In 2016, after the release of "The Mermaid" directed by Stephen Chow, it earned 3.397 billion yuan at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing film in Xingye.
So since then, there have been rumors on the Internet about Zhou Xingchi wanting to make "Mermaid 2".
Unexpectedly, the sequel has not yet had exact news, and a network giant "Mermaid" was first broadcast, and even the name has not changed.
Just look at the trailer, although this online movie is suspected of "touching porcelain" Zhou Xingchi, there are still points to watch.
Not only is there such an eye-catching sexy goddess as Clara, but also a newcomer with some acting skills.
Moreover, the film claims to have invested more than 20 million yuan, which is an extremely rare thing in the field of networks.
After the movie was launched, the popularity of the platform instantly rushed to the first position, and the whole network was second only to "Yunnan Bug Valley".
I thought that this was another high-quality net, but it took more than 70 minutes, and the plot was really surprising.
A living low-grade version of "Legend of the Blue Sea" + "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" + "Mermaid" of the net is large, the storyline is suspected of plagiarism, not to mention, but also pieced together a variety of classic bridges.
At the beginning of the story, the mermaid Yumemi, played by Clara, meets two fishermen on the sea.
Unexpectedly, Mengmei and one of the elderly, obese fishermen had a good feeling for each other.
Is it difficult to stage a story of beauty and the beast on the sea.....
The other fisherman was not at all impressed, and was only thinking of catching the mermaid and selling it for money.
At the same time, a man suddenly appeared in the sea, casting a spell that erased the memories of the two fishermen.
It turned out that the man was the patriarch of the Mermaid Clan.
For so many years, mermaids have been forbidden to have contact with humans, and for this reason have been living in the deep sea and never going ashore.
But even so, there are always some people who are curious about the underwater world.
So Yang Fan, who works at the Institute of Marine Biology, quickly discovered the existence of mermaids through instruments and prepared to capture them.
Although the mermaid patriarch can do magic, he can only watch Asumi is captured.
In the course of the operation, Yang Fan unfortunately fell into the sea and his whereabouts are unknown.
When Yang Fan woke up, he found himself drifting to a desert island, and there was another girl around him.
The other party's name is Xiao Yu, who claims to be Yang Fan's wife.
After hearing the words "My lover, you are awake", Yang Fan was even more overwhelmed.
It turned out that Light Rain was a mermaid.
In order to rescue Mengmei, who was captured, the patriarch sent her to the shore to approach Yang Fan and find an opportunity to investigate Mengmei's whereabouts.
So Xiaoyu forcibly married Yang Fan, so that he could get close to him in a justifiable way.
And Yang Fan didn't think much about it, seeing that he had an unexpectedly more beautiful wife was not a bad thing.
With the passage of time, the feelings of Xiaoyu and Yang Fan gradually warmed up.
It didn't take long for Xiao Yu to learn where Mengmei was imprisoned.
Just when she was planning to save Mengmei with her friends, she did not expect that before the plan was implemented, some of her companions were arrested.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Xiao Yu thought about seeing if he could move Yang Fan and let the other party let go of Mengmei.
As a result, Yang Fan is a straight man who only wants to study mysterious marine creatures.
The two had a conflict and eventually broke up.
Later, after a period of calm and thinking, Yang Fan finally figured it out, and found Xiaoyu, promising to help her rescue Mengmei and her partner.
Therefore, in the process of rescue, Yang Fan and his party were blocked by the personnel of the institute, and Yang Fan was seriously injured and his life was in danger.
In order to save Yang Fan's life, Xiaoyu took out the mermaid's beads, at the cost of never being able to become a human again.
And Yang Fan also lost the relevant memory, and could not remember the person with Xiao Yu.
At this point, the story is finally over.
Watching the whole movie, although the time is not too long, but the whole process is really boring, not to mention the acting, special effects, scenes and other issues, the story alone makes me suffer.
To be honest, such a story, in many movies, I don't know how many times I have seen it.
Although the director thought of borrowing the settings from some classic movies and using the story of mermaids falling in love with humans, he explored issues related to the equality of life.
However, the pattern is too small, the story is slightly routine, only staying on the surface, not digging deeper.
And some of the settings in the film are directly copied and applied, and there is no novelty.
Basically, after watching the first 10 minutes of the plot, you know what will happen at the end.
Not only that, "Mermaid" also committed a common problem of online movies, that is, the use of scale to create momentum.
The beginning of the movie is still quite eye-catching, and Clara's mermaid shape is indeed more stunning.
But unexpectedly, the next plot has nothing to do with her.
The purpose of this is obvious, to use Clara's sexy goddess image to make a big splash.
The only 1-minute trailer, Clara, who made a cameo, is almost all shots of her.
The real heroine, on the contrary, has been reduced to a supporting role, which really makes the audience laugh and be generous.
In fact, this is not the first time that the filmmakers have invited Clara to act as a sexy vase, which is a gimmick to attract the attention of the audience.
For example, in movies such as "Love Saint", "Detective Chinatown 3" and "Big Red Packet", Clara's figure and appearance are taken as selling points.
This deliberate attempt to wipe the edges, but it is not a long-term solution, and it will only end up lowering the ceiling of the entire film industry.
Overall, the net big "Mermaid" is a bad film that hangs a sheep's head and sells dog meat.
However, according to the data, after the launch of this network, the number of broadcasts reached 24 million in 9 days.
Despite the scolding in the comments section, the heat remains unabated.
I hope that the audience will polish their eyes, and a patchwork movie like this will one day become a thing of the past.