Strictly speaking, it is not appropriate to put a cruel and dignified film like "Angel of Justice" in the Lunar New Year file, after all, the Chinese New Year file belongs to the family carnival period, and for the audience, they are more willing to watch lighter movies. However, Zhang Ran felt that the Nanjing Massacre happened in December, and the movie in December could make everyone look back on history.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 13th, in front of cinemas across the country, there was an endless stream of audiences who came to watch "Angel of Justice". Director Zhang Ran added that the theme of the Nanjing Massacre was enough to attract attention, coupled with the fact that "Angel of Justice" was smeared by the right-wing of Dongying overseas some time ago, and recently the film has won awards in the United States one after another, and the audience's appetite has long been suspended. Many people want to see how this movie that Zhang Ran has carefully polished for ten years is doing.

At 10 o'clock in the morning of this day, Zhang Ran and all the main creators of "Angel of Justice" came to the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion of China, and attended the public memorial ceremony together with the representatives of veterans and comrades of the Anti-Japanese War, responsible comrades of relevant state departments, representatives of democratic parties and non-party personages, representatives of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, representatives of international friends who contributed to the victory of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or their bereaved families, and representatives of the survivors of the Nanjing Massacre and the relatives of the victims.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the crew of "Angel of Justice" made a special screening for the representatives who participated in the public memorial ceremony. Zhang Ran was originally a little worried about this, because the survivors who participated in the public memorial ceremony were very old, and "Angel of Justice" was particularly long, and he was worried that the bodies of the old people would not be able to withstand the impact of this movie.

However, the words of Zhu Chengshan, the former director of the Memorial Hall of the Dead Compatriots, dispelled Zhang Ran's concerns, and he told Zhang Ran that the old people who participated in the public memorial ceremony were in a better physical and mental state, and just a few days ago, a survivor also told him that when "Angel of Justice" was released, he would go to the cinema to see it.

The nearly four-hour "Angel of Justice" is indeed a bit difficult for Xia Shuqin and other old people, but after the movie starts, the old Nanjing city in their memories appears in front of them, and when the friendly old Nanjing dialect sounds, the old people are full of emotion. Later, as the plot of the movie progressed, the old people couldn't control their emotions and burst into tears.

When the movie ended, several Holocaust survivors still had tears in their eyes, but they all held Zhang Ran and said emotionally that the tragic scenes in "Angel of Justice" brought them back to that nightmare era. An old man excitedly said to Zhang Ran: "The movie is too real. There are so many scenes in it that I feel like I am back in time to the day when the Japanese devils entered the city. Although I was not very old at the time, it was a terrible scene that I can remember anyway. Those streets, and the corpses of the slaughtered Nanjingers on the streets......"

The leaders and delegates present were all shocked by the movie, and they all felt that "Angel of Justice" was the best movie about the Nanjing Massacre. They congratulated Zhang Ran one after another, they believed that "Angel of Justice" is a rare work of "unity of the three sexes", the film shows the national spirit and integrity, it is a shocking and epic movie, which makes people feel Zhang Ran's extraordinary artistic skills, and it is a righteous song!

Just when Zhang Ran and they came out of the cinema, the entire network was already drowned out by the heated discussion of "Angel of Justice", on the hot search list of Weibo, five of the ten hot searches "Angel of Justice" accounted for five of them, in Tieba, on Weibo, in Hupu, and in Douban, almost every online community is discussing this movie. Many viewers and fans who watched the movie posted reviews of "Angel of Justice" on the website, and various praises were overwhelming.

Netizens didn't cry when they were sad and said: "After watching "Angel of Justice", my eyes are swollen from crying. Weitling, Rabe, Cheng Ruifang, Han Xianglin, and all those who saved people in Nanjing were all angels of justice, and Zhang Chunru, Dr. Shao Ziping, and all the others who defended the truth of history were also angels of justice. After reading "Nanjing Nanjing", I thought that Lu Chuan was just lacking talent, but his heart was good; but after reading "Angel of Justice", I realized that Lu Chuan was shameful, not only did he not understand the historical truth of the Nanjing Massacre, but also dwarfed Rabe and called Rabe's secretary Han Xianglin a traitor, which is really misleading!"

Netizen Yun Qian Tianqing wrote on Weibo: "I was shocked and tearfully watched this film. This movie is different from what I imagined, not only about the Nanjing Massacre, but also about a group of people's firm defense of historical truth. The massacre of Jews is well known, but the people of the East are trying their best to bleach, erase history, and want to disconnect themselves from history. This is irresponsible to history and a manifestation of inhumanity. Now that China is strong, we will not budge an inch in the face of history!"

Netizens left a message on Douban: ""Angel of Justice" made me rain, and I was still teary-eyed when discussing the plot of the movie on the way home. This movie is so good, it's top-notch in every way, and the actors are all very good! I think the best actor is Zhang Jingchu! I have watched Zhang Chunru's documentary, Zhang Jingchu not only looks and looks like Zhang Chunru, but even her accent is exactly the same as Zhang Chunru. The whole performance is really vivid!"

Netizen Whole Grains recommended to netizens in Tiger Pounce: "From an artistic point of view, "Angel of Justice" can be said to have reached the level of perfection. The story is gripping, the complex is so tense that it makes people breathless, pathos, sadness, tragedy, tragedy, grief...... The structure of the scene conforms to the logic of life, with a great sense of reality, and the light of humanity runs through the whole play, one moving scene after another. This film is not inferior to "Schindler's List", compared with Zhang Ran, Lu Chuan is really a scum!

In less than a day, there were more than 50,000 viewers on Douban, giving "Angel of Justice" a high score of 9.4. On online ticketing sites such as Guevara, Maoyan, and Taopiao, "Angel of Justice" also has a rating of more than 9.5. The rave reviews of online ticketing websites have made the film's creators breathe a sigh of relief, online ticketing websites represent the reputation of passers-by, and "Angel of Justice" can get a high score of 9.5, which means that the movie has a good reputation among passers-by and audiences, and it also means that the box office will not be too bad.

Not only did audiences and fans praise the movie "Angel of Justice", but the media and critics also praised the movie almost one-sidedly.

Film critic Zhou Liming said: "A truly masterful work. Lu Chuan is good among young directors, but with the same theme, comparing "Angel of Justice" and "Nanjing Nanjing", the gap in creation will come out at once. When Lu Chuan was filming "Nanjing", he wanted to stand at a very high height to make this movie, but Lu Chuan's ability was insufficient, and many parts of the whole movie made people feel deliberate and blunt; ”

Screenwriter and film critic Bi Chenggong said: ""Angel of Justice" is undoubtedly a masterpiece, especially since I just watched "Moonlight Boy" a few days ago, to be honest, I think "Moonlight Boy" and "Angel of Justice" are not at the same level at all, "Moonlight Boy" removes those politically correct things, whether it is ideological, artistic, or director's technique is far from "Angel of Justice". I think "Angel of Justice" will definitely win the Oscar for Best Picture this year!"

Zhao Jing, the planning director of Xinlang Entertainment, commented on Weibo: "The second time I watched "Thirteen Hairpins", I liked Zhang Chunru, and I also liked Weitling and Rabe, but the most painful thing for me of all the characters was Meiru. Jiao Junyan acted so well, after committing suicide, I felt that my heart was torn apart, it was really miserable!"

At 1 o'clock in the morning, the rough report of the box office of "Angel of Justice" on the first day came out, 120 million yuan. This result can't be compared to a super blockbuster like "Full Band Blocking Interference", but it is still quite good compared to other movies. Such results make "Angel of Justice" the highest-grossing film on the first day in the mainland since the beginning of August, and the only film in the mainland to have a first-day box office of more than 100 million.

Among the top films at the market box office, "Angel of Justice" has the highest attendance rate. From the perspective of film scheduling, "Angel of Justice" ranks first in the country with a scheduling rate of nearly 45%, while it accounts for nearly 70% of the national box office, which shows that "Angel of Justice" may have greater box office potential waiting to be released in the future.

Meanwhile, it's 9 a.m. in Los Angeles. Landmark, the nation's largest art theater chain, lined up in front of three movie theaters in Los Angeles as moviegoers waited to see the movie. There are a lot of Chinese fans in the queue, but there are also many blacks and whites, and they all come to see "Angel of Justice".

Not only the three movie theaters in Los Angeles, but also the three movie theaters in New York that specialize in showing art films, there are also long queues of audiences waiting to see "Angel of Justice", which can be said to be full.

After the film was screened, the audience also wrote their own testimonials on Fly and IMDB for the first time, and gave the most concentrated praise to Zhang Ran for his sense of historical responsibility shown in this film.

Miss Wang, who lives in Los Angeles, said that she especially liked Zhang Ran's movies, and called many fellow villagers to watch them together, but everyone came out crying and red-eyed. She said: "As a native of Nanjing who grew up by the Qinhuai River, watching 'Angel of Justice' in English and Nanjing dialect with my fellow villagers in Los Angeles is almost unreal. Listening to those familiar local sounds and watching the moving stories performed by these strangers, in a moment of time and space, it is difficult to distinguish between the story and the truth!"

Mr. Chen, from Flushing, said: "During the process of watching the movie, the tears never stopped, and I am grateful to Zhang Ran for recreating the shocking story in a tragic history for us. I hope that compatriots will remember the national shame and family feud, and hope for world peace in the future!"

Netizen Kumar Yak said on Fly: "This is definitely the best movie of the year, in fact, before I went to see this movie, I was a little biased, because I read four magazines and read some materials about the subject, so I know too much and know what is going to happen in the movie, but I fell in love with this movie and was completely invested in the charm of those characters!"

On IMDB, fan Chris gave "Angel of Justice" a 10 point: "I am willing to give this movie full marks, all the actors in the movie are top-notch, I thought Amy had already shown us her best acting skills in "Child Abuse Suspicion", but I was wrong. The emotional span that Amy showed in Angel of Justice really shocked me. She portrayed a nun who was originally innocent and kind, but committed suicide because of the trauma of the war, to be real and credible, and her interpretation of the role is progressive and real!"

The next afternoon, Zhang Ran, who was being interviewed by the media, received a call from Prem Gill, the director of publicity. Prem Gill excitedly told Zhang Ran that the first day of "Angel of Justice" in North America has come out, with a total box office of 170953 US dollars and a single theater of 28,492 US dollars! This single hall score can be ranked in the top few in the history of Hollywood!

Hearing this news, the stone hanging in Zhang Ran's heart finally fell to the ground, such an excellent screening result, coupled with a good reputation, the performance of "Angel of Justice" in North America will not be bad!