The premiere of "Mr. Zombie" was very successful. Not only were the ordinary audience cheered, but even the filmmakers, directors, actors and other behind-the-scenes workers said it was good.

"The zombies in this movie obviously retain the characteristics of Western blood-sucking zombies with green faces and fangs, biting people's necks, and biting people will also mutate into zombies, but they also integrate well into Chinese characteristics, such as the very recognizable Qing Dynasty official uniform.

Moreover, the special effects makeup technology seems to have made great progress, which is much more "real" than those horror movies that were previously made of ghosts and weird. This also led to the fact that when these zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms jumped out, I was shocked because it was a bit scary. In fact, this movie is not very suitable for children to watch, although there are not many such shots.

By the way, let me call on when will Hong Kong introduce a rating system for movies be introduced?"

——"Xiangjiang Daily"

"I have to say that these zombies wearing Qing Dynasty official uniforms stretched out their hands and feet together when walking, and jumped in a row, which was very effective. At least when I was watching, I couldn't help laughing. I think it's hard to come out again in the future, and it can be more "comedy" than them.

Others, unlike the vampire hunters or wizards in the West, the details of the fight between Uncle Jiu and zombies in the film are full of traditional Chinese colors. Let’s look at his magic tools: glutinous rice, chicken blood, ink thread, peach wood sword, mirror, yellow paper talisman. It is said that this is Maoshan spell, so should ‘Uncle Jiu’ belong to Maoshan Taoist priests?”

——"Oriental Daily"

Of course, it is not all of this kind of one-sided applause. Some people also look at it rationally.

"The story of "Mr. Zombie" can only be said to be average, and there is not much new.

At least overall, there is no difference in essence from the Kung Fu movies of the Republic of China from the late 1970s to the 1980s, 1981s, and 1982s.

It also copied the background of the Republic of China. Of course, there are many benefits of using this era of turbulent and unrest in the country, which is a prosperous era of famous masters. There are not only enough space for the director to talk about personnel changes, but also express his feelings for the country.

As for the characters and content, "Mr. Zombie" mainly talks about three people.

Uncle Jiu is serious and loving. He is a little petty; the apprentice played by Xu Guanying is timid and lustful, but he is still kind and righteous in his heart, and is a typical character of a little character; the other apprentice played by Qian Xiaohao is agile and clever. The two apprentice made trouble all the way, and then the master came out to clean up the mess, which are both character relationships and plot settings that often appear in Kung Fu comedy.

It’s just that "Mr. Zombie" replaces the martial arts halls, teahouses, and martial arts masters in the Kung Fu movies of the Republic of China with charity villages, Western restaurants, and Maoshan Taoist priests.

This old work that seems to be a change of soup but not medicine. It shouldn't be too interesting.

However, what is commendable is that the director cleverly merged elements such as horror, action, comedy, etc. Each of these elements is not very prominent, but after being fused together, it has a very harmonious and has a good chemical effect.

In addition, the investment amount of the Time and Space Film Studio is large enough and the entire production team is very attentive, so we have such a fantasy film that looks very good in all aspects."

——"Movie Biweekly"

So after the premiere, Time and Space Film Studio immediately arranged for a large-scale release. Time and Space Film Studio invested all its 13 cinemas. On the one hand, Jiahe, "squeezed out" 27 cinemas. There were 40 cinemas in total, almost all over Hong Kong.

As everyone is optimistic, many people predict that the box office of "Mr. Zombies", which also belongs to the category of fantasy films, will be higher than that of each of the "Ghost Fighting the Ghost" trilogy, and may be much higher. There must be between 10 million and 20 million, and there is a big possibility that it will exceed 20 million.

In fact, the cost of this version of "Mr. Zombie" is not very high. Compared with the original version and the investment is more than 8.5 million, it only costs less than 7 million. But in terms of quality, both overall and details, it is much better than the original version.

The reason why the original version is so expensive is that Mr. Zombie was not as confident as this version before production, and the process naturally cannot be achieved overnight. The script is not perfect, and it needs to be filmed while thinking, the shooting effect is not good, and it needs to be re-shooted, etc., which leads to the production cycle of the original version being very long and the cost is very large.

With a low cost, if the box office exceeds 15 million, it will make a lot of money. If it exceeds 20 million, it will be much faster than robbing the bank and making money.

There are three movies released at about the same time as "Mr. Zombie", or released during the release of "Mr. Zombie".

"The Legend of the Flying Fox", directed by Liu Shiyu and starring Hui Yinghong, Liang Jiaren, Wan Ziliang, Huang Rihua and others. Shaw Brothers has not completely stopped production. After all, it was once the largest film production company in Hong Kong, and it is not that it can be stopped immediately if it is stopped.

But Hong Kong's new movies have been flying all over Hong Kong for a long time, Shaw Brothers is still standing still.

This "New Legend of Flying Fox" is not surprisingly the same old martial arts film in the 1970s style. After it was made, it looks like a martial arts TV series.

Such a rough "old movie" was left unattended without watching such excellent works as "Mr. Zombie". It was released in a hurry for two days and was painted without even getting the cost back.

It can be said that it is completely uncompetitive in front of "Mr. Zombies".

Another movie, "The Ghost Line" produced by Qiyi Film Company, is not that old-fashioned martial arts film, but it is not as good as "New Fox Legend". "New Fox Legend" has at least a few "stars" to watch.

In addition to these two movies, the British Pipa is believed by some to threaten Mr. Zombie.

"British Pipa", produced by New Art City, is the new director of "Jumping Ash" who once directed the pioneering work of "Jumping Ash", Inspur director Leung Puzhi, starring Lam, Teddy Robin, Cherry Chung and Lu Jian. In terms of the cast, it is much more interesting than "Mr. Zombie".

Moreover, "British Pipa" continues the action comedy style and international route of Art City, and sets the story in the UK. Of course, the location is almost the same everywhere, but London, England, sounds like it has a rafter.

It’s just that such a movie is called a comedy, but it’s a bit lacking in laughter, the story is not rigorous, loose and loose, you can watch it whenever you want or when you don’t watch it, and it’s optional.

After a week passed, the box office statistics showed that "New Fox Legend" and "The Ghost Line" were no longer the same. "Mr. Zombie" had more than 300,000 to 10 million-9.65 million. "British Pipa" had more than 300,000, but less than 300,000 to 6 million.

In this way, the show started first, and the Time and Space Film Studio beat New Art City, and Jiahe smiled gloatingly next to him.

By the second week, the popularity of "Mr. Zombie" remained unabated, and the total box office reached more than 17 million. "British Pipa" barely reached the box office line of "Mr. Zombie" in the first week, nine million.

Then, in the third week, two days, the box office of "Mr. Zombie" steadily moved towards the 20 million mark, but "British Pipa" was drawn, stuck at the 10 million box office line.

Generally speaking, in this era, the total box office of Hong Kong movies exceeding 10 million is already very impressive. Not to mention the annual box office rankings, there are always top 20.
Chapter completed!