Original team, new interpretation
On August 7, the police and bandit action blockbuster "apostle 2: espionage" starred by Zhang Jiahui, Gu Tianle, Wu Zhenyu and Jiang Peiyao, CO starred by Ma Dezhong, Zhang Yichi and Liu Yuning, directed by Wen Weihong, directed by Qian Jiale and directed by Guan Zhiyao, officially landed in cinemas across the country.
Today, the film also released a "word-of-mouth special" and reviewed the premiere of "espionage action" just held in Shanghai, Chengdu, Beijing and Shenzhen: the main creator attracted countless screams everywhere, the film's thrilling action scenes, and the touching brotherhood also triggered a warm response, The audience expressed their excitement and emotion with adjectives such as "blood and blood", "shock", "hot", "burst", "too cruel" and "it is difficult to calm down after reading". So, what are the highlights of this annual summer blockbuster that is about to detonate the Tanabata file?
[highlight 1]: new interpretation of the original team
As the sequel of the film "the apostle", which had a good box office reputation in 2016, "the Apostle 2: espionage" retained the three classic elements of the previous film: police and bandits, undercover and brotherhood. The former film producer Le Yiling, Director Wen Weihong and screenwriter Guan Haoyue continued to be in town this time, but the story started with a new relationship -- starring Zhang Jiahui, Gu Tianle Wu Zhenyu's "iron triangle" will perform a new espionage operation with a new identity this time. Therefore, even the audience who did not see the first film can watch the second film without obstacles.
[highlight 2]: the pattern is open and the scene is upgraded
Director Wen Weihong believes that the previous undercover films were purely police and bandit stories, and their vision was mostly limited to the local. Therefore, he joined hands with action director Qian Jiale to comprehensively upgrade the production, transforming the battlefield from the former Brazil to the current Myanmar and Spain, trying to create the atmosphere of spy film and break through the bottleneck of genre films. At the same time, gun battles, flying cars, explosions, boxing and other action scenes are also indispensable. On the set in Myanmar, helicopters were even sent out to 'fight'. In Pamplona, Spain, the crew specially reshaped the local long-standing 'bull Running Festival', creatively combining drag racing with cattle chasing. At the same time, in order to give the audience a more real viewing experience, the crew tried to shoot running cattle and flying cars, which is the first time in film history.
[highlight 3]: the movie emperor's Biao drama is as kind as gold
As the emotional core running through the IP of the apostle, the brotherhood of "righteousness first" is naturally an important factor to move the audience. During the premiere of the four cities of the film, the heartbreaking and touching performances of the three film emperors of 'Gu Hui Wu' even made many male audiences cry. Zhang Jiahui joked at the previous press conference that he would perform a 'male life and death love' this time. I believe that on Tanabata, this period of three decades of wind and rain will not give up, and the brotherhood of life and death will certainly enable more viewers to feel the deep and gentle side under the large shell of the film's hard bridge and hard horse.
[highlight 4]: pure Hong Kong flavor, recalling the original heart
In addition to the classic 'brotherhood' proposition, the film reflects the pure Hong Kong film style in character setting, clothing modeling, action scenes and lines. Fans of old-fashioned Hong Kong films can even find that the film occasionally reveals the shadow of Galaxy image and John Woo hero films. Some details can even be traced back to Shaw ace director Zhang Che in the 1960s and 1970s. It is not difficult to see that the director not only has the enterprising spirit of 'looking forward', but also does not forget to go back to the classics and recall his original intention. Therefore, while fully expanding the pattern and vision of the apostle, the gold medal IP, the film also contains a deep feeling of Hong Kong film, which is worthy of repeated aftertaste by careful fans.
[highlight 5]: rich in details and hidden secrets
As a gold lettered signboard of undercover theme, the Apostle series is full of ingenuity from TV dramas to movies, and even many details need two or three brushes to figure out. Although the Apostle 2 focuses on the emotional line, it still leaves a lot of interesting details, which is worthy of repeated deliberation. For example, the Rubik's cube, which appeared repeatedly in the first film, was upgraded from level 3 to level 5 in this film, and the playing method of Morse code also had new tricks. More 'colored eggs' should be revealed in the cinema!
"Apostle 2: Operation espionage" originated from the accidental separation of a childhood partner. 30 years later, due to a crime, the former brothers met again, but they were in different camps. With the in-depth investigation of the crime, a terrorist organization hidden behind the scenes for many years has gradually surfaced. The film slogan reunited in a different way, but it seems to imply that no matter where they are in different camps, what they can't give up is always brotherhood. The emotional elements of Apostle 2 will hit the heart.
"Apostle 2: Operation espionage" was released nationwide on August 7.