Box Office "Reaper" and "Fried Chicken Craze"
In 2013, a "You Who Came From the Star" made the combination of fried chicken and beer quickly popular with a romantic taste. After a lapse of six years, "Extreme Profession", also produced by South Korea, has added a different crazy taste to fried chicken.
"Extreme Profession" is a new work by South Korean director Lee Byung-hun. It was released in South Korea in January 2019. After its release, it won the Korean weekend box office champion at that time, and its total box office jumped to the second place in the total box office list of Korean film history. How did a hilarious action movie about the handling of cases by anti-narcotics police win the favor of a large number of audiences, and what made the criminal police and fried chicken come together? Let's find out.
Anti-drug is also a wave, and it is not a serious film at first glance!
The opening scene of "Extreme Professional" can be described as eclectic, and its banter and jumps set the comedy tone of the whole film. There are no fully-armed and professional armed police here, and there are no vicious drug dealers. There are a group of "useless" police detectives who hang on iron ropes on swings and dismantle each other, and "conscience" gangsters who don't forget to chat with each other before escaping. The huge contrast with the traditional image, exaggerated and funny performances, coupled with a very rhythmic soundtrack, successfully conveyed the "laughing fruit", and also paved the way for the film's anti-elite civilian background.
Such a group of unreliable detectives will not make people feel strange about what they do! Fried chicken, naturally.
Unexpected gourmet food, is it just improvised or just smooth sailing?
Does the so-called occupation in "Extreme Occupation" refer to anti-drug or fried chicken? Or both? I believe that every audience who has watched the movie will have their own answer. But I think one thing most people can agree on is that fried chicken is an indispensable seasoning element for this slice. If "Extreme Profession" is a one-pot dish, then fried chicken is the "fragrance" in "color, fragrance and taste". Fried chicken has fulfilled the "scented fragrance" of "Extreme Profession".
From the plot point of view, fried chicken is not out of nothing, but has a relatively sufficient foreshadowing. First of all, the fried chicken shop squatted when tracking the clues made the protagonist group and fried chicken bond; secondly, the anti-drug team where the protagonist group is facing is about to be disbanded, making fried chicken a realistic choice; third, criminal gangs use fried chicken to spread drugs , making fried chicken an important clue to solving the case. And the most important and most easily overlooked is that when the daughter of the anti-drug squad leader Gao (played by Ryu Chenglong) was eating fried chicken with her father, she said that fried chicken is very civilian, which reveals the symbolic meaning of fried chicken throughout the film. .
Our protagonist group is the commoner in the mouth of the little girl. They are shy, their status is marginal, and they are like fried chicken with a rough appearance and a soft inside. If they have any color, it's the orange of fried chicken. Not only that, fried chicken acts as a link between the protagonist's family to a certain extent. Squad leader Gao invites his daughter to eat fried chicken she likes, and uses the income earned from fried chicken to buy luxury bags for his lover. Fried chicken cooks up conflict and warmth. It can be said that "Extreme Profession" and fried chicken are inside and outside each other and achieve each other.
Extreme mix and match, low-end "Super British Movies"
The genre mix and match of "Extreme Profession" is obvious to all. From the theme, it is a police and gangster film or a crime film, from a tonality, a comedy or a spoof, and from a form, it is an action film or a sideshow (if there is such a type). In fact, most commercial films integrate several different types and elements, and "Extreme Career" is one of the more successful examples. In my opinion, this film should be regarded as a low-profile "super-English film".
Even if you don't know about the industry giants like "DC" and "Marvel", you have always heard of superheroes like Superman and Spider-Man. In recent years, a series of "superhero films" adapted from comics have swept the global screen and become the new favorite of commercial films. Compared with these "distant relatives", the "Fried Chicken Heroes" in "Extreme Profession" are indeed a bit shabby, but there are many similarities between them. First of all, our "fried chicken heroes" are extremely caricatured from their characters to their behavior patterns. They are simple, persistent, and distinctive. Everyone combines grassroots and idealism; secondly, "fried chicken heroes" have their own " Super power", and even "zombie", everyone showed their magical powers in their respective fights and made a splash. There is a translation of "Extreme Profession" called "Fried Chicken Commando", which can be summed up appropriately.
Why is "fried chicken" more popular than "lobster"?
In fact, the Korean film "Extreme Profession" shares a script with the domestic film "Lobster Detective". However, "the same book is not the same fate", whether it is word of mouth or box office, the "Brother Fried Chicken" in the east is a bit higher than the "Brother Lobster" in the west. This "Lady" is indeed superior in the grasp of the rhythm of the plot and the creation of a comedy atmosphere.
First of all, the narrative rhythm of "Extreme Profession" highlights a "fast", it quickly explains the characters, quickly enters the main line, and quickly creates conflicts, which is dizzying, giving people a relatively neat and refreshing viewing experience; secondly, "Extreme Profession" in the local From the appearance to the curtain call, every appearance of the protagonist group will bring out several impressive funny paragraphs, and the mature comedy skills can well cover up the logic of the plot. There are some shortcomings; third, compared with "Lobster Detective", "Extreme Profession" integrates humor and warmth better. Audiences are able to generate more emotional identification while receiving entertainment.
Therefore, just like cooking, with the same ingredients, different chefs have different methods, and the finished products are naturally different.
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