Blood loss! Zhang Jin was lonely and brave, Strange Knife failed, and why did he spend 30 million

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-03-07

The domestic film market will still show vigorous vitality in 2024, and the major popular films are hot, all of which want to lead the box office. Among them, Jia Ling's "Hot and Hot" is currently far ahead, although the film's cumulative box office of 3.4 billion is not as good as "Hello, Li Huanying", but it will definitely make a lot of money in the end. Moreover, the movie has been extended, and there is still room for further follow-up, and it is not impossible to break 4 billion.

In addition, "Flying Life 2" and "Article 20" are not to be outdone, and they have all extended their schedules, is this not going to leave a way for other movies? In such competitive conditions, there is a "Weekly Elimination of Three Evils" that stands out. So far, the cumulative box office of the film has reached 1600 million, with its terrifying, bloody and very realistic plot, it has received a lot of applause, and the potential of the explosion is obvious to all.

In contrast, another new work has no splash at all! That is Zhang Jin's "Strange Knife". I think many viewers don't even know that this movie has been released for 4 days, and the cumulative box office is only 360,000. Yes, you read that right, not in the unit of "10 million", but in the unit of "10,000", not even a fraction of "Hot and Hot".

According to the 36% account sharing ratio of the ** party, you can earn 120,000 yuan, which is not enough to pay the leading actor for a film. You must know that the cost of the film is 30 million, isn't this so much that there is no ** left? So what is it that has gone wrong to put this movie in such a bleak situation?

01 The plot is at a glance, "Strange Road Crazy Knife" tells the story of the chaos in the world, King Qi secretly killed the prince's heir, and the charcoal seller Weng Tian Anye (played by Zhang Jin) was involved in power disputes after saving the mysterious mother and son. And in the process of fighting to the death with the enemy, the secret of Tian Anye's body was also revealed.

I believe that many people went to see this movie because of "Zhang Yimou's royal team". To be honest, some uniqueness can also be seen from the picture of the film, the texture is similar to "Man Jianghong", and the presentation of the costumes, scenes, filters, etc. is at the level that a cinema blockbuster should have. However, after really leaving Zhang Yimou, this so-called "royal team" is nothing more than that.

Especially in the handling of the plot, there are no bright spots. The plot of the first half is too procrastinated, and the trivial charcoal selling can be played for a long time every day. And when the woman who was chased and killed with a child appeared next to the male protagonist, the audience could basically guess that he would be kind enough to protect them, and from then on he would play a "cat and mouse game" with the enemy.

Similar expressions have been seen by the audience in many plays, and there is nothing new to speak of. Even if the film is very careful in the restoration of Modao, the fight can also be done with each other, and the perception is **, but it still does not have the essence of action martial arts films.

In the final decisive battle, the villain is not as good as the male protagonist at first glance, and the ending of being beaten is also expected. Compared with the online movie "No One in My Eyes 2" starring Xie Miao, this new work is too bad from the plot to the core, and it is also considered to be at the level of the middle and lower reaches of the Internet University, not to mention competing with other popular movies in theaters, and it is not ashamed.

It can be said that the producers of "Strange Knife" are probably overconfident in this movie, so they chose to release it in theaters. A boring story naturally can't attract the audience's attention, even if the martial arts scene is exciting, it's not worth the audience's cost of a movie ticket. But blind confidence is not only the fault of the filmmaker, but also the problem of the actors, Zhang Jin should be able to recognize his appeal this time, right?

02 Transformation is imminent, sober up! When it comes to Zhang Jin, the first impression in the audience's mind is - "suit**".

This title comes from the action movie "Kill the Wolf 2", in which Zhang Jin plays the villain one by one, which is completely effortless, and can always remain elegant, which is simply handsome to the hearts of the audience. If it weren't for the protagonist's aura being too strong, I'm afraid that Wu Jing and Tony Jia would not be his opponents when they joined forces.

In the end, the film scored 5The box office of 5.9 billion was quite a powerful record at that time, and even Zhang Jin successfully became popular. The subsequent works "Ip Man 3" and "Ip Man 4" also achieved good box office.

But to be honest, Zhang Jin's credit is not obvious, mainly because the IP is strong enough. It's just that he himself doesn't seem to be aware of this problem, but feels that his "wings are stiff" and he can take the lead alone. No, the Douban score of "Ip Man Biography: Zhang Tianzhi" starring Zhang Jin has not yet passed the passing line, and the reputation of "Kowloon Undefeated" is even more miserable, and it is only 3 points, a proper big bad movie.

And it is not difficult to find that after so many years, Zhang Jin still has not been able to get rid of the label of "suit **", he has been eating the old bottom, and he can't surpass his former self.

This time he chose to star in "Strange Knife", and the official publicity is that "Suit **" incarnates "Modao God of War", but in fact, the soup is not changed. But what does the audience want to see? The audience wants to see Zhang Jin fight each other as a villain, rather than just watching his own one-man show.

To put it bluntly, Zhang Jin is not enough to attract the audience to come only for him. Not to mention that he can't compare with action movie bigwigs such as Wu Jing, Donnie Yen, and Zhao Wenzhuo, even the appeal of the new online action movie "First Brother" Xie Miao is much stronger than him. The era of just wearing a suit to be handsome and eye-catching has passed, and if middle-aged actors want to go to the next level, the most important thing they should do is to break through themselves and seek transformation.

Zhang Jin's character, styling and action scenes in the new drama are all decent, and it is obviously difficult to leave in the "comfort zone". If he continues to stop in the domestic action movies, I am afraid that he will only have to rely on his wife Cai Shaofen to mix in the entertainment industry in the future, so let's be sober as soon as possible!

03 Epilogue "Strange Knife" was hit by the box office after its release, and it took 4 days to score 360,000, which is indeed unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it is being cleaned up. Throughout the popular movies of these years, each one is seeking in-depth themes. For example, "Hot and Hot" uses women's topics to grasp the pulse of the market, and "Article 20" takes the route of combining realism and comedy, which is novel and special. Even "Flying Life 2" knows that on the basis of guaranteeing feelings, some fresh blood will be injected. Innovation is always the key to the development of films, but the story of "Strange Knife" is still an old-fashioned thing, even actor Zhang Jin has not broken his comfort zone, and he cannot attract the attention of the audience, and it is natural that the box office is not ideal. In fact, the film might as well choose to go online on the Internet, at least it can save face with popularity, and now that the box office results are so miserable, it is basically impossible to counterattack. Don't know if you want to see this movie?

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