Shi Xiaolong has become a director, and our "Xiao Zhan Zhao" has really grown up!
"Xiao Zhan Zhao" took the lead in breaking out of the three major action child stars "Xie Miao, Cao Jun, and Shi Xiaolong". He led his own action team and became the director to make movies.
On December 15, Shi Xiaolong’s first self-directed and self-acted movie "The Truant Detective" was officially launched on Tencent Video and iQiyi platforms.
The impression after viewing exceeded the audience's expectations.
I thought that Shi Xiaolong would encounter the same "Waterloo" as Zhao Wenzhuo when he first became a director. He would definitely make a bad movie. Unexpectedly, Shi Xiaolong not only did not disappoint us, but gave us a surprise.
Audiences who have watched this movie, their impressions after watching this movie exceeded their expectations. They did not expect that Shi Xiaolong could make such a good film, and thought it would be very bad.
"The Truant Detective" took the first place on the platform's movie popularity list less than 3 hours after its release, and its box office directly shot to the first place on the entire network.
As of December 19, the box office of "The Truant Detective" has reached 10.22 million, with an average daily box office of 2.04 million, winning the daily box office championship for 5 consecutive days.
"The Detective" has been online for 7 days, with more than 1.56 million viewers, and its real-time popularity still ranks first in the online movie rankings.
Let’s look at the results of the first film directed by Zhao Wenzhuo, the "master" of " Chen Zhen ". In 2021, Zhao Wenzhuo directed and starred in the movie " counters " with a total box office of 17 million and 4.43 million moviegoers.
However, Shi Xiaolong's "The Detective" still has room for improvement. There is a high probability that Shi Xiaolong's first film will surpass "The Master"'s "Counterattack".
What is it about "The Truant Detective" that attracts the audience's attention?
Shi Xiaolong's version of "The Truant Dragon"
"The Truant Detective" directed and starred by Shi Xiaolong is already the second online movie adapted from "The Truant Dragon" starring Stephen Chow .
The first "truant" online movie is "New Truancy Dragon" directed and starred by " Erlong Hu Haoge " Zhang Hao in 2021.
"The New Back to School Dragon" relied on the gimmick of "The New School Back to School Dragon" to pay tribute to Stephen Chow, plus Huang Yishan, Luo Jiaying, Huang Yifei to promote and build momentum, and finally won more than 31 million in the box office across the entire network.
After a year, Shi Xiaolong picked up Stephen Chow's "Truy School" to make a big fuss and restarted the "Truy School" series of movies. The same story of a police undercover in school, the same beautiful teacher, and a different case.
"The Detective" stars Shi Xiaolong, Zou Zhaolong, Hao Shaowen, Liu Tianzu, Xu Shaoqiang, etc. The cast cannot be said to be luxurious, but it is quite satisfactory.
If the starring roles of two powerful veteran actors, Xu Shaoqiang and Chou Zhaolong, are expected, then the biggest surprise of this film is the joining of Hao Shaowen.
When they were young, Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen co-starred in many movies such as "New Oolong Courtyard", " Xiaolin Boy ", " Chinese Dragon ", "Ten Brothers", etc. Therefore, Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen established a deep friendship and became good friends.
When Hao Shaowen learned that Shi Xiaolong was going to direct and star in a movie, he was also happy for his good friend. Before the movie was released, Hao Shaowen promoted the new movie for his friend Shi Xiaolong on his social platform.
In the footage exposed at the end of the film, we can see how close Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen are. Shi Xiaolong, who was looking at the monitor, saw Hao Shaowen coming over and quickly pulled him over to sit down and watch the footage together.
In order to support the first film directed by his friend Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen starred in the role of Zhu Baowen in the film, especially the line that Hao Shaowen said to Shi Xiaolong in the film:
"I think you look familiar, as if I've seen you before somewhere. Have we met before somewhere?"
With just a few sentences, the audience was completely off guard. This was simply "memory killing".
Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen have never worked together in a movie since they became adults. Only Hao Shaowen and Ng Meng-tat collaborated on "New Wulongyuan: Laughter in the Jianghu".
The "Truant Detective" directed by Shi Xiaolong also became the first collaboration between the two as adults. Is
a piece of plagiarized crap? Or a fine tribute?
1 Plagiarism from "Black Man"
In the movie, Chen Hu, played by Shi Xiaolong, is a policeman. At the same time, he has another identity. At night, he is the "Black Man" who wears a black mask and fights crime and eliminates evil.
The scene in which Shi Xiaolong plays the black man is obviously plagiarized from the 1996 "Black Man" starring Jet Li . During the day, he is an ordinary "worker", and at night he is a masked black man who fights violence and makes peace.
But "The Detective" is not the first movie to plagiarize "The Dark Knight". As early as 2011, "Fist of Fury" starring Donnie Yen had borrowed elements from "The Dark Knight".
Is this a tribute to "Black Man"? Or plagiarism?
Having said that, this mask is a bit low, isn’t it too upscale? Jet Li and Donnie Yen are all handsome, but when it comes to Shi Xiaolong, why does it feel ugly? The motorcycle is already equipped, but does the crew still need money for a mask?
2 Too much plagiarism of the plot of "Play Back to School"?
The scenes between Stephen Chow attending classes and taking exams are the most famous scenes in "Fighting Back to School".
"The Detective" and "The New Captain's Dragon" are adapted from "The Captain's Dragon". Both Zhang Hao and Shi Xiaolong plagiarized the most famous scenes of "The Captain's Dragon".
Zhang Hao directed and starred in "The New Truant Dragon" which plagiarized Stephen Chow's exam scenes, and he almost copied the original version, except that he changed the Chinese history exam questions to Chinese art history.
Of course, how can Shi Xiaolong’s "The Detective Who Plays Back from School" not include the famous scenes in "The Detective Who Plays Back from School"?
Shi Xiaolong: If you copy the exam, I will copy the class!
Chen Hu, played by Shi Xiaolong, and Zhou Xingxing, played by Stephen Chow, are both police officers with strong kung fu skills. Later, they were arranged by their superiors to go to school as undercover agents to search for clues to the case. However, both of them were poor academics in their studies.
The teacher asked him to go to the blackboard to solve the problem. Shi Xiaolong's "The Detective" and Zhou Xingchi's "The Dragon" were exactly the same. They were also stunned in place, holding the chalk for a long time and unable to write a word.
Another exactly the same scene is that he was forced to stand outside the classroom. The same reason was because he could not complete the homework assigned by the teacher every time. He was forced to stand outside the classroom by the teacher. The beautiful teacher would see him every day when he passed by.
It can be clearly seen that this scene of Shi Xiaolong was directly copied from "Playing Back to School", but the time was changed from modern times to the Republic of China.
In addition, Stephen Chow's grades are too poor. Zhang Min played a scene where the female teacher actively asked to come to his home to help him with tutoring. This scene was also included in "The Truant Detective" and "The New Truant Dragon".
can only be imitated but never surpassed. After all, Stephen Chow is still the king of comedy in China.
03 Is it a tribute or a plagiarism of "The Fuse"?
When you saw this scene, did a familiar scene flash in your mind?
Yes, the fight scene in "The Detective" was "borrowed" from "The Fuse". Except for the different scenes, 70% of the actions were taken from "The Fuse".
It is worth noting that the director and action director of "The Detective" are both Shi Xiaolong. The 34-year-old Shi Xiaolong is not experienced as a director for the first time and has a lot to learn.
Shi Xiaolong made his debut as a martial arts actor when he was 6 or 7 years old, but a martial arts actor may not necessarily be a qualified action director.
can be an excellent action actor and action director. There are only three people in China: Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, and Sammo Hung. The well-known Jet Li, Zhang Jin, Wu Jing, and Zhao Wenzhuo are not among them.
Among the well-known action teams in China, you may have heard of , , , yuanjiaban, , and Zhenjiaban. But have you heard of Longmen Shijia?
It is worth noting that Longmen Shijia is the action team of "The Truant Detective", and this action team that I have never heard of is an action team established by Shi Xiaolong himself.
To be honest, Shi Xiaolong and his action team did not do well in the first battle. The action design was completely unoriginal. All the exciting actions were plagiarized from "The Fuse", and the action design of "The Fuse" was none other than Donnie Yen.
"The Fuse"
"The Truant Detective"
"The Fuse"
"The Truant Detective"
It cannot be said to be an imitation, it is simply a replica. Except for the different lens, everything else is almost the same.
If you look carefully, you will find that Shi Xiaolong's expression is based on Ma Jun in "The Fuse".
Shi Xiaolong is "too young" after all.
In order to ensure the excitement of the action scenes, Shi Xiaolong specially invited Zou Zhaolong to play the villain. Yes, it is this " Changwei" who claims to be able to kill the protagonist.
Because the action scenes of "The Truant Detective" mainly focus on Chen Hu played by Shi Xiaolong and Li Jinhu played by Zou Zhaolong. Therefore, as a junior, Shi Xiaolong often consults his senior Zou Zhaolong for advice on many action design issues.
The result can be imagined. I don’t know whether it was Zou Zhaolong’s advice or Shi Xiaolong’s own idea. In the end, the action scene was filmed into "The Fuse".
Shi Xiaolong's first time as a director, the details are still very good. The whole film starts with a gang headed by "Master" trading opium. The opium is stolen by a masked man, which leads to the "Cufflinks Murder Mystery" that occurs later, and finally the truth is found.
"The Truant Detective" still controls the details of the plot very well. It does not deviate from the main line of "cufflink murder", and there is no obvious emotional story line.
However, Shi Xiaolong could not escape the curse of "the heroine of a major Internet product must be an Internet celebrity ". The casting of the heroine is really difficult to describe.
Whether it is the leading female lead who plays Teacher Bai Ke or the second female lead who plays Yu Meizhen, the traces of makeup are still too obvious. In the war-torn Republic of China, how could such good cosmetics be applied to the faces of students and teachers?
It can be seen from the movie that Shi Xiaolong has a very deep affection for Hong Kong movies. If you don't look at the director, you may think that this is a Hong Kong movie, but you would never think that it is a mainland movie.
In addition, the works of Stephen Chow, Jet Li, and Donnie Yen were all copied in "The Truant Detective", and there is no real innovation.
still laughs at "Stephen Chow's laugh points", watches the fight scenes with "Donnie Yen's design", and looks handsome with "Jet Li's shadow". This can only be regarded as a made-up movie.
Shi Xiaolong still needs to work hard when he becomes a director for the first time. He still needs to polish his action design carefully instead of blindly plagiarizing. It is difficult to be an excellent actor and even more difficult to become a qualified director.
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