In 2010, Jiang Wen's fourth work, "Let the Bullets Fly" starring Ge You and Chow Yun-fat was released for the Chinese New Year, and won a box office of 636 million in one fell swoop in the era when the big screen in the mainland was just rising, ranking second in the history of Chinese films.
In 1994, Stephen Chow's three comedy films earned more than HK$100 million in Hong Kong, among them, "Jiupin Sesame Official" received a bumper harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.
These two films have one thing in common, they were phenomenal works at the time, in addition to the box office, the topic of discussion is like Zhang Songwen's "Hurricane".
Countless fans are tired of joining the discussion, and the streets and alleys are even more boastful, and after time precipitation, they have all become classics in Chinese film history, and Douban ranks among the top 250.
It can be said that these two films have influenced generations.
Nowadays, someone has challenged the classics, and there are two of them, this is Zhang Hao's latest film "Brother Hao's Troubles in the County".
So, what is the quality of this film? Is the word-of-mouth and box office successful? Does it surpass the classics or ruin the classics?
Brown will take you to find out!
1. Box office.
Recently, the physical theaters in the mainland have become a one-man show of "King Kong" and "Godzilla", and the scene is breathtaking.
If you are not used to watching big scenes, then let's learn about big online movies.
On March 30, the box office rankings of mainland online movies were released, and the top three were "Demon God Order", "Embarrassing Dad" and "Brother Hao's Troubled County".
Li Chengfeng and Song Ning's suspense film "The Third Suspect" ranked fourth, with seven days of being online and a box office of 2.54 million, and it should be possible to finally break even.
is also Feng Gong's apprentice, Jia Ling is very popular in theatrical movies, and Song Ning, who was born as a cross talk actor, will be difficult to receive the script after the age of forty, and "The Third Suspect" starring her is really too ordinary, just like a joke.
Since there is Xu Zheng's "Embarrassing Mother", how can there be a lack of "Embarrassing Dad"?
After Xu Zheng's "Embarrassing Mother" was launched, Brother Brown was thinking that after a while, "Embarrassing Dad" would definitely come out, but this time it was too late.
The comedy "Dad" starring Yu Entai and Zhou Xiaoou is finally here, and the premiere received a box office share of 320,000 yuan and won the runner-up. You invited two celebrities, why is it so different?
"Demon God Order" starring Liu Zirui and Cheng Jinming won the championship, and with the participation of online movie celebrities Pan Changjiang and Han Dong, the cumulative income in three days was 2.34 million, and the performance was not bad.
This is a typical costume fantasy film, which has a fight with Guo Jingming's "Qing Ya Ji".
The third runner-up was "Brother Hao's Troubles in the County".
The data is still very eye-catching, with 7.85 million in 9 days, 75,000 moviegoers on Saturday, and the cumulative box office ranking first in a week, that is to say, in recent times, this online movie has the highest box office.
Besides, it has been 9 days since it was launched, and the single-day box office is almost on par with the premiere of "Embarrassing Dad". At least, before Zhang Jiahui, Zhang Yishang and Tan Yaowen's "Super Detective" is released on April 4, the film can continue to get high scores at the box office.
From the perspective of box office, "Brother Hao's Trouble in the County" has been successful.
2. Film reviews.
"Brother Hao in the County" is an online movie written, directed and acted by Zhang Hao, assisted by stars such as Tong Fei, Zhao Xiaorui and Wu Qihua.
tells the story of Zhang Hao playing the role of the protagonist and taking over as the magistrate of Ancheng County instead of his father-in-law.
The father-in-law couldn't stand the control of the housekeeper Zhang Hao, and in his words: "I'm 76 years old, and I can still grow old and have children, and it just so happened that I received an order from the top to serve as the new county magistrate of Ancheng County." ”
In fact, this is the green grassland brought by the housekeeper, so he sent people away.
Our Erlonghu Hao brother took two entourages on the road, and when he arrived in Ancheng, he was greeted by "Master Zhen" played by Wu Qihua.
After introduction, it was learned that some of the 44 county magistrates before him were corrupt and some were incorruptible, but all of them died of illness. Looks like this place is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Brother Hao, who wants to be a good official, realized the way of being an official after a "Hongmen Banquet": that is, it should be soft and soft, it should be hard and hard, and he can save his life at a critical moment.
By chance, he knew his life experience, and then he was chased by the local snake Gao Dengtang, and he had no choice but to run away.
When he came to the bandits' den, Brother Hao met the young marshal again, and achieved the good deeds of the big boss and the young marshal, and he became a guest of honor and began to learn new skills in archery and horse taming.
With the help of the young marshal's father, Brother Hao returned to the lobby and brought the wicked to justice.
The film is highly touched by Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly".
First of all, the background is set in the Republic of China period, and then there is the story of the county magistrate, which is exactly the same as "Let the Bullets Fly".
Secondly, the story structure is highly similar to Stephen Chow's "Nine Sesame Officials".
For example, the county government during the Republic of China was the same as the county government in the Qing Dynasty, and Wu Qihua, the actor of Fang Tangjing, was also invited, and the two entourages could see Wu Mengda and Xu Jinjiang Lei Leopard.
In the original version of "Jiupin Sesame Official", Bao Longxing went to Meng Chunlou in the capital halfway, where he practiced his tongue skills and fought the women.
And Brother Hao in "Brother Hao's Troubles in the County" encountered an accident, but he went to the cottage, where he learned skills such as archery and horse training.
In the end, both the return and the reversal also copied the route of "Jiupin Sesame Official".
"Brother Hao in the County" has Jiang Wen's irony, as well as Stephen Chow's nonsensical elements, the overall completion is decent, you can have a glimpse of the style when you relax at night, Brother Brown personally rated two stars, 5 points.
Third, Zhang Hao succeeded.
Not long ago, Peng Yuyu also had a remake of Stephen Chow's "Nine Grades of Sesame Official" film, called "New Nine Grades of Sesame Official", which was basically reshot according to the original version.
The theater box office was unsuccessful, only 5893 yuan, and the online on-demand account box office is still unknown.
Zhang Hao's "Brother Hao's Trouble in the County" is much more advanced this time, adding adaptation elements, which is significantly higher than "New Jiupin Sesame Official", and there are also Brother Hao's own things.
In terms of stitching monsters, in addition to touching porcelain Stephen Chow and Jiang Wen, the plot and bridge section also integrate "The Story of Deer and Ding", "Truant Weilong" and Gu Long's character Fu Hongxue.
Coupled with Zhang Hao's unique local flavor of Northeast rural youth, the presented "Brother Hao in the County" has a unique taste in my heart, produced by Brother Hao, not necessarily a boutique, but it is definitely still interesting.
The reason why Zhang Hao succeeded is due to the following two reasons.
The first aspect is that the film was a box office success.
Online movies will not be offline, if there are always people on demand, they will continue to generate box office, and some online movies have a lifespan of up to a year, such as in 2022, directed by Lin Zhenzhao and Chen Zihan's "Snake 3" is still on the list.
The predicted cost of "Brother Hao's Troubles in the County", Brother Brown analyzed that it was between 5 million and 8 million, and the biggest expense of this film is the starring role, but the starring role is himself, which will save a lot of money.
The other is Hong Kong actor Wu Qihua.
As an outdated star, Wu Qihua's salary will not be too high, 500,000 yuan has already broken the sky, and the salary of the rest of the little-known actors is negligible.
At present, the production cost of this film should have been recovered, and according to its trend, the final box office is about 20 million, which is a big profit for online movies.
The second aspect is Zhang Hao's expansion of the cinematic universe.
Such a movie, most people don't dare to dabble in it, the possibility of smashing the classics is very high, the film does look a bit bad, if someone else plays it, it will definitely not achieve Zhang Hao's effect.
Zhang Hao's previous impression on the audience is still "Brother Erlonghu Hao", after all, he has been deeply involved in this series, just like Zhao Benshan's "Country Love Story", how to jump out of the comfort zone and portray different character types, which is also an extraordinary test for Zhang Hao.
Once "Brother Hao's Troubles in the County" is successful, Zhang Hao's cinematic universe can continue to expand to costume comedy genres, and he has mastered the grassroots and small roles very accurately, and as an independent producer, he already has the ability to remake classic works.
Therefore, if "Brother Hao Makes County Ya" is successful, Zhang Hao will make a lot of money.
IV. Epilogue.
At present, Stephen Chow has several video news, one is the first short drama "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" of "9527 Theater", which is expected to be launched in May;
the second is that he is going to prepare for the movie "Women's Football", and has set international players Zhao Lina and Li Jiayue;
The third is that "Mermaid 2" finally has news.
Hengdian Film and Television's answer to investors' questions: Stephen Chow's "Mermaid 2" is in a state to be screened in 2024, and it is very likely to be set for this summer.
Jiang Wen, who cherishes feathers very much, recently revealed the news that the new film "Heroes Out of Youth" was established, which will be Jiang Wen's sixth self-written, directed and self-acted work, and the audience is looking forward to it.
Remakes are a thankless task.
Stephen Chow started his classic movie "The King of Comedy" and failed to succeed. Zhang Hao touched porcelain this time, and he had a different flavor, and in time, he could really fight for the theater.
It is worth mentioning that one of the four villains was played by the Internet celebrity anti-fraud Lao Chen, and Zhang Hao also began to praise the Internet celebrity.
Do you have anything to say about Zhang Hao's "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf"?