Xie Miao was once known as "Jet Li's ** person", and he launched two works "No One in My Eyes 2" and "Fighting Evil" in this Spring Festival, which attracted much attention.
The former continues the style of the first part, telling the road of the blind man's rivers and lakes; And the latter shows an online movie in collaboration with An Zhijie, which is full of eye-catching elements. "Nobody in Sight 2" was originally planned to be on the big screen, but in the end it chose to be released on an online platform.
Despite this, the film is still in the spotlight, with superstars in today's action movies such as Yuan Heping, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Wang Baoqiang, and Nicholas Tse cheering on Xie Miao's work. Andy Lau and director Liu Weiqiang also recorded ** in person and recommended this film to the public.
When the filming of the movie started, Shi Xiaolong not only visited the class in person, but also Xie Miao walked with him. These two high-profile martial arts child stars can be said to be like-minded and appreciate each other.
* Released as scheduled, the box office exceeded the 10 million mark in only 9 days, and the word of mouth continued to rise, and was hailed as one of the most exciting works in the Chinese martial arts series since "Embroidered Spring Knife 2". However, some netizens sighed: Although Xie Miao has not been duly recognized, it is really intolerable. How does "No One in Sight 2" perform?
The film is known as the late Tang Dynasty version of "The Wolf with the Belt", which brings a martial arts-style feast, and the wonderful fighting scenes make the audience's blood boil. Xie Miao once again played the role of a blind man, and teamed up with Zhang Xiaoyu, a 9-year-old orphan, to start a road of revenge.
The storyline is twisty and the characters are full of personalities, so that the audience can feel both the refreshing fight scenes and the warmth of emotions. On the whole, this film is not only a martial arts film, but also a work that conveys positive energy.
However, despite the expectation that the lead actor would have more action scenes, like watching Semyon's movies as a child, it turned out that he had fewer fight scenes, which is a bit regrettable.
On the other hand, this movie has a significant improvement in texture, especially in terms of literary drama. The production team put a lot of effort into "No One in Sight 2", and in order to create the atmosphere of a martial arts movie, many scenes were filmed in real life, such as winter mountain forests, galloping horses in the wasteland, night bonfires, etc.
In today's ever-changing science and technology, it can adhere to the traditional way and present an authentic martial arts style, which demonstrates the creation and adherence of the main creative team to the oriental martial arts culture.
In addition to the changes in costumes and art scenes, the most significant changes are actually in the storyline. The second part emphasizes more emotion and human feelings, which is different from the enmity and feud shown by the blind man in the first part, the drama and bloody elements in the second part are weakened, and the blind man shows more chivalrous tenderness, and the friendship between him and Zhang Xiaoyu is touching: "I am your murderous eye, and you are my knife of revenge."
When the creator conceived the character, he gave more daily details to the blind man, such as his living environment, eating style, walking posture, and sleeping state, which made the character more lifelike and closer to real life.
Semyon described such a blind man as more like a middle-aged chivalrous man, and the tired breath on his body jumped on the page. These depictions of life not only show his inner world, but also convey to the audience the multi-faceted nature of the male protagonist of martial arts films, not only a master under the shadow of swords, but also a taste of the ups and downs in daily life.
When it comes to the new wave of martial arts films, we have to mention the development of this unique genre in Chinese cinema. Martial arts films have gone through several waves, from the original theme of gods and monsters to the "Huang Feihong" series of Guan Dexing, Cao Dahua, and Shi Jian, and then to the new martial arts brought by Hu Jinquan and Zhang Che, as well as the suspenseful martial arts of Gu Long, Chu Yuan, and Dillon's iron triangle combination.
In the 90s, Tsui Hark's "Smiling Proud Jianghu" set off a new round of craze, and works such as "Once Upon a Time" series and "New Dragon Gate Inn" also boosted this craze.
However, since the new century, there are not many works that can be called martial arts films, except for Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Yimou's "Hero", as well as "Sword Rain" supervised by John Woo, Lu Yang's "Embroidered Spring Knife" series and Xu Haofeng's series of movies.
The decline of martial arts films is a clear fact, not because the audience has lost interest in martial arts, but because creators need to innovate. As Wei Junzi said, the current martial arts movies have crossed the first stage of "chivalry and martial arts", the second stage of "the great man of chivalry", and entered the third stage of "fighting for fairness and justice".
The breakthrough success of the "No One in My Eyes" series comes from the unique martial arts style of "Becoming Blind", which injects a glimmer of light into the originally bleak martial arts films. And at the end of "No One in My Eyes 2", the parting of the blind man did not mark the end of the series.
The main creative team has great ambitions and wants to make it a movie similar to the "Once Upon a Time Series" or "007 Series". Maybe Semyon is really expected to take over Jet Li's burden.
In the future, it is expected to usher in "No One in My Eyes 3", and the blind man may return again in the form of memories. Although it is indeed regrettable that "Nobody in Sight 2" failed to make it to the big screen, I am convinced that by the time "Nobody in Sight 3" arrives, it will no longer be a lone hero.
Tsui Hark's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Great Hero" is about to kick off, and the eighth master Yuan Heping's "Dartman: The Wind Rises in the Desert" is also in full swing, and there are rumors that Wu Jing may become the starring role.
Wu Jing's Yingwutang, which he founded in the past two years, has breathed fresh life into the film industry, and he himself is brewing "Knife" to return to the martial arts track.
With the joint efforts of Tsui Hark, Eighth Master Yuan Heping, Wu Jing, Wei Junzi, Xie Miao and others, martial arts films may usher in a new round of enthusiasm. As long as these filmmakers unremittingly weave martial arts legends, then the martial arts spirit will be inherited, and the martial arts dream of the Chinese will continue to shine.