At the premiere of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" at the Taiping Theater, Zhong Chuhong, who had just finished interacting with the audience from the stage, asked: "Are you familiar with that Miss He?"
"Which Miss He?" Kang Jianfei asked pretending to be stupid.
"What do you think?" Zhong Chuhong said angrily.
Kang Jianfei said with a smile: "I'm not familiar with him, I've only met him a few times."
Ever since Kang Jianfei and He Chaoqiong attended the beauty pageant finals together, the media have made issues with them from time to time, and some tabloids even announced the news of their engagement in a serious manner.
In this regard, Kang Jianfei could only express his helplessness. As the boss of a film company, he really couldn't shut up these newspapers. Not to mention him, the gambling king He Hongsen sounded impressive, but the news media about the He family still reported correctly.
The Xiang family in Xin Nghe An is much more powerful. After Bruce Lee died on Ding Pei's bed, many newspapers published articles attacking Ding Pei's beauty as a disaster. As a result, when Ding Pei married Xiang Huaqiang, the media spoke ill of Ding Pei.
It disappeared in an instant, leaving only the people who occasionally mentioned the matter.
In addition to Ding Pei, there is also Zhang Yan, who was praised by Xiang Huasheng. Apart from being famous for his scandal with Zhou Xingchi, there has been no negative news in his ten years of acting. This is all because of the efforts of the Xiang brothers.
Zhong Chuhong asked, and when Kang Jianfei refused to admit it, she said no more. From the beginning, Zhong Chuhong never expected to marry Kang Jianfei, because she knew this man's romantic side so well that even getting married would be in vain.
It's better to maintain such an underground lover relationship.
The big lights in the theater suddenly went out, and Zhong Chuhong and Kang Jianfei's attention turned to the big screen.
The opening credits of DreamWorks ended. It showed Kang Jianfei and Zhong Chuhong sitting in a room, both of them smiling awkwardly.
Kang Jianfei was the first to speak to the camera: "Okay, let me say it first. In fact, we didn't come here at all. We have been married for 5 years..."
"It's 6 years!" Zhong Chuhong interrupted and corrected from the side.
"We have been married for five or six years," Kang Jianfei continued, "The reason why I came here today is like doing an annual inspection of the car, checking the engine, and having the opportunity to change the oil..."
Zhong Chuhong smiled and said: "Yes."
Voice-over: "Okay, let's get started. If the full score is 10, how would you rate each other's feelings?"
"8 points."
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"Tell me about your weekly sex."
"Does this also need to be scored?"
"No, just tell me how many times a week you do it."
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"How did you know each other?"
"In Japan."
"Tokyo, 5 years ago."
"It's 6 years."
"Okay. It was five or six years ago."
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Planner, screenwriter, director: Kang Jianfei
Assistant Director: Huang Xia, Zhong Zhiwen
Executive Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Kang Jianfei, Zhong Chuhong
Starring: Wu Mengda, Michiko Nisigyo
Special performance: Sophie Marceau
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When the subtitles appeared, many in the audience realized that it was the couple who had just been seeing a psychiatrist.
Ng Meng-tat and Michiko Nishitaka don't have many scenes, and they are chatting together with their heads down. A lot of stars, such as Zhou Yunfa and Leslie Cheung, have come to watch the movie today. But except for the heroine Zhong Chuhong, Kang Jianfei's love story
But no one came, otherwise it would be very awkward for everyone to get together.
The ordinary audience at the back were watching the movie with gusto, while the film critics were holding pens and recalling and thinking about what they had just said. Hong Kong action movies are all straightforward, and more than 90% of the movies start with punches and two kicks.
A small role to highlight the protagonist's extraordinary skills.
I have to say that the appearance of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is very special. It is actually a couple seeing a psychiatrist, trying to resolve the conflicts in their marriage.
Chen Bosen watched it with great interest. He hoped that this movie would give him a surprise. To be honest, Kang Jianfei's films in recent years have become more and more commercial. Although they are still of top quality, except for the last film "A Chinese Ghost Story"
, Chen Bosen can no longer find the same feeling of watching movies as before.
In fact, Kang Jianfei has always been like that, but Chen Bosen's appetite has been spoiled.
Yi Shu, another talented writer and film critic, felt that the beginning of this movie caught her eye. A few lines of dialogue already highlighted the couple's marital problems, which is something she has always been concerned about.
As soon as the scene changed, armed robbers appeared on the streets of Tokyo, and a large number of police officers chased and arrested them all over the city. Finally, two police officers came to the hotel lobby where the actor was.
The male and female protagonists met unexpectedly, and the plot of the following story was very cliché, but the handsome men and beautiful women combined with pretentiousness and a little humor were enough to satisfy the audience's movie-watching needs.
Especially the intimate scene between the two, when Zhong Chuhong appeared on the screen wearing sexy underwear, a burst of cheers suddenly broke out in the theater. Although it only lasted for a second, Zhong Chuhong's attractive figure still feasted the eyes of the male audience.
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The movie's promotion stated that it was a popular urban action film directed and starred by Kang Jianfei.
However, film critics and audiences were very speechless when they discovered that the next ten minutes were spent talking about the daily lives of the male and female protagonists. How the hell does this look like a marriage and love drama?
However, those who can buy tickets and come to watch the movie premiere are loyal fans of Kang Jianfei or Zhong Chuhong, and they actually like this kind of plot development.
"Hahaha……"
Another burst of laughter erupted in the theater, but it was Zhong Chuhong who took it upon herself to change the curtains at home in the film, and then said to Kang Jianfei: "You can change them if you don't like them."
Kang Jianfei said without giving in: "Okay, change it, I don't like it."
Zhong Chuhong glanced at Kang Jianfei: "You will get used to it."
"Hahaha..." Yishu laughed the most happily, and even forgot to record the experience of watching the movie. She has never been married, and she is both longing for and afraid of married life, so she really likes this kind of plot that shows small family conflicts.
The audience did not laugh for long before the action scenes started as the male and female protagonists did something. Unlike other action movies, the fighting scenes often lasted for several minutes. Regardless of whether Kang Jianfei or Zhong Chuhong took action, they were all killed in an instant, unlike other movies.
The situation of being beaten for a long time and still not being killed is completely different.
"This is a killer. He can kill people with just one strike."
"Zhong Chuhong's action of jumping out of the window just now was so cool."
"I think she looks more cool when she wears a tight leather jacket and holds a whip."
"..."
"How many lungs can I hold in my head!"
"Idiot!"
"What's that? A rocket launcher?"
"It's a man-made missile!"
Suddenly the theater started to get lively, and Kang Jianfei was seen on the big screen holding up the "Stinger" launcher, aiming it at the wooden house where Zhong Chuhong was, and fired it with a "swish" sound.
"Boom!" A wooden house was blown to pieces, and the flames of the explosion made the audience's blood boil.
It has only been a few years since the United States' second-generation individual air defense director "Stinger" was mass-produced. What appears in the film is just a specially imitated empty shell. Such a high-tech modern weapon that is so attractive can only be distinguished by its coolness.
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The life story that was just plain and interesting just now becomes more and more intense after switching to the action scenes. In the intense action scenes, there are also small humors to spice things up from time to time.
Due to the different times, Kang Jianfei had to change some plot details so that nothing too high-tech appeared.
"Hahaha……"
There was another burst of laughter, and Chen Bosen had to admit the success of this movie. Apart from Cheng Long's fighting scenes, there are very few fighting scenes in action movies that make people laugh while watching them.
The battle between the male and female protagonists in their own homes is a classic. Kang Jianfei did not change much, but the final battle did have major changes, mainly because it looked too fake in the original film.
After redesigning the action design, the male and female protagonists' decisive battle performances fit their identities as killers very well. They cooperated tacitly and steadily, relying on their skill and resourcefulness to kill all their opponents. This is much more exciting than the random bombardment with several costumes in the original film.
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Designing action scenes is the strength of Hong Kong filmmakers.
When the movie ended, the theater burst into applause that lasted for several minutes, which showed the audience's love for this movie.
Chen Bosen wrote in his review of this issue of "Film Fortnightly": "As a fashion action film, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is eye-catching. It does not have lengthy fist fights. In fact, except for two key action scenes, "Mr.
, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" rarely has physical contact fighting, and basically uses firearms to resolve battles. So to be precise, this is not a kung fu movie, but closer to the style of a Hollywood action movie.
The biggest feature of the film is that it is close to reality. It is obviously a story about a killer who is far away from us, but through the description of the lives of the male and female protagonists, it makes the audience feel very real, as if it is happening around us..."
Yi Shu's article in "Ming Zhou" has a completely different angle: "I really like the dialogue in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". I have always viewed this movie as a marriage ethics drama. This aspect is much more moving than Muscles and Bullets. There are two characters in it.
This line explains marriage very vividly.
The actor Smith Lee said: "There is a big distance between us. The distance is getting bigger and bigger. We gradually stop talking to each other about things. What does this mean?"
The psychiatrist replied: This is marriage.
The screenwriter of this film is Kang Jianfei. Perhaps this is his understanding of marriage, and also explains why he has never gotten married despite constant scandals..."
The film reviews of Chen Bosen and Yi Shu both praised that one can attract male audiences and the other can attract female audiences. There are also more direct promotional comments, which are outright praising Kang Jianfei's muscle lines and Zhong Chuhong's sexy figure, which made some viewers angry
Just go for these two points.
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" was officially released on Friday. Although adults had to go to work during the day and could not watch the movie, it was still crowded with student parties who were on summer vacation. After office workers got off work, there was a queue outside the theater ticket window.
There was a long queue, and all the tickets for the midnight show were sold out just after 7 p.m. Movie fans who came late could only leave disappointed.
Kang Jianfei's first film starring himself has a strong appeal in terms of publicity. Coupled with Zhong Chuhong's popularity, it is fake only if the box office is not popular. (To be continued...)u
