Chao News Client Reporter Lu Fang Text/Photography Video Production Song Wenze
On June 29, director Qiu Litao of this year’s first summer action blockbuster " Customs Front " and starring Nicholas Tse and came to Hangzhou for a road show. The film grossed nearly 50 million at the box office in the two days it was released, which is a good result in the current film market.
"Customs Front" focuses the camera on the customs police, who have rarely been shown on the big screen in the past, and tells the thrilling story of them cracking down on major smuggling cases. The visual presentation of the film is first-rate, and director Qiu Litao brings the "burning, explosive, exciting, and fierce" style to the extreme. Nicholas Tse served as action director for the first time, presenting exciting fighting scenes in a hardcore style. Jacky Cheung returned to the big screen after eight years and attracted the audience's attention with his "epileptic" acting skills.
At the Hangzhou road show that day, at the Zhejiang Film Times Cinema·Xixi Happy City imax store, Nicholas Tse's fans held placards with the words "Feng Xing Tian Xia" and sang their idol's songs together to welcome Nicholas Tse's arrival. Xiao Xie smiled and said that returning to Hangzhou was like going home: "I come to Hangzhou often, and there is a company in Hangzhou."
"Customs Front" is Nicholas Tse's work that he has been working on for three years. For the filming of this movie, he deliberately went to the gym to cope with the high-intensity action scenes. Since they are all real fights, and the characters in the film are wearing short-sleeved uniforms and cannot even wear protective gear, "so I have to train myself better."
A male fan expressed his admiration to Xiao Xie: "Ting Feng, you are so great in the movie, so young! After watching the movie yesterday, I thought I should do more exercise and did a hundred push-ups at night. "
"Customs Front" is Nicholas Tse's first time as an action director. Nicholas Tse's main theme this time is "everything is real", adhering to the principle of "no special effects, real explosions", and presenting action scenes without the use of special effects. A helicopter hoisted a car, and Nicholas Tse jumped to his death and fought at high altitude; five or six cars were "crowded" together and raced; Nicholas Tse held his breath underwater and started a life-or-death struggle with his opponents; there was also a "one dozen more" 64-move long-shot fight play. Whether it is close-quarters combat with fists and fists, explosive scenes such as "Crossing the Line of Fire", water rubber boat fights and other high-inflammation fights, the audience praised it as "hardcore enough".
Nicholas Tse said, "If the actors don't feel a sense of crisis, the audience won't feel nervous either." In his eyes, there is no difference between acting in action scenes and telling lines. "In the end, we all have to tell stories."
"Customs Front" is also the first real collaboration between Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung. Nicholas Tse said: "I have always liked Jacky Cheung's movies. This time we can also have musical exchanges. It is a dream come true for me."
At the filming scene, Jacky Cheung locked himself in the room for many times in order to shape the character well. Hours and hours of doing it over and over again, and not filming the next scene until the explosive state of "brink of collapse" is perfectly present.
director Qiu Litao said that more than 30 scenes were shot for the scene where Jacky Cheung suppressed his mental illness and spoke to Karen Lam.
The film’s delicate description of workplace phenomena and emotions also resonated with the audience. Nicholas Tse said that the screenwriter paid great attention to daily life and details, making the movie more vivid. A fan at the scene revealed that the working conditions in the film were very similar to his own, and gave him a bag with the words "Hangzhou is busy working overtime on weekends" printed on it. When Nicholas Tse saw this, he thought of the young people in his company who were doing live streaming and selling goods. They often worked late at night and it was very hard.
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