In the Spring Festival of 2024, many good movie works have emerged, such as the high-profile "Hot and Hot" and "Article 20", but compared with these movies, the movie "Mr. Red Carpet" co-starring Andy Lau and Ning Hao is not satisfactory in terms of box office results and word of mouth.
The dismal box office results of "Mr. Red Carpet" are estimated to lose more than 200 million yuan.
Mr. Red Carpet" is directed by Ning Hao, the box office results are dismal only a few days after its premiere, and the Spring Festival stalls are fiercely competitive, with a disadvantageous position and poor results, and from the perspective of film production costs and publicity expenses, "Mr. Red Carpet" is estimated to lose more than 200 million.
Even if Andy Lau helped, the film could not be saved. So what's so bad about the movie?
In the film, Andy Lau plays the role of big star Lau Weichi, who is about to retire and is eager to win awards. So the whole film revolves around this clue, and the old actors in Hong Kong voluntarily came to the mainland to play farmers in order to win the award.
However, in the experience of life, stimulating investment, refusing to use stand-ins and other links, he staged an unexpected farce, in order to present the various states of the entertainment industry to the audience. Throughout the play, this story is very ridiculous, and there is no empathy at all.
When the big names went to the countryside, there was nothing coherent, they all said that this was a rural film, but it couldn't be mirrored with the reality of the big names, and the script and story were all shoddy. In addition, in the show, Andy Lau's performance was not satisfactory, and the storyline may be flat and the excitement is insufficient, and it is difficult to support the high box office alone.
Many netizens left messages for this: "Andy Lau really has no choice, he left Wu Jing, he was really in vain." "I think "Mr. Red Carpet" is a script that I know by heart, otherwise it would not have been able to have such a bad result. ”
Is Andy Lau really too angry?
As the post-80s and post-90s, we can be said to have grown up watching Andy Lau's works. As a Hong Kong superstar, Andy Lau has been popular for half his life, but now the movie "Mr. Red Carpet" starring him has stunned many people with dismal box office results, and some netizens even questioned whether Andy Lau is really too angry?
In a sense, it was Director Ning Hao who made Andy Lau go too far, and there was no way. After all, no matter how good an actor is, it is difficult to hold up a bad script.
Previously, Andy Lau and Wu Jing co-starred in the movie "The Wandering Earth 2", which earned enough eyeballs. In "The Wandering Earth 2", Andy Lau played Tu Hengyu, this character is the most memorable character in the whole film, Andy Lau's performance in the film allows us to see what it means to be as explosive as ever in acting.
Through this "The Wandering Earth 2", it can be seen that Wu Jing and Andy Lau have made achievements with each other, and Wu Jing also let everyone see that Andy Lau's true strength is not angry, but after breaking away from the "king of the box office" Wu Jing, Ning Hao instead made Andy Lau no longer angry, or even angry.
"Mr. Red Carpet" is suffocating, and the familiarity of the script and the relatively low atmosphere are difficult to attract the attention of the audience. The lack of novelty in the bland drama is definitely a failure for Andy Lau.
It seems that if you want to be generally accepted in the future, choosing to work with Wu Jing is the king.