"The Raging Tide" is directed by word-of-mouth director Rao Xiaozhi, starring Andy Lau, Xiao Yang and Wan Xi, and the movie also features many celebrity familiar faces, which is perfectly suited to the enjoyable and lively atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.
Before watching a movie, it's natural to do your homework in advance. There are a lot of interesting stories behind the movie, and after learning about them, you're sure to enjoy the movie, too.
First of all about Andy Lau. We all know that Andy Lau is an evergreen tree in the Chinese movie industry, and he has performed countless excellent classics for more than 40 years in the movie industry.
Because he is a superstar, Andy Lau has rarely been really hit or really slapped while acting before.
But in Crowded, Andy Lau was slapped wildly many times by Xiao Yang in a knot.
More than that, one water-splashing scene took place in minus 5 degrees Celsius Shanghai, and for the sake of the performance, Wah was splashed with ice water six times in such cold weather for the first time.
After the splashing, the crew rushed to apologize to Wah, but Wah returned the gesture, saying it was the right thing to do for the sake of the movie.
Additionally, in the music video released a few days ago, the movie's promotional song combines Andy Lau's first-generation hit "Congratulations to the Rich" with Xiao Yang's second-generation hit "Little Apple".
Congratulations on the success of the movie and Xiao Yang's second-generation song, "Little Apple," are both popular Internet songs for square dancing, and now that the two songs have been combined, the brainwashing melody will make people want to stop singing, and the flavor of New Year's Eve will rub off on them.
At the same time, in "Rush Hour", Andy Lau also acted as a group actor and paid tribute to many of his classic roles in the movie.
In the trailer, we can see many classic scenes from Wah's movies, truly a glimpse of the past.
For example, this rooftop scene from "Infernal Affairs" is staged with him and Xiao Yang in the same position and even at the same angle.
The love between Andy Lau and Wan Xi in the movie "The Rising Tide" is also very much anticipated. It also happens to be Valentine's Day during the Chinese New Year, which makes it really suitable for couples to watch, both in terms of atmosphere and scenes.
Also on a side note, "Raging Crowd" is a theatrical film in which Wah's original voice is performed in Mandarin and there is also a Cantonese dubbed version.
Before we saw either Hong Kong or Mainland films, the Mandarin was dubbed on later. During the filming process, the Chinese boys used Cantonese.
But "The Raging Tide" is different, Andy Lau used his own "Hong Kong-style" Mandarin throughout, and if you go to see the Mandarin version, you will hear Andy Lau's own voice.
There is also a Cantonese dubbed version of The Surge, and the creators have not only taken care of the mainland audience, but also those in the two regions and those who are used to Cantonese movies and those who have Hong Kong movie feelings, so it can be said that they have a lot of heart.
For this movie, Andy Lau also for the first time to stay in the mainland social platform, become the top stream of jitterbugs.
In Jitterbug, Andy Lau's appeal is still awesome. In just four days and five small videos, the fans have been as high as 48.815 million, and have now risen to 53.74 million.
Even Wah's personal jitterbugs have gained the attention of official media such as CCTV, so it's really not an exaggeration to say evergreen and national.
Leward's first live broadcast in Jitterbug, set a new record for the number of Jitterbug stars live online, set a number of historical records first, simply bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull bull.
Lastly, a word about the director.
Director Rao Xiaozhi, although the previous word-of-mouth "Hello, madman", and word-of-mouth box office double success of "no name", but these two movies have never been involved in the competition of the big stalls.
This movie, "Raging Crowd," is dark horse director Rao Xiaozhi's first foray into the Chinese New Year slot.
Director Rao's films have always been popular due to his skillful style of black humor and unique personalized labeling. This time, he is among the Chinese New Year slot, competing with many big-budget commercial films, which not only shows Rao's confidence in his own work, but also the word-of-mouth and audience base of "Rough Tide" itself.
The Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and from the comments of netizens who have read the movie reviews in advance, we can see that the quality of the finished film is reassuring, and the film's rhythm is smooth and its style remains unique, making it a great movie to look forward to.
Now the pre-sale has been opened, want to see this dark horse phase full of comedy movie, quickly buy tickets in advance to book a seat ah!
"Rough Tide" is a comedy-crime film directed by Rao Xiaozhi and co-starring Andy Lau, Xiao Yang and Wan Xi. The film was released on February 12, 2021 (the first day of the Lunar New Year) in China. The film is based on the Japanese movie "The Way to Steal Keys", which tells the humorous story of Zhou Quan, a cold-blooded killer, and Chen Xiaomeng, a down-on-their-luck dragon-setter, who exchange each other's identities in an accident, which leads to a series of misadventures and misadventures.