Genius Gunner, from China

Alphonso 2022-01-16 08:01:56

The article was first published from Zhengudianying, a public account that specializes in digging the true story behind the movie.


This year, China's theaters are extremely lively, and various foreign masterpieces have been introduced, forming a hit.

After India's "Wrestle, Dad" and Spain's "Invisible Guest", the hot Thai movie "Genius Gunner" continued to dominate the screen.

No abortion, no fights, or even romance. "Genius Gunners" found another way to find our common youth memory-cheating.

Those who have cheated will always remember the excitement of that moment, and students who have not cheated will also have vacillating and difficult choices.

Many film critics use "Genius Gunner" to criticize domestic youth films, but I, who is responsible for the truth of the film, are a little bit dumbfounded- the prototype of this film turned out to be Chinese.

To sum it up in one sentence:

The Thai examiner reported a sensational case of cheating by Chinese examinees. It was made into a movie after three years, and the introduction of theaters in China became an explosion.

It's a bit convoluted, let's take it slow.

In the push and introduction of this movie, it was mentioned that "Genius Gunner" was adapted from the 2014 sensational cheating case in the Asian examination room.

The American college entrance exam "STIC" in the movie is actually the American college entrance exam "SAT" in reality.

When the film was promoted in China, only Asian exam venues were mentioned. Many viewers mistakenly thought it was the real hammer of the Thai candidates, but in fact the protagonist of this sensational cheating case was the Chinese candidate.

"Accurate description of the cheating process of Asian students in the SAT exam"

Whether in the movie or in the prototype, the time difference is used to complete the cheating

In the real incident, ETS (American Educational Testing Service, SAT Test Development Unit) received a report from Joachim Ekstrom, the head of the high school section of the NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand.

A Chinese girl was arrested. Current: She was arrested while peeking at her mobile phone during an exam.

Her phone was full of correct answers for the exam that day . The news came from a person named "BlueOcean", her trainer.

Send her answers at the Melbourne exam room, Australia, three hours earlier than Thailand.

On October 31st, "Time" Weekly added a factual report

It is worth mentioning that Chinese candidates have more tricks in the international examination room-hiring gunmen.

In May 2015, 15 Chinese nationals were prosecuted by the US Department of Justice for fraudulent conduct in the SAT test in the United States.

Six of them were accused of paying someone to take the test, four were taking the test, and the other four were suspected of fabricating fake passports. Five people have been deported from the United States.

Back to the topic, "Genius Gunner" was bought out by Hengye Pictures for 3.3 million in domestic copyright. The box office on the first day of the show was as high as 30 million. It is a complete profit.

And Chinese youth movies are still obsessed with the three magic weapons of good looks, nostalgia and popular IP. Spending huge sums of money to invite traffic niches and buy popular IPs, but the box office is still not satisfactory, and even lost money.

Local prototypes, great ideas, but they are one step ahead.

We can't help but reflect on whether domestic screenwriters are incompetent, or cheating in the country has long been commonplace?


The above content is excerpted from the official account of Zhengu Movie WeChat account: zhengudianying

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Extended Reading
  • Rodger 2022-03-23 09:03:03

    Why do I feel like that...why don't my blood flow...what's wrong with me...I'm starting to doubt myself!

  • Scarlett 2022-03-21 09:02:59

    Student cheating turned into a spy thriller, like Eleven Arhats. The rhythm is excellent, and the chasing scene at the Youzan subway station reminds me of "French Drug Network". It can be seen that after the narrative strategy of genre films is thoroughly understood, various themes can be mastered with ease. The role relationships reinforce the dramatic conflict that eventually rises up the educational system and social class. The three times "Jingyuan" is used well, suggesting a bottomless pit where one step is wrong. The biggest flaw is that the transition of characters at the end is too abrupt.

Bad Genius quotes

  • Pat: We get to choose the university, the university doesn't get to choose us!

  • Headmistress: Remember, school is a place for studying, not making money.