In the past two days, a relatively heavy news has appeared in the domestic film industry, that is, the project of "Operation Red Sea 2" has been officially approved. You must know that "Operation Red Sea" directed by Lin Chaoxian, starring Zhang Yi, Du Jiang, Hai Qing and others

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In the past two days, a relatively heavy news has appeared in the domestic film industry, that is, "Operation Red Sea 2" has been officially approved. You must know this Director Lin Chaoxian , Zhang Yi, Du Jiang "Operation Red Sea" starring Haiqing and others is not only the box office champion during the 2018 Spring Festival, but it can also be said to be the pinnacle of modern Chinese military war films.

Of course, strictly speaking, there are not many modern Chinese military war films, including Wu Jing's " Wolf Warriors " series, plus Lin Chaoxian's "Operation" series, and other films such as " Sky Hunter " 》What’s not good about quality is rarely mentioned. In terms of quality alone, it is recognized that Lin Chaoxian's "Action" series is higher than Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series.

Since "Operation Red Sea 2" has just been launched, the starring cast has not been announced, let alone the analysis of the plot of the second part and the military equipment that will appear, etc.

What you may be more curious about is why "Operation Red Sea" is the pinnacle of modern Chinese military action movies? You must know that "Operation Red Sea" was released in 2018. Four years have passed since then. Why is this movie still the pinnacle of modern military action movies?

The movie "Operation Red Sea" has become the pinnacle of China's modern military action movies. From the perspective of the development of the Chinese film industry, it has about two It's a huge breakthrough. From the perspective of domestic films in recent years, this breakthrough can only be matched by " The Wandering Earth ", and Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior Series" is even inferior.

The first breakthrough was "Operation Red Sea", which was by far the best film that Hong Kong filmmakers went north to make a breakthrough in the film and television industry by combining the main theme of the mainland. After it, in addition to Lin Chaoxian's " Operation Mekong ", and then Xu The " outsmarts the Tiger Mountain " and the earlier Johnnie To 's "Drug War".

There is really nothing else. The overall completion of " Changjin Lake " jointly by the three directors is a bit poor.

Most domestic audiences have no awareness of the film and television industry. After all, film and television dramas are just cultural products for entertainment in their eyes. In fact, the quality of film and television dramas depends very much on the maturity of the film and television industry chain behind them, especially in Hollywood in the 1990s. Since the beginning of the era of digital special effects film and television industry.

Due to historical reasons and other reasons, the film and television industries in the three places across the Taiwan Strait have actually always been different systems, which are the so-called production models. The Hong Kong film industry, that is, the film and television industry, has always been the most mature among Chinese-language films. It is also highly commercialized, industrialized and circle-oriented.

Because of this different historical environment, Hong Kong filmmakers do not know much about the living habits and spiritual life of mainland audiences. At the same time, they are completely ignorant of the revolutionary spirit in history, and may even have misinterpreted it.

There is a relatively simple truth here. In recent years, Hong Kong's mainstream directors have not shot countless police and gangster blockbusters. Hong Kong police have been flying around Hong Kong or around the world, engaging in street shootouts, car chases, and all kinds of indiscriminate bombings. The fights have been very lively. It was also intense.

Is the film industry very mature? The problem is that the routines of the police film and television industry may not be applicable to mainland cities or even modern warfare. In the past, the only police and gangster films of this type were Johnnie To's "The War on Drugs" which was good, "The War on Drugs" directed by Mark Siu-fai, which focused on border anti-drugs, and later "Crash", this gene can be seen.

However, Hong Kong police and gangster movies are all crazy and over-the-top, and it just doesn’t feel right to put them in mainland cities.

We can't say that "Special Mission" and "Crackdown" are bad movies, but the overall quality has a low reputation, which leads to a low box office. This is also a bit like "Changjin Lake". Whether it is the scene of the Piao tank in the first film shot by Lin Chaoxian or the almost martial arts design style of director Tsui Hark in this film, we will feel that it is different from previous similar mainland war films. My energy level has dropped a lot.

Tsui Hark's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is actually still a war movie with a main theme using martial arts. The movie is good because the prototype itself is rich in legend. Tsui Hark also borrowed the story-telling method of the characters at the beginning, and finally made the entire movie Zuoshandiao Shanzhai was transformed into martial arts, and then used modern weapons and the film and television industry to embody it, and finally showed a very good effect.

This modern commercial blockbuster is full of entertainment, and the overall degree of completion is also very high. How can the audience study whether it is consistent with history? It is really fun to watch.

is also the pinnacle of China's modern military war films. Why did "Operation Red Sea" surpass "Wolf Warrior 2"

Lam Chao-hsien is the leading director of Hong Kong's Mesozoic era who filmed shootouts between cops and gangsters. Another equal to him is the deceased Chen Musheng ; Others Zheng Baorui , Qiu Litao used to be a cult movie maker. Although he later made many intense police and criminal blockbusters, his genes are a little different after all.

Lin Chaoxian had already filmed modern military wars in the first half of " counterattack ", and his skills were very evident at that time. This still does not mean that Lin Chaoxian can make modern military war films. The reason why this "action series" has a good reputation is that The big reason is that he avoided his own shortcomings and gave full play to the maturity of Hong Kong's film and television industry and his own strengths, combined with the large number of modern military weapons provided by the government that he could not use when making Hong Kong police and gangster movies.

Let's think about it carefully, "Operation Mekong" is just after the accident, the Ministry of Public Security learned the news and sent the hero team to the Golden Triangle to solve the problem. The narrative structure of the entire movie is that the protagonist team first investigates the case, then fights the mobs, and finally fights the big boss. The government departments behind

don't have much of a role to play, so they don't need to shape anything, so there's no need to worry about the bad taste.

This movie is very much in line with the American modern military war action film model. Lin Chaoxian used his expertise in the Hong Kong film and television industry to the best of his ability, combined with the military equipment provided by the motherland, and finally contributed a modern military action blockbuster that is not inferior to similar Hollywood blockbusters.

Of course, "Operation Mekong" has also carefully polished the character creation, narrative and drama. The movie fully manages to keep the characters from being dry, and at the same time, the literary and martial arts are relaxed and relaxed. The whole movie is actually more mature.

"Operation Red Sea" almost completely abandoned drama and character creation, and directly replaced the narrative with one war scene after another in the level-breaking mode. The advantage is that I don’t know if Lin Chaoxian feels that he can’t make this kind of movie in the future and can’t use the large number of military weapons provided by the Chinese Navy.

Lin Chaoxian not only controlled the massive weapons provided by the navy, but also demonstrated his superb film and television industry and scene control capabilities. This is definitely the best in China. Even if it were put in Hollywood, it would be a first-rate director. With the support of the main theme prototype event, these finally achieved high box office and reputation.

Of course, from the perspective of the film and television industry alone or at a comprehensive level, breakthroughs in all aspects are indeed better than "Wolf Warrior 2".

"Operation Red Sea" is the pinnacle of modern Chinese military war films, but its shortcomings cannot be ignored.

"Operation Red Sea" is really the ceiling of current domestic modern war films. Of course, there is a reason why there are too few modern military war films in China. Before, Apart from Lin Chaoxian's own "Operation Mekong", there is only Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" series, and going back further, it is all " breaks out of Amazon ".

Modern military war films are different from war films such as "Tunnel Warfare" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain". This kind of film is the most produced in Hollywood. This film is really only a little bit worse than some classic Hollywood special operations films. Our film and television industry is not as good as Hollywood's, that is, the completion of the movies is a little worse!

"Operation Red Sea" and "Wolf Warrior" are not the same genre. The "Wolf Warrior" series is a modern military war action film, which is about personal heroism.The two films are not at the same level professionally. This is also the second important breakthrough of "Operation Red Sea", that is, it represents the peak of China's modern military war films.

This has a significant role in promoting and establishing China's film and television industry and China's commercial blockbusters.

The entire movie "Wolf Warrior 2" has a strong personal heroism, which is the kind of work-related treatment that the protagonists of similar Hollywood blockbusters fight ten for one. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this. Just like Wu Jing said that Hollywood blockbusters can be played, why can't modern Chinese heroes be played?

Therefore, those who used "Operation Red Sea" to criticize "Wolf Warrior 2" are also deliberately looking for differences. The two movies are not of the same genre. "Operation Red Sea" is a modern military war film that is more realistic. From a professional perspective, the entire film is reasonable as a military film, and the degree of completion is indeed much higher.

There are also tactics, sign language, the rationality of weapons and equipment, gun pointing, etc. Of course, movies are always literary works and must be artistic, but "Operation Red Sea" is definitely the pinnacle of modern Chinese military action movies in terms of professionalism.

It is no exaggeration to say that "Operation Red Sea" is the best domestic modern war film so far. But the disadvantage is that director Lin Chaoxian had too much fun and completely gave up on narrative and rhythm. From beginning to end, the movie has no peeing spots throughout the whole process. This is the advantage and the biggest disadvantage. Even if it is burning, it is too tiring.

There are many similar Hollywood blockbusters, but they generally add a lot of jokes, and the rhythm will make the audience's tense nerves relax and adjust. "Operation Red Sea" feels like it keeps the audience tense, and not only does it not stop after a long time It will feel refreshing, but it will make the audience feel very tired, especially when watching it in the cinema for the first time.

Of course we hope that "Operation Red Sea 2" will make comprehensive progress in martial arts, but also consider literary drama and rhythm issues!

"Operation Red Sea 2" is here, will Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 3" be far behind?

Finally, no matter what, it is a good thing that "Operation Red Sea 2" is coming. Wu Jing and Lin Chaoxian are of great significance to Chinese movies. Many people now feel that it is not very good. How is Hollywood? Can you look at the domestic development instead of looking at foreign countries?

If you think about it carefully, " Wolf Warrior 1" was released in 2015, and "Operation Mekong" was released in 2016. When these two movies appeared, they were still at the peak of China's " traffic economy and ". You should still remember what movies were on the market at that time.

Wu Jing has become the number one actor of the Mesozoic generation in domestic films, and Lin Chaoxian has become the number one director of the Mesozoic generation in Hong Kong. In fact, they have not only expanded the theme of modern military action films that are lacking in Chinese movies, but also have a huge role in promoting the Chinese film and television industry. At the same time, it accurately grasps the context of the times. The superstar status of

is achieved through hard work and is never the result of hype or other nonsense.

In fact, it is a pity that after the creation of these two movies, although there were also modern military war movies such as "Sky Hunter" released. However, the quality and reputation were not good. In addition, due to the changes in Sino-US relations, the official government supported the " Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea " war film. Therefore, in the following years, Wu Jing and Lin Chaoxian plunged into this war film. In fact, the overall quality of the works they handed over was poor. A lot.

Now Lin Chaoxian has finally returned to what he is good at filming "Operation Red Sea 2". I hope Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 3" can also return soon!

ps: In the future, there will be another similar war movie called "The King of the Sky" for the Air Force, starring Wang Yibo . What happened to the Air Force? And Peacekeeping Force has a movie " Peacekeeping Riot ", starring Huang Jingyu and Wang Yibo. Only the navy's "Operation Red Sea 2" seems to have no traffic. Army and Air Force, what's going on with your movies.