Andy Lau was also a favor 20 years ago, starring in Ke Shouliang's son's new film, with a total box office of only 490,000

Who would have thought that the first person to lose miserably in 2024 is Andy Lau, the king of heaven.

"Mr. Red Carpet" during the Spring Festival, as the only non-sequel and remake of a purely original movie, is blessed by the cooperation of Ning Hao + Andy Lau.

But the box office was a mess.

Since its release, it has been at the bottom, and others are breaking through the box office of 1 billion or 2 billion, but he can only go around tens of millions of miles, and he can't even break 100 million, and the single-day box office has dropped to about 3 million several times.

Finally on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, "Mr. Red Carpet" temporarily announced its withdrawal and changed it to be released on March 15.

Previously, this movie was originally scheduled for November 17, 23, but it was suddenly raised to the Spring Festival, and now it has experienced three steps of finalization→ file increase→ withdrawal.

After a toss, the audience doesn't know when to watch it.

A few days ago, "Mr. Red Carpet" was released again, but the box office was still not much better, with only 2.45 million on the premiere day, and the cumulative box office after 9 days of release was less than 7 million.

To this day, this movie still hasn't broken 100 million.

It is reported that the investment in this film is as high as 260 million, and according to the 36% share of the filmmaker, it will only reach 720 million to return to the cost.

And now this result, coupled with the cost of multiple gear changes, I am afraid that I will lose so much that I have to show a few holes in my underwear.

"Mr. Red Carpet" suffered a huge loss, and Ning Hao's cooperation with Andy Lau in the future is afraid that he will have to be considered again, and this blood and tears account has not yet been settled, and Andy Lau has a new situation on the other side.

The box office of the new film has collapsed again-

Life and Death Racing

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The movie "Life and Death Racing" is the directorial debut of Ke Youqian, the son of "Little Black" Ke Shouliang.

In order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his father's death, Ke Youqian and Ke Youlun brothers wrote, directed, and acted together, and produced this racing movie together.

With the blessing of my father's popularity, although the lineup of this movie is not very luxurious, it is very significant.

In addition to Andy Lau, there are also Lin Jiaxin and Lan Xinmei, both of whom are childhood memories that only appear depending on the mood, but they are not sought.

The male and female protagonists are the thin man ESO who exploded in the rap variety show last year, Chen Jiahua of SHE, Zeng Zhiwei made a cameo, and even the theme song was sung by Zhang Huimei.

Of course, the biggest card is still the king Andy Lau.

The friendship between Andy Lau and Ke Shouliang dates back to 1986.

At that time, Ke Shouliang was still unknown, but Andy Lau had already become very good friends with Ke Shouliang.

Andy Lau admires Ke Shouliang's enthusiasm and courage for life, and lives every day as the last day of his life, which also deeply affects Andy Lau and lays the foundation for him to become a desperate San Lang in the future.

And Zeng Zhiwei, who starred in this film, Ke Shouliang also shocked the whole entertainment industry with a "motorcycle flying" scene in "Best Partner" and helped Zeng Zhiwei shoot the movie.

After Ke Shouliang's death, Zeng Zhiwei filmed a movie out of his own pocket, and the proceeds went to Ke Shouliang's wife.

And Andy Lau also promised Ke Shouliang that he would help his son gain a foothold in society.

Now returning to this movie after 20 years can be regarded as adding a strong touch to this brotherhood.

But the market performance of "Life and Death Racing" is sorry for the heavy weight behind it.

"Life and Death Racing" was released on March 16, one day after "Mr. Red Carpet".

was almost sentenced to death on the day of release, and there were 484 prime field films on the premiere day, but it couldn't even compare with the 30-show independent film "Amoayi", which only won 290,000 box office.

Yes, not 2.9 million, not 29 million, but 290,000.

The next day, it was only 70,000 to cut a single digit, and 30,000 on the third day.

8 days after its release today, "Life and Death Racing" has a cumulative box office of 490,000, and it is 3,030 yuan all day today.

490,000 box office, it stands to reason that as long as there are the three words "Andy Lau", it won't be enough, right?

And to say that Andy Lau is a cameo in the film, like Shen Teng, it is okay, but he still has a lot of roles in the movie, and he is the villain throughout the film.

Let's look at the story first –

"Xiaole" (played by Thin Man) and his brother "Ajie" (played by Ke Youlun) are both underground racers.

The elder brother has been mixed underground for a few years, and finally got the invitation of the team, and before leaving, he had to have the last game with Xiaole, but it was this race that caused the elder brother to fall off the cliff and die unexpectedly.

After his brother's death, Xiaole was grief-stricken and suffered from PTSD, and he drank heavily and no longer touched the steering wheel.

One day, he suddenly met the doctor "Huihui" (played by Chen Jiahua).

After saving a pregnant woman, Xiaole discovers that racing cars can also save people, so he applies for an ambulance driver, rekindles his hope for life, and has a secret relationship with Huihui.

On the other hand, the "big tail" played by Andy Lau was the twin star car king in the underground racing circle with Xiaole's father "Wang Hao" 20 years ago.

But in a competition, Wang Hao died tragically in a car accident, and Dawei's wife and daughter also died on the spot.

Oio has since retired from the lap, but has returned to racing in a different capacity.

Whether to vent or escape the longing for his wife and daughter, Oo becomes an avenger, specifically looking for the most popular racers of the moment, and there is no reason to just want the other party to die.

Seek the meaning of a moment of life in life and death racing.

Applejack in the opening scene did not die in an accident, but Ooo.

After learning of Xiaole's existence, Oo immediately aimed at him, and Xiaole also pulled the final battle with Oo under the pull of fate.

From a plot point of view, the story of this film is very simple.

It's nothing more than the grace of the previous generation transferred to this generation, and the protagonist Xiaole has regained his confidence in life after experiencing the decadence of his relatives.

The film is divided into two story lines, one is the protagonist's self-redemption, and the other is the process of finding the big tail.

After the protagonist Xiaole's friend excavates the truth about the death of his brother Applejack, he slowly discovers the existence of Big Tail, and Andy Lau makes a shining appearance, defeating a hundred.

From the character design to the atmosphere creation, it is obvious that Andy Lau wants to reproduce the sense of déjà vu of the villain in "Fast and Furious".

But tragically, the reputation of this film is very low.

The script routine is so that the audience can write the next chapter, and every paragraph of advancement and development is accurately stepped on the expectations, Andy Lau's villain design is also very one-sided, a typical villain for the sake of a villain, and even many people don't know why he killed the male protagonist.

And the ending is even more confusing, the last section of the game between Big Tail and Xiaole is a straight line acceleration, knowing that there is a cliff in front of him, Xiaole brakes urgently, but Big Tail rushes head-on in pursuit of speed and dies head-on.

The score of this film is as high as 4.8 points.

Fortunately, the box office is not high, otherwise it will definitely cause a lot of scolding in the mainland.

Of course, you don't have to be too sad to see Chinese fans here.

Because this film is a Taiwanese movie, it was actually released in Taiwan as early as April last year, when it had 18.5 million in the first week, and the final total box office was NT$32.26 million, equivalent to RMB 7.29 million box office.

Although this result is very different from the box office of more than 100 million yuan in the mainland, it can be regarded as the fourth best result of the year in Taiwan.

Now that it is released in the mainland, it is just a formality, and there are dates and no dates to hit the first shot.

With Ke Shouliang's favor, Andy Lau and Zeng Zhiwei's salaries are estimated not to be too much, and even free, plus there are almost no publicity and distribution costs for this film, and the cost has been reduced to a minimum.

And Andy Lau no matter what the production team is, what role he plays, as long as Ke Shouliang's son needs it, he will join the group and cooperate throughout the filming.

So far, the king of heaven has definitely done his duty.

Compared with a movie, "Life and Death Racing" is more like a promise for Andy Lau.

As long as Ke Shouliang's son needs it, he will always respond.

This meaning is more important than the movie itself.

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