The combination of Jackie Chan × Tang Jili has always been a standard family-friendly configuration, and of course, "Pioneer" is no exception.
If you want to rank Chinese action movies, Jackie Chan's movies can basically be rated PG-13 (American standard), which is a movie that can be watched by the whole family of men, women and children.
In January 2020, I was fortunate to watch the inside scene of "Pioneer". "Pioneer" and Jackie Chan's "Zodiac" in recent years and other New Year movies are basically the same in structure, full of the content that a full-fledged action comedy should have. , very suitable for the Spring Festival stalls, National Day stalls and other schedules.
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The difference between "Pioneer" and the previous films is that there is a lot less comedy and a lot of humor in the action. Even Allen, who was a comedian, has a lot of tough guy vibes, let alone Yang Yang. A cold tough guy. Perhaps only Jackie Chan still retains his share of humor.
After watching "Pioneer", I can't help but sigh that Jackie Chan's action scenes are less and less than the previous movies. Indeed, Jackie Chan is 66 years old this year, and he has reached his sixtieth year. Jackie Chan is already old.
In the movies before Jackie Chan, his trajectory is always the shortest straight line between two points. From the third floor to the first floor of the shopping mall, he would go down one after another, from the top to the bottom he would choose to jump down, and now Jackie Chan would choose to take the stairs. In the film, Jackie Chan also used a humorous way to make self-deprecation about the difficulty of completing these difficult movements when he got older.
In "Pioneer", complex action scenes and more action scenes are handed over to the younger generation, such as Yang Yang, Alan, and the family class. And these younger generations have a very high degree of action completion in the film.
Four or five years ago, when I was chatting with friends about Jackie Chan, we agreed that Jackie Chan is very suitable for the Chinese version of the 007 series of movies. Like the "Police Stories" series, or start a new series. '
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So far, look at Jackie Chan's recent film works. It is difficult to come up with a series that can be compared with the 007 series. The most iconic "Police Story" series also stopped for too long.
The cooperation model of Jackie Chan × Tang Jili is relatively stable. "Pioneer" is the ninth work by Jackie Chan and Tang Jili. In the past 10 years, the two have collaborated on four films, starting with "Myth", "Zodiac", "Kung Fu Yoga", and this year's "Pioneer" ". The more these films go on, the more obvious they have in common, that is, they are all about international treasure hunts.
In "Pioneer", Jackie Chan's career has changed, becoming an international security company, and "Pioneer" is the code name of this team. What the vanguard has to do is to solve the international rescue mission and save the world mission. This seems to be a bit of a 007 feeling. And "Pioneer", like 007, is a code name, and it sounds like it may become an IP.
How can I make this IP last? That is to have a sequel, such as the most popular "Tang Detective" series in China. The box office is likely to be better than one, and the "Wolf Warrior" series, the third may also set a box office record. Internationally, there are "Fast and Furious" series, "007" series, "Mission Impossible" series, these are already a mature IP.
If "Pioneer" is to be a sequel, one must ensure the quality of each film. If it goes on like this, with this gene, whether "Pioneer" can become a mature IP depends on how Jackie Chan × Tang Jili handles this series next.
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"Pioneer" can be said to be a good start for the systematization of Chinese professional spy movies. Except for Jackie Chan movies, there are very few Chinese spy movies.
In "Pioneer", Tang Jili decomposed Jackie Chan's advantages very well, Allen decomposed the characteristics of Jackie Chan's comedy martial arts, Yang Yang decomposed the characteristics of Jackie Chan's tough moves, and assigned some handsome moves to Zhu Zhengting and so on. And these guys did a good job. Especially Yang Yang, I heard that they all go there in person, and if they can not use a substitute, they don't need a substitute.
Action films are a difficult genre to shoot and produce. I remember chatting with Tang Jili once, because he is also a producer and producer himself. He has produced and produced many art films, such as "The Party at Southern Station", Bi Gan's "Roadside Picnic", "The Last Night on Earth", Wang Yichun's "What's in the Darkness" and so on. He has been sighing that action films are many times more difficult than the literary films he supervised.
Hong Kong action films have a very long history, and martial arts instructors have been passed down from generation to generation. In fact, the actions of many martial arts films are copied and copied, and the combination of Tang Jili × Jackie Chan, each of their new films has a new action design, which belongs to the kind of innovation. There are many brand-new action designs in "Pioneer". Give it to Yang Yang and the others to use.
"Pioneer" gives a new perspective to watch Jackie Chan movies. Jackie Chan's identity in Pioneer is more like the housekeeper behind Batman and Mrs. M behind 007. As for the agents who appeared in this film, I still look forward to seeing them continue to perform their missions in the next sequel, and I also look forward to their missions becoming more and more complicated and the plot getting better and better.
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Sometimes chatting with friends, I always inadvertently talk about what is a good action movie?
I remember my answer is: a good action movie, he has at least 1-2 classic shots to impress you.
For example, look at the "Fast and Furious" series, "007 series", "Mission: Impossible" series, "Mad Max" series. In fact, the plot of each film will gradually be forgotten, but there will be one or two or more scenes in each film that are deeply in your mind. When you mention this film you think of that set of shots.
In fact, there is also such a scene in "Pioneer". I watched the internal screening in January this year. Now ten months have passed, and some of the plots have actually been forgotten, but there are several groups of very visually striking action scenes. Now Looking back, it's the same as when I saw it in the movie theater today.
In Jackie Chan's past movies, there are actually many action movies like this with impressive sequences.
From this point of view, I think "Pioneer" is already a good action movie.
Every year, the very best action movies at the global box office are almost all taken over by Hollywood. When it comes to Chinese action movies, only Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, etc., and some martial arts instructors have also emerged in Hollywood.
But Chinese action movies still need someone to take this step and go to the world to gain more box office and audiences. Now, it is visually estimated that Jackie Chan × Tang Jili is doing this. They open the way ahead, and people's way will be much easier later.
I hope Chinese action movies can get better and better.
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