Read more carefully this year's National Day holiday, and it actually shows two major characteristics.
First, movies adapted from real events (stories) account for a high proportion, and 3 of the 7 new films are the same.
second, the box office showed obvious "polarization".
has exceeded half of the schedule, and 6 movies have not exceeded 100 million.
The only movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan was simply "exploding" again -
was released for 15 hours, with a box office of over 100 million yuan. In 2 days, the box office quickly reached 400 million yuan.
This movie is ",000 miles home " starring Zhang Yi and Yin Tao .
In addition to the box office, the film has triggered the audience's "that I never saw it" public opinion fermented.
For example, Consul Zhao, who works in Afghanistan .
He couldn't hide his excitement and wrote hundreds of words of review to express his love for the film.
We are familiar with Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian , also rarely calls a movie.
Director Rao Xiaozhi has always been known for being low-key and restrained, but this time he also gave his works full marks very confidently.
This film is adapted from real events. The story of
can be said to have its own advantages and risks.
The advantage is that Numia in the film is a fictional country, but the background of evacuation of overseas Chinese is based on real news events.
Everyone has more or less understood in the news in the past 10 years, so they are particularly immersive when watching.
The risk lies in two words, "evacuation of overseas Chinese".
evacuation of overseas Chinese is not such a new topic.
"Wolf Warrior 2" " Red Sea Operation " has all involved this topic.
However, in these movies, "evacuation of overseas Chinese" is just a background board. In essence, and other movies, is still a cool movie that highlights "personal heroism".
And "The Way to Return" is completely different. The diplomats played by
Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai are both unarmed ordinary people.
During the evacuation of overseas Chinese, they must not only not interfere in other countries' internal affairs, but also protect the safety of their compatriots.
difficulty is comparable to embroidered on sesame. The entire film weakens the legend and highlights the glory of ordinary people. It is difficult to take good photos of
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Many people went to watch this video for Zhang Yi and Yin Tao.
Zhang Yi just won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor for " Above the Cliff ".
Yin Tao also shined with his role as Zheng Juan in "The World" at the beginning of the year, and they were absolutely guaranteed to have their acting skills.
Zhang Yi plays the diplomat Zong Dawei in the film, is a "civilian hero".
He does not have iron teeth, bronze teeth and three heads and six arms, but he interprets this role in three-dimensional and vivid ways.
For example, in order to comfort his wife, he was in a war, he also wore funny Arab clothes to make his wife happy;
For example, in order to rescue his compatriots, he used money to buy rebels, and even chatted and laughed with the other party's leaders;
For example, he would be cowardly, and would be angry and embarrassed when facing Cheng Lang (played by Wang Junkai).
But he can burst out with courage after cowardice and drive out of the siege with the music of "Stars Lighting".
Zong Dawei is a character with small feelings and great righteousness. In order to save people, you can choose to be smooth, but in the face of big things, you can keep the bottom line.
, especially in the end, bravely participated in the game of "Russian Roulette" , which made people excited.
And Yin Tao plays another bitter character in the film. In the film
, she plays the role of Bai Wu, a manager of a Chinese company in Africa. Her husband Zhang Ning ( Zhang Zixian) is Zong Dawei's colleague, who was shot and died in the beginning of a turmoil.
So Bai Huan endured the huge pain of losing his husband and participated in the evacuation of overseas Chinese.
Unlike "The World", there are very few shots in this film that give her sadness. Most of the time, Bai Fu chooses to be patient.
So when we see Yin Tao playing this role, his condition is always tense.
As the manager, Bai Huan directs everyone to retreat in an orderly manner to cheer everyone up.
The more calm she is, the more the audience can feel her torn heart . This state of is not released until the end of the film.
On the plane back home , Bai Huan held her husband's urn.
The sad face seemed to be a battlefield where fierce struggle had just happened and there was no time to clean it, while her calm eyes told the audience that everything would eventually pass. The performances of Zhang Yi and Yin Tao are of course wonderful.
But the highlight of "The Road to Return" is not just that.
As a main theme video, Rao Xiaozhi, who has made " Nameless ", really gave a different answer.
supports 700 million+ box office, and it is nothing else, it is just the 5 changes in the movie that "breaks the rules".
videos have been completely abandoned. Many main theme movies have chosen the "small but exquisite" path to accurately attack.
This is the first change.
In terms of camera language, Rao Xiaozhi gave up the kind of red and joyful style unique to the main theme video.
The entire film was just beginning. The director used a large number of handheld photography and long lenses, and used gray filters to present a dangerous environment shaking in the war.
There are many large-scale shots of headshots with broken limbs.
Especially a little boy's head and head are different after the explosion. The struggle makes people shocked. The realistic style is very similar to "Black Hawk Down".
Sword is a different approach, not shy away from the standards, and realistic narrative. This is the second change.
As diplomats, the protagonists don’t dress carefully, and they are even a bit dirty. In a scene where the video begins, the director even deliberately asked the diplomat Zhang Ning to tell a vulgar joke about "The urine from urination is a bit yellow" .
is to "disenchant" the protagonist of the main theme video for , so that the protagonist can fade away his halo and become an ordinary person like us.
This is the third change.
You can also feel the obvious difference in the tension of the plot design.
What impressed me most about this film is that did not choose the sensational route , and was shot very restrainedly and did not deliberately make the audience cry.
It is designed to fill the plot tension.
The front of the video was dead silent, but Zong Dawei drove to Dilat , and the audio on the car suddenly played Zheng Zhihua "Stars Light the Lamp".
An old song, which immediately had new vitality. The three people in the car responded to the rhythm and beat the rhythm, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
Zong Dawei and others face the threat of the rebels. As ordinary people, they cannot enjoy their grudges like Wu Jing .
But in the face of danger, they took out Chinese passport , resisted the gun of the rebels' black hole. is just this shot, which makes people cry.
Finally, Zong Dawei and Cheng Lang both had an outbreak. Zong Dawei pulled the trigger and participated in the game of life and death; Cheng Lang used the camera as a weapon to sternly warn the rebel leader, which made people's scalp numb.
This is the fourth change.
The fifth change is reflected in the presentation of the film's style. The style of the video is rough, but there are many exquisite ideas hidden in it.
For example, in terms of color processing, almost everything in the film is dark and dull, but only the Chinese national flag, burning flames, and the cover of the fairy tale book "One Thousand and One Nights" is very bright.
These are hopes in the desperate world, which reminds people of "Schindler's List" in red clothes.
For example, in terms of picture comparison, this film is used to the extreme.
You can see that there are corpses outside the car, and a few colleagues in the car are joking and cheering each other;
You can see that there are flying wars in a corner of the street, and a few African children are playing happily;
You can see that after Zong Dawei returned home, he was guilty outside the house, but there was a happy atmosphere in the house. When he stepped into the house, all misunderstandings disappeared instantly.
A main theme video can abandon emotional narratives and make so many new ideas in a thankless way, which is really worthy of our respect.
Korean video " Mogadishu " also talks about the theme of evacuation of overseas Chinese, but after watching "The Road Back", compared to the exaggeration of "The Unconfident" of "Mogadishu", We can proudly say that it is not scary to hit the subject matter, and it is embarrassing to whoever is weak is.
"Mogadishu"
Director Rao Xiaozhi is not fighting alone.
The producer of this film is Guo Fan , and Rao Xiaozhi and Guo Fan are young directors supported by Ning Hao and Xu Zheng using the "Bad Monkey 72 Change" plan.
Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, the young directors they led, have taken over the baton of the sixth generation of directors.
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Let’s talk about the performances of other actors, and they are all full of highlights.
For example, Zhang Zixian at the beginning.
He has played funny roles in "The Beneficiary" and "The Rebel". In this film, he plays the diplomat Zhang Yu is also a funny celebrity.
A audience thought he would become the atmosphere in the whole film, but he was shot and sacrificed not long after he appeared. , which made us call him "accident".
For example, Li Xuejian guest-starred as a diplomat in the rear.
Everyone knows that Li Xuejian is not speaking clearly because of normal cancer . When I watched this film, I was sweating at the beginning.
But in fact, I was still shocked. The diplomat played by Li Xuejian said emotionally: "The motherland will not give up a compatriot, we will definitely take everyone home!"
We can obviously feel that Li Xuejian's voice has become hoarse, but the audience is still deeply infected by his full emotions, and this line has also become a tear point in the whole film.
For example thousand thousand .
She collaborated with Rao Xiaozhi again after " Crowd ". I have to say that Wan Qian really had a screen face and looked dignified and grand.
In the video, she plays Zong Dawei's wife, one in Beijing and the other in Africa.
So almost all of Wan Qian's scenes are a one-man show of making a phone call, but she interpreted this , pregnant and anxious wife very well.
The previous few phone scenes, she performed levels of hierarchy , from doubting to knowing the truth to anxiety and finally understanding her husband.
The couple hugged after reuniting, warm and touching.
Of course, Wang Junkai is the one who has caused the most discussion among the actors.
Honestly, after watching the trailer, still couldn't bear to shave off the bangs , I still don't like him very much, and I think he has idol burden. In the first half of the video, Cheng Lang played by Wang Junkai is not likable either.
As a diplomat, Wang Junkai looks like a high school student , and he is very reckless in his work and does not have brains.
For example, at the beginning, it was because he took the camera to shoot, which led to the entire team being arrested by the rebels;
For example, on the way to retreat, everyone out of politeness, called him "leader" and "Langco" , and This young man actually accepted as a single, without any guilt.
For example, Zong Dawei took everyone to Dilat to take refuge . There was no assistance there, Zong Dawei had no choice but to deceive everyone.
Anyone with discerning eyes knows that Zong Dawei uses "Looking at the plum blossoms to quench thirst" , and inspiring everyone to move forward with a kind lie, but Cheng Lang, a naughty young man, insists on exposing the lies, embarrassing Zong Dawei;
and other "evil deeds" make Cheng Lang unpleasant.
When watching the movie, I could even hear two aunts next to keep complaining that is dragging everyone down.
But after seeing it, I saw that the character Cheng Lang has grown a lot.
This fledgling young man, , began to slowly understand Zong Dawei, , he infected the people around him with his smile.
Video also arranged a redemption plot for him. He held a camera without electricity and pretended to film the rebel atrocities, and also saved his elder brother Zong Dawei with a brave lie.
At the end of the video, he faced Zong Dawei, and also joked to call his elder brother "Xiao Zong". The controversy of the previous seniority and were also easily resolved by this joke.
When watching the movie, I also noticed that Wang Junkai's 's front photo is very handsome, and the side photo is a bit bloated .
Later I learned that he gained nearly 20 pounds for this role, just to show Cheng Lang's body was swollen while running away.
It is safe to say that Wang Junkai has indeed made significant progress in "The Road to Return" compared to the previous " Rebirth Gate " and "Broken Bridge".
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Finally, we will talk about the biggest suspense of the film: Are there any bullets in that revolver? And the 2 Easter eggs in the film
below involve spoilers.
The climax of this film is Zhang Yi and rebel leader Mufta played a "Russian Roulette". This is a classic cruel game, and it is betting on human life.
In the video, Mufta Put a bullet into the 6 bullet slots of the revolver, and then turn off the runner if you are free to promote it.
Then he and Zong Dawei took turns pulling the trigger to his head. The person who was shot lost his life and lost the game .
Zong Dawei was forced to join this gambling. The two took turns to pull the trigger. has a maximum of 3 rounds, and must have one person taken away by the bullet.
Zong Dawei overcomes huge pressure, and every time he pulls the trigger, he seems to have to overcome the force of ten thousand pounds; and Mufta seems to be sure of winning, pulling the trigger calmly.
The two of them went back and forth one after another pulled the trigger 5 times , but they all escaped from death. At this time, the pistol was handed to Mufta, and he was completely panicked. According to the rules, he would definitely die. In desperation, Mufta had to trick her and quit the game.
In fact, you can see the mystery by simply analyzing it.
As rebel leaders, although they are lawless, they are also afraid of . They want to be recognized by the international community and they will never kill Chinese diplomats in public, and they will not be able to participate in this death game with their lives as bets.
But at the same time, the morale of the rebels was unstable. As the leader, we must use such a cruel game to prove that we are the one "Son of the Chosen" to stabilize the people's hearts.
Therefore, Mufta must have tampered with and without bullets in the pistol, which also explains why he was so calm when shooting in the first two times. He was just betting that Zong Dawei did not dare to shoot. He won the game himself and stabilized his morale.
1 Never expected that He encountered Zong Dawei's hard nail and fired three empty guns in succession. If he fired the last shot, either there would be bullets and he would die; or there would be no bullets and his lies would be exposed. Everyone has their own opinion on whether there are bullets in
guns, but it is really clever for the screenwriter to put an ancient gambling game into a movie to produce an ambiguity interpretation. After the video ends, there are two big Easter eggs.
One is the queen of the world Faye Wong sang the theme song "There is Wind on the Road Back" . I have to say that the queen of the world's ethereal voice is really healing. After 2 hours of ups and downs, I was instantly cured when I listened to this song.
The second easter egg contains Wu Jing.
Wu Jing played Cheng Lang's father. After completing the evacuation of the overseas Chinese, Zong Dawei and their father and son came to the beach for vacation. Several people recalled the evacuation of the overseas Chinese, but were still scared.
Zong Dawei also teased Cheng Lang's father . Has he been to outer space, fought against foreign devils, and worked as a wolf warrior, which makes people laugh.
This can also be regarded as a fantasy linkage between " Wandering Earth 2" and "The Road to Return".
In short, "The Road to Return" is definitely the first choice for the National Day holiday.
It may not be a simple and crude movie, but after watching it patiently, you will find that its fun is no less than traditional movies.
Reputation and box office also prove that such domestic conscience-making movies will definitely become popular across the country and be seen by more people.
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