Among the eight movies released in the Spring Festival in 2022, the biggest dark horse is "This Killer Is Not Calm", which received 2.223 billion yuan at the box office in 17 days of release.
It is worth mentioning in particular that "This Killer Is Not Calm" was not optimistic when it was first officially announced, for a simple reason.
First, the happy twist movie, there is Shen Teng cameo is sinking, not to mention that Shen Teng in this movie does not even show a face. Relying only on Ma Li alone to support the scene, in terms of actors, it seems a bit star-studded.
Second, the name "This Killer Is Not Too Calm" is somewhat unorthodox, just look at the name, many people think that this movie is a parody of "This Killer Is Not Too Cold". But after watching it, I learned that this movie was originally a tribute to Stephen Chow's "King of Comedy".
Just like Yin Tianqiu, played by Zhou Xingchi in "The King of Comedy", Wei Chenggong, played by Wei Xiang in "This Killer Is Not Calm", is also a dragon set actor with an actor's dream, but always depressed.
By chance, Wei Chenggong was fooled by Milan, played by Ma Li, and Miller's brother and sister, played by Huang Cailun, and became involved in a bizarre story.
In this process, Wei Chenggong always thought that his dream had come true, and finally played the male lead once. But what he didn't know was that all this was not a drama, but a story that really happened.
Like The King of Comedy, This Killer Is Not Too Calm is the story of a small character.
Yin Tianqiu in "The King of Comedy" initially only pursued the acting skills of the script, holding a copy of "The Self-Cultivation of Actors" every day, treating himself as an expert.
Whether it is facing a hooligan, a lady in a nightclub, or even a celebrity celebrity, Yin Tianqiu insists on his own theory.
It wasn't until the end, after Yin Tianqiu and Uncle Da acted in a real undercover scene, that he realized that there was no script in life. This may be the reason why Stephen Chow always likes to change the script on the set!
And Wei Chenggong in "This Killer Is Not Calm" is very similar to Yin Tianqiu, he has always lived in his own world. In this film, there are a lot of his inner monologues.
In Wei Chenggong's own view, this is his understanding of the characters and a deep interpretation of the play. But to outsiders, he was more like he was mentally abnormal, and people looked at him with strange eyes.
But Wei Chenggong was too focused on acting, he ignored the eyes of others, or he didn't care how others looked at him, because he felt that he was doing the right thing.
Unlike Yin Tianqiu, Wei Chenggong was more realistic. In order to become the male protagonist, Wei Chenggong did not hesitate to please the people he hated, only because Milan lied to him that this person had invested in the film.
Just like in "The King of Comedy", in "This Killer Is Not Calm", everyone is playing a scene.
In order to survive, Milan and Miller's siblings had no way to deceive Wei Chenggong.
Killer Carl is a "man with a thousand faces" who is constantly playing different roles.
The second in command of the underworld has been playing a loyal little brother, but in fact he is quietly plotting to assassinate the boss.
As for Wei Chenggong, he has also been acting, not only in the play, but also in life. Wei Chenggong's good friend died unexpectedly, and in order not to make his good friend's blind father sad, Wei Chenggong has been pretending to be his friend.
Just as life is like a drama, these two movies tell people this truth. But life and drama are different, because the play has a script, and if it is not filmed well, it can be restarted. And life is only once, the acting is not good, the choice is not right, there is no chance to start over.
As Milan says in the film, people are responsible for living. Being responsible for yourself and others is life.
This is why the movie "This Killer Is Not Calm" will become popular in the Spring Festival slot, not only because it is a comedy, but also because this movie has a lot to think about.
It is precisely because of this that this movie will become popular with word of mouth, and good movies will naturally be sought after by people. What do you think?