Winning the championship for 9 consecutive days, Semyon's action film did not appear on the big screen, which is a pity

There is a line in 1995's "Letter to Dad" that has been widely circulated: You only have a few hundred dollars a month, what kind of life are you playing.

Semyon played a father and son with Jet Li in the movie, and after 28 years, he perfectly interpreted that I will be you when I grow up, paying tribute to "Letter to Dad" in "Northeast Police Story 2".

And the famous scene was redeveloped: look at you, how much money do you earn a month, what do you fight for?

The children of that year grew up and slowly grew into the successors of Chinese action films, worthy of the title of "Jet Li's successor".

"Northeast Police Story 2" starring him has recently been very popular, winning the online movie box office championship for 9 consecutive days, with a cumulative on-demand box office of 5.793 million, and also got Wu Jing, Donnie Yen, Zhang Jin and other action actors to call it.

Word of mouth has also received unanimous praise, Douban 7.2 points, some netizens commented: fist to meat, much better than many theatrical movies.

Some people also said: I feel that there are two kinds of nets now, one is Semyon's, and the other is someone else's.

Some netizens said: too hard to fight too hard! Semyon, you said that you can earn a few bucks by shooting a net, so fist to the flesh, attract blood, let the peers how to roll!

Can't help but sigh: It's a pity that such an excellent action movie didn't make it on the big screen.

01. Benchmark Hong Kong police and bandit films

The series "Northeast Police Story" has been clearly positioned from the beginning, and what they have to do is to benchmark Hong Kong police and bandit films.

The first online film in 2021, with a Douban score of 6.4 and a box office of more than 13 million, is a clear stream in the online movie market full of folk gods and monsters, and is known as "creating a new style of action Chinese mainland localized police and gangster films".

After 2 years, "Northeast Police Story 2" came into being, continuing the fierce and fist-to-flesh action style of the previous work, with a feeling of dreaming of Hong Kong action movies in the 80s and 90s.

In fact, it is normal to have this feeling, because their production team is more or less influenced by Hong Kong films.

Chief producer Wei Junzi, a senior researcher of Hong Kong films, tells the behind-the-scenes story of Hong Kong films, and developed "Qi Men Dunjia" in 2017 with Tsui Hark and Yuen Heping.

In 2020, he directed the documentary "Dragon and Tiger Martial Masters", which sorted out this group of dragon and tiger warriors who dared to fight and desperately, without them, the golden age of Hong Kong movies would not be possible.

Director Qin Pengfei, who has been learning martial arts since he was a child, a martial arts athlete, entered the film and television industry in 2005 and started as a martial arts stand-in.

Following Dong Wei, he participated in many movies such as "Red Cliff", "Painted Skin" and "October Siege", accumulating a lot of experience.

Dong Wei is not small, although he is not as famous as Yuan Heping, Sammo Hung, Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Kui in the Hong Kong martial arts circle, but he has won the Best Action Direction Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards 6 times.

Before designing the action, Dong Wei should consider the plot and give the action a philosophical idea, not simply fighting for the sake of fighting.

Qin Pengfei has now become a professional action director, directing the "Northeast Police Story" series, which is not inferior to South Korea's Ma Dong-seok's "Crime City" series in some aspects.

Another director, Yang Bingjia, also served as the screenwriter, he and Qin Pengfei are good partners, the two are one text and one martial arts, with tacit understanding.

Yang Bingjia's first directorial work was "No One in Sight", which achieved good results, and the next "No One in Eyes 2" will land in theaters, and the expectations are directly full.

Starring Xie Miao needless to say, he acted in many Hong Kong films when he was a child, and his partner is big coffees such as Jet Li and Chow Yun-fat, who have seen the golden age of Hong Kong movies and naturally benefited a lot.

02, real fighting, real fall fashion action police film

Although "Northeast Police Story 2" is a sequel, but the story is a prequel, Li Hongqi did not meet Peaches, his personality was more fiery, and when he encountered unfair things and criminal acts, he directly spoke with his fists: "I told you, don't break the law." ”

The action has also been fully upgraded, the bus fight in the first part is relishing, and the second part adds a lot of wrestling and grappling, bringing the audience a refreshing feeling, like Donnie Yen's "Fuse".

There are two scenes in the film that are the most exciting, the first is in the bathroom of the highway service area, Xie Miao and Liu Fengchao did not use substitutes throughout the process, the two are real fights, real falls, the pain and realism, people are shocked to watch.

If you want to play realistic and smooth movements, you need to repeat the tricks in advance, and the actors have to remember every action, but even so, this highlight scene was filmed for a full 3 nights.

The other is the hand-to-hand fight between Liu Fengchao and the policewoman in the car, and the fight in the tight space is more difficult and requires a good choreography and editing to appear clean.

Why "Northeast Police Story 2" can be out of the circle, I personally feel that it is inseparable from the following reasons.

First, the audience has been in slow motion for a long time, and many previous film and television works are keen on various slow motion, such as "Knife in the Snow" and Yang Youning's version of "Dragon Babu", which has produced a deep shadow for many audiences.

Second, the film's realism and practical style make the audience's eyes shine, the actions they design are not flowers, it is very simple and direct, focusing on pain and strength, watching people's blood and adrenaline.

Third, the villain actor has an aura, such as Harbin Zhang Qiandan in "Crime City", cruel and cold-blooded, without a bottom line.

Zhang Li, who plays Ma Qiang in "Northeast Police Story 2", is a ruthless person at first glance, and he is worthy of being the person who has played "Conquest".

03. Semyon's time has come

Chinese action movies have experienced a glorious period, with kung fu superstars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and Wu Jing.

But nowadays this genre has declined, mainly for two reasons.

First, few people in the market make pure action films, such films have a large investment and a long production cycle, and some audiences prefer suspense films and animated films.

Second, the older generation of action stars are retiring, with no newcomers emerging and a lack of real kung fu superstars.

Now Semyon's rise makes people see a glimmer of hope, and after films such as "Xin Abandoning Illness 1162", "Northeast Police Story" and "No One in Sight", he deserves to be seen by more people.

Xie Miao is a child star debut, and Jet Li has collaborated with "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin" and "Letter to Dad", once known as Jet Li's successor, has seen top kung fu superstars, and has made Hong Kong action film productions.

In the middle, he chose to study, did not continue to stay in the entertainment industry, and when he came back, there was no place for him in the market.

In the face of difficulties, he did not give up, constantly enriched himself, and finally found his market in online movies.

Semyon was able to come out, and the following two points are very important.

First, Semyon's kung fu is excellent, professional and dedicated, for example, before the filming of "Northeast Police Story 2", he practiced wrestling 4 months in advance, enriched the action moves of the characters, and basically did not use stand-ins during the filming process, and many dangerous actions went into battle in person.

In addition, he also carefully pondered the character's personality, chatted with the police friends around him, and observed their speech and behavior, making the character fuller.

He feels that action is only a part of the performance, and the literary drama is also very important, and it is necessary to understand the role thoroughly.

Second, meet a good team, online film investment is small, production is fast, shoddy production is inevitable, but Wei Junzi Qin Pengfei Yang Bingjia this team, under limited conditions, do the best as possible, uphold the work attitude of excellence.

It is precisely this kind of research and ingenuity that has allowed them to be slowly recognized by the market and bring some possibilities to Chinese action films.

Semyon's growth is very solid, for so many years, he has been playing seriously, his highest ideal is: to save action movies from fire and water.

Now that he is getting closer and closer to realizing this wish, the era that belongs to Semyon is also coming, and it is expected that he can lead a wave of action movie craze. (Reported by: XI)