese Captain " and other films.
came to them because they obviously valued the Hong Kong film director's ability to control action scenes.
Sure enough, the action scenes in the film can only be described in two words -
Vivid.
Various action scenes were staged in turn -
explosion scenes, in which armored vehicles were blown away in heavy rain and strong winds. Every frame stirred the audience's visual nerves.
Gun battle scene -
A sniper duel at a height of 100 meters.
In the dark night and heavy rain, snipers from both sides fought to the death, and only one of the two could survive;
Our sniper, played by Wang Yibo, first locked onto the other side, but the other side also locked onto our side after 0.05 seconds.
masters compete, the outcome is just a matter of millimeters.
Almost at the same time, both sides fired bullets. The bullet passed through the air and shot straight towards the opponent.
Next, there was a long silence. The captain played by Ou Hao looked grim until the intercom came out: Captain, the enemy sniper has been killed.
But the next second, the tower was hit by the opponent's rocket launcher, and my sniper fell into the water.
In this scene, all the details are in place.
's lens editing has an excellent rhythm, which completely arouses the audience's emotions, and each picture is very clear and coherent, making people watch it heartily and even dare not breathe a sigh of relief.
Also, Armored Car Charge -
Multiple Witness Protection Plan, with many traps, no one dares to take it.
The Chinese peacekeeping police took the initiative to ask for a fight.
The road ahead is long and full of dangers.
To escape the danger of an isolated village, we can only rely on armored vehicles. Rush!
Scenes in the movie are constantly destroyed by explosions, and even armored vehicles perform tumbling movements. The riot police members kept firing and performed stunts to eliminate the rioters.
In this section, the peacekeeping team's assault strategy, the sniper's counter-sniper tricks, the armored vehicle's reversal of angles, and the counterattack skills of using the armored vehicle's body as cover after overturning...
I have to say, it was explosive.
Action scenes are common in Hong Kong-style action movies, and this movie is one of them.
However, compared to other big scenes, I am particularly touched by these two paragraphs.
first paragraph - trap.
During an operation to quell a riot, a little boy ran over and grabbed the hand of my peacekeeping police officer and shouted for help.
However, the other thug has used the boy's life as a trap.
A concealed sniper not far away shot the boy. The moment the boy fell to the ground, someone shouted that the peacekeeping police should shoot the boy.
The thugs then hit two more civilians.
Just like this, this unexpected frame-up put our peacekeeping team in danger of being besieged by foreign civilians who did not know the truth.
is hit, it must not be hit. Explanation, unclear.
The sense of oppression in this scene is too strong.
Second paragraph - substitution.
Our sniper Yang Zhen was injured and captured while covering the evacuation of the riot squad.
The thugs called Captain Zhou Jiaxuan to replace Yang Zhen as a witness. However, faced with the difficult choice between comrades and witnesses, the characters of Ou Hao and Wang Yibo both firmly chose to safeguard the justice of their family and country.
One of them was not allowed to reply, and the other was not allowed to come, which made me burst into tears.
At that moment, you can realize that people on the peacekeeping battlefield are "blood and flesh".
Compared with the danger itself, what is more painful is often the choice.
really knows how to use violent action movies, and what they appeal to is always "anti-violence".
rather than simply pursuing sensory stimulation.
The third magic weapon: actors
Speaking of the most critical thing, we have to mention actors.
The movie casting is a bit interesting.
Huang Jingyu, Wang Yibo, and Ou Hao have almost all the most active action niche actors in Chinese films in recent years.
All actors must undergo rigorous military training. The crew invited former peacekeeping police officers to serve as instructors for the actors. In addition to physical fitness and firearms training, they also practiced a series of professional movements such as moving forward with a gun and crawling forward.
This kind of muscle memory is vividly reflected in the retreat action scene of a stilt house near the sea.
Looking more closely, the compatibility between the actors and the characters is not low.
Let’s talk about the captain Yu Weidong played by Huang Jingyu first.
There has been a mystery about Huang Jingyu in the past few years, which is to see how he plays various soldiers in domestic film and television dramas.
"Operation Red Sea", "Operation Icebreaker", "Ace Force", "Punishment", " Decisive Moment ", "Falling in Love with Special Forces", "He Came from the Fire", this time, it is the peacekeeping police.
Huang Jingyu's figure is convincing when playing this kind of role. Once the body curves are revealed, it feels right.
However, compared to the overly structured character creation, I prefer the scene where Yu Weidong struggles with the police school students. From reminding everyone to show mercy to showing strength naturally, it is lively and exciting.
second place, sniper Yang Zhen played by Wang Yibo.
I think that Wang Yibo's acting skills three years ago were indeed not as good as those in "The Storm Chaser" and "Unknown". The overall performance was a bit tight, but this tightness was just in line with the character setting in the film. Among the several protagonists in
, this character has the strongest growth potential. From his incomprehensible father as a child to his determination to grow up without hesitation, his growth line is also relatively complete.
Wang Yibo's action scenes are well done, he is good at chasing, shooting and boxing, his individual soldier skills are excellent, and he plays parkour very well.
also performed the character's drive and tenacity.
The regret is that the domestic military action blockbuster characters are too keen on portraying the assassins. This kind of character creation is not wrong in itself, but when it comes to the peacekeeping police who need to be highly obedient to orders, it is somewhat over the top.
It is impossible for an actor to create a perfect character by himself.
is third, Ou Hao.
I think Ou Hao acted very well.
For reasons known to all, Ou Hao is here to put out the fire. This leads to the fact that most of his shots are close-up shots of a single person.
It is difficult to act in a drama without interaction.
But Ou Hao performed very well in several major scenes.
He played the role of captain Zhou Jiaxuan, who was originally the best assistant to captain Yu Weidong. But at the critical moment, he needed to make a choice between witnesses and teammates.
In this scene, Ou Hao's eyes were red, and the complex emotions of being unable to choose but having to make a choice were played to the fullest.
His lips, eyelids, and even the forehead lines were trembling.
This is the biggest challenge for the peacekeeping police. It is not the sacrifice itself, but the dilemma of choice that is difficult to sort out.
Of course, there is also Zhong Chuxi who plays the role of the translator Ding Hui. She has a heroic appearance. The final scene when she goes offline is surprising and difficult to understand.
Gu Jiacheng's Jiang Xiaoyang is quite bloody. After " Moscow Operation ", his position as an action niche has been stabilized.
Conclusion
So, is "Peacekeepers" worth watching?
videos are definitely not perfect.
Actually, there are quite a few flaws.
Although the director and producer are all veterans of the Hong Kong action genre, and the scenes are hot, the narrative shows weakness.
"Operation Red Sea" also fights without breathing from beginning to end, but the layout of the battle is more clear-cut.
The five battles are interlocking and of varying severity, closely following the main story line of "evacuating overseas Chinese".
The biggest weakness of "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" is that the main line is not very clear, and some plot logic is not strict enough.
Especially the final hostage escort operation, such an important task, only one of our peacekeeping team was sent to complete it, which was difficult for the audience to understand.
Another flaw is that the film is indeed overly sensational. Especially the sacrifice of the female team members at the end made the audience feel somewhat unworthy.
However, in my opinion, the movie still combines elements such as passion, responsibility and youth very well, and maintains a high-burning story style. For a subject as passionate as
that needs to attract young audiences, it is a good idea to use popular celebrities with relatively good acting skills.
When we think of peacekeeping police, we always think of passionate and majestic people.
is often forgotten.
Maintaining peace is not something that can be achieved easily or overnight, but is a step-by-step journey for every peacekeeping police officer.
From a foreign country to returning safely is definitely a true journey home.
It seems that the ordinary years are peaceful and peaceful, but behind them are thousands of such people working together to protect us.
This is why the most touching shot in the film is the tears shed by the sniper at the end when he releases the trigger.
There is also the flag of the Chinese peacekeeping police fluttering in the wind.
If you like the young actors in the film, or are fascinated by military action movies, then "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" should make you enjoy watching it.
If you bring your children to watch it, you can let them know that in peaceful times there are still people who are carrying heavy burdens and cherishing the good times now is the true meaning of "Peacekeeping Riot Squad".
Let’s talk about one last detail.
At a critical moment in the film, the gang leader pointed his gun at the head of my sniper Yang Zhen and said: Wake up, this is not even your country.
But what makes the Chinese peacekeeping police come forward, and what is the best destination for all greatness, is actually the key line in the film -
"Justice has no borders."
