Director Tsui Hark's latest masterpiece "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" is expected to set off a new martial arts trend in the film and television industry. The film is adapted from Jin Yong's classic martial arts ** "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", and starring the popular traffic star Xiao Zhan, playing the righteous and brave hero Guo Jing.
Tsui Hark's goal for this work is obviously to break the existing box office record for martial arts films. As long as the box office of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" can exceed 600 million yuan, it has the opportunity to become the box office champion of martial arts movies in Chinese mainland. And if the global box office can exceed 1.5 billion yuan, then it is more likely to become the box office champion of global martial arts movies.
Although Tsui Hark chose a traffic star like Xiao Zhan to star this time, it also caused some controversy. On the one hand, people are curious about how Tsui Hark interprets Jin Yong's classic characters and storiesOn the other hand, some viewers questioned whether Xiao Zhan could be qualified for such a chivalrous role. However, it is precisely these controversies that may spark the curiosity of more audiences, thus drawing them into the cinema with the highly anticipated masterpiece.
The advent of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" is not only a challenge to the box office record of martial arts movies, but also a new interpretation of traditional martial arts culture. With Tsui Hark's directorial talent and Xiao Zhan's popularity, this film undoubtedly has great market potential and is expected to become a new milestone in the history of martial arts films.