Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

It must be said that since the Hong Kong circle chose not to provoke Zhou Ziheng, it will be a very beneficial thing for Hengyu and Zhou Ziheng's movies.

The next day, when the film reviews for "The Man from Nowhere" came out, there was no smear campaign from industry insiders, which made the film's critical reviews get off to a good start.

Many Hong Kong film newspapers gave very pertinent reviews for this film.

Among them, Zhou Ziheng particularly remembers the film reviews of Luo Weiming, the editor-in-chief of Film Biweekly and member of the Hong Kong Film Critics Association.

“Like Denzel Washington’s characters in “The Last Airbender” and Jean Reno’s characters in “Léon: The Professional,” Zhou Ziheng used his own identity as an actor to portray the protagonist’s struggle with the violence of criminals and his desire for money.

The structure of The Man from Nowhere has similarities to both of these films.

The protagonist has a dark and painful past, and when he finds his reason for existence, he begins a battle against evil forces - in fact, such a story structure may become a model for future action movies.

In the movie, when the uncle and Xiaomi were together, the audience could feel that the uncle was very happy. When someone deprived him of this happiness, the audience felt the uncle's anger. When the uncle retaliated, the audience felt the uncle's pleasure.

"The Man from Nowhere" does a very good job of emotional interweaving, which is different from some movies that are forced. In this regard, I can't find any other movie of the same level that can match it this year.

The movie that is most similar to "The Man from Nowhere" should be "The Last Airbender" in 91.

But from an audience's perspective, there is still a difference in the emotional intensity of the two plays.

The biggest difference is that "The Man from Nowhere" is a hostage movie, so whether in terms of fighting scenes or hatred of evil forces, "The Man from Nowhere" is more intense.

What is different from "The Man from Nowhere", "Léon: The Professional" and "The Last Airbender" is that the little girl and the killer are not the main story lines at the same time.

Xiaomi is just a clue to revive the character of the uncle.

Several actors in the play need special praise here.

Although Liu Yifei, the young actress who plays Xiaomi, is acting in a film for the first time, her performance in this film is very outstanding. She is definitely one of the most noteworthy child stars in recent years.

Then there is Liu Xiaoli, who played the role of Xiaomi’s mother. This was the first time I saw this actress on the big screen.

She is so beautiful, her face can give the audience rich fantasies. Compared with many goddess-level actresses in Hong Kong films, she may not be the most beautiful, but she is definitely the most memorable one in recent years.

The dance in the ballroom makes one's heart beat faster. This is a beauty that makes people want to find out more.

Then there is the lead actor Zhou Ziheng.

Zhou Ziheng, who was a singer, has a unique temperament. He has not acted in many dramas, but each role he plays is impressive.

I still remember his performance in "The Tazza". He portrayed the character of an ordinary con man to perfection and his acting skills were superb.

In "The Man from Nowhere", although his acting performance was average, he gave the character a different temperament.

That kind of decadence, that kind of coldness, that kind of temperament of being cold on the outside but warm on the inside, this is something that few young actors in the current Chinese film industry can achieve.

Then back to the action of the movie.

The action scenes are full of punches and the gunfights are quick and decisive.

Zhou Ziheng may not be a professional action actor, but his action scenes are definitely unique among all the action actors in Hong Kong.

I heard that Zhou Ziheng plans to continue on the path of an action actor, and I am looking forward to his future works."

A film review of more than 600 words perfectly expresses Luo Weiming's deep love for Zhou Ziheng.

Luo Weiming holds a very high status in the Hong Kong film critic circle. As soon as this film review came out, it immediately attracted the approval of some people.

“A very good action movie.”

"Another step forward for Zhou Ziheng in his acting career."

"Much better than the old con man."

Unlike Tazza, The Man from Nowhere received surprisingly good reviews.

In addition, it was not only the film critics who praised this movie. Both Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan came out to praise the movie.

Sammo Hung has always been very straightforward in his words, and he said directly:

“Some people in the circle have been rejecting Zhou Ziheng, but one thing they cannot deny is that Zhou Ziheng is indeed a genius.

He is also an outstanding filmmaker, both as an actor and as a screenwriter.

I personally am looking forward to working with him on a drama.”

Even without the smear campaign by some people in the Hong Kong circle, Zhou Ziheng himself is very popular because of the hot sales of his records.

This made the performance of "The Man from Nowhere" very gratifying after its release.

The box office on the first day was 3.7 million.

On the second day, it went even further, reaching 4.1 million, winning the championship on the single-day box office chart that day.

"The Man from Nowhere", "Once Upon a Time in China II: The Lion of the West", "A Good Man", "All's Well, Ends Well 97".

The four movies became the most popular movies during the Spring Festival.

After the release of the four films, they all received very good word-of-mouth results.

The competition among several films directly led to a big explosion in the film market this winter, which was a good start for 1997.

Zhou Ziheng did not stay in Hong Kong for too many days.

He accompanied the crew on two roadshows.

On the 6th, I took a plane to Beijing.

The Spring Festival is approaching, and he needs to go to Beijing in advance to rehearse for the Spring Festival Gala.

This year's Spring Festival, at the invitation of the program team, he specially created a song to welcome his return to Hong Kong.

He submitted two songs in total, one was "Yellow Man" and the other was "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth".

Finally, "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth" was chosen.

In addition to this song, Zhou Ziheng will also perform other songs at this year's Spring Festival Gala.

He needs to sing Luo Dayou's "Pearl of the Orient" with a group of mainland singers.

In fact, to a certain extent, although this year's Spring Festival Gala is welcoming the return of Hong Kong, because the time has not yet come, the Spring Festival Gala planned by CCTV is not that large.

However, even so, the Spring Festival Gala is the Spring Festival Gala, and Zhou Ziheng still attaches as much importance to this stage as always.

After he returned to Beijing, he devoted himself to rehearsals and did not even have time to pay attention to the celebration party for "The Man from Nowhere", which grossed over 14 million yuan in the first week and ranked first on the box office chart that week.

Of course, this doesn't mean that he stays in the rehearsal room every day.

Even if there is nothing to do, he will still go out for some fresh air.

Sometimes I would go to my sister's house to ask for a cup of tea.

In addition, I would get together with people in the circle in Beijing from time to time.

During this period, good news about his album "Love Story Under the Stars" also came frequently.

The sales of this album have exceeded 15 million and are heading towards 20 million.

This album may become Zhou Ziheng's first album to exceed 20 million.

(End of this chapter)