Directed by Liu Guanwei, the action-adventure movie "Spirit Master" starring Qian Xiaohao, Pang Jingfeng, Cheng Yuan and others has been released and broadcast on the online video platform, which is also another cooperation between old partners Liu Guanwei and Qian Xiaohao, the theme is still the spiritual movie they are best at, but after watching it, I found that this "Spirit Master" is not a pure spiritual film, but has become a fantasy film, because there are no ghosts, no zombies, only demons in the film.
Looking at the title of "Master of Spiritual Illusion", you know that this movie is more or less related to Lin Zhengying, which is also the routine operation of Qian Xiaohao and Liu Guanwei, and every movie must rub Lin Zhengying. The plot of "Spirit Master" is basically a combination of "Mr. Zombie" and "Mr. Spirit Illusion", Qian Xiaohao and Liu Guanwei combined Lin Zhengying's two classic works into one, so the audience always has a familiar feeling when watching!
The plot synopsis of "Spirit Master" is roughly as follows: the beautiful wolf demon Guna seduces young men in Qinglong Town, and then sucks the man's semen blood for his own cultivation, catches the demon master Hao Ge (played by Qian Xiaohao) and his apprentices Zhiyuan and Jiale join forces to kill him, after Guna's death, her brother Barca begins to take revenge on Hao Brother, Barca poisons several guests at Hao Ge's birthday party, and Hao Brother in the dark is arrested and imprisoned. After the apprentice Jiale was bitten by the demon wolf, he began to demonize, and the Martial Line of Qinglong Town was also controlled by Barca's illusion, and at the critical moment, Hao Ge and the headhunter joined forces to find Barca's old nest and uproot the wolf demon clan!
In terms of the main story line, "Spirit Master" and "Mr. Spirit Illusion" are exactly the same, but the plot design is exactly the same as "Mr. Zombie", so let's explain it in detail!
After Hao Ge killed the female wolf demon, he caused the crazy revenge of the wolf demon clan, and the big boss Barca used various shady moves against Hao Ge. And the plot of "Mr. Spirit Illusion" is also like this, Lin Zhengying played by the ninth uncle solved several horse thief gangs that practice witchcraft, and later the horse thief gang leader witch led the crowd to attack the ninth uncle, but the big boss in "Spirit Illusion Master" is male, and the big boss in "Mr. Spirit Illusion" is female, and the horse thief gang has become a wolf demon!
In terms of plot design, there are at least four places similar to "Mr. Zombie", first of all, the bridge section where Brother Hao's apprentice Zhiyuan is confused by the snake demon, this section is the same as the experience of the female ghost Xiaoyu in the "Mr. Zombie", the apprentice hero saves the United States after the female ghost is promised, using the trick of staying a guest on a rainy day. Later, the master found that the apprentice was confused by the female ghost, and followed the apprentice late at night to deal with the female ghost, but the apprentice interceded with the master in every way, insisting that the female ghost had no malice toward him, and finally the master gave the decision to the apprentice, and the apprentice let the female ghost go. The plot of both films is like this, but "Master of Illusion" is relatively simple to deal with, and it comes and goes quickly!
The second is the process of blackening after the apprentice is bitten by a zombie, "Mr. Zombie" Chinese after being bitten by a zombie and slowly becoming a zombie, Uncle Nine heals him with glutinous rice. And in "Spirit Master", Brother Hao's apprentice Jiale was also bitten by a wolf demon, and after being poisoned, Jiale began to demonize, and later Brother Hao let Zhiyuan find snake bile to save him, and this plot is basically changing the soup without changing the medicine!
Then there is the design of the master being wrongfully imprisoned, in "Mr. Zombie", Uncle Nine was arrested and imprisoned by captain Ah Wei because of the death of Old Master Ren, and then a big war was launched in prison, and In "Spirit Master", Hao Brother was also arrested for two lives...
Finally, there is the similarity between wolf demons and zombies, in "Mr. Zombie", everyone first closed their breath and then went into the cabinet to hide zombies, and the wolf demons in "Spirit Master" are actually using this trick, you say it is not coincidental...
So many similarities are certainly not accidental, and it can be seen that Qian Xiaohao and Liu Guanwei deliberately did it. But this kind of trick of selling feelings is not every time, so many bridges forcibly mixed together are not coherent, and there is no foreshadowing, the plot comes and goes very bluntly, it is for plagiarism and plagiarism, but never considers whether it is appropriate or inappropriate.
Overall, this "Spirit Master" is not too good-looking, first of all, the script is not polished at all, it is intercepted and pieced together in Lin Zhengying's classic works, and secondly, the casting is not successful, whether it is Zhiyuan or Jiale in the film, they are all imitating Qiu sheng and Wencai, but the acting skills of these people really dare not compliment. Finally, there is the battle between good and evil, lin Zhengying's zombie film fight scene is very interesting, the villain is also strong and fearful enough, but the big boss in "Spirit Master" is actually a paper tiger, the god in front of it is godlike, and finally it was actually KO by Qian Xiaohao's sword! And the two of them actually used ranged attacks when fighting...
In recent years, Liu Guanwei and Qian Xiaohao have been in bad films, it can be seen that they have long been exhausted by Jiang Lang, but now they still tirelessly eat Lin Zhengying's dividends, and every time they pay tribute to Lin Zhengying's banner to fry cold rice, Si ren has passed away, I hope they are good for themselves! Well, welcome to leave a message in the comment area below, click to follow up to push more wonderful content!