The May 1st holiday in 2024 has quietly ended.
Judging from the box office performance, " Peacekeepers " won the first place in the schedule with a box office of over 400 million, and once again reaped the dividends of the scheduled genre films. However, the reputation was a mess, with a Douban score of 5.6 at the bottom of the schedule.
Although it cannot be called a bad movie, it must be a mediocre one.
Although this time the focus is on the Chinese peacekeeping police group that the public is not familiar with, I did not expect that the story of this group was filmed in such a pulpy and mediocre way. The actors all acted like housekeepers, which is really insulting to the heroes.
Liu Weiqiang did not continue the success of " Chinese Captain " and " Chinese Doctor ". This time it can be said that he suffered a big setback.
The box office of "Peacekeepers" dropped continuously for five days after its release, from 136 million on the first day to less than 40 million on the fifth day, becoming the film with the largest decline. Although it is still at the forefront of the film schedule, the sharp drop in the single-day box office has caused the film's box office ceiling to also drop significantly.
"Peacekeeping Riot Squad" does not continue the brilliance of military-themed films, but it is also a type of film that has long been overpopulated and made audiences tired of it.
A military film was made into a traditional police film, with facial makeup characters, stiff performances by actors, simple plot design, and constant sensationalism, which made this film about the main theme of our peacekeeping police officers mediocre.
From the perspective of characters, it has a conspicuous character setting.
's so-called conspicuous character setting means that there are always people in a team who frequently violate disciplines, do not follow orders from superiors, are self-righteous, and go their own way.
In this film, Yang Zhen, played by Wang Yibo, is such a typical example.
Yang Zhen, who was transferred from outside, refused to obey the captain's orders from the beginning. The captain originally asked him to take a rest, but he directly said that I am not tired, and then joined the training with his luggage. Later, during the bed-sharing stage, he competed with his teammates for arm wrestling, and was eventually punished with another push-up. Then during the patrol in the square, he disobeyed orders to pursue a sniper, and was reprimanded by the captain again. Later, during the hostage rescue process, he made a mistake in judgment and did not fire, causing his teammates to be shot and injured.
However, in the end, he single-handedly attacked the opponent's sniper and was cleared.
In most domestic military and police dramas, such main character settings are commonplace. In every genre work, there are always such characters, but they are obviously not new and are becoming more and more annoying.
In addition, family-style bonds are a common routine.
In this film, Yang Zhen's father and captain Yu Weidong are actually colleagues. Yu Weidong watched Yang Zhen grow up and once still hated Yu Weidong.
Unexpectedly, Yang Zhen now joined Yu Weidong's team. At first, there were still estrangements and conflicts, but then he was relieved and reconciled in mission after mission, and finally fought side by side.
But this kind of inferiority relationship is not reflected in the images of the two actors. Especially when they fought side by side in the end, they were more like brothers. Although the film sets up such a complex relationship, it obviously lacks depth and intensity and is instead simplified.
In terms of performances, Huang Jingyu was playing himself again. Wang Yibo had a single expression throughout the whole process, returning to the past.
The other actors are even more lackluster.
The only female character of our peacekeeping police was completely reduced to a tool, and even died in the end.
The entire character creation and interpretation failed.
And the plot is also full of loopholes.
For example, during an operation to rescue hostages, it was clear that the mine line had been tripped in front, but all the team members did not pay attention and detonated the second mine, which directly caused casualties on our side. At the end of
, the scene is about escorting witnesses to the court. It is known that the enemy is planning an ambush attack, but there are only two vehicles to escort the hostages without any extra personnel. Only when they can no longer cope with it, do they ask the headquarters for help and send additional manpower.The arrival of the headquarters support team is very much like the arrival of the police at the end of a traditional police movie.
At the end, when we arrived at the entrance of the court, the surrounding area was not carefully defended. If the enemy snipers had not been soft-hearted, the consequences would have been disastrous. But what is more bizarre is that the terrorists actually thought of the tragic situation in their hometown and softened their hearts. Isn't this whitewashing the terrorists?
For "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", the anecdotal and imprecise plot is mediocre, the facial makeup of the characters has no thickness and three-dimensionality, and the frequent and excessive sensationalism is off-putting. The actors' performances are also disappointing. It is single and rigid, but in the end it cannot resonate with people. It does not show the spirit and belief of our peacekeepers, making the expression of the film superficial and superficial, making it an extremely mediocre work.
It is a tragedy for domestic films that it can become the May Day box office champion!
