This actor needs more money

Unlike one-man martial arts, the investment in Sha Po Lang is much higher.

One hundred and seventy million.

This production quota is already among the top in the country, and few directors have ever filmed such a large-scale film.

The starring roles are Ding Xiu, Wu Jing, Tony A, and many Hong Kong stars.

All Hong Kong stars are familiar to the audience, and even movie stars like Goo Jai and Simon Yam have been roped in to play supporting roles.

Facing the audience, the crew's promotion was very simple. They only showed two short films to attract attention.

In the first group, the character played by Wu Jing became a drug addict. He rolled on the floor and was sent to prison to take photos with his head held down. It was as miserable as it could be.

In the second group, the prison warden played by Ding Xiu wore a white shirt and a black waistcoat with his head behind his back. He beat Tony A and Wu Jing so hard that they couldn't get up.

Three people, three ways of playing.

Wu Jing used Sanda and Taekwondo styles, Tony Jia pure Muay Thai, and Ding Xiu used Bagua Zhang plus Bajiquan.

The collision of three different martial arts styles creates an unparalleled and exciting scene.

"Fuck, who said action movies are dead? Isn't this exciting?"

"It feels like this is more exciting than the martial arts of the person next door."

"Urban crime, underworld, transnational organizations, police and gangsters, kung fu, foreign kung fu... Judging from the trailer, the story has many elements."

"The cast is unparalleled. Simon Yam and Goo Jai are among the leading male actors in other films and TV dramas."

"If this drama doesn't become a hit, I'll write my name backwards."

"What's your last name, the brother upstairs?"

"My surname is Tian."

"Okay, okay, you're just playing like this, aren't you?"

"One thing to say is that today's action movies are too simple. If other elements are not added, few will do well at the box office. But if too many elements are added, the true nature of a kung fu movie will be lost, so a good script is very important."

"Take Donnie Yen's Ip Man series as an example. It's also a Kung Fu movie, but it's set in a foreign country, during World War II, where they fight foreigners and Japanese. Doesn't it look better to the audience than a simple Wing Chun?"

Experts are among the people, and there is no shortage of smart people on the Internet. After seeing the trailer of Sha Po Lang 2, the master pointedly pointed out the shortcomings of kung fu movies.

That's too much of a kung fu movie.

In the past, action movies on the market were either about fighting just for the sake of fighting, and the plots were too weak. This kind of movie was shot one after another.

Or they are trying to tell the audience a truth through fighting. For example, Xu Haofeng's movies are of this type.

In a sense, the one-man martial arts filmed by Ding Xiu and the others this time is similar to that of Xu Haofeng. The difference is that the martial arts action this time is very good and the actors' acting skills are very high.

If the starring roles are not Wang Baoqiang and Ding Xiu, and the martial arts director is replaced by a different group of people, just looking at the script outline, it will be no different from the Xu Haofeng series.

Netizens pointed out that action movies should have multiple elements, which is right.

And I took the Ip Man series as an example. It is also an action movie, but Ip Man added anti-Japanese elements, which immediately sublimated the film a lot and elevated it to patriotic sentiments.

In Ip Man 2, Ip Man fled to Hong Kong Island, where he opened a boxing gym and boxed with his colleagues. If he didn't fight, he wouldn't know each other, and he met Hong Zhennan, the master of Hong Kong.

Later, the foreign devil tornado set up a ring to challenge the martial arts community in Hong Kong. Hong Zhennan was beaten to death. Ip Man came on to regain the stage. He raised his head and raised his eyebrows, and his emotions were instantly full.

In this way, Ip Man's two-part series became the most commercially successful action film.

What Ding Xiu said about the decline of kung fu movies actually refers to traditional kung fu movies. In the new era, new things must be added to make kung fu movies viable.

Although this time Sha Po Lang 2 has not been released yet, those with sharp eyes can already see the red signs.

Because there are many elements, including drug addicts, organ trafficking organizations, and foreign forces. Even the basic kung fu has many elements, including modern boxing, traditional martial arts, and foreign Muay Thai.

Plus a luxurious cast, Ding Xiu, Wu Jing, Tony A, Simon Yam, Goo Jai...

Let's put it this way, as long as the director is not a bad guy, the box office of this film will not be bad. Although it is absolute, it is the truth.

Regarding the need for action movies to have multiple elements, this comment received hundreds of thousands of likes and seven to eight thousand replies. Netizens felt the same way.

Such popular comments represent the opinions of netizens. Suddenly, many directors, screenwriters, and producers in the industry began to reflect.

I'm wondering if it's time to change my strategy.

After all, there is still a generation gap with young people. Their average age is fifty years old, and their ideas are those of the people in the 1970s and 1980s.

I don’t quite understand what the post-90s generation wants.

The customer is God, and now that God has spoken, as a waiter, he must naturally take good care of God.

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In mid-March, One Man's Martial Arts was released, with a box office of 508 million on the mainland and 20 million on Hong Kong Island.

The domestic box office totaled 528 million. Overall, it still made a lot of money, but the profit was so high that it almost failed.

Next, the film is going to be sent to Southeast Asia for release. If the effect is good, it will be pushed to Europe and the United States.

If nothing else, making another one or two billion won’t be a problem.

This is the foundation of a good movie.

Although One Man's Martial Arts is not a successful commercial film, it is undeniable that what he expresses is still somewhat profound, and the audience will think about it after watching it.

Ten years later, when this movie is mentioned again, people who have watched it may remember that there was once such a martial arts idiot who challenged the martial arts.

The character Feng Yuxiu is destined to become one of Wang Baoqiang’s masterpieces.

One man's martial arts movie is released, and Sha Po Lang 2 will take over.

The box office on the first day was 70 million, and the film schedule rate was 40%.

It was so fierce that it directly beat the Hollywood blockbuster Jurassic World of the same period and set a new single-day box office record for action movies.

Within a week of its release, the box office exceeded 300 million.

After reading it, netizens all praised it.

"This is an action movie, it's a blast."

"If every drama Ding Xiu makes is at this level, why would he say that kung fu movies are in decline?"

"Made, we have all been deceived by Ding Xiu. One second he said that action movies are not good, and the next second he made a big mistake."

"Who says Ding Xiu doesn't understand business? Isn't it great? A thug in a suit catches the protagonists and beats them up. It's shocking."

"Oh my God, I finally know why One Man's Martial Arts is not as good as Sha Po Lang 2. It turns out that Ding Xiu played the good guy."

"Thank you netizen. I also think something is wrong. The case has been solved. The relationship is that Brother Xiu plays the good guy. Everyone is not used to it."

"Should I say it or not, Ding Xiuyi's acting skills are outstanding every minute when he plays the bad guy. Even if he doesn't have many lines, he is still blinding."

"Trivia, Sha Po Lang 2 was filmed two months before Ding Xiu got married. Because he was in a hurry to get married, he only stayed on the set for a month. It is said that because he was busy getting married to Gao Yuanyuan, the director deleted a lot of scenes for him."

"Okay, okay, what the hell, in such a hurry, so many villains are so good at dealing with the time. I won't watch it if Ding Xiu doesn't play the villain next time."

"+1, from now on I will only watch Ding Xiu play the villain!"