088 "The Raid" that broke through the pattern of kung fu movies
With the box office results of "Raid" of 2 million on the first day and 3 million on the second day, the names of Zhang Jin, Zhang Jun, and Du Qifeng began to appear frequently in the field of vision of major media, especially industry insiders.
Everyone is so familiar with Du Qifeng's name that they can't be more familiar, and there is no gossip to dig up about the 37 million-level director.
But who is Zhang Jin?
Who is Zhang Jun?
Where did these two fierce and enthusiastic guys on the big screen come from?
The release of the fourth issue of "Jin Weekly" directly answered everyone's doubts.
Liu Jialing, dressed in white, stood in front of the window, looking into the distance, at the end of the line of sight was a vague high-rise building, and in addition to indicating the issue number, there was only one eye-catching title on the cover - "Breaking through the pattern of kung fu films" Raid"! ”
The frontispiece reads: The Xiangjiang entertainment circle in April is very lively, the 7th Xiangjiang Film Awards has come to an end, "God of Gamblers" was born, Hui Yinghong large-scale photo, at the end of the month, there is a kung fu film called "Raid" on the big screen, and the real action scenes will instantly bring everyone back to the real kung fu years that were once enthusiastic, and the guide to this new film will fully reveal the secret of "Raid".
"Raid" is a very sincere action movie, combining the current hero films, police films, gunfight films and kung fu films, and at the same time, inheriting the unlimited mixed martial arts technology spread by Bruce Lee in "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death", it also shows the audience a high-level professional tactic of the Flying Tigers, which includes a generalized sense of residential warfare, fighting, street fighting, sniping, blasting, camouflage, and includes basic close-range hand-to-hand grappling combat, wrestling and combat skills using batons, knives, and guns, Gives you a sense of professionalism like never before. ”
Not to mention anything else, it's just this professional introduction, which directly praised "Raid" to a very high level, and suddenly distanced itself from traditional kung fu movies and action movies, and the kind of psychology that feels very powerful although I can't understand it directly arouses the thoughts of many people who haven't watched "Raid" yet.
Next, "Jin Weekly" used a quarter of the section to introduce the front and back of "The Raid", which is the first time since the inception of "Jin Weekly" to introduce a movie in so much space, without spoilers (in fact, there are no spoilers for the plot), from the director, actors, martial arts, action team, set, etc.
This time, those veteran kung fu movie lovers are completely boiling, damn it, I was excited when I saw the high-definition ** action exploded pictures, not to mention running to the theater to watch it.
Under the comprehensive promotion of "Jin Weekly", the box office of "Raid" on the third day directly made a big jump, spraying 3.5 million in one go, with a cumulative box office of 8.5 million!
Such a swift dark horse jumped out, which directly frightened the two cinemas of Golden Harvest and Debao, and the two cinemas were also the main ones who saw the money, and immediately adjusted the film scheduling plan, and drew some non-company film sources to arrange for "Raid" to take over.
So on the fifth day, the number of theaters where "Raid" was released reached 30, and the box office easily broke through the 120 million mark, while "God of Gamblers" in the same period has reached 290,000, and it is about to enter the 30 million level.
In addition to the two guys who can fight in the circle, they are also praised by the media as a shady curtain that breaks the pattern of kung fu movies, and the four major martial arts teams are finally shocked.
Hong Jiaban asked the Cheng family class, the Cheng family class asked Liu Jiaban, Liu Jiaban asked Yuan Jiaban, and the heads of the four major teams all shook their heads and wondered, these two goods had never been mixed in the martial arts circle at all.
So the bosses of the four major teams took the time to go to the theater to watch "Raid" and learn from each other's strengths.
Boss Hong: I picked, fell from the patio, and hit the guardrail three times in a row, this action is difficult enough, and I didn't use a stand-in!!
Boss Cheng pouted: Cut, we can handle it in the family class, and it's no problem to fall from the patio to the guardrail of the five-story building, he fights all over the film, and he doesn't let the audience take a breath, it's boring, let's go for a walk, go drink and sing!
Boss Hong retorted: Don't pretend to be 13, you have such a professional tactical deployment when you shoot "Police Story", you look at other people's professional fan, dump you ten streets, and then look at other people's actions, the action is coherent and real, the plasma is soaring, tsk, it is more real than my "Oriental Condor" last year!
Boss Cheng: So what, you have the ability to see the real chapter at the box office!
Boss Hong: Hold the grass, he's still a newcomer! If you open your mouth and shut up, it's the box office!
Boss Cheng: No matter how good it is at the box office, it is in vain, there are so many popular movies in Xiangjiang every year, are you so surprised!
The senior brothers kept arguing, and the boss over there, Liu looked straight and regretful: The orthodox Northern Eight Poles, these two people have kung fu, it's a pity, why don't you make some orthodox national art films, Yuan Dayan, do you think it's a pity?
Boss Yuan: Talk, I'm here to make soy sauce.
Then boss Yuan slipped out and secretly asked Dong Wei to play mahjong.
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In Xinyi City, at the filming site of "Ah Lang's Story", Huang Baiming drove to the set in a hurry and pulled out the busy Du Qifeng.
"Lao Du, what is the situation of "Raid", why was it not released in the Golden Princess Theaters?"
Du Qifeng snorted coldly: "How do I know, you have to ask the two managers of the theater line about this, and Xu Ke, didn't he strongly oppose it at the beginning, saying that small-budget films are not worth wasting theater resources." ”
When Huang Baiming heard this, he was speechless.
Because of the resignation of "City Special Police", Du Qifeng and Xu Ke had a bad relationship, Xu Ke was full of anger, and said many times that you Du Qifeng is enough to be a bull, I don't direct this big production with an investment of 15 million, and I went to direct a film that is still a bunch of newcomers for millions of dollars, aren't you a cow fork, Lao Tzu will give you small shoes and reduce the number of theaters where you are released.
How could Xu Ke have thought that in the end, Princess Jin released the pigeon of "Raid", and simply refused to release it.
This is fun, the two major theaters and the newly established Xinbao Cinema are making money, and Princess Jin only has one "God of Gamblers" to support, and the other messy films are not enough to watch at all.
Now there are only two movies in the eyes of the citizens of Xiangjiang, one "God of Gamblers" and one "Raid", except for these two films, the other films are not interested, why don't you introduce "Raid" in such a big theater as Princess Jin!!
In the face of many complaints from citizens, the two managers of Princess Jin couldn't bear it directly, it was best to go to the second generation of Lei, the second generation came to Huang Baiming to understand the situation, Huang Baiming has been busy with independent things recently, so he had to come to Du Qifeng, one of the parties.
After listening to this explanation, Huang Baiming was so depressed, Nima Since Mr. Lei got sick, the two managers of the Golden Princess Cinema Line have become more and more lawless, it's time to give the two bastards eye drops!
That night, the managers of the two Golden Princess Cinemas were fired.