The success of "Dark War" was actually expected by many people.
After all, the probability of Li Yi's failure is much lower than the probability of success.
Although the filming speed is fast, which makes some fans a little worried, after all, the cast of "Dark War" is the original cast of "Infernal Affairs".
But now the facts tell them that all their worries are unnecessary.
Not only that, because "Dark War" has a clearer style, from a commercial perspective, this movie has a wider audience than "Infernal Affairs".
The special romantic encounter on the bus also attracted many female viewers.
The box office potential of "Dark War" has been greatly improved.
It can be said that the factors that restrict the box office of police movies have been eliminated to some extent.
After all, fighting and killing are never what girls love, but "Dark War" is, to a certain extent, really about talking about love and fighting wits.
On the popular film review website, although the score of "Dark War" is not as high as "Infernal Affairs", the score has dropped after its large-scale release. However, the score of 8.9 points is still second only to "Infernal Affairs" on Hong Kong Island. The second best cop movie.
However, although the score is lower than "Infernal Affairs", the popularity of the topic and the box office are not weaker than that of "Infernal Affairs".
And Hong Kong movie fans and the media collectively exploded. There was no way, you could say that the success of "Infernal Affairs" was just an exception.
The previous Hong Kong police and gangster films failed, and many people clamored that Hong Kong police and gangster films are no longer suitable for this era, and "Infernal Affairs" is just a flash in the pan.
But now, how long has it been?
"Infernal Affairs" everyone feels that the classic is difficult to copy, so it is not universal, but what is the result?
"Dark War" strikes again, with the same original cast and crew, but a completely different story, and the story is actually not particularly novel.
The same two-hero structure, a strong flavor of Hong Kong movies, and full of feelings of old Hong Kong movies, what does this mean?
It's not that audiences don't like watching Hong Kong police and gangster movies, but that many directors simply don't put the effort into filming or telling a good story.
After "Dark War" received a box office of 230 million on the first day, word of mouth fermented and the media began to report a lot on the next day.
The box office reached a new high, with a box office of 260 million.
However, what is interesting is that there is a new topic that has become popular among netizens.
Because when promoting the movie, they said, "In this movie, although there are police and gangsters who use knives and guns, in general, no one died. The bombs were always fake, and the hostages also faked their deaths. The "blood" that flowed out always seemed like edible ketchup, and some people were beaten, but the injury was on their noses. After applying plaster, they just looked like clowns."
But this "no one died" was dug out by the serious audience.
In fact, generally speaking, the so-called "no one died" in the movie mainly refers to the main characters.
Those supporting roles are usually not included in the calculation.
But if we really want to be serious, isn’t the actor no longer a human being?
"Isn't the actor a human? The bank robbery at the beginning, and the body I saw was also fake?"
"The corpse upstairs is indeed fake. Who is acting with a real corpse?"
"You are really a clever little guy upstairs."
"It's easy to say, usually from a movie perspective, if no one dies, it means no one of the main characters dies. For example, Andy knew he was going to die, but the movie didn't say he died, so he probably didn't die either!"
"Haha, am I not a human being?"
"Well, generally speaking, those two foreigners are indeed not considered "people"!"
"I'm so angry. When can we, the walk-ons, stand up?"
"Sorry, the walk-on just can't stand up!"
Suddenly, the style of painting was distorted. Netizens started a new round of debate on whether the supporting characters in the movie are human beings.
The box office of "Dark War" also continued to advance, with a box office of 1 billion during the four-day May Day holiday.
Of course, this is also because of Li Yi's intimidating power, which caused other movies in the same period to be withdrawn.
Coupled with the huge sales of "Dark War", the film schedule is almost getting higher day by day.
At the highest point, it even exceeded 80% of the film schedule. If it were not for the fact that May Day is not a schedule like the Spring Festival, otherwise, the daily box office would definitely be higher.
But even if this is the case, it is almost a matter of time before the box office of "Dark War" surpasses "Infernal Affairs".
"Dark War" was well received and a box office hit.
People like Wang Feng from before have shut up. After all, they were blaming the scissors for cutting their movie, which led to the box office failure.
what about now?
There is nothing particularly sensitive throughout "Dark War".
Big scissors means you can pass the trial without cutting a single blade.
Isn't "Dark War" a hit?
However, there was "Infernal Affairs" before and then "Dark War". Although "Dark War" has only been released for a few days, it is already a fact that it is a hit.
You can say one is an example, but what about the other?
When Li Yi was being interviewed by reporters, he was naturally asked again about the topic of the revival of Hong Kong films.
"Does the success of "Dark War" mark the beginning of a renaissance era for police and gangster films in Hong Kong?"
"Of course I hope so. Chinese-language films need to let a hundred flowers bloom. Hong Kong films are an important part of Chinese-language films. I certainly hope that Hong Kong films can regain their glory, even if only one genre can survive.
But it’s not enough for me alone!
In fact, this is really the best era for Hong Kong movies, and it is also the last era of revival. Once you miss it, it may be really difficult to see it again in the future. "
"Why do you say that?"
"Because, in this era, the feelings of Hong Kong movies have not been completely wiped out by those shoddy and bad movies. It can be said that old Hong Kong movies have entrusted the youth and childhood of many old movie fans.
In fact, many people on the Internet lamented why the old Hong Kong movies from back then were still quite good movies now.
As for those directors and actors who were once active in the golden age of Hong Kong films, they have not completely retired yet and can continue to make and act in movies.
The mainstream group of movie watchers also have a large number of Hong Kong movie fans. Therefore, whether it is "Infernal Affairs" or "Dark War", they actually have emotional bonuses. Therefore, as long as the movie is well shot, there is really no need Worry about the audience.
But if when this group of old directors, old actors get old, when this group of old movie fans get old, but Hong Kong films have not yet ushered in a rebirth, then the new generation of audiences, unlike the current audience, are watching Having grown up in old Hong Kong movies, they have no special feelings towards Hong Kong movies.
Therefore, I hope that even if Hong Kong films cannot be revived, at least those who once had good impressions of Hong Kong films will not be wiped out, and at least the new generation of movie fans who have grown up will not be unfamiliar with Hong Kong films. Otherwise, Hong Kong films will Just really dead. "
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