The end of the year, the old and the new.
A number of new films were finally released in theaters, and some of them pounced all over the street, such as "Qingya Collection" and "Red Fox Shusheng"; some barely passed, such as "Wonder Woman 1984" and "Emergency Rescue"; some unexpectedly brilliant, such as -
"Bomb Disposal Expert 2" is still OK overall.
The high-energy opening makes the film also earn IMAX money at the same time, and the more solid script and stable narrative structure are better than the previous work, and the tension and excitement of playing for two hours are refreshing.
Hard wounds belong to the villains, this extremist organization is sad enough, a vote of backbone was fooled to send to death, don't you know that the most expensive talent in the 21st century is talent?
Over the years, the Hong Kong movies that can make people have the desire to watch movies, in addition to Du Qifeng and Lin Chaoxian, may only be Qiu Litao.
Qiu Litao is a ghost talent, known for his high productivity and fast hand, dabbling in a wide range of subjects, began to shoot in 1987, more than 30 years in fact, there are many masterpieces, such as:
"The Truth", which fights against power and struggles to maintain justice; "Ten Days of Sex Workers", which reflects social reality; "Semi-Drunken Human", which is partial to literature and art; and "Eight Immortals Hotel", which makes him a god in the First World War, and so on, can be called genre all-rounders.
Qiu Litao graduated from Hong Kong Baptist College (now Hong Kong Baptist University) majoring in film, played rock and roll during college, studied film, and he also loves music.
In 1994, Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, He Yong of "Magic Rock Three Masters", and the Tang Dynasty Band, who performed as guests, participated in the "Rock Chinese Music Force" concert, and the director was Qiu Litao.
The 1980s were the golden age of Hong Kong cinema. In 1987, Qiu Litao got the investment and independently filmed his first film work, "The Legend of Pretty Sisters"
This is a literary youth film.
In the film market where "fierce" films were prevalent at that time, newcomers like Qiu Litao chose to debut in literary and art films, and it was difficult to stand, and sure enough, although the Beyond band was pulled to participate, the box office of the work was mediocre.
In 1988, Qiu Litao was introduced as the cinematographer of "The Inside Story of the Law", the director was Huang Tailai, and the male protagonist was Andy Lau. After the film was released, the market response was outstanding, Qiu Litao was appreciated by Huang Tailai, and several subsequent films were operated by Qiu Litao.
In 1991, Huang Tailai intended to cultivate Qiu Litao, so he entrusted "Hero of Central" to him and served as an executive producer. With the appeal of Andy Lau and Leung Chao-wai, the film has a little echo, but in the early 1990s, Wang Jing, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke and other big names have already made achievements in the Hong Kong film market, you have Stephen Chow, I have Jet Li, he has Chow Yun Fat; and Qiu Litao has not yet formed a distinct personal style, and is still a small role in the industry.
In 1993, Qiu Litao took a different path and filmed the restrictive film "Eight Immortals Hotel". The crazy plot and undisguised restrictive picture made Qiu Litao a hit, and huang Qiusheng won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, but at the same time attracted a lot of negative reviews.
At the end of the 1990s, the Hong Kong film market was weak, Qiu Litao began to try more diversified themes, after the horror film "Take the House" received praise, he directed the first six parts of the "Yin-Yang Road" series, namely "Yin-Yang Road" in 1997, "Yin-Yang Road 2 I Am Around You", "Yin-Yang Road 3 Sheng Coffin Fortune" in 1998, "Yin-Yang Road 4 Walking with Ghosts", "Yin-Yang Road 5 One See Fortune" and "Yin-Yang Road 6 Murder Weekly" in 1999, becoming a representative of Hong Kong's longevity ghost films.
Entering the new millennium, Qiu Litao, like Wang Jing, opened the "high-yield and low-quality" mode, and then entered the mainland, cooperating with Liu Ye and Huang Shengyi to shoot the horror films "Doubting The Gods and Doubting ghosts" and "The Ultimate Ninja".
Although he is a generalist director, many themes have nowhere to shoot in the mainland, and then due to the dissatisfaction of the water and soil, he turned back to the creation of Hong Kong films, filmed "Flower Field Happy Affair 2010", and also tried kung fu genre films such as "Ip Man Prequel" and "Ip Man: The Ultimate Battle", and the market response was painless.
In 2016, Qiu Litao's Bomb Disposal Expert became his first film to break the box office (cumulative box office of 400 million), and received seven nominations for the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture.
At the beginning of the new year, the cumulative box office of "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" has exceeded 700 million. From cult film professionals, to reality, police bandits, literature and art, the pinching and blending of various themes has allowed Qiu Litao to form his own image style in a series of explorations and trials, and it is expected that he can produce more hardcore works.