Time passes quickly, and the most important annual festival in China, the Spring Festival, is coming as scheduled.
During the Spring Festival, the film industry is filled with smoke.
There are two Hong Kong police and gangster films released during the Spring Festival this year.
One of them was directed by the famous Hong Kong director Wu Zhen.
Wu Zhen is different from Wang Feng and other directors who made follow-up police movies before. He was the first director to go north and collaborate with the mainland.
He is considered to be one of the Hong Kong directors with relatively high status and achievements.
Wu Zhen actually made many police and gangster films in his early years, but after moving to the north and cooperating in the Mainland, he rarely made police and gangster films.
The main reason is that we once collaborated on a large-scale police film, but it didn't do well at the box office and got a bad reputation.
However, the sudden release of "Infernal Affairs" made Wu Zhen also feel that police and gangster films have great potential.
So he came up with a script that was said to have been dusted for a long time. It was said to be the movie "Dark Stealth" adapted from real events!
It includes top idols from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places, popular niche students, Xiaohua, and veteran actors and actresses.
It can be said that it is the most anticipated police film after "Infernal Affairs".
Although it is not a pure Hong Kong Island police film, the background of the story is Hong Kong Island.
This movie does have advantages that are different from other Hong Kong police and gangster movies. First of all, the gimmick is big enough.
The promotional slogan is "An adaptation of the most legendary real undercover experience in the Hong Kong police force"!
However, it was the director of "Dark Stealth" who made "Dark Stealth" famous and controversial the most. Wu Zhen didn't know whether it was because he really had absolute confidence in "Dark Stealth" or if it was just a promotional strategy.
He was actually asked in an interview with the media: "Is "Darkness" confident that it will surpass "Infernal Affairs"?"
His answer is very interesting: ""Infernal Affairs" is a rare classic, but after all, the story is fictional, but "Dark Stealth" is different. "Dark Stealth" is adapted from a true story.
Yes! At the same time, the two films are also different types of films. "Into the Dark" has a lot of exciting gunfight scenes, fighting scenes, psychological games, etc. It can be said that "Infernal Affairs" has some in "Into the Dark", and "Into the Dark" also has them.
"Darkness" has more highlights than "Infernal Affairs". Of course, whether it can surpass "Infernal Affairs" depends on the audience, but I am still relatively confident!"
As a result, from a publicity perspective, he was indeed successful.
After all, "Infernal Affairs" is hailed as the pinnacle of Hong Kong films.
And whether it is from the box office level or from word-of-mouth success, "Infernal Affairs" can be said to be the best, and it can be seen in all the mountains!
And now Wu Zhen actually said that the goal of "Dark Stealth" is to surpass "Infernal Affairs"!
He didn't say it clearly, but it was pretty much the same.
For this reason, "Into the Dark" did gain a lot of buzz before it was released.
Many die-hard fans of "Infernal Affairs" are even at odds with anti-fans and Wu Zhen fans.
"Beyond "Infernal Affairs"? Haha, I dare to say it! Before "Infernal Affairs" came out, Wu Zhen had never dared to make a police movie. When "Infernal Affairs" became popular and promoted the popularity of police and criminal movies, he ran away
Come out and show off some so-called movie that has been prepared for many years, and then brazenly say that you will surpass "Infernal Affairs"! You are really shameless in order to attract attention!"
"What happened to "Infernal Affairs"? It was just an over-hyped and over-praised work, and "Into the Dark" was adapted from the real story of a legendary undercover agent in Hong Kong. Just for this reason, why is it not possible?"
"One thing I have to say is that "Into the Dark" has so many famous stars participating in it. Let alone surpass "Infernal Affairs", let's wait and see if it can pass the test of other movies during the Spring Festival!"
""Infernal Affairs" can be hailed as the pinnacle of Hong Kong movies, not only because of the plot and depth of the drama movie, but also because each of the actors in it showed amazing acting skills, and "Into the Dark" has
You know the lineup, and it’s clear that this is a film purely for the box office!”
"This director Wu Zhen is really Shi Lezhi. This kind of publicity strategy is obviously a double-edged sword. If the quality of your movie "Infernal Affairs" is slightly worse, it will definitely be criticized to death!
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In any case, purely from the perspective of publicity and exposure, "Into the Dark" was indeed successful.
But the effect is not certain.
As some movie fans said, this kind of publicity strategy is definitely a double-edged sword.
Because you lift yourself up too high!
If the movie fails to meet such high expectations, the backlash it encounters will definitely be enough to kill the movie.
The war for Spring Festival movies will soon begin.
"Darkness" relied on its early publicity effects to gain a considerable advantage in film schedule. From this point of view, Wu Zhen's publicity strategy for "Infernal Affairs" was indeed very successful.
The box office of "Darkness" is released on New Year's Day, with first-time revenue of 180 million!
Although this result only ranked second during the Spring Festival period, it is already considered very good.
However, Wu Zhen and others soon became unhappy.
The score of "Into the Dark" on the popular film review website is only 6.2 points. You must know that this is only the first day of release.
You can imagine how crazy I was before and how embarrassed I am now.
Just look at the movie reviews below to find out.
"That's it? That's it? It's better than "Infernal Affairs"? It's as fierce as a tiger in one operation, and when you look at the record, there's no one left!"
"I'm just asking you, are you embarrassed? In fact, the plot is okay, but the acting of the little fresh meat in it is really embarrassing and makes people speechless!"
"Actually, it's not much different. The score difference is only 3 points, and it has indeed surpassed "Infernal Affairs", with the box office on the first day exceeding 60 million!"
"What you said upstairs is so right. It is said that the Hong Kong version is different from the mainland version. Have you thought of anything?"
"Tsk, tsk, this is worth pondering!"
"I don't understand, please explain!"
"Thank you for the invitation. The Hong Kong version is different from the mainland version. This is to find a way out for yourself in advance. Believe it or not, if the box office drops sharply tomorrow, there will be many voices pointing the finger at Scissors? Pity me, Scissors, for taking the blame.
First!"
"666666, I learned it, I learned it!"
"Does your face hurt? It really surpasses "Infernal Affairs". If you don't talk about anything else, it's just your acting skills. Except for those veteran supporting actors, who else can compare to "Infernal Affairs"?"
""Infernal Affairs" YYDS! What is said in "Darkness" is that it is adapted from the real legendary undercover incident, but why the hell do I always feel that the protagonist in it just has "I am an undercover" written on his face
, and the villains are all blind!"
"The Jue of Extreme Chaos"
"The gunfight scene, the undercover is actually a sharpshooter, the action scene, the undercover is actually a fighting master, the psychological scene, the undercover's face is so ridiculous!..."
