Entertainment: From the Octagon to the big screen

Chapter 827 - Trio

At 3 o'clock this afternoon, "Sicario 2", co-starring Benicio del Toro, Chen Yu and Josh Brolin, officially premiered in North American theaters.

European cinemas will open ticket sales for the film at 10:00 am tomorrow.

Theaters in South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia have chosen to release the film this Saturday (the day after tomorrow).

Because "Sicario II" involves some sensitive content about the former Soviet Union, North Korea, Iran, the PLO and other countries and organizations, China did not introduce it.

Of course, it can also be said that it failed to pass the first round of review by the Radio and Television Administration.

After Lionsgate received the review notice and rectification suggestions, it immediately convened director + producer Villeneuve and director Beso Iwanic to discuss the matter.

Beso Iwanik entered the industry in 2012 and founded Thunder Road Pictures. With his unique vision, he has now earned $1.1 billion in net profits in the global market.

Considering that the filming cost of "Sicario II" was only more than 40 million US dollars, Beso Iwanik proposed to abandon the Chinese market directly according to the original plan.

After all, "Sicario 2" is not just about box office success.

Netflix and Lionsgate also hope to win major awards such as Best Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Feature Film at mainstream European and American film festivals with this work.

Therefore, the box office mission of "Sicario 2" is very light. The bottom line is to break even. As long as it exceeds the bottom line, it will be considered a complete success.

Euromonitor UK predicts the box office performance of "Sicario 2" on the first day:
It will be easy to recoup the costs of this film, with the final box office fluctuating between approximately $160 million and $180 million.

American Information Resources Company and Google also gave predictions. The two companies judged that the final performance of "Sicario 2" is likely to exceed the 170 million US dollar mark.

If we summarize this work based on the above box office data.

All I can say is that this sequel is just average with a few highlights at most.

There is no way around it. After all, if you want to win a big award, you will inevitably have to sacrifice some excitement and pleasure, and then squeeze out time to enhance the connotation and metaphor of the work.

In fact, senior filmmakers generally believe that this sequel is very exciting. Director Villeneuve once again uses character settings and camera language to mock and ridicule American politicians.

The war on drugs, manipulated by U.S. bureaucrats and politicians, is fostering new forces to eliminate old giants.

Just like the anti-terrorism war launched and led by the United States, in the middle stage, it will always turn into using new organizations to beat old organizations, and then finding more people to repeat the process.

The United States never wants to see global unity, because once the world is at peace, where should the arms be dumped? Where should the raw materials for drugs be planted and harvested?
This film "Sicario 2" reveals the true faces of American bureaucrats, politicians and generals through a small incident.

In the film, the US government incites a war between Mexican drug cartels in an attempt to profit from it.

A huge tribute to President Reagan.

The actor's war on drugs was a comedy that enriched the CIA and made the U.S. Customs and Border Protection a laughing stock.

In the film, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency also could not escape the fate of being a clown.

Through the narration, director Villeneuve criticized the agency for its inaction and even had to rely on the Texas militia to spontaneously rectify and combat the chaos on the US-Mexico border.

Originally, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection was under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

In the film, he becomes a puppy wagging its tail and begging for mercy from the U.S. National Guard.

As a native of the Lone Star Republic, director Villeneuve really seizes every opportunity to praise his hometown. In short, Texans are always ready to eliminate Mexican drug bugs.

Although the character played by Chen Yu in the film is a Pentagon employee, he always wears the Lone Star Republic badge on his coat and hangs a Lone Star Republic flag in his bedroom.

This is one of the reasons why the film failed to pass the initial review of the Radio, Film and Television Administration. European and American film critics gave Chen Yu a good evaluation of his performance in the film, believing that he had well interpreted the image of the Pentagon's black gloves or the Ministry of Defense's cleaners.

The character played by Chen Yu has no sense of right and wrong, let alone moral bottom line. The best thing is that he is not a villain in the film, but an operator who fights Mexican drug dealers.

Director Villeneuve's character design has won the praises of European and American film critics!
After carefully examining the three male protagonists of "Sicario 2", European and American film critics found that none of them were good people.

The characters played by Chen Yu and Josh Brolin serve politics purely. They are the sharp knives behind the Pentagon and the CIA, and they will not be put down until blood is shed.

Benicio Del Toro is the type who will do anything to get revenge.

If a Mexican drug lord kills his wife, daughter and three other children, then the latter will slaughter the entire family, even if innocent people may be harmed in the process.

Chen Yu and Josh Brolin represent U.S. military officers and soldiers stationed overseas.

They take orders from the Pentagon and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and take advantage of the situation to get some benefits for themselves while carrying out the orders.

After all, taking risks and traveling all the way overseas is definitely for the sake of making money. Maintaining peace has never been something the US military has ever done.

Benicio del Toro alluded to the organizations or factions that had been previously wiped out and then made a comeback after the arrival of the US military.

With the connivance, acquiescence and even instigation of the US military, they armed themselves and then launched frantic revenge on former government officials and former ruling factions.

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In order to show his new master that he doesn't care about his bottom line at all.

If Lionsgate, Netflix and director Villeneuve want to achieve certain goals and gain something at mainstream European and American film festivals, they really have to make a fuss about the US military and the government.

"Darkest Hour" has just revisited the classic World War II copy, and director Villeneuve will definitely not join in the fun.

Nolan's tinkering with science fiction films is like blocking a road.

Therefore, after much calculation last year, the only way left was to make fun of the US military and government to win the award.

Director Villeneuve can also make films about love, but compared to "Sicario", this type of film definitely has less chance of winning an award.

Moreover, the "Sicario" series must be properly maintained and the audience must not gradually forget about it.

In addition, Taylor Sheridan, as a screenwriter, went to the "Yellowstone" project as a director and producer.

It is unknown when "Sicario 3" will start filming, so Netflix and Lionsgate took advantage of the complete lineup to launch "Sicario 2" last year.

After Chen Yu joined the team, he relied on his elite troops to strive for the grand prize.

Currently, the freshness of "Sicario 2" on Rotten Tomatoes is close to 84%, and it is still rising.

According to the feedback from the cinema rating questionnaire, the audience generally gave it more than 80 points: although the plot is a bit depressing and obscure, it is thought-provoking.

The trio of Benicio Del Toro, Chen Yu and Thanos is really popular.

Lionsgate came up with the idea of ​​having the trio continue working together.

But the new project "Red Notice" has already finalized the structure of Chen Yu, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot.

At most, Benicio del Toro and Thanos will make cameo appearances.

Lionsgate's planning department is now searching for a suitable script to reunite the "Sicario" trio.

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