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This year's May Day once again let everyone see the strength of the top class.
Originally, before the release of the film, the pre-sale box office performance was more brilliant "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City", which gathered a group of veteran Hong Kong stars, but with the official arrival of May Day, the first wave of word-of-mouth fermentation, "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" directly occupied the box office highland.
The box office easily exceeded 100 million on the first day of release, and also broke two records and won 32 milestone moments.
All the data shows how fast the film is gaining momentum.
At a time when the box office appeal of an actor directly determines the box office performance, what kind of actor to choose is very important. In this film, many top performers are in charge, which naturally brings a higher topic and popularity to the film, but the quality of the film itself is also not bad.
First, restore the real battlefield and show the style of China's blue helmets
Previously, there were not no works of the same type in the domestic film market, such as Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" and Lin Chaoxian's "Operation Red Sea", all of which were war-themed movies.
After watching so many works of the same genre, "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" can still bring us a full sense of freshness.
The restoration of war scenes, several high-quality previous works have been done to the extreme, and the highlight and particularity of "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" is that it shows Chinese peacekeeping forces.
When I saw the Chinese blue helmets on the screen, I already felt the demeanor and sense of mission of the Chinese soldiers, but this "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" is not only to let the audience see how the Chinese peacekeeping anti-riot teams on the battlefield perform one arduous task after another, but also to explain their plight thoroughly.
For one, it is difficult to distinguish between thugs and civilians
There are many impressive scenes in the film, but the most humiliating one is that the peacekeeping riot squad went to the square on duty, encountered various cold guns when crossing the laneway, and was attacked by riots in the square.
But in this process, Yu Weidong (played by Huang Jingyu), as the captain, has been emphasizing that everyone should keep in formation and not shoot, and some team members did not understand the captain's orders afterwards, but Yu Weidong's words led to the first layer of the dilemma of the peacekeeping anti-riot team:
It is difficult to distinguish between thugs and civilians.
If they fight back, it will also mean that they are likely to injure civilians, and Yu Weidong also found that many of the rioters were instigated civilians.
Rioters can be counterattacked, but for civilians, the task of the peacekeeping riot squad is to protect, and because of this, in the case of protecting civilians, they are destined to expose themselves to more harm, and this leads to the second dilemma - the crisis of trust of the local people.
When the FPU team entered the village to maintain law and order, the local soldiers questioned our team members, and I believe that everyone had questions about the Chinese FPU team.
Why not stay in your own country and venture abroad?
The answer of our team members is that we share a common vision of world peace, and we hope that where there is war, there will be a peaceful environment where children can live a carefree childhood.
But such an answer is obviously not enough to convince the locals that in their eyes, they cannot rely on people in their own country, so how can they rely on others? Such a crisis of confidence has put the operations of Chinese peacekeepers in more danger.
However, after sincere help, desperate protection and even sacrifice, they have won the trust of local civilians, which shows the difficulty of the work of the peacekeeping anti-riot team.
Third, there is no regional control
Due to the fact that in the early plot, the Chinese peacekeeping anti-riot team is almost always defense-oriented, and it is difficult to have the absolute right to speak as in China.
Even in the process of rescuing the hostages, the captain and others defused the bomb in just ten seconds, and they had to accept the doubts of foreign troops.
But when Yu Weidong, the leader of the riot squad unit, rescues the sniper, Yang Zhen, the voiceover reminds viewers that the Chinese anti-riot squad has finally gained control of the area. In just a few minutes, the peacekeeping anti-riot team immediately cleared all the obstacles, saved our team members, and turned defense into offense, which instantly made people feel extremely happy.
It is no exaggeration to say that seeing the rapid completion of the task of the peacekeeping anti-riot team and the disciplined and coordinated operation, I feel that my blood is boiling.
Chinese anti-riot units are also capable of showing the combat demeanor of Chinese soldiers, but they have no control and have various restrictions on carrying out missions abroad, making it difficult for them to perform.
It can be said that "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" not only allows everyone to see the characteristics of this team, but also allows everyone to see their bitterness and strength.
Second, the three top streams have their own highlights, and the powerful supporting roles are also amazing
has a group of popular top performers with great box office appeal, which is undoubtedly the first-mover advantage of "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team".
The first place, Huang Jingyu
As a man serving in the military in the entertainment industry, Huang Jingyu's adaptability to military themes is incomparable to other actors.
Seeing Captain Yu played by Huang Jingyu wearing a military uniform and a blue helmet, it instantly made people substitute for the role. The sense of strength exuded from the whole body, and the sharp and alert eyes, fully demonstrated the demeanor of Chinese soldiers.
And Huang Jingyu's acting skills have also been trained through a large number of themes of the same type, which not only shows the calm and old age of the captain, but also interprets the character's forbearance and restraint in the face of injustice very well.
second place, Wang Yibo
This time, Wang Yibo challenged the image of a sniper in the play, and because he had also played a soldier before, it was also not a problem.
The role played by Wang Yibo is different from Huang Jingyu, he is more like a "thorn" in the team, but he is not a troublemaker who is constantly in trouble, but a tough guy who is full of justice and unwilling to submit.
In the film, Yang Zhen, played by Wang Yibo, saw the thugs shooting, and the local police immediately fled, blurting out the word "bad seed", and the disdain in his eyes showed his disgust for this kind of villain, and at the same time, he also performed the frankness of the character.
third place, Zhong Chuxi
The most swordsman in the whole film is Zhong Chuxi.
She is the only female soldier in the anti-riot peacekeeping team, and she is more emotional and persistent than the others.
When she witnessed a child being hit by a shot in the square, and she tried her best but did not save the other party, the shock and grief that she experienced for the first time on a real battlefield and couldn't relieve her for a long time was both real and distressing when she played it.
And the expectation of peace in Zhong Chuxi's eyes is also deeply moving.
In addition to these three top performers, there are also many supporting roles with outstanding performances, the equally stable Ou Hao, the leading Yin Xiaotian, and the handsome and upright Zhu Yawen, there are not many scenes but they are amazing.
With good actors and good scripts, it is no wonder that "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" won the first-day box office championship on May Day in one fell swoop.
What do you think of this movie?