broke 500 million box office in 4 days, "Article 20" is deafening, and Lei Jiayin will become the next Andy Lau
"We are not handling a case, but a person's life!" - an excerpt from a line in the movie "Article 20", this sentence has been mentioned many times by Lu Lingling played by Gao Ye and Han Ming played by Lei Jiayin.
Director Zhang Yimou gathered many actors from "Hurricane" and "The Long Season" to jointly create this realistic comedy, and finally met the audience in this Spring Festival.
So, what is the quality of the film "Article 20"? Why did Zhang Yimou make such a film? What is the reputation and box office of this film? With these questions, Brother Brown walked into the theater.
I can tell you responsibly that "Article 20" is a rare film, and I directly used the idiom "deafening and deaf" to interpret it.
If it triggers social discussion and national viewing, it is very likely to be the next "I Am Not the God of Medicine", and it is more likely that the merit will be beneficial in the present generation, and look at the following analysis:
1. Prototype case.
Once upon a time, do we still remember the Liaocheng Yu Huan case and the Kunshan Longge case?
The factory of Su, a female boss in Shandong, needed capital turnover, so she borrowed some high-interest loans from the lending company, and some tragic things happened in the process of being called for debts.
On April 14, 2016, Wu brought some people to Su's factory, demanded that she pay back the money, and insulted and detained them many times, which was quite unbearable.
In order to protect his mother, Su's son Yu Huan caused a gangster to be seriously injured and received a lunch, and the first trial was indefinite, and the second trial was changed to excessive defense, and he was sentenced to five years in prison.
This is the sensational "Yu Huan case", if this is a fuse, then the "Kunshan Longge case" will completely detonate the legitimate defense.
On August 27, 2018, Brother Long's BMW mount and Yu Haiming, who was riding a bicycle, had a quarrel, and the arrogant and domineering Brother Long took out the long-lost dragon slaying knife from the BMW, wanting to teach him a lesson.
Unexpectedly, the plot was reversed, Brother Long's dragon slaying knife accidentally fell off during the swing, Yu Haiming, who was in danger, picked up the dragon slaying knife and cut Brother Long to the ground, and Brother Long also received a lunch box after being sent to the hospital.
Because the incident occurred at the intersection, the whole process was recorded by the camera, and after the Internet exposure and fermentation, within five days, Yu Haiming was not prosecuted for "legitimate defense", so he was released.
The above two cases are the prototype of "Article 20", Zhang Yimou wants to use this movie to tell everyone that when he encounters illegal infringement, he must take action when he should take action.
When others are in danger, what should you do if you draw a knife to help others on the road and turn into intentional injury? Will there be righteous and courageous actions in the future? The idea of the film is actually similar to the case of whether to help Peng Yu in Nanjing.
Zhang Yimou's original intention in making this film was to use this film to awaken some people and leave something for future generations.
Second, the box office.
The 2024 Spring Festival stalls are in full swing, and before the word-of-mouth is unlocked, many people think that this is the worst Spring Festival stall in history, but when the word-of-mouth is exposed, this is simply a fairy fight.
On Monday, February 12, the market hit a total of 1.049 billion, from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the third day of the Lunar New Year, the box office broke 1 billion for three consecutive days, and the number of moviegoers reached 68.7 million, which was slightly higher than the same period last year.
The top three are "Hot and Hot", "Flying Life 2" and "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space".
At present, the trend of the ladder has become clearer and clearer, and "Eight Rings: The Nether of the Canopy" and "Huang Pi: The God of Wealth Cat" have fallen behind and have become cannon fodder-level films.
Andy Lau's "Mr. Red Carpet" and Han Yan's "Let's Shake the Sun Together" are still struggling, and the single-day box office of the two films has fallen below the 10 million mark, and the box office is predicted to be about 100 million to 150 million.
On Valentine's Day on February 14th, let's see if "Let's Shake the Sun Together" can do some remedies with "Sugar Field", after all, this film has a reputation of 7.9 points, and it is about love and life.
Presumably many viewers want to watch it, but the film schedule can't keep up, and the gods can't save it.
Jia Ling's "Hot and Hot" counterattacked and won the championship, with a total box office of 1.185 billion, and the predicted box office increased significantly from the previous 3.8 billion to 4.2 billion, and it had an absolute advantage in film scheduling.
Jia Ling's first public roadshow, Reuters photos exposed, she really lost a lot of weight, and currently weighs 117 pounds, for this movie, she lost half of Jia Ling.
Director Han Han's work, starring Shen Teng and Fan Chengcheng "Flying Life 2" followed closely behind, and the total box office exceeded 1 billion in the first three days, but the attendance rate began to decline, and it has become a fact that "Hot and Hot" can't be beaten.
The animated sequel "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" sat firmly in Diaoyutai and won the third place in a row, with a total box office of 634 million, surpassing the box office of "Bear Infested: Metamorphosis" in 2018 and entering the top ten domestic animations.
While the number of films in "Article 20" decreased, the single-day box office on the third day of the Lunar New Year showed a reversal, which was also the first film to reverse the decline in the Spring Festival, ranking fourth on the list with a box office of 142 million.
As of press time, "Article 20" broke 500 million box office in 4 days, and will compete with "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" for the third place in the Spring Festival stalls, and after the school starts on the 15th day of the first month, the advantages of this film will be reflected.
The box office is aimed at 2 billion, which is still very easy to achieve.
3. Film review: The core is deafening.
The law cannot bow to lawlessness!
Article 20 contains three cases:
The first is the case of Zhang Guisheng.
Zhang Guisheng, played by Yang Haoyu, is a bus driver, once during the bus, he saw a female passenger being harassed and bullied by a male passenger.
Then he was beaten by the lawbreakers, he picked up the fire extinguisher on the bus and knocked the other party on the head, the case from the beginning of the righteous and courageous act to the middle of the mutual assault, and then to intentional injury, Zhang Guisheng was sentenced to three years.
Zhang Guisheng's daughter in high school has been unable to let go, and wrote a lot of letters of appeal and voted to relevant units, but they all fell into the sea, and this case was handled by Han Ming played by Lei Jiayin.
The family wanted to get justice, but they had no way to accept the previous verdict, and questioned: Is it wrong to act bravely?
Zhang Guisheng's daughter asked Han Ming, what is wrong with my father? If you were on the bus, what would you do?
Yes, his passengers are being bullied, and he has set a good example by standing up, and if everyone pretends that nothing happened, and no one comes out to stop this behavior, what will become of our society?
We need people like Zhang Guisheng who dare to act bravely, but we can't let such people chill!
The second is the Han Yuchen case.
Han Ming's son, Han Yuchen, is in high school, and when he went to the bathroom, he saw several classmates bullying another male classmate, and took off each other's clothes and took a video.
At this time, Han Yuchen also made a righteous and courageous move, he handed his clothes and shoes to the bullied classmate, and he was beaten by the group, and in the fight, Han Yuchen beat the son of the school director.
These things made Han Ming and his wife anxious, for fear that they would open a note and their son would leave a criminal record, so that when Han Yuchen was beaten for the second time, he didn't choose to fight back.
When my son saw his classmates being bullied, didn't he see anything he did?
The third is the case of Wang Yongqiang.
In order to treat his daughter's illness, Wang Yongqiang (played by Pan Binlong) borrowed usury from the village bully Liu Wenjing (played by Aruna), and Liu Wenjing began to occupy Wang Yongqiang's wife - Hao Xiuping (played by Zhao Liying) for a long time on this ground.
When doing errands, he also locked Wang Yongqiang by the tree as a watchdog, Wang Yongqiang, who couldn't bear it, began to fight back, and was prepared by the other party to "lift a knife" to retaliate, stabbed Liu Wenjing in the fight, and also received a box lunch after being treated by the hospital.
Wang Yongqiang was detained for intentional injury, and Liu Wenjing's father (played by Fan Wei) wanted to use his child as a threat, forcing Hao Xiuping to sign, tamper with evidence, and admit that he was voluntary.
For the sake of her husband's innocence, Hao Xiuping chose to jump from a high-rise building......
In the last 10 minutes of Article 20, Han Ming's generous speech made a powerful supplement to the judicial interpretation of "legitimate defense", overturning the previous judicial practice, allowing those who acted bravely to act in the face of righteousness to dare to take action, and allowing the injured ordinary people to get a fair and just verdict.
I hope that "Article 20" can have an impact on future generations, just like "I Am Not the God of Medicine", so that the poor can afford high-priced imported medicines, and I also hope that like "All or Nothing", the alliance brothers picked up advanced equipment in the mountains and wiped out the four major families in northern Myanmar.
Article 20 is deafening and awakens people's understanding of legitimate defense, and only in this way will people dare to act bravely and uphold justice when they are illegally infringed upon.
Zhang Yimou did a very good job this time, explaining such a serious topic to us in a comedic way, which is completely different from the word-of-mouth when "Man Jianghong" was released, and the Douban score of the film is as high as 7.9 points, a proper high-quality film.
Fourth, the hot Lei Jiayin will become the next Andy Lau.
Lei Jiayin's performance in this movie is remarkable, especially the high-density lines brought by the interaction with Ma Li, which makes the audience's eyes shine, it can be said that the biggest attraction of this Spring Festival file is not Shen Teng, but her ex-husband Lei Jiayin.
He played the first male protagonist boxing coach Hao Kun in "Hot and Hot", and also played the first male protagonist Han Ming in "Article 20", an actor who does not rely on his external image and temperament is popular.
Lei Jiayin has become a star of film and television comprehensives, and his TV series masterpieces include "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", "The World", "Meritorious", "Basic Law of Genius", etc.;
variety shows include "Ace vs. Ace" and "Extreme Challenge";
His film works include "Living Together in Time and Space", "Antiques in the Bureau", "Assassination of a Novelist", "The Whistleblower", "Exchanging Lives" and so on.
In recent years, Lei Jiayin can be seen in major award seasons, and last year he also won the Magnolia Best Actor Award for "The World", and he won the first TV emperor.
And his resources are powerful and incomparable, almost on par with Zhang Jiayi and Zhang Yi, far surpassing Chen Kun, Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, Liu Ye and other Chinese actors who were once smash hits.
From 2012 "The Great Gold Robbery" to becoming a hot star, he should be most grateful to his agent Chen Yan, followed by Xu Zheng, then Ning Hao, and finally Zhang Yimou.
Lei Jiayin is an artist under Horgos Ten Film and Television Media Co., Ltd., the boss of this company is Chen Yan, he is very famous in the Beijing circle, "The World" relies on Chen Yan's connections, and he can receive such an important role.
In the early years, Lei Jiayin was Xu Zheng's colleague at the Shanghai Theater, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao are good brothers, and many of Ning Hao's movies Xu Zheng and Huang Bo have participated, among which Lei Jiayin starred in "The Great Gold Robbery", which was introduced to Ning Hao by Xu Zheng.
At that time, Lei Jiayin's fame was too small, and the film did not make him rise to prominence, and he was only well-known to the audience when he played his ex-husband Chen Junsheng in "The First Half of My Life" in 2017, and his acting skills were gradually accepted.
After becoming famous, Xu Zheng's Zhenle Dao Pictures invested in a movie "Living Together in Time and Space" for him and Tong Liya, with Xu Zheng as the producer, and the mainland box office of this film exploded 900 million.
Since then, Lei Jiayin has a place in mainland theaters, and later, he was even more favored by Zhang Yimou, and like Zhang Yi, "Mou Boy" made him famous.
has played important roles in "On the Cliff", "Man Jianghong", "Solid as a Rock" and "Article 20", he is not like Zhang Yi, his performance is a little stylized, and he is not as open and closed as Wu Jing.
He is more of a man who is not brilliant in appearance, but he is very popular, and his plasticity jumps on the page, and the last line in "Article 20" is comparable to "The Bad Tongue Lawyer".
Lei Jiayin is about to become a nail household for the Spring Festival, and the Chinese film industry can have such a high status, I'm afraid only Andy Lau has a good character, good acting skills, and the source of the film is soft.
In time, Lei Jiayin will become the next Andy Lau.
V. Conclusion.
"Article 20", a realistic film, is worth discussing with big directors such as Chen Kaige, isn't this more meaningful than Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are Honest 3"?
The key is the social value exuded by the film, which is the true value embodiment of film art.
It is like a prologue, a footnote, justice, fairness, and justice under law and circumstances......
As mentioned at the beginning of this article, there is indeed nothing wrong with following the previous judgment in their eyes, but it will change a person's life and even a family.