Chapter 684: The linkage between 'Dark War' and 'Infernal Affairs'
Four weeks, 72 hours, a chess match, a failed love!
That’s it for the trailer for “Dark War”!
Although there seems to be a little more strange things in it, such as the steely straight man Liang Feng being suspected by the beauty that it is glass, but it doesn't hurt!
Simply speaking from the trailer, it is full of freshness!
What exactly is that seventy-two-hour game?
How does a duel between chess and opponents unfold?
The failed love and the brief conversation between Chen Weijie and Xu Yunhui seemed unfamiliar to them.
Moreover, it is obvious that Xu Yunhui is an ordinary person, while Chen Weijie is a thief!
How did they meet? How did they get together?
The trailer left fans with endless suspense.
"It's over, it's like this again! If I had known better, I shouldn't have watched the trailer!"
"Who says it's not the case? He hooks every time, and this time there are several hooks at once!"
"Although the style is completely different from "Infernal Affairs", it still feels very interesting!"
"I was relieved but at the same time I couldn't help but want to say, Director Dog, please be a human being!"
"Have you noticed? The collaboration between "Dark War" and "Infernal Affairs" is amazing!"
"Yes, the identities are reversed, the policeman becomes a thief, and the young and Dangerous boy becomes a policeman. Does this mean that in this movie, Chen Yongren and Liu Jianming in "Infernal Affairs" are fulfilled? Let them return to their original identities?
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"Not only that, there is also a heroine. In "Infernal Affairs", Chen Yongren took the initiative to seduce Li Xin'er, and he seemed to be a master of love at first glance, but here he turned into a straight man!"
"Liu Jianming's wife knew Liu Jianming's identity in "Infernal Affairs", so she chose to leave! The structure is here, and the one who left was actually Liu Jianming! It feels very interesting!"
"Don't you think Huang Qifa and Huang Zhicheng are interesting? Hahaha!"
"Who said that if you shoot too quickly, the movie will be bad? That's because you are not a dog director!"
"That's right, I'm full of expectations after watching this trailer. The director is worthy of being you!"
"However, Chen Weijie must be cold in the movie, right? Is this the warmest police movie?"
"Haha, you have to listen to what Director Dog says! Old man!"
It has to be said that "Dark War" cast the original cast of "Infernal Affairs", and the role swapping between the two movies made many movie fans immediately interpret it involuntarily.
In fact, Li Yi really never thought about this.
It can be regarded as an unintentional intervention!
But the effect is surprisingly good!
Many movie fans will naturally associate the characters here with the characters in "Infernal Affairs".
In fact, the two stories are completely unrelated!
The trailer of "Dark War", without any surprise, received a huge number of clicks.
Many directors can say that they once again lamented that comparing people to others is really annoying!
The three trailers of Li Yi's "Infernal Affairs" attracted countless popularity.
It also raised everyone's expectations for "Infernal Affairs" to the highest peak. Of course, in the end, "Infernal Affairs" did not disappoint the fans and satisfied their expectations very well.
What about "Dark War"?
Many fans think that since Li Yi used the original cast and collaborated with "Infernal Affairs", the trailer should be like "Infernal Affairs", right?
But it didn’t work out!
After seeing the quality of the trailer of "Dark War" and the information revealed, as well as the enthusiastic feedback from fans, many people who secretly hoped that Li Yi would make a splash were destined to be disappointed.
However, this time Li Yi did not keep movie fans waiting for too long.
Soon, "Dark War" was announced to be scheduled for May Day!
We didn’t choose the more popular summer season, and the July 1st celebration of the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong Island’s return to the motherland!
Mainly because, strike while the iron is hot!
Of course, in fact, for Li Yi's movies, this impact is not too great.
After "Dark War" was announced to be released during the May Day holiday, all the screenings originally scheduled to be released during this period were cancelled!
They are not stupid. With the current popularity of "Dark War", it is the original cast of "Infernal Affairs", and it is also the movie of Li Yi, the big devil. Whoever likes to touch whoever wants to touch it, if you don't avoid it, you are really stupid!
May Day is not a popular schedule in the first place, so how can it accommodate the next two movies to become hits?
What's more, we still have to compete with "Dark War" for film schedules and audiences.
Therefore, due to the long May Day holiday, "Dark War" actually had no rivals.
By then, with the popularity of "Dark War", it can be said that the film schedule will definitely reach an extremely exaggerated level.
It can be said that the box office and film schedule of a movie are closely related.
Although it will be released in May, it is still a month away.
Many fans left comments on Li Yi's Weibo.
"Gouzi, you have changed. You were not like this before. There are three trailers for "Infernal Affairs", but only one for "Dark War"?"
"That's right, why don't you have more?"
"Being a human being has a beginning and an end. Can't we just wait like this for a month?"
“It’s okay if I don’t send a bunch of signed photos of Brother Jie in women’s clothing!”
Of course, the promotion of a movie cannot only consist of a trailer.
Soon "Dark War" began to carry out large-scale publicity non-stop.
Chen Weijie and other creative members began to cooperate with the promotion.
And it is inevitable that the "linkage" between "Infernal Affairs" and "Dark War" will also be used to talk about it.
Although Li Yi did not have this idea, he did not reject this publicity strategy.
In fact, "Infernal Affairs" and "Dark War" do have some links.
Because many scenes in it were shot in the same place.
For example, on the rooftop, the rooftop scenes of "Infernal Affairs" and the rooftop scenes of "Dark War" were shot in the same place!
The same goes for the police station!
This aspect is different from the original "Dark War".
At first it was just to save trouble, but in the end, I didn’t expect that it was really an unintentional intervention!
Now it has become a promotional tool for linking with "Infernal Affairs"!
Audiences obviously like to watch this kind of news, and "Infernal Affairs" has been recognized as the pinnacle of Hong Kong films, so its status in the minds of the audience can be imagined.
When Chen Weijie and others were interviewed by the media, they also talked about the difference between playing Liu Jianming in "Infernal Affairs" and Andy Lau in "Dark War".
"The main theme of "Infernal Affairs" is fate and obscure despair. Therefore, it is quite difficult to play Liu Jianming. I have to interpret the script every day and discuss the role of Liu Jianming with the director."
"But "Dark War" is different. The role of Hua gives me the feeling that Director Li has tailor-made it for me. He is elegant and confident in everything he does. This is a knight-errant who can also be seen as a thief.
character."
"So, it was very painful when filming "Infernal Affairs", but it was very enjoyable when filming "Dark War"!"
"In "Infernal Affairs", Liu Jianming is a policeman and not a police character. The character setting is more complicated, but in "Dark War", Hua's setting is actually purer and simpler. He only has four weeks to live, which allows him to do anything.
Things have become freewheeling, and it’s much easier to play such a role.”
