"Nobody in My Eyes 2" is wonderfully filmed, but it is difficult to hide the faint sadness it exudes.
The once beautiful martial arts movies have sunset genre films, and no one watches martial arts, which has become a consensus in the industry.
And its descendants, Xianxia films and fantasy films, taking advantage of the spring breeze of the Internet and the popularity of special effects production, have been thriving over the years, online films are popular, and no matter how bad the cinema films are, they can collect some box office.
The great directors, after the curtain call of the grand martial arts dinner more than 20 years ago, did not want to get involved again. After Er Dongsheng's "The Sword of the Third Young Master", there were only a bunch of stubborn people left such as Xu Haofeng and Lu Yang.
The new wave of martial arts has never been able to set off again.
Without famous directors and stars, there is no capital investment. The martial artists in Hengdian were mostly busy in the Beiyang ** period.
Yang Bingjia, a post-90s director, was a screenwriter before, he loves martial arts movies, and "No One in My Eyes" is his first attempt to direct a movie.
When filming the first part, he was interviewed and told the reason for making this movie, first of all, he loves martial arts, and hopes to arouse the desire of those senior masters to make martial arts again by filming "No One in My Eyes".
The investment of 8 million has not proved that martial arts are watched.
They didn't stop, producer Wei Junzi wanted to make a small IP.
"No One in Sight" will be launched in June 2022, and "No One in Sight 2" will start filming in October of the same year, that is, "No One in Sight: An Eye for an Eye".
The second part strives to have little to do with the first part, so that people who haven't watched the first part can understand it.
The approach of the series is very pleasing, the attention has come up, and the tap water is more and more.
All this, in addition to the efforts of the choreographer, is inseparable from the starring role, Semyon.
For those who are older, the name Semyon seems to be in memory.
In the nineties of the last century, he was selected by Wang Jing to cooperate with the kung fu emperor Jet Li, and starred in the movies "New Shaolin Five Groups" and "Letter to Dad" one after another, which can be described as a smash hit.
After that, Semyon faded out of the showbiz, but he did not stay away, and after completing his studies, he has always participated in the filming of martial arts action movies.
Two "No One in My Eyes", every time he saw the finished film after filming, Semyon would sigh at his martial arts movements: "So handsome!" ”
This exclamation comes from the acceptance of the results of his and the director's joint exploration of action scenes.
Chic and neat, flowing smoothly, what the audience likes to watch, they will study and produce.
To be able to play the hero well, the actor must have his own understanding of the character.
In the second part, Semyon made a deliberate change in his literary and opera performances, and when he played against others, he would deliberately slow down to show that he was thinking like a blind man.
Chivalry is multifaceted and tangled.
The first part of the blind man, happy to take revenge, decisive killing.
An Eye for an Eye, we see another side of him.
His originally closed heart, after Zhang Xiaoyu questioned him, began to think, began to entangle, and a thought became lingering.
The director also reversely deconstructed the image of the blind man, and everyone who has watched the first part knows that the flame double knife of the blind man is the representative of his image.
It was real fire, and when filming the fire knife scene, Semyon's hair and eyebrows would be burned.
However, he is looking forward to dancing the fire knife again in the second part, because he is really handsome.
But the director didn't follow his wishes, this time he configured the flame twin knives to Cheng Blind's opponent and defeated Cheng Blind.
The purpose is to let the audience see that being blind is not invincible, and he also has times when he is embarrassed.
In doing so, the choice of a blind man to sacrifice himself to rescue Zhang Xiaoyu in the end has become a more meaningful chivalrous choice.
Chivalry is humiliated and legendary.
In this one, the director has a clear setting about the resume of the blind man, and he even filmed the scene of the blind man telling his past experience.
Cheng Blind joined the army in his early years, killed the enemy and fought, but was framed for rebellion, his family was killed, and he was arrested after avenging his family and exiled to Youzhou, where he could no longer engage in other livelihoods and could only be a knife catcher.
However, this dialogue was cut by the director, because in order to create the image of a chivalry, it is necessary to have blank space, which increases the mystery of becoming a blind man.
In order to arouse the interest of the audience, it is more like a chivalrous man.
In director Yang Bingjia's setting, after the death of the blind man, Zhang Xiaoyu, who symbolizes the two puddles of water in his eyes, will become a knife catcher in a few years, and when asked why she became a knife catcher, she will tell others about her experience with the blind man.
At that time, Cheng Blind Man was a legendary hero in the eyes of the world.
If you want the word martial arts to be established, you must not only be able to martial arts, but also have the existence of chivalry.
Xie Miao's performance method of not talking much, just like Hong Wending, who "listens to the sound and defends the position and sandwiches the fly", has firmly established the image of a blind man who listens to the sound and smells the position in the hearts of the audience.
No One in Sight: An Eye for an Eye" is a new film full of traditional martial arts background, with a single villain, punishing evil and promoting good, no beating around the bush, only light knives and fast horses.
Shoot seriously, even if it is old-fashioned, some people love to watch it.
Looking at domestic entertainment and even the entire Chinese film and television industry, who else can do not change his original intention, always love martial arts, and at the same time have kung fu and good looks? Perhaps, Semyon is really the last hero.
It's not that Semyon chose the Internet University, it's that the Internet University has accepted martial arts, and it just so happens that Semyon is insisting on martial arts and guarding martial arts films, an endangered genre film.
For the forty-year-old Semyon, this is worthy of our respect.
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