" silently kills " has been released for 5 days, and the film schedule has soared, from 22.1% on the first day of release to 33.4%. The cumulative box office is close to 300 million, becoming the leading summer hit. The predicted total box office given by professional platforms is also From the initial more than 400 million to the current 1.27 billion.
The success of the movie at the box office is no accident. The success of "Manslaughter" and "Manslaughter 2" gave "Silent Kill", also directed by Ke Wenli, a head start. It is regarded as the third work of "Kill the Universe", and the audience has responded to it. Expectations are high for the suspenseful crime elements. At the same time, "Silent Killing" chooses the issue of campus bullying that is of great concern to society. The film sets the story in the relatively closed space of the school and its surroundings. Through the three major elements of bullying, revenge, and silent killing, it creates an extremely satisfying atmosphere. The bloody and oppressive atmosphere has a strong sense of immersion.
Since director Ke Wenli has already shot the movie once before, this reshoot, with greater financial support and a stronger cast, is able to maximize the presentation of all aspects of the movie, plus the overall quality of the movie The control and the layers of reversal created by exquisite editing make "Silence" become the most exciting movie on the big screen this year.
It must be admitted that Ke Wenli knows how to arouse the emotions of the audience. The campus bullying of two girls made people filled with indignation, and they wanted to kill the perpetrators. This revenge murder paves the way, avoiding cruelty and only feeling comfortable, giving the audience depressed and angry emotions. It's even satisfying to find an outlet. Commercial packaging such as
gives "Silent Kill" a good sense of presence, solid story and a refreshing feeling during the movie viewing process. It is more enjoyable and intense than Hollywood special effects blockbusters, warm and healing love and other types, and it is easier to watch. Audiences are drawn into theaters. However, the commercial elements are too dazzling, covering up the theme expression of the movie itself. There is a lack of humane care in campus bullying. Originally, "mo" refers to not only Xiaotong's silence, but also the silence of the people around him in the face of atrocities, which makes the atrocities worse. Acting unscrupulously will eventually lead to an irreversible tragedy. Affected by commercial elements, the core of these movies has changed little by little. The critical and vigilant meaning has been eliminated and replaced by a tool for achieving a sense of satisfaction.
Because of this, "Silent Kill" did not get the reputation that matched the high box office. The Douban score was 6.9, which has not risen. As more and more viewers came back to watch the movie, four days after the movie was released, Topics such as "silent killings startle you", "silent killings close-ups of female victims", "silent killings with too many elements" have become hot searches.
The topic of "silent killing, sudden surprise" is because many viewers realize that the various elements in the movie are mixed and stacked, which affects the logic and overall look and feel of the movie. Some netizens described it as "the whole movie gives people a sense of The writing is not based on true feelings, but on the feeling of something suspended, which is piled up with gorgeous words throughout the text. "Many sudden frightening shots and sudden loud sound effects also made some viewers uncomfortable.
The "close-up of silently killing female victims" is obviously not deliberately embarrassing the movie. In violence against women, the camera should be focused on the perpetrator rather than the victim. This has been discussed many times in the past. "Silent Killing" does focus a large number of cameras on the victim, especially the encounter between the two girls. Campus bullying is not only shown throughout, but also uses a lot of close-up shots. The mouth is glued to the mouth, the forehead is pricked with thorny roses, the pigeons are tortured, the hair is cut off, mixed with water and poured into the mouth... These things make people feel physically uncomfortable. shots, which add up to a long time.
As for the revenge passage, several violent girls were killed, and the process was also shown in detail. Coupled with nails piercing the hands, hammers hitting the head, etc., "Silent Kill" is extremely violent. As mentioned above, due to commercial considerations, this treatment is to pave the way for revenge killings so that the audience can finally feel satisfied, but it does not avoid the pitfall of close-up female victimization.
Let’s talk about “too many elements”. Some viewers feel that the film has too many elements and the director should subtract them. As a result, many people do not pay attention to the educational significance of the film, nor to the actors’ breakthroughs and plot.To be fair, this point of view is a matter of opinion. More is better than nothing. The creation of a film requires precise calculations on how to integrate various elements, control the duration and the rhythm of the film, so that the audience will not feel that the rhythm is slow and cumbersome, and they want to be enjoyable, brain-burning, and There are too many elements, so you can’t have both.
But no matter what, a movie should be willing to receive applause, and at the same time be able to listen to criticism and opinions, but "Silent Kill" seems not to be the case. The above three topics were hot searches on July 6, but soon, the three hot searches disappeared without a trace.
A movie of the size of "Silence" not only has a promotion team, but also a team responsible for maintaining reputation. However, these types of companies are generally small companies and do not have that much energy to cover three negative topics at the same time so quickly. If it is removed from the hot search, there must be a stronger force behind it.
In fact, you only need to look at the company behind "Silence" to understand that the capital behind this movie is indeed strong.
Among the nine major producers, Maoyan and Taopiaopiao, which control online ticket purchases, are the top two, followed by China Film, Wanda, Hengdian Pictures and other leading film companies.
There are also seven co-producers. Seeing the list of co-producers, the answer to the rapid disappearance of the three negative hot searches came. Everyone knows who the fourth-ranked "Micro Dream Innovation" is.
As the old saying goes, "If criticism is not free, praise is meaningless." "Silent Kill" is not so good that it cannot find faults. The audience's criticism and opinions can help the film studio and the creative team to create better products in the future, but the result is not They don't want to hear it, but they don't want to hear or see it at all, so they just drop the topic. However, fans of the movie, when they see criticism, they say it's a black film, and when they see opinions, they think they are spies sent by the opponent. In this case, it would be better to go to PR Douban and change the score of "Silent Kill" from 6.9 to 9.9.
