Wang Baoqiang as a director, this time really stand firm?

Wang Baoqiang's second directorial work "In the Octagon Cage" was released the day before yesterday.

At present, the box office is 580 million, which is one of the few films that can also perform well when "Disappearing Her" dominates the market.

Moreover, before the release of this movie, it got more than 300 million box office just for point screening, setting a box office record in film history.

Looking at the word of mouth, the current Douban score of 7.6 points, a proper domestic film masterpiece.

What's more, this is taken by Wang Baoqiang, who only has a primary school diploma!

You know, his first directorial work "Big Trouble" released in 2017 had a Douban score of only 3.7, and the film was filmed like a joke, with bad reviews at that time, and won the "Golden Broom" Most Disappointing Director Award.

Unexpectedly, six years have passed, and Shibie has been impressed for three days. This time Wang Baoqiang's finished film can be described as "reborn".

To be honest, although Yi Bloomjun has a good impression of Baobao Qiang and believes that his heart is serious as a director, before watching "In the Octagon", I really didn't expect much, because being a director is not something that can be done overnight or with hard work, but the completion of "In the Octagonal Cage" really surprised me, and I deeply felt Baoqiang's determination to "know shame and be brave", and his love and seriousness for movies.

"In the Octagon Cage" is adapted from the sensational "fighting orphan" incident in Daliangshan in 2017, which involves poor children, children's fighting, media communication, online violence and other aspects, and its drama, complexity and profundity of reflecting reality are excellent materials for film and television adaptations. Yi Bloom Jun will not say much here, everyone who is interested can search for it themselves. "In the Octagon Cage" tells the story of the protagonist Xiang Tenhui leading a group of unattended local children to fight and fight fate to the end.

This story is too similar to the real experience of Wang Baoqiang, who was born in poverty, who learned martial arts since he was a child, and finally became a big star in the entertainment industry by relying on talent, hard work and luck!

I think Wang Baoqiang must have a deep feeling for this story, so he chose to put it on the big screen. The final film proved that he was indeed the right photographer for this story, and he shot very hard, very emotional, very sincere, and also shot his own edge and attitude.

The film's display of those children who have no one to take care of is heart-wrenching, showing Wang Baoqiang's retrospective view of his own grassroots level. Wang Baoqiang, who grew out of the bottom soil, although he is now one of the most well-known and influential artists in the entertainment industry, has never forgotten the way he came. He photographed these children as a public figure to remind everyone of their concern for the weak and marginalized, and the social significance and humanistic care in it are self-evident.

Before I watched the movie, I thought it was a film similar to "Wrestle! Daddy", although it refers to real problems, but focuses on inspirational and counterattack, it will be very cool to watch.

But in the process of watching the movie, there are several very real and cruel plots that make me awe Wang Baoqiang: he did not make "In the Octagon Cage" into a cool film of small people counterattacking, but told everyone in a somber and realistic style: reality is far from as beautiful as the movie, and it is too difficult to fight fate.

In addition, I also feel Wang Baoqiang's respect and tenderness for women in the film, as a male director. Although there are not many female characters in the movie, Wang Baoqiang did not ignore them, but treated them with an attitude of "unbearable" and "expectant".

In order to avoid spoilers, I have not written in detail about these points above, but as long as you look at it, it is not difficult to find the intentions of "In the Octagon".

I also believe that this movie can have the current appearance, and it is by no means the work of Baoqiang alone. Behind him, there must be a professional and responsible team that helped him realize this dream.

For example, Luo Pan, director of photography of the film (photography of "Changjin Lake", "Fanghua" and "Old Cannon"), contributed very textured images to "In the Octagon Cage". In the film, the shadow of the Sichuan opera face shone on Xiang Tenghui's face, overlapping his face, and this scene was praised by many fans as a stroke of God.

Moreover, in the film, Wang Baoqiang has a jeans with jeans shape, Luo Pan actually shot the baby Qiang a little handsome and a little man, what is the matter? I never expected that one day I would start to suck Wang Baoqiang's face...

There are also Wang Xun, Xiao Yang, Liu Hua, Li Yang, Li Meng and other old friends in the film, which also adds a lot to the film. Especially Wang Xun this time, he acted very well, jumping out of his previous image of gags in comedy films.

But "In the Octagon" is far from a mature work, let alone perfect. The director wants to explore too much content in a film, and it is the problem of poor children, and the problem of the protagonist being misread by the media and online violence, and as a result, none of the issues are explained thoroughly. The main creator also didn't figure out the positioning of the film, and the genre wavered: inspirational cool film, a little, but not much, completely unable to mobilize the audience's emotions (look at your brother Chen Sicheng next door); Biography, the protagonist's motives, misunderstandings and reversals are not clearly explained. Photograph the children's experiences, but basically not their own perspective, dig deep enough.

However, knowing that "In the Octagon Cage" has so many problems, the general audience is still willing to appreciate the face and support, and even many of them have been severely hurt by his "Big Trouble". No way, who makes our baby strong audience?

Wang Baoqiang, although he has always been regarded as the first honest person in domestic entertainment, his popularity and audience popularity have always been in the position of the first echelon of the fault, and since "Soldier Assault" in 2008 to the present, more than ten years of national popularity and popularity have remained high.

This is first and foremost thanks to his legendary experience of counterattacking from below. Until now, how Wang Baoqiang became a lay disciple in the Shaolin Temple at the age of 8, how he squatted at the door of the Beijing Film Studio and other films, how he singled out gangsters in order to keep his mobile phone just because the mobile phone was used to take the scene, how he was selected by director Li Yang to become the male protagonist of "Blind Well"... and other stories are still circulating in the market. Wang Baoqiang is a mythical existence in the hearts of countless extras, inspiring and inspiring too many ordinary people who strive for ideals and a better life.

Wang Baoqiang can go from a poor boy at the bottom who can't eat enough and wear warmth, step by step to now so many achievements, inseparable from his diligence, persistence, and the blessing of lucky golden finger. Another point is that he is indeed very talented in acting, which belongs to God's reward.

Don't look at the baby's strong appearance, but as an actor, his understanding, observation and expression definitely belong to the first echelon.

The blockbuster original performance in "Blind Well" perfectly shows the simple innocence and ignorance of a rural teenager.

Although "No Thief in the World" still plays a rural child, it has more kindness and unrealistic fantasies about "No Thief in the World".

If the first few works of his acting career mainly rely on the director's tuning, and Wang Baoqiang basically belongs to his true colors, then by "Dark Calculation" and "Soldier Assault", he began to show the initiative of professional actors in shaping roles.

"Soldier Assault", one of the highest-rated domestic dramas on Douban, single-handedly provided the best publicity for the recruitment work at that time, and also left a classic image of "Xu Sanduo" forever in the history of Chinese dramas, making "not abandoning and not giving up" become the life motto of many people.

Wang Baoqiang not only performed many growth and transformations, but also accurately portrayed the precious and beautiful qualities in him, sincerity, hardship, tenacity, stubbornness... His comedy talent also began to emerge in this work.

Then there is "Hello! Mr. Tree". In order to play this tragedy of rural youth, Wang Baoqiang not only returned to his hometown to do farm work for several months in advance, tanning his skin into the peculiar tan of farmers, but also took the initiative to start smoking and drinking, reaching the appearance of Mr. Shu in the film that does not leave his hand and wine does not leave his mouth. In the film, he and Tan Zhuo filmed a passion scene, and he also put forward his own views and suggestions according to the role setting, which was adopted by the director.

In the film, Mr. Shu twists his arms and smokes awkwardly, with endless sadness in his eyes. The shaping of this role completely subverted Wang Baoqiang's previous works, known as a movie king-level performance, which has been talked about by netizens so far, and is a popular editing material for major video websites.

As for the "Oh" series and the "Chinatown" series, it shows Wang Baoqiang's talent for comedy performance.

To give an example, you can see how powerful Wang Baoqiang is. "People on the Road" and "Thailand" are all performed by Wang Baoqiang, and everyone doesn't seem to think that there is anything special, but when "Hong Kong" was replaced by Bao Bell, the acting skills and likability of the two suddenly appeared. Wang Baoqiang's role in comedy is mostly biased towards the "mindless" who makes trouble everywhere, such a role is often annoying, but Wang Baoqiang can play it to make everyone like it.

This time "In the Octagon Cage", Wang Baoqiang's performance is a stable output again, and the video bloggers' mixing and cutting has new materials.

In addition to good acting skills, the baby's strong, simple and low-key personality has also been recognized by everyone for many years.

The divorce case between him and Ma Rong was a stir. It stands to reason that if the star divorces, often both parties can get some public opinion support, and the public will also be on the big twenty boards, but Wang Baoqiang is stunned that he has won the love of the whole people in this matter, and almost no one stands on Ma Rong.

"Big Trouble" won the "Golden Broom" award, Wang Baoqiang can ignore it like all other filmmakers who have won this award, pretending not to know, but he still went to the scene to receive the award, with a sincere and humble attitude, accepting all criticism, saying that he would continue to work hard. The first time to admit that his work is rotten, and willing to accept criticism in public, internal entertainment for so many years, it seems that only Wang Baoqiang has done it. In contrast, after Bao Bell got the "golden broom", he angrily scolded the organizers in the circle of friends, who was generous and stingy, who was brave and cowardly, who was calm and who pretended to be confused, at a glance.

This time "In the Octagon Cage" let people see Wang Baoqiang's continuous improvement in business. Even if the movie is not so perfect, everyone is willing to support him, because in him, we see sincerity, which is the biggest must-have.

Author and editor of this issue: Yuan Yuner

Executive Producer: Zhou Nanyan