In the past few years, the film market is very hot, the box office of a single film and the total size of the annual box office market have repeatedly reached new highs, but in the past two years, the film market has been affected by various factors, the fluctuations are very large, the polarization is serious, some of the movies are popular and the box office is good, and there are also many movies, and the rush to release the heat is not high and soon, and some cannot be squeezed into the cinema at all.
At present, the films that perform well at the box office are partly new directors and new works that have become dark horses, and some are big productions with some stars, as well as some movies that have received good responses before and have been made into series later, such as the "Detective Chinatown" series of movies played by actor Chen Sicheng and directed by Youze.
Recently, another movie was announced, called "Manslaughter 2". Just by listening to the name, I believe many viewers know that this is a new film launched after the "Manslaughter" movie.
Two years ago, the movie "Manslaughter" was released, which was a drama crime film starring Xiao Yang, Tan Zhuo, Chen Chong and Jiang Haowen, and specially invited by Qin Pei. Looking at this theme and cast, many people did not have particularly good expectations at that time, because there were many crime films, and it was easy to overturn if the story was not told well, Xiao Yang Chen Chong Tan Zhuo's acting skills were not bad, but the fame was not high At the box office, the appeal was not strong.
But in the end, "Manslaughter" has become a dark horse in the film market, although there is no black in the end to refresh various records, but such a story and actor configuration, up to more than 1.3 billion box office, has been a very good result, but also really rely on the story and actor's acting skills to win a good reputation to form a virtuous circle, and finally won a good box office revenue.
With this foundation, according to the current development model of the film market, it is bound to launch continuous works. However, the story of "Manslaughter" is relatively complete, the ending is not relatively closed, and it is basically impossible to shoot a sequel, so "Manslaughter 2" cannot be regarded as a sequel, but can only be said to be a series, similar story themes and styles, and almost the production team, telling a new story and characters and character relationships.
The reason why "Manslaughter" will be made into a series of movies and launch the second one, in addition to the inertial thinking development model with good box office reputation in the first step, but also because the investors and the main creative team of this movie have two people who have played a key role, they are Chen Sicheng and Xiao Yang.
Chen Sicheng has successfully made "Detective Chinatown" into a series of movies before, and the box office revenue is very good. Xiao Yang is the star of the first "Manslaughter", which is an important masterpiece of his transformation from singer to film actor. Coupled with the fact that the two have worked together before, they naturally want to make "Manslaughter" a series of movies. So in the second part, in addition to Chen Sicheng continuing to be the executive producer Xiao Yang continued to star, the two were also film investors, and the two continued to cooperate in multiple dimensions to copy the rhythm of the "Tang Detective Universe".
Although "Manslaughter 2" is a continuation of Chen Sicheng's xiaoyang cooperation and continuation of the previous story style and theme type, the story content and character relationship are brand new, and the female lead actor has also changed from Tan Zhuo to Wen Yongshan.
In recent years, Wen Yongshan has become popular in the film and television circle, and her works have continued, but before in the TV series "The Sound of the Wind" and "Tianlong Eight Parts", the performance seems to be very general, the shape is good, but the acting explosive power is insufficient. I don't know if in this movie's different stories and characters, Wen Yongshan will be tapped into new potential, and Xiao Yang Ren Dahua QinPei and other actors collide with sparks, can only wait and see.