They tragically beat "Ashura"-count five Hong Kong movies that hit the street at the box office, take a closer look at these Hong Kong movies that hit the street, have you watched all these movies?

"Asura" is a big money-burning production starring Wu Lei, Leung Ka Fai, and Carina Lau. Not many people have seen it, but many people have heard of it, especially after its hurried box office failure. Box office hitting the street has always been the eternal pain of film workers, because this thing is very abstract, not necessarily bad movies to not sell, and it may not necessarily make money without bad movies. Just like good people and bad people are not necessarily related to lifespan, it may be a matter. Today, I will summarize for you. Several sets of Hong Kong movies that had a miserable box office, some of which are of very good quality, are now regarded as masterpieces, with different types and different lineups. The only similarity is that they all let investors Lost to vomit blood.

5.2001 "The Legend of Shu Mountain" Director: Tsui Hark Starring: Ekin Cheng, Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, Lin Xilei, Tan Yaowen, Wu Jinghong, Jinbao Production Company: Film Studio China Star Entertainment Co., Ltd. China Film Group Investment: 90 million Hong Kong dollars or more Box Office: Mainland: 20 million RMB Hong Kong: 11.76 million Hong Kong dollars

20 years after the filming of "New Shushan Swordsman", Tsui Hark teamed up with the mainland investment company and the local China Star Company to Huaqiang to create this film with a larger scale and larger investment than in the past. The sequel of "New Shushan Swordsman" brought together a group of idol superstars Ekin Cheng, Louis Koo, Cecilia Cheung, etc. to join together. Not only wanted to improve the regret of the previous game's immature technology, but also hope to use this same type of sequel to get Higher box office returns. (The stills of "The New Shushan Swordsman" belonged to the prequel work of "Shushan". Lin Qingxia and Zheng Shaoqiu starred. It was released in 1983.)

Unfortunately, it backfired. Although there has been a qualitative leap and improvement in technology, it has achieved a Chinese-language movie in special effects. The peak level has opened up a new era of Chinese visual effects. However, due to the excessive dependence of the film on special effects, the plot seems weak and weak, and even the Hong Kong-style humor of the previous work has been exhausted. This is too dazzling special effects, and the form is greater than the content of the plot, making the film since its launch. There was a wave of bad reviews. The box office in Hong Kong was not even as good as the "New Shushan Swordsman" 20 years ago, and it only won 20 million in the box office in the Mainland. This made such a high cost to make ends meet, and the word-of-mouth box office was disappointed. Although with the development of the times, in recent years, the audience’s awareness of the level of special effects has also improved, and finally affirmed the extraordinary significance of this film to Chinese special effects, and its reputation is getting higher and higher, but at the time, from the movie itself The return on investment has been disastrous.

(The visual effects of "Shu Mountain" are still out of date today.) 4.1990 "The Story of A Fei" Director: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Leslie Cheung Maggie Cheung Carina Lau Jacky Cheung Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Dihua Pan Production Company: Ying Zhijie Productions Co., Ltd. Investment: 40 million Hong Kong dollars box office : Hong Kong: 9.45 million Hong Kong dollars Taipei: 9.13 million Taiwan dollars

Before filming "The Story of A Fei", Wong Kar-wai had just finished filming the slightly literary gangster film "Carmen in Mong Kok", which was well received at the box office, so the film company owner Deng Guangrong praised it At the end of the day, I spent 40 million Hong Kong dollars to fund Wong Kar-wai's filming of this film. The film itself is positioned as a major production of the "six superstars + gangster theme". Even the trailer was used as a gimmick and went further to the Philippines for filming. Filming more than 600,000 feet of film is enough to form two or three ordinary movies. But Wong Kar-wai’s script is not fixed, and even the actor himself can’t figure out the specific plot development. In the end, the filming schedule is too long and the script and scenes are constantly deleted and modified. As a result, the movie was originally used as the budget for the next episode and only one episode. It has been used up, and the choice of such a mysterious movie to be released on Christmas Day has made the fans who have been waiting for a long time extremely curious, and also made many filmmakers who released the film at the same time extremely nervous. (The strong lineup of the six superstars made a lot of movies in the same period "frightened")

According to director Wang Jing, "Xiang Huaqiang did not even go to the midnight premiere of "The Gambler", but went to see the other party's film." , But the overly trendy shooting concept, and the positioning of a literary film completely inconsistent with the Hong Kong commercial film style, caused the film to be criticized repeatedly when it was released. Even if it was finally affirmed by film critics and the Golden Image Award, it still did not reach the general audience. Deng Guangrong, the investment boss, even went to the hospital for a few days to go to the hospital for a few days. It can be seen that although "The Story of A Fei" is the first work of Wong Kar Wai as the great director of literary films to highlight his personal style, its beautiful pictures and classic lines are highly respected by literary film lovers.The film festival won numerous awards, but it is a work that is extremely headache for the production company. Although Wong Kar-wai's prominent reputation has been established, it has lost the real money of film investors. (Due to the box office failure of the first episode, it belongs to Tony Leung's "second episode".)

3.1993 "Eight and Dragon Slayer: Demon Lord" Director: Wang Jing Starring: Jet Li, Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min, Gigi Hung, Zou Zhaolong, Wu Zhenyu, Liang Jiaren, Wu Yaohan Production Company : Yongsheng Film Production Co., Ltd. Investment: 50 million Hong Kong dollars Box office: Hong Kong: 11.85 million Hong Kong dollars Taipei: 16.26 million Taiwanese dollars Seoul attendance: 100,000

After Tsui Ke Hu Jinquan's cooperation "Swordsman Jianghu" kicked off a new martial arts curtain in the early 1990s , Various ancient costume martial arts films once again flooded the Hong Kong film scene, deriving many big-selling works, forming a short but shocking "new martial arts era". However, this trend is due to the eagerness of Hong Kong movies and the hype to follow the trend. Within a few years, the same type of martial arts films were released. The quality is uneven. The appearance of many shoddy martial arts films has completely dispelled the audience’s enthusiasm. The well-made martial arts movies have been impacted by the cooling of this trend. Among them, the director Wang Jing's "The Demon Lord of the Dragon Slayer" is a notable example. In all fairness, this is definitely a commercial martial arts blockbuster made with care. Not only did it travel to the mainland to shoot, the cast is also quite large. In addition to martial arts superstar Jet Li, there are also popular actresses such as Qiu Shuzhen and Zhang Min. It is also quite impressive. Although Wang Jing’s usual funny elements of laughter and curse were added to the plot, it did not destroy the magnificence of the film itself. It is a pity that this film was born at a bad time and caught up with the end of the martial arts trend. After suffering a fiasco, the original sequel was also stranded. At the end of the film, Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji agreed to meet in most cities, which became an inexplicable regret for Hong Kong martial arts fans.

2.1993 "One Sword Allure" production company: Wanli Film Co., Ltd. Changchun Film Studio Investment: 18 million Hong Kong dollars Box office: Hong Kong: 1.98 million Hong Kong dollars "One Sword Allure" can be said to be as untimely as "Evening Heaven and Slaying Dragon" This masterpiece of martial arts draws on the legendary experience of the five kings of swordsman, combined with historical events such as the Reform Movement of 1898, tells a singular heroic story in modern history in the form of martial arts. Among the many martial arts films of the same type that have won by gimmicks, it must be said that it is A sincere work with profound connotations. In terms of framing and action design, we also cooperated with the mainland. The shooting scenes are magnificent. Sammo Hung’s action guidance also makes the scenes sharp and impressive. From appearance to plot, they are rare martial arts films. Unfortunately, they are not commercial and coincide with martial arts films. The emergence of the off-season made this ambitious summer-breaking work hurriedly ended with a box office of less than two million, and made the famous film director Luo Wei who turned to investors bankrupt and ended in depression. It is regrettable. But such a masterpiece has been treated so coldly by the market, and it must be said that it is a pity for the film industry.

1.2009 "Shinjuku Incident" Director: Er Dongsheng Starring: Jackie Chan Yanzu Wu Fan Bingbing Xu Jinglei Takenaka Naoto Kato Yaya Lin Xueqian Jia Lelian Jin Qin Pei Production Company: Emperor Film Jackie Chan Emperor Pictures Co., Ltd. Investment: 150 million Hong Kong dollars Box office: Hong Kong: 1440 Ten thousand Hong Kong dollars Taipei box office: 5.38 million Taiwan dollars "Shinjuku Incident" is an alternative action film created by Jackie Chan for transformation and cooperating with director Er Dongsheng, who has always been very humanistic, and was filmed by the Emperor with an investment of over 100 million Hong Kong dollars. It is a gang epic about the tragic fate of the bottom Chinese black workers in Japan. The actors also include the addition of Chinese and Japanese stars such as Wu Yanzu, Fan Bingbing, and Naoto Takenaka. Both the production and the lineup are quite impressive. Although there are still Jackie Chan's action scenes in the movie, it has discarded the previous signature design-style fancy actions, but has been created with a real effect that is almost a market fight. It is a considerable breakthrough for Jackie Chan himself. , The whole movie is bloody, and it truly reveals the inhuman treatment and gang fights of the underground gangsters. It has a shocking effect. The tragic story reflects the hardships of the low-level characters. The meaning is very profound. It is a very good action movie. However, due to the suspected damage to the image of overseas Chinese, the performance was banned in the Mainland. In addition, some of Jackie Chan’s political speech during the same period contradicted the Hong Kong and Taiwan arguments. As a result, the Hong Kong and Taiwan audiences who were originally hopeful about the film also gave up their support. Both the mainland and Hong Kong and Taiwan markets are lost. This series of various reasons have made the film’s box office costly for investorsNo return is due to both man-made reasons and systemic problems. But even so, the film's reputation is still quite strong, becoming the most thorough and classic representative work of Jackie Chan's transformation after the new century.