Fans of Dragon Kingdom, what they are most concerned about in "Departed" is the performance of the gangster undercover Colin played by Zhao Zhenghao.

In Zhao Zhenghao's version of "The Departed", Zhao Zhenghao set the gangster undercover Colin as an illegitimate son of the Dragon Kingdom, and his biological father was a Dragon Country, but long before he was born, he had returned to the Dragon Kingdom, and there was no news, and he is currently an American, because he had a child out of wedlock and cut off relations with his family, and his life was lifeless and embarked on the road of depravity, and Colin died of @ drug overdose when he was ten years old.

After the death of his mother, Colin became a street child and struggled to survive on the streets, because his dragon descent characteristics were more obvious, he was deeply discriminated against and oppressed, and he developed a character of being quiet in front of him, but he was black and ruthless behind his back.

When he shot a black brick in the back, he was favored by Frank, attracted his subordinates, cultivated carefully, and finally became a policeman, and also embarked on the road of no return.

In order to explain these antecedents, Zhao Zhenghao found a young actor of Dragon origin in Hollywood to play his juvenile affairs, and the little actor completed his task brilliantly.

After Zhao Zhenghao went into battle in person, he naturally would not disappoint the audience, and the ability to be blessed by the "Super Idol System" is good at this point - there is no question of whether the state is good or not, whether the performance is good or not, as long as the value is reached, it can always maintain the corresponding level!

Zhao Zhenghao made Colin cheerful and cheerful in front of his colleagues; at first he was obedient in front of Frank, but with the improvement of his status in the police department, subtle changes were also taking place in the face of Frank, and finally he killed the killer and killed him with his own hands; in front of his girlfriend, he was sometimes elegant and sometimes depressed; and the darkness when he was alone was all shown.

Especially after Colin's status in the police station has improved and become more and more important, the complex emotions in his heart that he wants to keep his current life and are forced to continue to obey Frank's orders are interpreted by Zhao Zhenghao with explosive acting skills.

This performance, even Rodri watched it, and praised it.

Dragon Kingdom fans are naturally fascinated by it, and they are deeply substituted into the world created for them by Zhao Zhenghao, unable to extricate themselves, and forget to compare it with "Infernal Affairs 1" for a while.

At the premiere in Beijing, Guo Ziping, who was sitting not far from Zhao Zhenghao, watched Zhao Zhenghao's performance, and couldn't help but look sideways at Zhao Zhenghao, he was completely convinced, why Zhao Zhenghao was able to win the Golden Goat Award and the Golden Goblet Award with "Infernal Affairs 1", but he could only win a Golden Dragon Award.

Through this performance, Guo Ziping really understood what Zhao Zhenghao said to him at the beginning, Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming The two roles are up to him, and Zhao Zhenghao plays the real meaning of the one he picks the rest!

Even if he chose Chen Yongren at that time and let Zhao Zhenghao play Liu Jianming, according to Zhao Zhenghao's performance in this "Departed", he may play better than him!

Zhao Zhenghao's delicate and well-placed portrayal of the complex mood of the characters made Guo Ziping have to admire!

However, throughout the film, after watching the fans, the first feeling of fans of Dragon Kingdom is still that it is not as good as "Infernal Affairs 1"!

Although the three leading actors in "The Departed", Zhao Zhenghao, Rodri, and Felipe, all contributed their best acting skills, but for fans of the Dragon Kingdom who have watched "Infernal Affairs 1", this film is slightly superficial and has no depth.

Although everyone is not disappointed with Zhao Zhenghao, the truest thoughts in their hearts still think that this "Departed" does not reach the level that Zhao Zhenghao claimed in advance.

Of course, this is just the opinion of ordinary fans, ordinary fans can only see the appearance of the film, but cannot understand the deep meaning conveyed by the film.

And Chu Tian, as a senior film critic, will naturally not have the same opinion on this "Departed" as ordinary fans.

"I don't know how many people, after watching this "Departed", the first feeling in their hearts is that they are not as good as "Infernal Affairs". To be honest, I feel that way too. ”

"However, people who have such thoughts should all be from the Dragon Kingdom, and American fans' opinions on this "Departed" should be diametrically opposed to ours!"

"Although "The Departed" is a remake of "Infernal Affairs", we all know that even if it is "Infernal Affairs", it is also a Hollywood version of "Infernal Affairs", from this point of view, everyone's opinion of it should be different. ”

"In my opinion, this "Departed" completely shows Zhao Zhenghao's genius in directing!"

"When I just learned that Zhao Zhenghao was going to remake "Infernal Affairs", and it was said that it would be made into an American version that was very different from the original, I also secretly slandered him, thinking that he had just proven himself at the Academy Awards, and he was a little carried away, thinking that he was omnipotent and could attack Hollywood in one fell swoop. ”

"But now, I have to admit that Zhao Zhenghao is not arrogant, but he does have such ability!"

"No matter what Zhao Zhenghao's ultimate goal of filming this "Departed" is, I think he will definitely be able to succeed!"

"That's right! I'm a fan of him now!"

"Because, Zhao Zhenghao's experience over the years clearly and clearly tells us that as long as it is what he wants, nothing is unsuccessful!"

"I'm sure it's the same this time!"

Chu Tian's confidence in Zhao Zhenghao's fascination is also the voice of Zhao Zhenghao's hundreds of millions of loyal fans.

Just as Chu Tian said, after the release of "The Departed" in North America, the feedback from fans and critics received was indeed diametrically opposed to that in the Dragon Kingdom.

Twenty-four hours after its release, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes given by fans was as high as 98%, as long as you have seen it, there is almost nothing you don't like, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes given by film critics is also as high as 90%, especially for the acting skills of Zhao Zhenghao, Rodri, and Felipe, the three leading actors, who have given high praise.

Chutian's American counterparts unanimously believe that "The Departed" will be the biggest hit in the upcoming 2021 awards season!

How "Departed" will perform in the next awards season will be known, and it will take some time to know, and the most timely feedback is its box office performance.

The Double Day schedule (Christmas, New Year's Day) is in the Dragon Country, although it is not a popular schedule, it is not as good as the summer file, the Spring Festival file, the eleventh file, and even the May Day file, but compared with those unpopular months, the market reaction is relatively lively.

Moreover, since Zhao Zhenghao crossed over to the film industry, his movies have never been affected by the schedule, even if they were released in November, the most unpopular month, they were also able to create box office success.

"Departed" was released simultaneously around the world during Christmas, and in the first weekend, in three days, it collected 1.5 billion box office in Dragon Kingdom, with an average daily box office of more than 500 million!

In the second week, just in time for the New Year's Day holiday, the box office trend remained very good, with a single-week box office of 2.6 billion dragon dollars.

Within ten days of release, the cumulative box office exceeded 4 billion, and it is not a problem to break through 5 billion, and the myth that the box office of the film directed by Zhao Zhenghao has never been lower than 5 billion in the Dragon Kingdom will continue on "The Departed".

"The Departed" was released in the Dragon Kingdom for a total of 45 days, and on the eve of the Spring Festival, it was fully painted, and the final cumulative box office was as high as 6.8 billion Dragon Coins, although there is still a distance from the historical record of the Dragon Kingdom box office created by "Infernal Affairs 1", but such a result is enough to make people look sideways.

Moreover, "Departed" also won the top of the Dragon Country box office list in 2021 with this box office result!

In North America, "The Departed" also performed well at the box office.

In the first three days of its release, it grossed $160 million at the box office, topping the North American weekly box office charts.

In the second week of its release, it grossed $180 million at the box office, ranking first in the North American weekly box office for a second time.

In the third week of release, although the box office trend curve has declined significantly, the single-week box office still exceeded 100 million US dollars, winning the third North American weekly box office chart.

In the fourth week of its release, the box office trend of "The Departed" fell again, but due to the good news in the selection of multiple awards, the box office decline curve of this week was relatively flat, and the box office was reported to be 70 million US dollars in a single week.

"The Departed" was screened in North America for a total of two months, and after the Academy Awards ceremony, the box office showed another wave of contrarian growth, with a total cumulative box office of $650 million, winning the 2021 North American box office top!

In the end, the global box office of "Departed" reached 13 billion dragon coins and won the first place in the global box office list of the year!

achieved ALLKILL's "The Departed" on the box office list, and in terms of awards, the performance was also so good that it had no friends.

In Hollywood, the reason why there is the concept of "awards season" is because in the more than a month before the Academy Awards, many awards were issued intensively in North America, including not only the Golden Globe Awards, which are relatively heavy, but also the awards of various industry unions, as well as film critics' awards in various places, and so on.

"The Departed", which was released on Christmas Day 2020, coincided with the final train of the 2021 North American awards season.

Although Zhao Zhenghao joined the Directors Guild of America before filming "The Departed" in the United States, he still won the "Best Director" award from the Directors Guild of America in 2021 with this film.

Felipe also won the "Best Actor" award from the Screen Actors Guild for his wonderful performance in "The Departed", and Cho Jung-ho won the "Best Supporting Actor" award.

Because Rodri has already publicly announced that he will no longer participate in any awards, even if he contributed an extremely wonderful performance in "The Departed", in terms of roles, he plays Frank, and even more like the protagonist than Colin played by Zhao Zhenghao, but Warner Bros. Pictures did not count Rodri when filling out the entry forms for major awards ceremonies for "The Departed".

In order to help "The Departed" win more awards, after negotiation with Zhao Zhenghao, it was finally decided to sign up for Zhao Zhenghao to run for "Best Supporting Actor", and not to fight with Felipe in "Best Actor".

The benefits of this are quite significant, and in the various awards ceremonies held before the Academy Awards, Felipe's "Best Actor" and Cho Jung-ho's "Best Supporting Actor" have hardly been left behind.

Among them is the most important bellwether of the Academy Awards-Golden Globe Awards, Felipe won the "Best Actor in a Drama", Zhao Zhenghao won the "Best Supporting Actor", and also won the "Best Director", and "The Departed" also won the Golden Globe Award for "Best Picture in the Drama Category".

At the upcoming Academy Awards, a total of nine nominations including "Best Picture", "Best Director", "Best Actor", "Best Supporting Actor", "Best Adapted Screenplay", "Best Editing", "Best Cinematography", "Best Soundtrack" and "Best Song" will also be the biggest winner of the nomination night "The Departed" will also be the biggest winner at the awards ceremony.

Under the watchful eye, the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony was held as scheduled, and at the previous red carpet ceremony, Zhao Zhenghao and Felipe, who appeared together, won the biggest cheers from fans at the scene.

Zhao Zhenghao has a lot of expectations for tonight's award ceremony, but he is quite calm, but the well-informed Felipe is a little nervous.

Although some upright film critics believe that Felipe's performance in "The Departed" is slightly inferior to Zhao Zhenghao and Rodri, the most important reason why he was able to win so many "Best Actor" trophies before is not how good he performed, but that Rodri did not run, and Zhao Zhenghao ran for "Best Supporting Actor".

Especially Dragon Kingdom fans, they have been aggrieved by Zhao Zhenghao, believing that his performance in "The Departed" is more qualified than Felipe to compete for "Best Actor".

However, even in strict film critics, they have to admit that Felipe's performance in "The Departed" is indeed a very obvious improvement over his performance in other films, even if Zhao Zhenghao and Rodri are compared, it is not unreasonable to award him "Best Actor".

Felipe has been tirelessly pursuing the Academy Award for "Best Actor" for more than ten years, and tonight can be said to be the closest he has to success, so he can't help but be nervous.

"Best Actor" was the highlight of tonight's awards ceremony, the penultimate award, and Felipe's nervousness, if not calmed down in time, would have lasted all night.