"Before "The Deadly Express" was released, many Cheng Long's fans were worried that "The Deadly Express" would become the second "The Killer Trench", and believed that a strong director would erase Cheng Long's film features. But director Kang Jianfei was obviously very sensible about this. After watching "The Deadly Express", you will find that the familiar Cheng Long is still on the screen, but he changed from a kung fu boy to a former Flying Tiger team member living in seclusion overseas.
The story in the movie takes place in Italy. The way the heroine Lin Qingxia appears is eye-catching, and the hero saving beauty scene at the opening is not a rude, because Meiren Lin is not a weak person this time...
From the overall perspective of the movie, Cheng Long is the well-deserved protagonist, and the director has reduced Lin Qingxia's appearance, which makes the whole movie more distinctive. The appearance of France's kiss Sophie Marceau and the weak image of the mafia princess have captured many Hong Kong movie fans.
As for the performances of several professional boxing champions, it adds a lot of color to the action scenes of the film. The super realistic and sharp punching and foot movements, combined with Cheng Long's funny and mesmerizing fights, can be said to be complementary and perfect, making the action scenes of the whole film feel refreshing and laughing..."
Although Chen Bosen believes that "The Deadly Express" did not meet his psychological expectations, the reviews he wrote in "The Movie Biweekly" are still praised throughout the article.
It’s not that Chen Bosen said good things to Kang Jianfei against his conscience, but that this movie is really unshakable. In terms of plot, acting, camera, recording, soundtrack, art, action design, etc., they are almost perfect and flawless. "The Deadly Express" is not only a top action movie in Hong Kong, but also one of the best movies in the world.
However, "The Deadly Express" is just a commercial action film and has no ideological and artistic connotation. Even making sacrifices to accommodate Cheng Long, Lin Qingxia and Sophie Marceau have little room to play in their acting skills. The biggest selling point of the whole film is Cheng Long's humorous action scenes.
The soaring box office is the audience's greatest recognition of "Fatal Express". The joint screening of the two theaters has made the number of releases sufficient. "Fatal Express" only has a huge crowd in theaters in some prime locations, and the sustainable box office growth is still too strong.
It won more than 4.6 million yuan on the first day, but still recorded 3.37 million yuan on the second day, and the single-day box office on the third day was 2.48 million yuan. That is to say, "The Deadly Express" box office exceeded 10 million in just three days, which made everyone in the Hong Kong film industry side.
Unfortunately, the audience base in Hong Kong is too small. After three consecutive days of box office collection, the number of viewers of "Deadly Express" has dropped rapidly. In addition, the Christmas holiday has passed, and the single-day box office in the next few days has only barely exceeded 1 million.
The box office of "Deadly Express" was a little short of 15 million in the first week, but New Year's Day was ushered in this time, and the single-day box office rebounded to more than 2 million.
After the holidays on New Year's Day, "The Deadly Express" has been released for two weeks, and the cumulative box office in Hong Kong has reached 23.04 million. By this time the box office peak has passed, and the New Era theaters and Jiahe theaters have once again reduced the number of screenings. The single-day box office of "The Deadly Express" has dropped to about 800,000, and is still gradually decreasing.
Four weeks after "The Deadly Express" was released, the cumulative box office finally exceeded 30 million mark, and at the same time, only a few theaters left in the two major theaters to release the film. However, after the first round of screenings, some small theaters purchased copies at low prices and were preparing to perform the second round of screenings around the New Year. It is estimated that the second round of screenings will still be sold for two or three million.
Another Hong Kong film had a box office of over 30 million, which was a major event in the Hong Kong film industry. Before Zou Wenhuai could finish the film, he held a celebration banquet for the crew to celebrate the box office. The protagonists of the celebration banquet were naturally Jiahe and Cheng Long, and Kang Jianfei became supporting roles.
Just like Zou Wenhuai made a good plan at the beginning, if the box office of this movie is successful, it will naturally be Cheng Long's transformation masterpiece, and it can also take the opportunity to push Cheng Long into the Western market. Once the box office fails, then the infamy will be remembered by director Kang Jianfei, because the director made the film miserable.
Jiahe hurriedly held a celebration banquet, and also invited Kang Jianfei and many other artists and employees. Such kindness made Kang Jianfei unable to attend, so he could only go to the banquet to be a supporting role.
The celebration banquet was set up at Fulinmen Restaurant, where the consumption here is even more expensive.
When Kang Jianfei appeared in his arms with Lin Qingxia, he was dazzled by a flash as soon as he opened the car door. Needless to ask, most of these reporters were invited by Jiahe, and Zou Wenhuai was preparing to let Cheng Long show off.
"Mr. Kang, what are you going to make in the next movie?"
"Ms. Lin, I heard that when filming "The Deadly Express", Mr. Kang booked the entire hotel restaurant to celebrate your birthday. Do you have any plans to get married?"
"Miss Lin, are you confident that you will nominate for the Best Actress Award for this Academy Award for "Deadly Express"?"
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The reporter chased and asked the two questions. Kang Jianfei just smiled and escorted Lin Qingxia into the restaurant. It took him a long time to get rid of the reporter's entanglement.
These reporters were not expecting any news to be interviewed. It was enough to take photos of the two holding hands. When they saw the next star coming, they immediately flocked to interview again.
Pan Yingzi got off the car from an extended version of Lincoln, and followed by Zhou Xingchi and Ye Zimei. She is not as simple as a celebrity now. Since Oriental Entertainment Company grew rapidly, Pan Yingzi, who became the general manager, has become a hot figure in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
The more than 100 signed stars with names under Oriental Entertainment Company are enough to make Pan Yingzi extremely influential, and the bosses of independent film companies have to be careful to serve them.
The reporters' attention to Pan Yingzi is not much smaller than Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia. A flash of light made Ye Zimei, who had never seen a big scene, lose her appearance.
Of course, the reporter noticed that Zhou Xingchi and Ye Zimei, who accompanied Pan Yingzi to the banquet. Zhou Xingchi was famous when he was a host, and then filmed the popular drama "He comes from the Jianghu", and his fame quickly rose.
Although Ye Zimei is a naive face, her 36-inch boobs and her 21-inch water snake waist are enough to make reporters ignore whether she is famous.
This is an era when plastic surgery has not yet formed a trend. Most celebrities are purely natural. Where have anyone seen such a terrifying measurement of 36/21/35? (Ye Zimei's giant breasts are certified. Later, she also insured her breasts. If it is a fake breast insurance company, it will not be insured.)
Why did Pan Yingzi bring Zhou Xingchi and an unknown Boba to the banquet instead of Zhou Xingchi and his partner Mao Shunyun?
Professional habits make reporters instantly have infinite associations, but more reporters asked directly: "Manager Pan, what is the name of this beautiful girl next to you?"
Pan Yingzi responded generously when facing the reporter's question. Since Jiahe held a celebration banquet to steal the limelight from DreamWorks, Pan Yingzi's task this time was to take the opportunity to promote the company's new films and newcomers. She held Ye Zimei's hand and said, "This is Ye Zimei, a newcomer who is highly praised by our Oriental Entertainment Company. She is the heroine of Mr. Kang's next movie."
"Mr. Kang's new heroine?!"
There was an uproar and surprise at the entrance of the Fulinmen Restaurant, and then all the cameras were aimed at Ye Zimei, pressing the shutter and shooting continuously.
Ye Zimei's grades in the training class are not very good. So far, she has only been a supporting role. She was inexplicably notified to be the heroine of Kang Jianfei's new film. This time she was brought to attend the celebration banquet by Pan Yingzi. She felt as if she was in a beautiful dream. At this time, she faced the reporter with a stiff smile like a puppet, and couldn't even say a word.
The reporters originally wanted to interview Ye Zimei, but seeing that she was completely stupid, they had to turn to ask Pan Yingzi and said, "Ms. Pan, is it convenient for Mr. Kang to reveal the name of his new film? Who is the male protagonist in the new film?"
"I won't talk about the title for the time being, but the male protagonist is the one beside me." Pan Yingzi smiled and pulled Zhou Xingchi to the front.
"Hello, my friends from the press, I am A Xing!" Zhou Xingchi was much more generous than Ye Zimei, and waved to the reporters very freely.
Before the reporters could ask again, Pan Yingzi said, "Okay, we are here to have a banquet today, so I will talk about the new film later."
After the three of them successfully got rid of the reporter, Ye Zimei was still in a trance. When she went upstairs, she sprained her ankle and stood there in pain.
Pan Yingzi blamed: "Why are you so careless? Be careful of hurting your feet, Mr. Kang changed the actor temporarily."
Ye Zimei was frightened when she heard this and hurriedly said, "Manager Pan, I'm fine, I just sprained it."
Pan Yingzi admonished: "In the future, let it go, haven't the training class taught you how to deal with reporters?"
Ye Zimei couldn't help but lower her head and replied in a low voice: "I was so nervous that I couldn't remember anything when I saw so many shots just now."
Zhou Xingchi helped smooth things over and said, "It's okay, I won't be nervous if I experience it a few more times. I used to be a host."
Pan Yingzi didn't say anything anymore and brought the two to the main hall of the celebration banquet. As soon as she showed up, many small company bosses and directors came over to get close to each other, which was more popular than Sammo Hung and others.
Pan Yingzi dealt with these people, but her eyes looked at Kang Jianfei. Although she didn't mind Kang Jianfei had other women, Pan Yingzi was still jealous when she saw Kang Jianfei and Lin Qingxia standing intimately together.
It was not just Pan Yingzi who was jealous, but the five girls in the Happy Girls group all wanted to show their love to Kang Jianfei at this time.
Chapter completed!