Donnie Yen has a new development, on the evening of May 23, he will attend the China Film Huabiao Awards ceremony in Beijing, and the film "Angry Case" starring him and Nicholas Tse was nominated for outstanding feature film.
During the Cannes Film Festival, the Asian movie star with the most attention was Donnie Yen, even surpassing Gong Li, Tang Wei, Zhang Yuqi, Zhu Yilong and Guan Xiaotong who walked the red carpet in Cannes.
The reason is that Huang Baiming's Oriental Film has officially announced his three new films in Cannes, namely "Ip Man 5", "Misjudgment" and "Fuse 2", and the degree of online discussion remained high for a while.
Fans have different opinions on these three films, and the most watched "Ip Man 5" even caused group ridicule, and the audience couldn't help but choose a domineering subtitle for the movie.
"Misjudgment" is a legal-themed action movie, adapted from real events, is a new original story, whether the box office can explode at that time, but also depends on the word of mouth after the release.
"Fuse 2" officially announced the project, almost all fans are looking forward to it, from the repercussions point of view, the author predicts that the film will have a small explosion volume at the box office after its release, and the first target is 1.5 billion.
This article will elaborate on three aspects:
First, the IP of "Fuse 2" is created.
After entering the new millennium, Donnie Yen's fashion action film pinnacle is "Kill the Wolf" and "Fuse".
Previously, "Kill the Wolf 2" was favored by Zheng Baorui, and Wu Jing was hired to star in the film, while making the "suit thug" Zhang Jin famous all over the world, and the film achieved a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.
After that, Wilson Yip saw the light of day and invited Koo Tianle to make a side story "Kill the Wolf and Greedy Wolf", the movie is also very outstanding, and let Koo Tianle, who has made movies for half his life, win the Hong Kong Film Awards actor laurels.
Think about it, this is the IP created by Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung in 2005, and if the "Kill the Wolf" series can be successful, then there is no problem with the IP creation of "Fuse 2".
The formation of a series of IP is related to a variety of elements, and the fundamental reason why the producer is reluctant to give up is that the commercial box office is profitable, making movies is to make money, and when the box office is successful, the IP will naturally form.
It is precisely because the first part of "Fast and Furious" earned as much as 4 times at the box office that there are ten works in the series, as well as a side story, Donnie Yen's first "Ip Man" was a great success, and there were five works in the series.
The first "Fuse" was filmed in 2007, when it received 34.5 million national box office, at that time, the Chinese mainland theater screen had not yet developed.
For example, in 2007, the annual box office was 3 billion, and the performance of "The Fuse" ranked 14th, and according to the current ratio, the box office will be about 500 million.
In addition, the development of China's film industry began in 2009, which previously belonged to the DVD era, and in addition to theatrical revenue, the biggest peripheral was global DVD distribution.
The overseas distribution of "The Fuse" DVD is second only to "Seven Swords" and "Dragon and Tiger Gate", and before its release, the overseas broadcast rights were sold for $10 million, so the first one has actually made a lot of money.
"Fuse 2" is set up to create a series, and the probability of box office outbreak is very high.
Second, fashion action movies.
For a period of time, a certain genre film will detonate the theater, generally in ten years as a unit, in the nineties of the last century, belonging to the era of martial arts, action films and Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy.
After entering the new millennium, Feng Xiaogang's New Year comedy is mainly used in China, and fantasy and magic themes are mainly used overseas, such as "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings" and other big-budget movies.
After that, it was the era of superheroes dominating the world, and it was not until after 2019 that the mainland's main theme war blockbusters and sci-fi movies led by Wu Jing rose.
It's time for fashion action movies to be ignited, because the visual impact of this genre is still very strong, and the biggest attraction is the integration of fashion elements and actions, and the audience's adrenaline is easily lifted.
Fashion action films have always been a feature of Hong Kong cinema and a product of a stylized era of Hong Kong cinema, the first "Fuse" seamlessly integrates fights, fights and stunts, making the audience feel like they are in it.
At the same time, the film also closely combines visual effects and plot, and has both artistic and commercial characteristics.
As a fashion action film, "Fuse 2" pays more attention to aesthetic presentation and smoothness than master kung fu films such as Wing Chun, while omitting a lot of stereotypical kung fu actions, giving people a more relaxed and pleasant viewing experience.
I believe that "Fuse 2" will definitely be able to explode the screen by then.
Third, Donnie Yen's box office appeal.
"Tony, you're!" - This is the only line in the last 15 minutes of the fight in "The Fuse" in 2007, and Donnie Yen contributed textbook fashion action scenes.
Donnie Yen has always been a desperate San Lang in action scenes, and his performance in movies has won praise from many audiences.
As a kung fu star, Donnie Yen is undoubtedly one of the most successful figures in this field and has made great contributions to the Hong Kong film industry.
For fans, "The Fuse" is a visual feast for Donnie Yen, and he is also the biggest highlight of the entire film, and the success of the film is inseparable from Donnie Yen's box office appeal.
Many people will say, where does Donnie Yen have box office appeal?
In fact, Donnie Yen's Chinese-language action films are unique, and the box office of "Angry Case" in 2021 received 1.329 billion, which is the highest-grossing film of Hong Kong films in the mainland.
The box office of the four films of the "Ip Man" series was nearly 2.3 billion, and "Chasing the Dragon" starring Andy Lau before got 577 million, and its total personal box office reached 9.648 billion, second only to Jackie Chan, ranking 32nd.
In recent years, the box office appeal of his films has increased year by year, except for "Dragon Babu: The Legend of Qiao Feng" without theaters and "Search and Rescue", which failed to transform, the rest of the movies performed well.
Therefore, based on the above three points, the first goal of "Fuse 2" is to surpass the box office record he set before, and Brother Brown feels that with Donnie Yen's action film appeal, it is still easy to achieve 1.5 billion box office.
Besides, Donnie Yen's final stubbornness in Hong Kong-style action movies is really one less.
Hong Kong films have become an important film production place in the history of global cinema with their unique methods and characteristic styles, and Hong Kong-style action films, as one of the most important branches, are deeply loved by global audiences.
However, now, with the gradual decline of Hong Kong's film industry, the lack of Hong Kong action actors and the transformation of a large number of filmmakers to the mainland have become an indisputable fact.
Hong Kong-style action movies have reached the end of the crossbow, and if Donnie Yen does not stand up, I am afraid that this type of film will disappear from the Chinese film scene in the future.
There are so many actors who make action movies, Wu Jing since the explosion of "Wolf Warrior 2", the main theme is his preferred theme, and he is currently establishing Jingfan Film Studio with Guo Fan, and "Megalodon 2" starring Jason Statham is preparing to enter Hollywood.
A simple action movie can no longer meet Wu Jing's commercial territory, and he who has successfully transformed himself does not need to make such a high-risk pure action movie.
Jackie Chan is 70 years old, although his film projects are set up one after another, but an indisputable fact is in front of the public, Jackie Chan's peak period has passed, and feelings are still feelings after all.
In "Pioneer", many high-risk actions Jackie Chan does not personally go out, just like the last tribute of "Dragon Horse Spirit", when he rode a horse and was about to jump down the steps, the audience found that Jackie Chan was really old, which he himself knew.
Another Hollywood action celebrity, Jet Li, no longer has any work plans, plus hyperthyroidism is a disease that requires him to take drugs for a long time, and injuries make him look older.
Zhao Wenzhuo mixed the network big, Zhang Jin's occasionally came to such a film, the box office is not guaranteed, wrinkled Zhaolong, An Zhijie, Xie Miao, Shi Xiaolong, these, there is no big capital willing to hold, the main reason is afraid of the box office on the street.
In other words, Donnie Yen is the representative of the current Chinese kung fu films, he has box office, acting skills, and appeal, and the last stubbornness of this Hong Kong action film is none other than him.
Of course, the box office of "Fuse 2" wants to reach more than 1.5 billion, in addition to Donnie Yen, there must be a ruthless opponent, and the villain must be outstanding.
A successful film and television drama, while portraying positive characters, must also make the villain appear flesh and blood, that is called real success, such as Qin Hao in "Hidden Corner" takes you to climb the mountain, Gao Qiqiang actor Zhang Songwen in "Crazy", etc., and the villain played by Nicholas Tse in "Angry Case".
The villain of the first "Fuse" is also very good, each of the three brothers has distinct characteristics, the eldest Lu Liangwei played by the slagora style domineering, the second Shi Yanneng played the perverse and tyrannical A Hu, and the third Zou Zhaolong makes people's blood open.
"Fuse 2" is about villains, and Brother Brown has some bold candidates.
Donnie Yen had an unpleasant fight with Zhao Wenzhuo because of "Special Identity" before, if you continue to use the double male protagonist this time, can you invite Zhao Wenzhuo to play the male number two with Donnie Yen? That is, it is equivalent to the character of the first medieval Tianle.
The first villain who can fight must be Zhang Jin, the suit thug is too cool, besides, Zhang Jin's street battle is still very worth watching, the villain's second role, can you consider Wang Baoqiang?
The martial idiot in "One Man's Martial Arts" before was too brilliant, and besides, the fight was so fierce, and it was also a big attraction to face Donnie Yen again.
In addition, foreign actors Cott Akins and Tony Jia can also consider, if the budget is enough, ask Van Diesel in "Fast and Furious" to take the global action route and create another "Fast Pursuit" series!