At first, I just wanted to make money

There is no need to discuss the fact that Hong Kong films are on the decline!
Blindly follow the trend, photographing one type to death, causing other types to disappear or become a niche.

For example, "Ghosts Fighting Ghosts" became popular in fantasy films, and Sammo Hung started to make "People Scary", "People Scary Ghosts" and "Ghosts Bite Ghosts".

After the Five Lucky Stars series became popular, they successively launched "Five Lucky Stars", "Summer Lucky Stars", "Blessed Lucky Stars" and "Five Lucky Stars Hit Ghosts". The ratings have dropped all the way, from 7.9 to 6.5.

Kung Fu movies are popular, so they make Kung Fu movies hard, and star dramas are repeated again and again if they make money, but this model is not innovative, but retro seven 80s, so now only police and gangster movies are left...

Since the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, almost all Hong Kong films of the police and gangster genre, especially those involving undercover agents and traitors, have its shadow.

"Sweeping Drugs 3" is the same, the visual sense is too strong, and even the lines are the same.However, only lines like can not become a classic.

The plot of the movie is very old, the kind that is badly shot.

It is also known as the "cops and robbers formula movie" and is somewhat comparable to the "main theme formula movie" in our mainland.

The most important thing is that such a formulaic movie was not made well, so I won't talk about the plot without any suspense.

I really feel that there are too many films about anti-drug and anti-crime subjects, and several anti-corruption films in a row. Everyone is tired of watching them. "Everyone loves to watch it.

In fact, you can shoot pornography themes...

In the past, TVB had a TV series called "Pioneer of Anti-Pornography", which was very good-looking, and the theme song was sung by Guo Fucheng - Heroes Without Dreams.

In fact, Guo Fucheng can challenge this theme, "Pioneer of Anti-Pornography" vs "Bomb Disposal Expert", let Lin Chaoxian or Ye Weixin shoot, maybe it will be popular.

I was serious!
Well, the subject matter is not the original sin, the key is the entry point of the script and characters.

Looking at previous themes, such as "Magic Police", "The King of Guns", "The Disciple", "Keep Talking", etc., it doesn't make people feel very repetitive.

Later, I don’t know from which year I have been refusing to spend my imagination on the police and gangster scripts, blindly pursuing scenes and layouts...

From Shen Xudong's point of view, it's pretty good. He has PPTV, so he can create his own film and television series according to the Netflix model and attract talents from the Hong Kong circle...

There are more than 1 people working in Hong Kong film and television dramas, and there are still many good players.

For example, the executive director of "Hurricane", Chen Weixiong, is not well-known, but he has been the executive director of a lot of movies, such as the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, two "Underworld", etc. The co-directors are Hong Kong's top big-name directors , Johnnie To, Lau Wai Keung, Wong Jing, Sammo Hung, etc.

For example, Xiao Weiqiang has served as the executive director of "In the Mood for Love", "2046", "Fearless", "Kung Fu King", "Zodiac" and other films...

Zhong Lifang recruited the two of them, and each of them started a movie. The scripts were all ready-made, and Golden Harvest had a bunch of scripts for police and gangster movies, similar to "Sweeping Drugs", "Sweeping Criminals", "Fake Money"...

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In the North American market, "Batman The Dark Knight" dominates!
The film that has been at the top of the box office list for four weeks can be described as breathtaking-the box office performance of 1.58 million in the opening week is amazing, and the box office exceeds 4 million US dollars in four weeks!
It's a good thing for Shen Xudong, because Christian Bale's reputation has reached its peak.

Then the release of "Seeing the Devil" at this time will help a lot!

"See the Devil" is a very typical R-rated crime film...

Almost rated NC-17!
If it is rated NC-17, at least half of the income will be lost. Therefore, Shen Xudong asked director Drew Gundam to deliberately add a bunch of bloody and violent scenes. The first time it was rated NC-17, and the second time it was too bloody and violent. The footage was deleted and then given an R rating...

This is to learn from Seth Rogen's "The End of the World". After filming "The End of the World", I think this broken movie is too crazy, maybe it won't get an R rating, so I added a lot of fruit juice, swear words and even sex scenes, which were then deleted and given an R rating.

Speaking of "Seeing the Devil", the plot is very simple. The policeman played by Bell witnessed the brutal murder of his fiancée, and the fiancée happened to be pregnant...

Saw a head submerged in water with my own eyes...

At that moment, a demon rose in his heart.

I swear to take revenge!

The seeds of hatred germinated and turned into towering trees!

Killing him with a single shot won't relieve his hatred, he wants to play with this perverted murderer!

Successfully found the criminal, that is, the perverted murderer played by Jack Nicholson, and then released him. Bell regarded him as a prey and followed him with the latest tracking technology.

Catch him and torture him and let him go.

over and over again.

However, the cunning criminal still discovered the secret of being stalked, escaped completely, seriously injured his fiancée's father, raped and killed his fiancée's sister, and then surrendered to the police...

perfect.

At most life imprisonment.

Then, the policeman played by Bell abducted him at the last moment, took him back to the place where he killed the woman, and built a mechanism. In the final interrogation, the criminal still did not understand the confession.

At the end of the movie, the criminal played by Jack Nicholson is dead...

tortured to death by him...

The 90-minute movie is not hearty, but it is scary and exciting enough, at least the senses are very exciting.

Do American movies still play like this?

There are, for example, Halle Berry's "Fatal Call", Jamie Foxx's "Law Abiding Citizen"...

Both are all kinds of crazy revenge movies, but... one is from 2013 and the other is from 2009.

In other words, at least at this stage, "Seeing the Devil" is a very fresh genre and theme.

The plot is purely for fans of Cult movies. Director Drew Goddard is making and directing a movie for the first time, but the rhythm is perfectly grasped-Yuan Shikong, his masterpiece of director is "The Cabin in the Woods"...

Of course, the most important thing is Bell's super popularity. Warner helped win 2879 theaters to open. This number is very impressive, after all, it is an R-rated movie...

The result lived up to expectations. The box office of "Seeing the Devil" reached as high as 1320 million US dollars on the first day, and 3812 million US dollars at the box office in the first weekend!
And the word of mouth is not bad, there is a high probability that it will exceed 2.5 million in North America, and the global box office is at least [-] million US dollars.

Shen Xudong and his wonderful studio have succeeded again!

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"This kind of heavy-tasting movie is not suitable for domestic audiences..."

On August 8th, Shen Xudong participated in the premiere press conference of "Hard Detective", and was asked by a reporter about "Seeing the Devil", he answered very seriously...

Then, the media asked: "I found that most of the films you made in the United States cannot be released in China?"

"I can't help it. I also want to show off my freshness, and I also want to make some blockbuster movies that will be released around the world, but... I am just a marginal person in the United States. Do you know what a marginal person is? I have no chance to shoot mainstream themes!"

"The "Twilight Saga" was not interested in the big six in Hollywood, so it was my turn..."Seeing the Devil" sells blood and violence. This movie has no meaning...Even the entertainment effect is very poor..."