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Domestic films are indeed in the doldrums.
"Hot and Hot", which won the box office champion during the Spring Festival this year, only had a box office result of 3.4 billion, not to mention that it was a full 2 billion box office worse than "Hello, Li Huanying", which was also directed by Jia Ling, and even the 4.5 billion box office of "Man Jianghong" in last year's Spring Festival file did not reach.
The box office results of the May 1st movie are even more unwatchable, and I never expected that the box office champion was "The End of the Road" starring Jia Bing, Xiao Shenyang and other comedians.
Although the comedy theme has its own advantages, the quality of this work is unsatisfactory, and the Hong Kong films "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" and "Peacekeeping Anti-riot Team" have stronger lineups, but they have not played this comedy movie with a mediocre lineup and mediocre quality.
And like Yang Mi's "There is No Thing That Can't Be Solved by a Hot Pot", it was a gray withdrawal from the box office competition of the May 1st stall.
Is domestic movies going to fall to the bottom?
Don't worry, the salvation work is coming, because of "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow" starring He Wei, it is predicted that the box office will blow up! Audiences who have watched the premiere bluntly said that the box office of this work should be much higher than that of "Changjin Lake", and it is expected to get a box office of 6 billion and become the champion in film history.
So, where is the arrogance of this work?
First, the main theme is "hard goods" again, and locals serve as directors and screenwriters
First of all, the advantages of the main theme are obvious to everyone.
Whether it is "Wolf Warrior 2", which won the box office record in film history in 2017, or "Changjin Lake", which broke the record in 2021, they are all movies with the main theme, and "Watergate Bridge" with a box office of 4 billion, "Red Sea Operation" with a box office of 3.6 billion, and "Eight Hundred" with 3.1 billion are all works of the same type.
At this point, "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow" is tantamount to winning at the starting line.
But the advantage of the subject matter is only one aspect, the key is to look at the quality. Judging from the trailer, this movie has all kinds of big scenes, and the degree of shock is indeed far greater than that of "Changjin Lake" cooperated by three famous directors.
There is not only the presentation of the real battlefield, but also the aerial force bombing Hengyang City under the overhead shot, as well as the siege of the city with ladders and rivers, I feel that this movie really found 110,000 extras to play the Japanese army attacking Hengyang City, and 18,000 soldiers to defend the city.
This kind of mighty scene makes people feel shocked enough, and it deserves to be a work with an investment of more than 400 million.
And this "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow", like most of the main theme themes, is adapted from real historical events. In 1944, the Japanese army launched an offensive and threatened to capture Hengyang City in one day, and the Tenth Army received an order to hold Hengyang for ten days.
With the belief and hope that reinforcements would arrive tomorrow, they defended Hengyang for 47 days despite the huge disparity in weapons between the enemy and us and the difference in numbers by six times.
In the end, the reinforcements did not arrive, and a sentence in the trailer illustrated the determination of these soldiers to live to the death: "Where will there be reinforcements?" Hit the last person is. ”
The soldiers who defended the city regarded Hengyang as their own cemetery, but also regarded Hengyang as the cemetery of the Japanese invaders, and this heroic battle to defend the city made Hengyang a city that was once erased by artillery fire.
However, the heroic deeds of these soldiers should not be forgotten, and their national spirit of guarding the peace of their home and country with their iron bones is also worth remembering.
It is worth mentioning that Liu Heping, who served as the director and screenwriter this time, is a native of Hengyang, and works such as "No War in Beiping" and "Ming Dynasty 1566" are all from him.
After that, Liu Heping was infected by the deeds of the soldiers in the defense of Hengyang, for him, it was a memory engraved in his bones, and it was also the pride of Hengyang people.
Second, Yu Hewei + Yang Yang may become a new Wang fried combination, and the surprise of the female number one is doubled
The reason why this movie has the possibility of hitting the champion in film history is not only the story, but also because of the actors.
Only a lineup with strong appeal can attract the audience into the game, and Yu Hewei and Yang Yang, who are the main players, are likely to become the new king bomb combination.
The combination mode of this pair of leading actors is very similar to Wu Jing and Yi Yang Qianxi in "Changjin Lake", and they are also the popular top partners of powerful actors, meeting the expectations of various audience groups.
Needless to say, Yu Hewei's acting skills are not to mention, "A City in the City" at the beginning of this year once again amazed everyone, and the setting of white and black, whether it is evil or evil, has been played by him very well.
In "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow", he played the commander of the city guard, Fang Xianjue, who is upright, has sharp eyes, and has the powerful aura of a soldier.
Although Yang Yang's acting skills are a little worrying, after all, he was complained about by everyone in "Fireworks in My World", this time, Yang Yang is obviously here to save his respect.
Just look at the appearance in the trailer, you know that he is still handsome and sassy in a military uniform and wearing sunglasses, and the clear scar on his face, as well as the appearance of being covered with a thick layer of dust and blood stains on his face after being bombed, shows that Yang Yang has completely thrown away the idol burden.
As long as his acting skills return, Yang Yang's popularity and popularity will also soar, and his partner Yu Hewei, a veteran, naturally has no box office high that he can't attack.
But when she saw the female number one appear, she was the real Wang Zhan, and Wan Qian's eyes in the trailer raised her eyes to look at the sky, heartache and expectation, but they were extremely tragic, adding a layer of emotional background from a female perspective to this film.
Perhaps many viewers are worried that it will be abrupt to add a female image in such a work? Will it make the film lean towards a middle-aged Mary Sue? But looking at Wan Qian's state in the trailer, not only does she portray the character without makeup, but also performs the character's stubbornness and tenacity.
When she put on her military uniform, put on her helmet, and took a gun like the men in the ranks, she was only a side face, but she could feel her undauntless determination in her clenched teeth, pursed lips, and determined eyes.
If you change to a traffic star, you should indeed worry about whether it will become a failure, but "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow" chose Wan Qian, which must give the maximum guarantee to the character's acting skills.
In this kind of male group portrait film, female characters are indispensable, not only from the perspective of historical truth, but also in order to enrich the highlights, and use different characters to polish the anti-Japanese war film.
This time, Wan Qian plays the role of a translator of the Third Command of the U.S. Air Force in Hengheng, and the character is more special, whether it is the identity change of this character or the final choice made, it will be a highlight of the film.
There is no doubt that Yu Hewei is right again, this year's summer file will watch this "Reinforcements Arrive Tomorrow".
Do you think this work will be able to win 6 billion at the box office?