Not long ago, a martial arts movie "Chopping Wind Knife" was launched on the mainland network. Its production cost is 8 million, and it has occupied the first place in the box office of iQiyi for 3 consecutive days after its launch, and the cumulative box office has reached 3.639 million.
The story of "Chopper Knife" is adapted from the novel of the same name, and the "Bad Guys" organization is derived from the popular animation "Bad Guys Who Paint rivers and lakes", which is also the first live-action film in the series.
In the movie, the three female protagonists Wei Na, Chen Fei and Chen Yina are all newcomers in the show business circle.
Among them, Wei Na and Zhao Wenzhuo have cooperated in the "Huang Feihong" series of network universities, playing the thirteen aunts in the film. Chen Fei and Chen Yina's resumes are relatively shallow, Chen Fei has only acted in a network called "101 Degrees of Love"; Chen Yina has participated in the TV series "Watching a Meteor Shower Together".
Compared with the "lackluster" starring, the supporting cast is more interesting, there are Japanese military officers in the anti-Japanese drama professional Koji Toyano, Thai actress Bao'er (partner Zhang Jiahui participated in "Sweeping Drugs"), and Australian tycoon Nathan Jones, Wang Gang and Xu Chong are also familiar actors for the audience.
This lineup is obviously based on supporting roles to bring new stars, which is also in line with the consistent characteristics of online movies.
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The past and present lives of the "bad guys"
The animated series "Bad People Who Paint rivers and lakes" began broadcasting in 2014 and has been launched for 3 seasons so far, and its story began in the last year of the Tang Dynasty, focusing on the plot construction of the Longquan treasure hidden by the "bad people" organized by the imperial court to arrest officials.
The bad people were once a special organization secretly set up by the imperial court, which specially recruited and requisitioned those with evil deeds to serve the government. Everyone in the organization has a special skill, and their commander is called a bad handsome.
The first bad marshal was the Daoist monk Yuan Tiangang during the reign of Emperor Taizong, who lived for 300 years, but after the failure of Li Xingyun's restoration, he died under Chang'an City with regret.
The story of the movie is set many years after Yuan Tiangang's death, the original bad people organization has long disappeared, but in recent years, it has revived, and specializes in refining dan medicine.
Today's bad handsome name is Zi Na Luo, who is the daughter of the Northern Capital King who was destroyed many years ago. She is good at making friends with famous people in the jianghu, and every August 15th, she will take the initiative to give the jianghu friends a high-quality elixir that helps internal strength.
This elixir on the surface makes people prolong life and greatly increase their internal strength, but in fact, it is the world's strange poison Ananda flower poison, if it is taken for a long time, it will grow scales, long claws and fangs around the body, and its sanity will gradually lose control, and finally it will become an abominable snake man.
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What is the story of this version of "Bad Guys"?
At the beginning of the movie, the protector general (played by Wang Gang) Fu Zhen secretly investigates the bad guys for many years, and before he can find out the truth, he is framed by the adulterers and imprisoned.
The Imperial Court Yulin Army escorted Fuzhen through Genting Mountain and was attacked by a bad organization.
The Yulin Army commanded General Zuo Qin to remain undisturbed and commanded the Yulin Army to resist the enemy, but in the end he was defeated by the powerful Kunlun Giant (Nathan Jones), and Fuzhen also fell into the hands of bad people.
The sword demon Yuyang (played by Xu Chong) of the Magic Sword Gate receives a letter from qi Nianwan, the head of the Tang Gate, and learns that Qi Nianwan is also deeply harmed by Yu Linglong, so he turns to the sword demon for help. The sword demon then ordered his proud female disciple, Ya Qing (played by Wei Na), to visit Tang Men with a reply.
When Ya Qing walked halfway with the letter, she encountered Lady Wei Poison (played by Bao'er) of the bad people's organization, and the letter hidden on her body was dropped and replaced with an alliance order challenging the head of the Tang Gate.
When Ya Qing came to Tang Men with a letter, it caused the dissatisfaction of Qi Huai, Qi Huai's son, and the two sides clashed.
Fortunately, After Achieving Light Work, He was able to retreat from the whole body. On the street, she met Jiang Ruochen (played by Chen Zhaoyu), the daughter of Jiang Wenyuan, the richest merchant in Jiangnan, and Fu Feng (played by Chen Fei), the daughter of General Fuzhen, and also met Liang Xuanqing (played by Koji Yano), an old immortal in southern Yunnan.
Liang Xuanqing told the three daughters about the ins and outs of the bad people's organization, and pointed out that the three of them complemented each other and were destined to be entangled for a lifetime, and if they were in the same heart, they were born, and those who had different hearts died. So the three daughters were destined to accompany each other, they first went to Genting Mountain, found the Fang Inch Heavenly Palace, and met Fu Feng's father, General Fu Zhen.
The three daughters originally wanted to rescue FuZhen, but the Kunlun giant came to kill him, and during the fight, he triggered the black beetle in the hole, and Fuzhen finally died with the Kunlun giant in the belly of the worm. The three daughters returned to the Magic Sword Gate, but saw that Ya Qing's brothers were all killed by the snake people, and only his master Sword Demon and his brother He Bai were missing.
The three daughters, Qi Huai and Wei Luo's brothers and sisters, found out that everyone in the martial forest was gathered in southern Yunnan, and decided to go to the Zhongtian Pavilion in southern Yunnan to find the bad handsome Zi Naluo to settle the account. When the crowd arrived at the Zhongtian Pavilion, they saw Zi Na Luo, and when Fu Feng was about to kill Zi Na Luo, he was stopped by Ya Qing.
It turned out that after this period of observation, Ya Qing decided that Zi Na Luo was just a puppet, and the real bad handsome was Jiang Ruochen, who had been with them all along, and his appearance was weak and he couldn't help the wind. At this time, the Sword Demon and He Bai also killed Zhongtian Pavilion, revealing the truth of Jiang Ruochen's life. It turned out that Jiang Wenyuan wanted to plot rebellion, but was jointly suppressed by liang Xuanqing, the three sages, Fu Zhen, and dao demon Yuyang.
The Jiang family only left behind Jiang Ruochen, who was only 5 years old, and was accepted as a disciple by the Medicine King, but was tortured as a test tool. Jiang Ruochen was poisoned by Anandahua and became inhuman and ghostly, but she killed the Medicine King, joined the bad guys and usurped the throne as a bad handsome. On the one hand, she used Yu Linglong to control the entire martial forest against the Three Sages King; on the other hand, she wanted to find phoenix blood to solve the Ananda poison on her body.
Ya Qing is actually the daughter of Liang Xuanqing, who was stabbed in the back by her father since she was a child, and she transported the wind slashing knife, and her skill could prompt the phoenix blood to melt into fog. After the martial artists present inhaled the blood of the phoenix, the Ananda flower poison in their bodies was also solved.
In the end, Jiang Ruochen was counterattacked by the sword demon and was seriously injured and died, but the Ananda poison on her body in the moment before her death was also solved, and she could finally die in human form, which was also considered to be dead and blind.
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There is no film that cut corners
There are many characters in the film, and the entanglement of grievances is intricate. Although it tells the story of the bad marshal Yuan Tiangang in "The Bad Man Who Painted the Rivers and Lakes" after his death, it is self-contained and constructs its own set of world views.
The Three Sages and the Three Daughters belong to two generations, but their grievances have a relationship of continuation and inheritance, which also confirms the saying that the wrongs have been repaid.
The common problem of online movies is that the story is simple, often slow pace to drag out time, but the story of this film is very full, but also unexpected by Pigo.
Although there are some small loopholes in the motivations of the characters, they do not affect the perception of the entire story structure. Jiang Ruochen's role reversal is a stroke of God, a bit unexpected, and the reason for seeking phoenix blood to detoxify also makes sense.
In terms of clothing, the design of its clothing style and the creation of the weapons it holds are very careful. The costumes of the three women are designed according to their personality characteristics, and the dance skirts worn when dancing the Western Snake Dance are also very eye-catching, which are also advantages.
It is worth saying that the film also uses a lot of real-time mountain views, unlike the general network movies like to use the fake scenes filmed in the studio to fool people, which is also the biggest highlight.
The action design is relatively ordinary, and because the three actresses do not have martial arts skills, the fights are all flower racks, and some CG effect flying knives and flying swords are used to scare people. Nathan Jones's fierce movements were naturally maintained, but unfortunately he could not find an opponent, and finally he could only use the black beetle to give him a bento.
However, according to the convention of online movies, the first 10 minutes of the scene are the largest, and the more you go back, the more you cut corners. This film does not follow this "rule", the climactic martial arts drama masters come out together, but also into the sky, flying sand and stones, playing very beautifully, is also the conscience of this movie.
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The actors have obvious shortcomings in their performances
After talking about the above advantages, Pigo naturally talked about the shortcomings next.
First of all, we must tell the story of success and the story of failure. As mentioned above, the story of the film is very full, with many characters and prominent images. But with only 88 minutes of length, the story is told in a hurry, and it would be much better if there were another 30 minutes to lay the groundwork.
The performance of the actor is also a major shortcoming, the female no. 1 star Wei Na because she has a lot of filming experience, the acting skills are still passable, but also can show the role of the eccentric and kind nature, barely passable.
But the actress Chen Fei's acting skills are a bit scummy, according to the setting of the role, Fu Feng is a dumb woman who can't speak, playing this role naturally requires better acting skills, Chen Fei's performance is obviously incompetent.
In the film, she shows surprise, anger, sadness, happiness, and pity as if they are all the same expression, which makes people can't bear to look at it directly.
Speaking of the female third lead actress Chen Yina, her appearance is very similar to Jing Tian, and the performance is quite OK.
However, Jiang Ruochen's personality of the reversed role is extremely complex, and she needs to have an actress with good acting skills like Lin Qingxia to be competent, and Chen Yina obviously cannot reach this level. After the reversal, although she tried her best to show the badness of the character, she was obviously very pompous.
Thai actress Bao Er successfully changed her sex to become a beautiful woman at the age of 17 and has been active in the show business circle in Thailand and Southeast Asia. In 2013, he was familiar to mainland film fans for his participation in "Sweeping Drugs" directed by Chen Musheng, and in 2014, he made a stunning appearance in "Macau Storm 2", known as the most beautiful transgender person.
Her beauty and figure will be touched even if men look at it, and these years have also mixed up in our mainland showbiz circle.
It is a pity that she played the female number four in the film, the role is not much, the beginning of the glimpse, until the climax of the film to have a play, the role image and personality characteristics of the shape are not prominent.
Koji Yano has a rare opportunity to portray a positive character who is not a Japanese villain, and there are not many opportunities to perform in the film. Nathan Jones is so good, netizens also hope that he can have more scenes, these green leaf actors did not make good use of it is a pity.
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summary
However, as an online martial arts movie, it is already good that "Chopper Knife" can do this, and Pigo feels that this is the reason why it has performed well at the box office after it was launched.
This year, due to special reasons, there are few cinema movies, and netizens have only turned their attention to online movies, which has also promoted the development of online movies.
The recent new films have looked and felt quite good, and Pigo felt that online movies were developing in a benign direction, and in time they should be able to reach maturity. At the end of "Chopping Wind Knife", I hope that this hard-won story can be told again.
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