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was released for 5 days, and the box office only exceeded 80 million, and the total box office is expected to be less than 200 million.
has gone from the " bomb disposal expert " series to the " anti-drug " series, and then to " customs front ".
As a representative director of today's Hong Kong films, Qiu Litao's overturn does not seem to be a surprise to the audience.
In this summer war, the first action blockbuster "Customs Front" is not even as good as the family drama next door " There is a Canteen in the Clouds ".
and Nicholas Tse's return of seems to have become a joke.
clicks to open the comment area, the style of painting is very consistent.
Words such as "really bad", "extremely disappointing", "too bad", etc. all express the audience's dissatisfaction.
Why did this "visual effects blockbuster" receive so many bad reviews when it was released? Did Nicholas Tse, Jacky Cheung and Qiu Litao really overturn so completely?
This time, let's take a good look at the blockbuster "Customs Front".
First of all, I have to say that from the visual effects, Nicholas Tse's love for movies can indeed be fully felt.
served as the action director for a film for the first time. In the fighting scenes, he really allowed the audience to see some of the professionalism and dedication of the martial arts actors in the old Hong Kong films.
In terms of action scenes, "Customs Front" is still acceptable.
However, the level of this "passable" action scene is not high enough for the audience to ignore the plot.
It can be seen that Nicholas Tse is really happy, but his expressiveness is still not "fancy" enough.
At least for me, who has watched a lot of Hong Kong movies, it's not even close to the high-energy warnings advertised in the early stage. In this regard,
is really not as good as Lin Chaoxian's " Breaking Point ".
As far as the plot is concerned, I can’t even believe that it was Qiu Litao’s handwriting.
Let’s talk about the characters first.
It is similar to a master-student relationship with two male protagonists, one male and one wife, and two female protagonists, a Thai policewoman. It is neither new nor interesting.
In order to increase the literary drama, director Qiu Litao put more words on Zhang Yunnan (played by Jacky Cheung).
was constantly oppressed by his boss at work, but when he returned home he had to sacrifice himself for his wife's career.
Zhang Yunnan suffered from severe schizophrenia, which led him to hurt himself secretly in no-one's corners, but he had to behave mildly at ordinary times. The character design of
seems to be a breakthrough. It wants to take the route of warmth, but in fact it lacks a lot of excitement.
The main reason is that the plot does not support it.
I wanted to make an action movie, but I wanted to use the simplest techniques to sensationalize the movie. But in fact, the action scenes were just average, and the most painful tears were barely touched.
lacks foreshadowing in various emotional lines.
For example, the master-disciple line between the two male protagonists.
Whether it is brotherhood or a master-disciple relationship similar to that of father and son, the performance is relatively one-sided. In the past, the relationship that can really touch the hearts of the audience is not seen.
Therefore, when the final parting was made, everyone could not sympathize with the heart-breaking pain of the second male lead.
Another example is the love line between Zhang Yunnan and his wife.
This kind of willingness to cut yourself open to fulfill your feelings is actually very easy to impress the audience.
However, the movie completely fails to show how important this relationship is to the two people, or how difficult it is to maintain the relationship.
Even from another perspective, the so-called "sacrifice" of the male protagonist may be just self-impression.
Other than that, the second male lead played by Nicholas Tse is just a supporting role with a gold edge.
The other characters who appear are also relatively flat. The whole film is not as touching as the ending song sung by Jacky Cheung at the end.
Really disappointed.
It is said that the old Hong Kong star fights. At the age of 62, Jacky Cheung can still be active on the big screen and even sit in action blockbusters. It is really surprising.
After all, this guy can sing and dance at a concert level.
However, after watching the movie, I just want to say that the King should still appear on the stage where the flash is focused.
I don’t know if it’s because of the dubbing, but Jacky Cheung’s performance in this film prevented me from seeing his profound interpretation of the characters.
Jacky Cheung’s handling of high-profile scenes that can showcase his acting skills, such as burning himself with an iron, having a mental breakdown and breaking out, is actually relatively superficial.
As the male protagonist, he did not perform the most surprising twist. The mental illnesses such as depression and bipolar disorder that the director wanted to fully express were not portrayed in a profound way, which is really hard to swallow.
Nicholas Tse, who returned after many years, gave a bland performance.
's character design has no flash points, and there is not much room for him to express himself.
And in my opinion, he spent almost all his energy on action scenes. The most typical thing about
is that in the opening scene, his ex-girlfriend who he has loved for many years dies in front of him. There is no despair and disbelief, only the "constipation" feeling of being unable to cry for a long time.
Liu Yase, there is actually nothing wrong with the acting, but the character setting is really inexplicable.
Suddenly two policemen came from Thailand. The male policeman was arrested, but the female policeman basically had no big reaction. The interaction between
and the male protagonist later seems to want to secretly form a CP, but there is no actual action, and it is not very helpful in finding key clues.
And the most important thing is that the filming of "Customs Front" took more than two months. The effect produced by
makes it feel like the actors are not as familiar with each other as the characters in the play.
When they interact on the screen, the audience cannot feel the real emotional collision between people, nor the state of speechlessness in their eyes.
is like a bunch of professional actors doing tasks according to specific plots and characters, holding back tears for the sake of crying, and being depressed for the sake of being depressed.
When I sat in the theater until the end, I was even more depressed than the male lead.
Conclusion
There is no harm without comparison. It is not that there have been no good Hong Kong films in the past two years.
, " Fury · Serious Case ", " Detective vs. ", "Breaking Point", " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege ", etc., are actually pretty good, at least there are always highlights in the plot or fighting scenes that can convince the audience. .
In comparison, "Customs Front" is probably not even remotely bad in terms of narrative ability or shooting techniques.
Relying on feelings and resting on one's laurels is understandable for a movie, but if you can't even understand the story and want to take money from the audience, it is a bit too much.
In addition, professional people do professional things.
doesn’t just know how to do the Three-legged Cat Kung Fu, so he can be a martial arts instructor.
Nicholas Tse is indeed very handsome, but on the basis of his poor acting skills, he also vigorously promotes trivial fighting scenes, which is really a bit of a lack of skills.
Generally speaking, it is reasonable for "Customs Front" to become cannon fodder in the summer season. However, I will still look forward to director Qiu Litao's subsequent works. I only hope that it can maintain the level of "The Bomb Disposal Expert" and "Anti-Drug" .
I wonder if you have watched this Hong Kong movie in the summer release?
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