The final box office was 3.5 billion? There were almost no actresses in the whole film, and it turned out that Han Han was right again

At the moment when the 2024 Spring Festival theaters are rekindling their popularity, there is a new film that is "not quite out of the ordinary".

Can you believe that in the film and television stage where actresses compete for beauty, this movie doesn't even have a heroine.

That's not all, the whole film didn't even invite a supporting actress.

In the cast list, the 17 main actors who participated in the filming are all male stars.

This movie with a peculiar style is director Han Han's new film "Flying Life 2".

In fact, looking back at director Han Han's film works, he is actually a director who is "good" at filming actresses, and the female protagonist in his works is often better than the male protagonist.

In the road movie "After the End", the cold beauty of the mysterious woman Su Mi played by Wang Luodan is unforgettable, and she is an absolute goddess of literature and art.

In the comedy "Riding the Wind and Waves", the heroine played by Zhao Liying appeared in a gentle and beautiful painting style, becoming a sweet white moonlight that lingers throughout the film.

Even in the first part of "Flying Life", Han Han also invited supermodel He Sui, nine-ball diva Pan Xiaoting and others to make cameos, and they also filmed each other quite distinctively.

In the past reviews, the comments of "Han Han is very good at filming actresses" abound.

A horizontal comparison also makes the outside world feel sorry for Han Han's "Flying Life 2" for not inviting the heroine to operate.

But it's a pity for the outside world, without the heroine's halo bonus, "Flying Life 2" still flies very high.

After winning 430 million box office on the first day of release, the film topped the box office champion on the first day of the 2024 Spring Festival.

At present, it ranks second in the Spring Festival stalls with a box office of 1.9 billion, and the final box office is predicted to be as high as 3.5 billion

In terms of word-of-mouth, the film's opening score of 8.2 is also the highest in the same period of the current Spring Festival.

So, how did such a movie that can be so strong "without the heroine" be done?

Before we talk about the highlights, we need to understand the main story of the series.

It tells the story of the out-of-gas racer Zhang Chi (played by Shen Teng) who teams up to participate in the rally.

Five years ago, Zhang Chi set the highest record at the Bayingbrook Championship, the highest event in the industry, but he rushed off the track and flew off the cliff after the extreme sprint (note: this is the first story).

The second part of the story follows the timeline 5 years after the accident.

Although Zhang Chi was lucky enough to save his life from the accident in the past, he suffered multiple fractures and had no choice but to stay away from the professional racing track and could only become a driving school instructor.

He was originally far away from the professional racing circuit, but he received the sponsorship of the director of a car factory (played by Jia Bing) and was invited to form a team to participate in the Baying Brook Clarion Race again.

Although the team's funds are extremely limited, Zhang Chi's two old partners, navigator Sun Yuqiang (played by Yin Zheng) and maintenance worker Ji Xing (played by Zhang Benyu), still joined in with righteousness.

The talented newcomer Li Xiaohai (played by Fan Chengcheng) and driving school student Liu Xiande (played by Sun Yizhou) also joined the team for their respective dreams, and Zhang Chi's 5-person team has been formed.

With an unfulfilled long-cherished wish five years ago, Zhang Chi also embarked on the road back to Bayingbrook.

Obviously, this is the story of a racer who is back on the road to the top.

So, what are the highlights of this "Flying Life 2" that can make them win the championship on the first day of the Spring Festival?

Let's move on.

Although "Flying Life 2" tells the story of the comeback of a down-and-out driver, the initial tone of the story is not as depressed as imagined.

On the contrary, the comedy scenes in the first 1 hour of the film are piled up, and it can be said that the laughter is full.

And behind the film's comic painting style, of course, there are comedians such as Shen Teng and Jia Bing, but the bigger reason is the "design" of Han Han, the screenwriter and director.

Similar to previous film and television works, Han Han also played a lot of comedy tricks in "Flying Life 2" this time.

If you can count any laugh style, there are at least three.

The first kind of joke is achieved through the daily foolery of the protagonist group.

Han Han's past works have always loved to "toss" the protagonist.

Han Han, who is good at portraying low-level characters, is also good at presenting laughter through the embarrassment of the characters at the bottom, and basically the protagonist of every work has his own embarrassing moment.

In this film, the outdated driver Zhang Chi and his friends are no exception.

The male protagonist and his partner Sun Yuqiang demonstrated the driving technique for Party A, but the two of them broke down with their backhands and came on a trip to overturn...

Looking back, navigator Sun Yuqiang confidently boasted of his parking skills.

As a result, the character immediately hit the barricade in the next second, and with the line "Jiang is still an old spicy eye", it is indeed quite joyful.

The second kind of joke is achieved through the characters' lines of conversation;

The most typical scene lies in the multiple ambiguities of the word "inverted" when the male protagonist is teaching in the driving school.

The male protagonist "poured, arrived, and poured" The three homophones of the oolong misunderstanding, let a parking training appear in a funny style.

The third kind of joke is a variety of cold black humorous golden sentences.

And this is also the most personal laughing point setting for Han Han.

Some hilarious joyful sentences at first glance have an extended meaning hidden under the scrutiny.

When the male protagonist talks about the history of injuries, he uses the homophonic stalk of "dedicating my life to my doctor", and talks about the blow of injury to himself in a playful style.

When teaching staff, he and his old partner tacitly understood the interpretation of "poor", and also felt the helplessness of the character in the self-deprecating laughter.

Seeing so many comic clips above, if you think this is a "Tu Yile" comedy, then you look down on the whole "Flying Life 2" pattern.

In fact, joy is just the shell of it.

The most attractive point of the whole film is the profound portrayal of a large group of down-and-out dreamers under the comedic exterior.

As a representative of it, the male advocate Shen Teng's play has to be mentioned.

In the past film and television images, Shen Teng was often mainly funny.

In the early plot of "Flying Life 2", Shen Teng, who has his own sense of joy, also contracted a lot of laughs.

But this time Qingshi dared to pack tickets, and the most brilliant side of Shen Teng's whole film was not in the comedy performance, but in the serious expression of the main drama.

Although he was forced to transform into a driving school instructor due to physical reasons, the man who usually laughs and laughs is relaxed, but his heart is also a little aggrieved because his dream is difficult to come true.

When he saw the rookie driver Li Xiaohai showing his talent, as a master, in addition to a look of relief in his eyes, he seemed to see the young version of himself, and he also flashed a trace of sadness in remembering the past.

The most embodying of the character's grievances and obsession lies in Shen Teng's two brilliant crying scenes.

In the first scene, there was a rollover of the male protagonist;

In the context of the demolition of the driving school and the repeated encounters in the formation of a team, the male protagonist vented his grievances with a drag race, but he was unlucky enough to overturn again.

In the plot, the male protagonist was embarrassed and squeezed into the overturned car shell, and no one rescued him for a while.

In the car shell that binds himself like a turtle shell, the male protagonist at this time simply "gave up struggling" and used the empty environment to cry and vent his grievances.

Shen Teng, who did not perform in the comedy of joy, also used this crying to perform the suffocation of the role.

In the second crying scene, the emotions expressed are even more.

After finding the lead seal of the car 5 years ago after many years, looking at the objects that had made him wronged for 5 years, the male protagonist subconsciously cried emotionally.

The trembling sentence "You should tell me if you find it" deeply reflects his grievances.

And when the officials shirked and responded, the tone of this crying scene was further raised.

From the restraint and tears at the same time, "It's not that (the thing) passed, but I accepted it", to the sentence "But (the rules) have to be fair" while crying and angry,

Between the gradual changes in the characters' emotions, Shen Teng's crying scene is mixed with various emotions such as grievance, helplessness, dissatisfaction and even anger, which makes people feel strong empathy.

touched people's hearts, and the entry of "Shen Teng's acting skills" has also been on the hot search.

In fact, as early as the 2021 movie "Lonely on the Moon", Shen Teng had a similar multi-level performance of joy and sorrow, and he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor.

And this time in "Flying Life 2", Shen Teng's performance with tears in laughter is still brilliant, and Qingshi dares to assert that this is also a competition for actor-level acting.

Whether it is Han Han's black humor or Shen Teng's tragicomic performance, they are all significant highlights in "Flying Life 2", and they also objectively "make up" the audience's expectations brought by the lack of heroine.

In Qingshi's eyes, the real meaning of the highlight of the play that can make people forget the heroine lies in the core of the work's touching heart.

This core, bluestone should be described in three words:

Juvenile feeling

This kind of juvenile feeling is not exclusive to teenagers in a narrow sense, but is more widely applied to a certain group of people.

They are often as deficient as teenagers, and they have such and such shortcomings, so they are looked down upon in various ways.

But on the other hand, they have a rare and commendable youthful attitude that does not match their age.

And in "Flying Life 2", such juvenile scenes abound.

The team members led by Zhang Chi all seem to be weak, but they all have a similar sense of youth.

In the process of pursuing their dreams, they have the purest "juvenile ambition";

Even if their survival is repeatedly threatened, they will not change their persistence in their dreams.

For example, after the team once discussed "retiring at the beginning" to complete the target perfunctory, the navigator played by Yin Zheng stepped forward to stop it in anger and loudly reprimanded it for losing the professional dignity of the racing driver.

Although failing to meet the target means that his personal life is more embarrassing, Sun Yuqiang still defends his original intention of dreaming recklessly.

In the process of pursuing their dreams, they also have the most direct "juvenile vitality";

Despite their shortcomings and even frictions, when a real team needs to work together, they can work together to work towards their goals.

When the team's funds are extremely short, the picture of every member racking their brains to raise money is quite moving.

Although such efforts may not pay off, they still show full vitality to put their dreams into action.

What touched Qingshi the most was the "juvenile courage" of the character;

The most commendable thing about the film is that director Han Han did not set up various magical situations for the protagonist group to reverse their fate because of the needs of the plot.

On the contrary, the problems of the protagonist's funds, age, and strength still exist throughout.

But even with a slim chance of winning, they were not deterred by their opponents.

Despite the injured body, Zhang Chi still bravely led the team to participate in the competition, bravely showing his sword against powerful opponents.

This silly courage that is as fearless as a teenager is also the most touching "juvenile feeling" in this film.

At the same time, it also interprets the sentence like a textbook:

A man is a teenager until he dies

I have to say that Han Han made a big gamble this time.

The operation of not setting the heroine not only makes the film lose the characteristics of the combination of men and women in conventional works, but also gives up the emotional line that potentially attracts the attention of the public.

But on the other hand, such a trade-off has also made "Flying Life 2", which focuses on talking about career story lines, grind new features.

It is definitely a pity that there is no heroine in the setting, but fortunately, judging from the data and box office reputation, the trade-off of "Flying Life 2" did not lose.

Judging from the current situation, Han Han is right.

In the context of last year's Spring Festival file "Four Seas" box office word-of-mouth double-line hit the street, after 1 year, Han Han finally found a chance to prove himself this time.

This year's Spring Festival, I am optimistic that Han Han will continue to "fly" with "Flying Life 2".

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