This article is written by Shobo Nana
The original version of "Manslaughter 2" was the Hollywood movie "Imminent" released in 2002.
That movie tells the story of a father who has to hijack a hospital in order to save his son. In 2002, when the film was released, Americans were still immersed in the haze of 9/11, and fear of death, suspicion of the government, and concerns about economic pressures contributed to the film's birth. In contrast, the story of the father giving everything for his son, together with the hijacking of the hospital, became the "side dish" of the film.
When the movie "Manslaughter 2" was promoted, it has always been about the father-son relationship, about a father who is willing to do anything for his son. In fact, such publicity is not the original version and the core plot of this film. The emotional line between father and son is somewhat blunt, and the audience's empathy is somewhat weak. The father of the original version is a desperate low-level character, and the father of this film is a screenwriter with a God perspective, from this point of view, the two films have two different styles in tone.
I understand that the role of a screenwriter for Xiao Yang is actually to connect with the first "Manslaughter". One of the main points of the first film is that the male protagonist directs a seemingly flawless criminal plot through the film montage editing method. Assigning Xiao Yang a screenwriter's identity makes "Manslaughter 2" greatly enhance its commercial appreciation after the middle of the period, and the combination with the original plot does not appear blunt.
Overall, Manslaughter 2 completely exceeded my expectations.
Because after learning that the second and first parts were completely two copyrights, I found that the original version was a simple "bank robbery" routine, and "Manslaughter 1" is a suspense film created through a non-linear narrative. After watching the finished film, I think that although the story style of "Manslaughter 2" and the first one is completely different, the production standards of both films are very high, and the whole process is tense, exciting and at the same time with a strong emotional concentration.
In my personal opinion, this film has completely surpassed the original "Imminent" in terms of commerciality. I have to say that Chen Sicheng can really be counted as the godfather of Chinese genre films.
As the most successful series of films at the Chinese box office, "Tang Detective" is enough to prove the standard of director Chen Sicheng. On the basis of inheriting the standards of the film, the web drama "Tang Detective" discovers outstanding young directors such as Ke Wenli, Dai Mo, and Yao Wenyi. After that, through two "Manslaughter", there is a chance to make the two directors 1 billion box office blessing. As an executive producer, Chen Sicheng's promotion of genre films is indispensable.
A good genre film often does not have to rely only on actors to support their acting skills. The acting skills of the actors and the film's photography, editing, soundtrack, sound effects and other elements together make a work. Xiao Yang's performance in the movie is really good, but it can't be regarded as one person holding up the whole movie, in fact, he doesn't need it. I think he found the feeling of this kind of character acting, so the sense of substitution is very good.
Another actor who has to be mentioned is Chen Yucheng and Song Yang. The role of Chen Yucheng should be problematic in the script, the screenwriter confuses the work of the anchor and the reporter, and Chen Yucheng mixes the various identities of the reporter, the host and even the group leader in the movie, which is obviously unreasonable. This actor was so beautiful that she was supposed to run to the host, but on the spot, her every line was very loud, which made me a media professional feel very touched. Her firm eyes made me see the professional ethics that a media person should have.
Song Yang has played a handsome martial arts role for many years in the play directed by Xu Haofeng, this time playing a doctor, that face of righteousness comes out of the first shot, and the role should be like that.
On December 17, "Manslaughter 2" and "Lion Boy" were released at the same time, which made us practitioners once again have confidence in domestic films and the film market. The hunger for good works has continued from the beginning of the year to the present.
Under "Li Huanying" and "Chosin Lake", the 1-3 billion films are seriously broken, and the head blockbuster is getting stronger and stronger, which can only make the audience's choice more concentrated on the head. Now two masterpieces are released at the same time, hoping to drive the popularity of the market. Audiences who like movies, boldly enter the cinema, these two movies will certainly live up to your expectations for a whole year.
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