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The screening of "Mr. Zombie" was a great success, not only for the general audience, but also for the filmmakers, directors, actors and other behind-the-scenes workers.

"The zombies in this movie obviously retain the characteristics of Western vampire zombies with green fangs, biting necks, and the fact that the bitten people will also mutate into zombies, but they are well integrated into Chinese characteristics, such as the very recognizable Qing Dynasty official uniform.

And it seems that there has been a lot of progress in special effects makeup technology, which is much more 'real' than those previous ghostly and weird horror films. This also led me to be taken aback when these lifelike zombies in Qing Dynasty official uniforms jumped out, because it was too terrifying. In fact, this movie is not very suitable for children to watch, although there are not many such shots.

By the way, when will Hong Kong introduce a film classification system? ”

——"Hong Kong Daily"

"I have to say that this group of zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms, walking with their hands straight and feet together, lined up and jumping in a row, is very effective. At least I couldn't help but laugh when I watched it. I think it's hard to come out with any more ghosts and monsters in the future, and it can be more 'comedy' than them.

Others, unlike Western vampire hunters or wizards, the details of the ninth uncle's fighting method with zombies in the film are full of traditional Chinese colors, and look at his magic tools: glutinous rice, chicken blood, ink line, peach wood sword, mirror, yellow paper charm, it is said that this is a Maoshan spell, so should the 'ninth uncle' belong to the Taoist priest of Maoshan? ”

——Oriental Daily

Of course, it's not all such one-sided applause. There are also more rational ones.

"The story of "Mr. Zombie" can only be described as average, and there is nothing new about it.

At least on the whole, it is essentially the same as the kung fu films of the early Republic of China from the late seventies to 8o, 81, and 82. There isn't much of a difference.

The same is copied from the background of the Republic of China, of course, there are many advantages to using this era of war and turmoil, and the vigorous display of national art as the background, which not only has enough space for the director to talk about personnel changes, but also expresses the feelings of the family and the country.

As for the characters, in terms of content, "Mr. Zombie" mainly talks about three people.

The ninth uncle is strict and loves face. There are also some small-bellied chicken intestines; The apprentice played by Xu Guanying is timid and lustful, but he still has kindness and justice in his bones, and he is a typical little character; Another apprentice played by Qian Xiaohao is agile and clever. The two apprentices fight and make trouble all the way, and then the master comes out to clean up the mess, which are all character relationships and plot settings that often appear in kung fu comedies.

It's just that "Mr. Zombie" replaced the martial arts halls, teahouses, and martial arts masters in kung fu films in the early Republic of China with Yizhuang, Western restaurants, and Maoshan Taoists.

Such an old work that seems to be a change of soup without a change of medicine. It can't be too interesting.

However. What is commendable is that the director skillfully integrates elements such as horror, action, and comedy. Each of these elements is not too prominent, but when fused together, it is very harmonious and has a good chemical effect.

In addition, the investment amount of Time and Space Film Studio is large enough, and the entire production team is quite attentive, so there is such a phantom film that looks very good in all aspects. ”

- "Film Fortnightly"

So after the screening, Time and Space Film Studio immediately arranged for a large-scale release. Time and Space Film Studio has invested all 13 of its own cinemas. In terms of Jiahe, 27 were "squeezed out". There are a total of 4O cinemas, almost all over Hong Kong.

In the case that everyone is optimistic, many people predict that the box office of "Mr. Zombie", which also belongs to the category of phantom films, will be higher than every part of the "Ghost Fighting" trilogy, and it may be much higher, between 10 million and 20 million, and it is not easy to exceed 20 million.

In fact, the cost of this version of "Mr. Zombie" is not high, compared with the original version plus investment to more than 85o, but less than seven million were used. But in terms of quality, both overall and detail, it is much better than the original.

The reason why the original version will cost so much is because "Mr. Zombie" was not as confident as this version before it was made, and the process naturally could not be done overnight. The script is not perfect, you need to ponder while shooting, the effect of shooting is not good, you need to reshoot, etc., and so on.

The cost is not high, as long as the box office is over 15 million, there will be a lot of money, if it is over 20 million, it will really be much faster than robbing the bank to get money.

There are three movies that were released at about the same time as "Mr. Zombie", or during the release of "Mr. Zombie".

Directed by Liu Shiyu and starring Hui Yinghong, Liang Jiaren, Wan Ziliang, Huang Rihua, etc., "New Flying Fox Gaiden". Shaw Brothers has not completely stopped production, after all, it used to be the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and it does not mean that it can be stopped immediately.

It's just that the new and wave of Hong Kong movies have been blowing all over Hong Kong for I don't know how long, and the Shaw Brothers are still standing still.

This "New Flying Fox Gaiden", unsurprisingly, is still the kind of old-fashioned martial arts film in the style of the seventies, and it looks like a martial arts TV series after it comes out.

Such a rough "old movie", when there is a fine work like "Mr. Zombie" to watch, no one cares, it was released in a hurry for two days, and it was painted without even getting the cost back.

It can be said that in front of "Mr. Zombie", it is not competitive at all.

The other one, "Ghost Line" produced by Qiyi Film Company. Although it is not the kind of old-fashioned martial arts film, it is not as good as "New Flying Fox Gaiden", and "New Flying Fox Gaiden" has at least a few "stars" to watch.

In addition to these two, there is "British Pipa", which is considered by some to be a threat to "Mr. Zombie".

"British Pipa", produced by New Arts City, is directed by Liang Puzhi, the new and wave director of the pioneer work "Jumping Ashes", who has directed Hong Kong's new police and gangster films, starring Lin Zixiang, Teddy Robin, Zhong Chuhong and Lu Jian, in terms of credits, it is much more interesting than "Mr. Zombie".

And "British Pipa" also continues the action comedy style and international route of New Arts City, setting the story in the United Kingdom, of course, in fact, the location is almost the same, but London, England, sounds more raftered.

It's just such a movie, it's said to be a comedy, but it's a bit lacking in laughter, the story is not rigorous, it's loose, it's okay to watch it whenever you want, it's okay not to watch it when you don't watch it, it's dispensable.

When a week passes, the box office statistics come out, "New Flying Fox Gaiden" and "Ghost Line" needless to say, "Mr. Zombie" is less than 300,000 less than 10 million - 9.65 million. And "British Pipa" is also a difference of more than 300,000, but a difference of more than 300,000 and less than 6 million.

In this way, before the opening began, the Time and Space Film Studio won a big victory over Xinyicheng, and Golden Harvest was gloating and smiling beside him.

By the second week, the popularity of "Mr. Zombie" had not decreased, and the total box office had gone to more than 17 million. "British Pipa" barely reached the box office line of the first week of "Mr. Zombie", nine million.

Then in the third week, two days into the first two days, the box office of "Mr. Zombie" steadily moved towards the 20 million mark, but "British Pipa" was drawn under the line of 10 million box office.

Generally speaking, Hong Kong movies in this era have a total box office of more than 10 million, which is already very remarkable, not to mention the top 10 in the annual box office rankings, there are always the top 20.

But compared with the popularity of "Mr. Zombie", "British Pipa" can only be said to be a failure. (To be continued......)