Wu Jingjing, chief reporter of Elephant News Oriental News
The May Day holiday is coming, and a large number of new films have been "ready to be released". The Elephant News reporter learned from the Oscar theater that this year's May Day new films cover action, suspense, comedy, animation, and love, and gather Louis Koo, Sammo Hung, Ren Xianqi, Huang Jingyu, Wang Yibo, Yang Mi, Zhang Zifeng, Hu Xianxu, many powerful and popular actors. As of today, the total pre-sale box office of the new films on May 1st has exceeded 100 million.
On April 30, Hayao Miyazaki's classic animation "Howl's Moving Castle" and the popular animation IP "Spy Playing House Codename: White" took the lead in kicking off the May 1st file. Hayao Miyazaki's new work "What kind of life do you want to live" released in April has just achieved good results, and "Howl's Moving Castle", which will be released at the end of the month, has also attracted attention. This classic high-scoring romance movie is his old work, and this mainland premiere will bring a special 20th anniversary restoration, which will be restored again on the basis of the original digital restoration, and completed under the supervision of Ghibli, surpassing the traditional 4K restoration picture level, and the picture quality and sound quality have been greatly improved.
"Spy Playing House Codename: White" is adapted from the popular manga artist Tatsuya Endo's globally popular animation IP, telling the story of a "disguised family" formed by the spy father "Twilight", the killer mother Joel, the mind reader's daughter Ania and the superpowered dog Bond to complete the top-secret mission. The family that is not related by blood has very different personalities and secrets, but they have warm feelings in the process of performing tasks again and again...... It is a family movie with a relaxed and soothing atmosphere.
On the first day of the holiday, films such as "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team", "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City", "No Thing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot", "Journey Through the Moon", "Spending Money at the End of the Road", "Pigman Movie: Interstellar Operation" and other films were officially released. Among them, produced by Liu Weiqiang, directed by Li Dachao, starring Huang Jingyu, Wang Yibo, and Zhong Chuxi, Ou Hao's special "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" is the first commercial blockbuster focusing on overseas peacekeeping themes, telling the story of peacekeeping police officers shouldering a sacred mission, going to a foreign land, and going deep into the war-torn mission area to carry out tasks. Saving hostages on the front line of life and death, armored vehicles speeding through artillery fire, fist-to-hand fighting...... Judging from the trailer, the scene is quite shocking and suitable for the big screen.
"The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" is called "a masterpiece of kung fu Hong Kong films to reach the pinnacle again". Directed by Zheng Baorui, starring Louis Koo, Lin Feng, Liu Junqian, Wu Yunlong, Hu Zitong, Zhang Wenjie, Ren Xianqi, Huang Debin, Sammo Hung friendship starring, this action crime movie tells the crime story that happened in the 80s of the last century in Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City. After the premiere of the film in Beijing, some viewers called it "the hottest and hardcore hot-blooded action movie of the year", and fans who like Hong Kong films and action movies can look forward to it.
Directed by Ding Sheng and starring Yang Mi, Yu Qian, Tian Yu, Yu Haolei, and Li Jiuxiao, the suspense crime comedy movie "There Is No Thing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot" may be able to surprise the audience. This movie tells the story of four people who don't know each other and share the spoils in the backstage warehouse of the theater, and are accidentally involved in a murder. The special identities of the four gradually surfaced, and the truth was about to come out. According to viewers who have watched the screening, this movie is intertwined with absurd comedy and crime suspense, reversed layer by layer, and the identities and relationships of the characters are complex and changeable. The movie uses hot pot as a bridge between the daily and the absurd, showing the evil and selfishness of human nature, and also reflecting the indomitable life of the little people.
Many young viewers should be looking forward to "Journey Through the Moon". This romance film, written and directed by Li Weiran and starring Zhang Zifeng and Hu Xianxu, tells the story of Lin Xiushan (played by Zhang Zifeng) and Wang Rui (played by Hu Xianxu) who meet all kinds of strangers on the road of love in both directions, and witness the various situations in the world during the journey. It is reported that on May 2, the main creator of the film will also parachute into the Oscar Silicon Valley Cinema to communicate face-to-face with Zhengzhou fans, and audiences who want to participate can grab tickets in advance!
There is also a comedy film on May 1st, which is directed by Wu Rina, starring Jia Bing, Tan Zhuo, Xiao Shenyang, Yu Yang, and Dong Baobao, which tells the story of the protagonist "Iron Rooster" Jia Youwei because of an oolong, thinking that he had reached the "advanced stage of brain cancer", quickly recalled his former old iron, and vowed to disperse the million savings in ten days, in order to fulfill the promise of youth - take brothers to eat and drink spicy food, and share the prosperity of life! It should be a work of decompression, and fans who like lively comedy can pay attention.
"Watch Pig Man on May Day", the annual Pig Man appointment is coming! "Pig Man Movie: Interstellar Operation" continues the warm and inspirational style of the Pig Man series of big movies, focusing on "cooperation and teamwork" The theme mainly tells the story of Piggy Star being occupied by cosmic invaders, and the superstar five spirits led by Pigman escaped to Earth to find the legendary Holy Grail of Music Notes, in order to achieve their goals, they formed the Kung Fu Pig Band with human girls who pursued their musical dreams, and overcame obstacles to obtain the Holy Grail of Music Notes, and successfully lifted the story of the interstellar crisis. "Interstellar Operation" is a new adventure, according to the creator, this journey has laughter and tears, more interpretation of the soul of the group and the true meaning of friendship, as well as pictures beyond imagination and hidden easter eggs, friends of all ages can get happiness and growth from it. In short, the types of new films on May Day this time are quite rich, which should be able to meet the preferences of different fans.