Andy Lau's new movie only had a box office of 293,000 on the first day, and this time it lost the box office, but won fame

In the case of plagiarism controversy and resources have been released, "Removing the Three Evils Everywhere" is still strong, and the box office has exceeded 600 million.

not only beat a few movies during the Spring Festival, but also pulled down the Hollywood blockbuster "Dune 2".

Compared with the popularity of "Removing the Three Evils Around the Week", another Chinese Taiwanese movie is not so lucky.

"Life and Death Racing" only got 293,000 box office on the first day of release, and now it has been released for 9 days, and it is only 502,000, which is really miserable.

01. The team in front of and behind the scenes is strong

In order to commemorate his father Ke Shouliang, the Ke brothers created a racing-themed film.

The younger brother Ke Youqian became a director for the first time, and the elder brother not only participated in the performance, but also served as a screenwriter.

Ke Shouliang was very popular before his death, so the team in front of and behind the scenes of this movie is strong, and many of them are members of the former "black family".

Qiu Xuankuan, who is known as the eldest sister in the entertainment industry in Taiwan Province, served as the producer, responsible for finding money and coordinating the entire film.

invited diva Zhang Huimei to be in charge of the music, bringing a new single "Parting is Always So Sudden", which became the theme song of the movie.

In terms of actors, rapper Thin Man E.SO and singer Chen Jiahua played the male and female leads, and also made the group "Naughty Boy MJ116" (Thin Man, Koharu, Obuchi) combine for the first time on the big screen.

Of course, the biggest gimmick was to invite Andy Lau, Zeng Zhiwei and Lin Jiaxin.

Zeng Zhiwei made a cameo appearance as a bar owner, who had nothing to play, and was purely a tool man.

Andy Lau and Lin Jiaxin followed "Anti-Drug 2", and played another husband and wife, full of tacit understanding.

"Life and Death Racing" is also Andy Lau's second appearance in a Taiwanese movie after "My Girlhood" in 2015.

When he heard that the Ke brothers made a film to commemorate their father Ke Shouliang, Andy Lau agreed without hesitation, and it was not a simple cameo.

He plays the role of "a generation of car gods" in it, which is regarded as a villain throughout the play.

The crew attaches great importance to Andy Lau's joining and went to Hong Kong to shoot in person, and Brother Hua also completed the 7-day shooting with dedication.

02, Andy Lau, Zeng Zhiwei and Ke Shouliang have a close relationship

Ke Shouliang, known as "Asia's No. 1 Flyer", has the title of Ke Daring and the king of stunts.

He has a deep relationship with Hong Kong films, and worked as a stuntman in Hong Kong films as early as the late 70s.

Later, he made a name for himself with "Best Partner" and established his status in the rivers and lakes, in addition to stunts, he also got involved in actors, directors and other fields.

For example, he directed "Curry Pepper", "Yafei and Yaji", and "Cheese Ham".

In terms of actors, he has collaborated with Chow Yun-fat in "God of Gamblers 2", partnered with Jet Li in "Letter to Dad", and the prisoner who was beaten by Zhou Xingxing and Uncle Da in "Truant Weilong 2".

The most impressive thing is Ke Zhihua in the "Crazy Boy" series, the cousin of the pheasant, who makes people feel funny as soon as he appears.

The most powerful thing is that he challenged all kinds of limits and constantly broke through himself, he flew over the Great Wall and Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, and engraved many "firsts" in history.

The year after his death, the Hong Kong Film Awards also presented him with the Professionalism Award in recognition of his contribution to Hong Kong cinema.

Ke Shouliang's heroism and morality have won the respect of many people in the film industry, and he is friends with Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Zeng Zhiwei, etc.

Among them, Zeng Zhiwei is his best friend, and the fate of the two has to start from 1982's "Best Partner".

The film is the signature work of New Arts City, the first of which was directed by Zeng Zhiwei, who wanted to find a stuntman with great strength to complete a shot of a motorcycle breaking out of a window on the second floor of a building.

searched all over the Hong Kong entertainment industry at that time, but no one was willing to take it, thinking that this was a joke with life and an impossible task.

At this time, Ke Shouliang stood up and said that he could, and then he became a classic shot in the history of Hong Kong films, and since then Ke Shouliang has made a name for himself in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

It is said that before the start of filming, Zeng Zhiwei also said to him, if it doesn't work, let's forget it, but Ke Shouliang insisted that there was no problem.

When filming officially started, Zeng Zhiwei was so stunned when he saw the picture that broke out of the window, and he forgot to shout "Ka!"

It is precisely because of Ke Shouliang's two-sided knife that Zeng Zhiwei identified him as a friend, and whenever Ke Shouliang challenged the flying car project, he always went to the scene to shout and cheer.

This time, in addition to participating in "Life and Death Racing", he also served as one of the producers of the film to escort the son of the deceased.

When it comes to the fate of Andy Lau and Ke Shouliang, director Ke Youqian said that his father was busy preparing to fly over the Yellow River, and Andy Lau took care of their two brothers.

They have made many movies together, such as "Shenxing Taibao", "Rich Corps", "Gambler" and so on.

The most classic collaboration is the golden song "Stupid Child" released in 1998, written by Andy Lau and sung with Ke Shouliang and Wu Zongxian.

Andy Lau recalled that he was also unforgettable when he was filming the MV, when the three of them walked up and down the street under a typhoon, although they were very silly, everyone was like brothers who completed the shooting without fear of wind and rain.

This time, Andy Lau played the role of "a generation of car gods" in the movie "Life and Death Racing", which can be described as a kind of cross-time and space cooperation with Ke Shouliang in reality, which is of great significance.

Andy Lau also said: Being able to cooperate with Youqian this time is not only fate, but also a meaningful inheritance, it can be seen that the brothers love racing very much, and they are very enthusiastic and talented about movies.

03, Andy Lau lost the box office and won fame

Andy Lau's recent movies have failed one after another, and the producer's "Sneaking" sold 389 million, which is far from his previous "Anti-Drug 2" and "Bomb Disposal Expert 2".

What's worse is word-of-mouth, with a score of only 5.3, an old-fashioned plot and an illogical narrative, which can be regarded as one of the tragedies in Hong Kong films in recent years.

and Tony Leung reproduced "Infernal Affairs" with "Goldfinger", which gathered the top lineup of Hong Kong films, but only sold 574 million.

What is incredible is also "Mr. Red Carpet", originally the second cooperation between him and Ning Hao was a beautiful conversation between Bole and Maxima to meet again.

Unexpectedly, it became a failed case in the end, it was originally scheduled to be released on November 17 last year, although the schedule was not very good, but there was no opponent who could fight, with the appeal of Ning Hao + Andy Lau, it was naturally easy to break 100 million.

As everyone knows, the filmmaker changed the file and ran to the Spring Festival file, and then because the comedy attribute of the movie was not strong, coupled with Ning Hao's self-innovation, it led to a box office fiasco.

In addition to the fiasco, if you hold on, you can also mix up the box office, and it is also possible to break 100 million.

But at this time, the film made another stupid move, announced the withdrawal, and re-released it on March 15, but only sold more than 2 million on the first day, and now it is difficult to break 100 million.

Of course, the box office failure of "Life and Death Racing" this time is no wonder to Andy Lau.

First of all, the movie was originally called "Quick Life", which landed in theaters in Taiwan Province as early as last year, and now the resources have also come out, naturally losing some audiences.

Then there are too many problems in the whole film, such as the plot has a lot of puzzling places, the villain played by Andy Lau, his motive for revenge is not clear and not convincing enough.

A movie with a racing theme that shoots the racing car in a decent way and has no features. And except for Andy Lau, the performances of other actors are also a mess.

Although "Life and Death Racing" made Andy Lau fail with one more movie, he won fame.

After the death of his old friend Ke Shouliang, he has been taking care of his old friend's son, and 21 years later, he is still the same, and he does not hesitate to promise to help.

Some people say that Andy Lau made this movie because of human feelings, but in fact, it is this kind of morality and human affection that Andy Lau will make us like him as always.

If one day he changes, maybe he will not be Andy Lau anymore. (Written by: 11)