's premiere couldn't beat Japanese comics, and its attendance rate couldn't beat that of domestic films. No matter how many films it arranges for " Kowloon Walled City " it won't work!
So disappointed! The Hong Kong film " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege ", which had high hopes on May Day, could not even beat a Japanese anime at the box office on the first day!
You must know that the reputation of "Kowloon Walled City" in screenings is quite overwhelming. As the first May 1st film that dared to "show the sword" to be judged by the audience, and continued to dominate the box office, "Kowloon Walled City" was highly praised by the media. High hopes!
Before the start of the May Day holiday, Maoyan also predicted that "Kowloon Walled City" would become the box office champion of this year's May Day holiday!
turned out to be a hit on the first day of release! The cumulative box office after being screened for five or six days was surpassed by " Peacekeeping Riot Squad " in just one day.
Not only that, the box office on its opening day could not beat the Japanese anime "Spy's House", and the attendance rate could not beat the domestic comedy "Thelma and Louise "!
On the second day of the May 1st premiere, Maoyan predicted that the total box office ranking of "Kowloon Walled City" would be directly pushed to third place, which is too far!
Of course, some netizens complained about "Kowloon Walled City" and pointed out that the movie theaters gave too few films. Although the show had such a good reputation, it only gave 9.2% of the films...
Logically speaking, according to "Kowloon Walled City" " Judging from the size and screening results, the film schedule should not be less than a Japanese anime!
What is the reason?
First of all, the decline of Hong Kong films
"Kowloon Walled City" has the most explosive reputation of Hong Kong films but it does not schedule films. In the final analysis, theaters have not had much hope for the declining Hong Kong films. It is not so much "prejudice", It would be better to say that Hong Kong films have failed to live up to expectations and have been "standing still" for too long!
An obvious example is this year's Taiwanese film "", which was promoted with the same reputation. After a few simple small-scale screenings, it immediately became popular and its reputation spread rapidly.
As for "Kowloon Walled City", it has been screened for several days in a row, but the word-of-mouth has not spread, the number of people who want to see it has not increased, and the pre-sales have not increased. This clearly proves the mainland's "prejudice" against Hong Kong films.
Secondly, it is difficult for Hong Kong films to innovate.
Although the action scenes presented in "Kowloon Walled City" this time are very exciting and the fist-to-body fight scenes are very enjoyable for the audience, it lacks innovation.
Fighting scenes can be said to be the advantage of Hong Kong films. In terms of police and criminal films and action films, Hong Kong films have some profound heritage.
"Kowloon Walled City" has very exciting and passionate fighting scenes. The fighting is brutal and can be called a violent aesthetic, and the brotherly loyalty is vividly reflected.
The acting skills of all the members are online, Louis Koo is still very stable, the acting skills Raymond Lam are brilliant, everyone is portrayed with flesh and blood, tears and meaning, and the bad guys are played in a way that makes people feel itchy.
But in terms of plot innovation, Hong Kong movies feel like they are almost at the end of their rope.
"Kowloon Walled City" wins in its fighting scenes, but loses in "standing still".
There is no innovation in the subject matter, and the drama still stretches the crotch. The theme of
is still about simple hatred and revenge, old-fashioned brotherhood and Jianghu love. The realism in the first half and the fantasy in the second half give people a great sense of separation.
The literary drama is still like a set of formulas, and the emotional drama and sensational drama still seem redundant.
Finally, there are fewer female viewers.
Judging from the user profiles of "Kowloon Walled City", the ratio of men to women is biased towards men, and there are too few female viewers.
cannot attract a large number of female viewers. It cannot be a big hit with only male groups. Judging from the previous blockbuster films such as "无码不卡", "在线观看", "热热热", etc., they are all Female audiences dominate, women’s word-of-mouth spreads quickly, and the market sinking effect is also better.
So, what else does "Kowloon Walled City" have besides fighting scenes? No matter how many films you arrange, it will all be in vain!
In the end, people can't help but sigh that Hong Kong movies are really old. They are still a bunch of aging stars. The screen is full of old faces that have been watched for decades. There is no freshness at all. Lian Po is old. The beauty can no longer be seen.
Of course, if you like watching fight dramas, then "Kowloon Walled City" is definitely worth the price of admission.
just don’t expect it to explode. Whether it can come up in the later stage depends on whether its peers can defeat it. After all, it is the May Day holiday, and everyone still wants to watch movies and relax. If the opponent is too weak, it will undoubtedly make a counterattack.
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