Douban opened with a score of 5.6, and now it has dropped to 5.5. " Peacekeeping Riot Squad " won the box office championship in the 2024 May Day period.
But I have to say that this is the tragedy of domestic films!
, as the lowest-rated film in the May Day schedule, is actually the winner of the schedule. How can it be convincing? Although this is true, it is a very sad thing and makes the entire domestic movie industry unhappy!
Although films with low scores and high box office are not uncommon nowadays, this situation of bad money driving out good money is not beneficial to the development of domestic films.
main theme video sharpened its skills again, but this time it suffered a big setback.
Although this film had many twists and turns and was completed as early as 2021, an incident involving a bad artist occurred midway, which forced the film to be remade. In the end, it was not officially released to the public until the May 1st release in 2024.
But obviously, this is not the reason for the low reputation of this film today.
As early as the National Day holiday in 2023, when the box office performance of the first work of Chen Kaige 's Volunteer Army trilogy was not satisfactory, it has already been hinted that the main theme of military-themed films has fallen into a bottleneck. This is not only a bottleneck for the market, but also for the creators. its own bottleneck.
Take the current "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" as an example. It is still created by Liu Weiqiang's team, but it does not have the same dazzling features at the script level as " Chinese Captain " and " Chinese Doctor ". Although this time the camera is focused on the peacekeeping police group that is not well known to the public, there are not a few such military-themed works in recent years, but it is really rare to make such a bland and mediocre movie like this.
is a huge waste of money and manpower!
From the script level, it is obvious that the creative team does not have a thorough understanding of this group, and still follows the traditional idol approach to create such a serious military-themed work. Because it can be seen from the lineup that perhaps the script was not the main focus from the beginning, but the actors. It was an all-round failure in the selection of actors and the training of the actors.
In every era, there is never a shortage of theme films. This is what the times and the audience need, but it does not mean that you can act recklessly and shoot randomly.
Awe is obviously necessary for shooting such subjects.
This is the bottom line that every creator needs to stick to.
But in this film, the awe of the creators cannot be seen. It seems that they are just trying to complete a task, and more of a gamble. If the bet is right, everyone will be happy; if the bet is wrong, it won't do much harm.
This is obviously the mentality shared by many films nowadays.
The plot design of "Peacekeeping Riot Squad" is old-fashioned, the characters are facial makeup, and the actors' performances are single and blunt.
In terms of plot and story, the action tasks are completed one by one in a chronicle style. Although there are ups and downs and dangers, each task has no enjoyment and is just dry and stiff expression. It seems weak in highlighting the characters, and ultimately overshadows the heroes, failing to show their spirit and fearless sacrifice and dedication.
Not to mention that the plot is full of loopholes and cannot withstand any scrutiny. If it happened in reality, then the actions in the film would all be failed.
Military-themed works always hope to create a character who is fearless, self-righteous, undisciplined and unorganized, and has family ties and complex relationships. The plot revolves around this character. However, as everyone knows, such stereotypes, facial makeup, and Idol-like character creation is the most failed.
over-designs the characters' complex relationships and highlights the characters' personality traits. This is not what a movie with such a main theme should be like, because it is hurting such a heroic character. Although there is no simplicity behind the hero, it must be pure. However, most of today's works with this theme ignore this point and always have to openly oppose the organization and superiors, losing their original appearance.
Not to mention the actor's all-out crotch-stretching, stiff performance, slogan-like lines, and idol-like coolness, which is even more insulting to the portrayal of a hero.
Young actors are keen on military-themed works because this is their dream. However, as everyone knows, this group is not as glamorous as their living circle. On the contrary, it is full of dangers, and even encounters death. Passed by each other. Without experience and experience, without the forging of life, the immature and youthful look on his face cannot be resonated with, not to mention that the most basic performance is not up to par, how to create and interpret a heroic character.
After many years of being baptized by the same type of movies with the main theme, the audience has already experienced aesthetic fatigue. Continuing to sell love today has clearly fallen out of favor. Although capital is chasing profit, it still enjoys it and can still get good box office, but this is sad!
After the " Wolf Warrior " series, there will be no more "Wolf Warriors". After the " Changjin Lake " series, it will be difficult for there to be another "Changjin Lake" in a short time. If
continues to follow the trend and act carelessly just to complete the task, then such genre films will only become more and more annoying and slowly destroy themselves.
