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The Battle of the Blockbusters: A Look at the New Films for the Spring Festival 2024

“Article 20”

“Hot and hot”

“Flying Life 2”

“Red Carpet Mr.”

The Year of the Dragon Spring Festival is less than a month away. After the strong rebound of the New Year’s Day movie market, people are full of enthusiasm for the upcoming Spring Festival. Sure enough, in less than three days, six new films were announced to be added to the Spring Festival schedule, and the market atmosphere suddenly heated up. The six new films are “Article 20”, “It’s Hot”, “Let’s Shake the Sun Together”, “Flying Life 2”, “Mr. Red Carpet” and “Bear Infested: Reverse Time and Space”. Judging from the current situation, it is difficult to say which film will definitely come out on top, because each film has its own characteristics and is among the best.

The director is extraordinary and the stories have their own qualities

First of all, looking at the director lineup, Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, Jia Ling, and Han Han are all directors who have had success in the Spring Festival. Among them, Ning Hao in “Crazy Alien” and Han Han “Flying Life” respectively won the 2019 Spring Festival. It has earned a box office of 2.211 billion yuan and 1.726 billion yuan; Jia Ling’s “Hello, Li Huanying” has a box office of 5.413 billion yuan in 2021, and is the Spring Festival box office champion; Zhang Yimou’s “Man Jiang Hong” has a box office of 4.544 billion yuan in 2023, which is the box office champion during the Spring Festival of that year. The abilities of these directors are amazing, and the new films produced this time also continue the genre works in which they were best in the past. You can imagine the fierceness of the competition.

“Article 20” is Zhang Yimou’s third time to accompany the audience to celebrate the Spring Festival after “Sniper” and “Man Jiang Hong”. The film uses realistic themes and a small person’s perspective as a cut to show the justice and humanity behind Article 20 of the Criminal Law on “justifiable defence”. The film uses a relaxed and humorous approach to tell the story of the main character who risks everything and relies on his own efforts to ensure fairness and justice.

“Mr. Red Carpet” directed by Ning Hao tells the story of king Liu Weichi (played by Andy Lau) who collaborated with director Lin Hao (played by Ning Hao) to shoot a rural themed film in order to win award. Unexpectedly, an unexpected combination of circumstances turned into a “farce”. Ning Hao and Andy Lau came together in 2006 through “Crazy Stone”, which received financial support from Andy Lau. 18 years later, Ning Hao gave Andy Lau “Mr. Red Carpet” as a “payback” gift The two acted opposite each other for the first time on the big screen, and I believe it will arouse interest many viewers.

“Hot” directed by Jia Ling once again continues the golden combination of Jia Ling and Zhang Xiaofei, but the two changed their roles from “mother and daughter” to “sisters” in “Hello, Li Huanying”. I believe that such a combination In addition to adding Lei Jiayin, it will definitely be very impressive.

“Flying Life 2” directed by Han Han follows the team from “Flying Life” and tells the story of a former champion driver who returns to the rally and rushes to the track full of laughter. Han Han’s last movie “The Four Seas” failed at the box office, and this time he must be working hard and promising to make a comeback at the box office.

The cast is luxurious and the atmosphere is festive

Judging from the cast, it can be said that this Spring Festival release is full of stars, and each film has several stars joining the cast, and the talents are “silent”.

The cast of “Article 20” can be described as “challenging”, including Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Zhao Liying, Gao Ye, Liu Yaowen, Chen Minghao, Zhang Yi, Fan Wei, Yu Hewei, Xu Yajun, Li Naiwen, Jiang Qiming, Aruna, Yang Haoyu, Qiao Shan, Jiang Shimeng, Ding Yongdai, Liu Yitie… Pick anyone and they can be the main characters in other movies. Such a lavish cast reflects a major trend in Spring Festival productions, which is to increasingly emphasize the festive atmosphere of the festival.

From the point of view of the content, these six films almost all follow the path of comedy and warmth, and are very rich in comedic elements. Even for a movie about legal themes like “Article 20”, Zhang Yimou added a lot of comedy elements to the movie and said, “This is the funniest movie I’ve ever made.”

“Hot and Spicy” is a remake of the classic Japanese inspirational film “One Hundred Dollars of Love”. what the audience wants to know most. The answer is that the film is expected to continue to make a big fuss about family affection and comedy effects.

“Let’s Shake the Sun Together” is the final chapter of Han Yan’s “Life Trilogy” and is adapted from the documentary “The Most Utilitarian Marriage Deal, the Most Emotional Eternal Promise” It tells the story of two young people who seriously ill but he has very different personalities. By mistake, he embarked on a healing journey full of love and power. The film is a film that brings laughter and tears.

In addition, the tenth film “Bear Bears” “Bear Bears Reversal of Time and Space” directed by Lin Yongchang continues the consistent “family fun” style. Judging from the performance of this series in recent years, the film has greatly improved in terms of story and production level.

Finally, the 2023 Spring Festival season harvested a box office of 6.765 billion yuan, second only to the box office of 7.842 billion yuan in 2021. With the release of these six new films, the release of the Spring Festival 2024 is also expected to give a stunning result. Reporter Wang Jinyue

Original title: Six new films have been completed for the Spring Festival. The new films of Zhang Yimou, Ning Hao, Jia Ling and Han Han have their own characteristics and it is difficult to distinguish them.

Editor in charge: Zhou Yumin
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