Action films directed by Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing in 2015
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Equator is an action film produced by Yindu Agency Co., Ltd., Huanya Film Production Co., Ltd., directed and written by Liang Lemin and Lu Jianqing, starring Jacky Cheung, Zhang Jiahui, Zhang Zhen and Yu Wenle. It was released in China on April 30, 2015.Based on the internal information of the Hong Kong police system in China, the film tells the story of South Korea's most wanted criminal "Red Thief" and his deputy who stole a batch of uranium raw material balls, intended to manufacture super weapons and resell them to terrorist organizations in the Middle East in Hong Kong. The event has attracted great attention from China, South Korea and other parties, and all parties have overcome contradictions and joined hands to hunt down the "Red Thief". In 2015, the film hit 100 million at the box office three days after its release. 2>>>
Based on the internal information of the Hong Kong police system in China, the film tells the story of the South Korean most wanted criminal "Red Thief" and his deputy seizing a batch of uranium raw material balls, intending to manufacture super weapons and resell them to the Middle East terrorist organizations in Hong Kong. The incident has aroused great attention from China, South Korea and other parties, and all parties overcome contradictions and jointly pursue the "Red Thief"[31][33]。
In 2015, the box office of the film exceeded 100 million yuan within three days after its release[35]。In 2016, she was nominated as the best action director and best supporting actress of the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards[34]。As of May 13, 2024, the film has grossed US $33.898 million at the box office worldwide[32]。
Chinese name
equator
Foreign name
Helios 헬리오스 Chek dou[2]
Other translations
Grand Canyon、Red Robber[2]
Type
Action, crime, plot, suspense[2]
Production company
Yindu Organization Co., Ltd., Huanya Film Production Co., Ltd., Wanda Film Media Co., Ltd., Sun Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Changchang Film Culture Co., Ltd., Huanya Film Distribution (Beijing) Co., Ltd[2]
Production area
Hong Kong, China[29]
Issuing company
Wuzhou Film Distribution Co., Ltd Huanya Film Distribution (Beijing) Co., Ltd Wanda Media[30]
Nomination for Best Action Direction at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards[34] Nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards[34]
Production company
Huanya Film Production Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Yindu Organization Co., Ltd., Wanda Film Media Co., Ltd., Sun Entertainment Culture Co., Ltd[2]
Synopsis
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Equator poster
"Red Robber" is the most wanted man in South Korea, and the number one deputy（Wen Yong ShanOrnament）A batch of uranium raw material balls were successfully taken away from the factory producing enriched uranium raw materials.Intelligence shows that they will turn uranium pellets into super weapons and trade with terrorist organizations in Hong Kong.Song An from Mainland China（Wang XueqiOrnament）Follow Assistant Yuan Xiaowen（Feng WenjuanOrnament）, together with Hong Kong Police Li Yanming（Zhang JiahuiOrnament）Fan Jiaming（Yu WenleOrnament）Zhao Zhiren, Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong（Jacky CheungOrnament）, plus South Korean weapons expert Cui Minhao（Chi ZhenxiOrnament）, Park Yuzhe（Cui ShiyuanOrnament）And others, together to hunt down the Red Robbers and save the most deterrent weapons crisis in Asian history[2]。
Crisis expert, professor of the Department of Physics of the University of Hong Kong, specializing in physics and renewable energy research, elegant and courteous, has participated in the government's energy and security affairs planning for many years as a consultant, which had nothing to do with this terrorist event, but was brought into this bureau by his younger brother, who played a key role in the hunt for red thieves.In fact, Jin Taonian was a real "red thief", and he was only his assistant.
Li Yanming (Counter Terrorism Special Service Team)
He is a cold-blooded senior police officer and the head of the anti terrorist special service unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. He is a man of thick character and thoughtful. He has been in the police circles for many years, but he has never been able to take his place. So in this case, he was particularly ruthless to fill the spiritual defects of unsuccessful career, led his subordinates to fight against red thieves, and sacrificed their lives to protect the security of Hong Kong and Asia.Finally, she was strangled by a female killer
The legendary world's most wanted criminal and the middleman of the international underground weapons trade, Feng Evil Red Robber sneaked into the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan more than a decade ago, and successfully stole the Baguiyu (red jade) from the three gods of the Emperor. From then on, he became famous in the Jianghu as the "Red Robber". It is said that he is very powerful in Northeast Asia and is one of the top ten wanted criminals of the International Criminal Police.The theft of enriched uranium raw materials to make super weapons is a threat to the safety of the entire Asia.
Fan Jiaming (Counter Terrorism Special Service Group)
The explosive pioneer, the inspector of the anti terrorist special task force of the Hong Kong Police Force, once served in the Special Task Unit (SDU) and the Criminal Intelligence Division (CIB). After the establishment of the force, Li Yanming was included in his command and became his deputy in the action team.
The all-around elite, deputy director of the National Intelligence Agency of Korea, national defense weapon expert, has a doctor of physics and mechanical engineering, and his family are all scientists. He became the only survivor of the Cui family due to a scientific research accident, and was granted lifelong exemption. But this red robber crisis forced him to go out of the mountain again.Beaten by Jin Taonian and still alive!
Departments established in 2008Anti terrorist Special ServiceIt is the department where Zhang Jiahui, the film's hero, works, and this is the first time that the army has been exposed to the public[4]。
The investment of Red Robber reached 200 million yuan, and it was filmed all over Asia, including the Middle East and Europe.The production team and《shiver》Same,Kuang ZhiliangContinue to act as a clip.
In the process of writing the script, the two directors have already selected candidates for each role.In addition to Jacky Cheung, Wang Xueqi, Zhang Zhen and other actors cooperated with the director for the first time.
This is the first time that Zhang Zhen plays the villain.
In a very short crash scene in the film, the staff spent about a month in the workshop making props, and more than 20 scenes were set up[7]。
The director spent half a year to invite Jacky Cheung out of the mountain[8]Jacky Cheung took over the role of Equator because of his appreciation of Cold War and was moved by the script and two directors[9]。
Jacky Cheung's first attempt at mustache modeling for the film[9]。
Wen Yongshan spent half a year training before filming for her role in the film. She had to fight with the coach and hold the palm 100 times a day.
Zhang Jiahui didn't know whether he was evil after shooting the film[10]。
It has been nearly two years since "Chill" to "Equator". In fact, the crew has been ready for it. It is always the actors' schedule[11]。
Zhang Zhen seldom took gunfight films, so he did some firearms training in advance.He was very careful at the scene because he used real bullets, but no warheads[12]。
Zhang Zhen was driving a motorcycleTsim Sha TsuiThis is the first time he has experienced such a fast car.[13]
Jacky Cheung often sings on the set, almost every few minutes. He can't order songs yet. He can sing whatever he wants.[6]
The story of the film originated from the real information of the two directors when they were sorting out the materials.During the filming of Chill, the two directors collected a lot of information about the Hong Kong police system, among which a new department established in 2008 attracted their attention.This department is the anti-terrorism special service team played by Zhang Jiahui in the film, whose main responsibility is to collect information.The director also found that Hong Kong is not only the safest city in Asia, but also the Far East Information Center.As a result, the story of Red Robber slowly took shape[16]。
shooting process
The film Equator took 61 working days. In addition to filming in Hong Kong, it also went to the mainlandMacao、the republic of korea、JapanFor shooting, many scenes are shot with the cooperation of the military. For example, the Korean aircraft in the movie is provided by the military, which is the first time for Chinese movies[7]。
Korean premiere
Cui Shiyuan and Chi Zhenxi
On May 21, 2015, the media premiere of the Hong Kong film Equator was held in a cinema in Seoul, South Korea, and the Korean artists who starred in the filmCui Shiyuan、Chi ZhenxiJointly attended the event. The film is scheduled to be released in South Korea on May 28, 2015.When talking about the feeling of shooting the film, Cui Shiyuan said that he paid attention to his attitude and had a strong sense of responsibility at the shooting scene.[17]
Broadcast information
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Broadcast time
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February 17, 2016[27]
CCTV6 Movie Channel
April 18, 2019[28]
January 25, 2022[26]
January 4, 2023[25]
Film evaluation
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Equator has super action scenes and super suspense plot, which can be called the international anti-terrorism high-tech campaign（Nanguo Morning Postreview）[18]。
Equator is bigger and more ambitious than Cold War. Through the narrative techniques of transformation and three-point perspective, it explains the crisis of modern anti-terrorism under the new international pattern.Even if the flaws of the film increase with the horizon, it is also more regrettable. The positive significance of Equator is far beyond the lack of ambition of most Chinese films, and it is a flaw in the highly developed film creators（Beijing Timesreview）[19]。
Equator continues the elements of Cold War, such as the confrontation between good and evil, internal demons, and high-level struggle, creating an international high-tech anti-terrorism campaign with greater pattern and ambition（Sina Entertainmentreview）[20]。
Equator has a lot of investment, battles and celebrities;open fight between factions、fight hand-to-hand、a gun battleExplosions, flying cars, discs in a disc, various forces have their own devils. They fight each other in the whirlpool of conspiracy, and kill each other. It is difficult to distinguish good from evil, and good from evil. No one is the final winner. Everyone has a mysterious identity, which is reminiscent of people（Xinhua Entertainment Review）[21]。
"Equator" takes the nuclear crisis as its theme, highlighting Asian consciousness, but it seems to be overexerted, resulting in an imbalance in the center of gravity.The role arrangement is messy. It took at least 20 minutes for the characters to appear and introduce.The plot unfolds in a crisscross way, and the handling of details not only brings psychological obstacles to watching movies, but also harms the visual enjoyment.Although the film has the ambition of blockbuster production and all actors are working hard, there are very few tense and exciting scenes. The use of 3D effect is a waste. In the end, it is just a film with ambition and selling points, but it is difficult for people to really like it（Comments by Wei Yingjie of Beijing Times）[22]。
"Equator" staged scenes of brain burning action with careful thinking and repeated suspensions.The film has a strong world view, with many actors appearing, many clues going hand in hand, and a magnificent scene.The scenes and production are excellent. The script is solid, ambitious and can attract the attention of the audience.However, multi line narration, complicated character relationships and huge plot development lead to the fact that the plot is far from advancing as fast as the film viewing time.However, the whole story is full of loopholes and starts without end. I can see the caprice of the two directors in the script, and the story ends before it starts.At the end of the film, it is almost out of control, obviously to start the rhythm of "the next episode", which also makes the hasty ending of "this episode" not so unexpected（Rednetreview）[23]。
Equator is a commercial action film with a large pattern and deep history and politics, as well as colonial history, special zone diplomacy, North and South KoreaarabTerrorist organizations and other issues are an attempt by Chinese filmmakers to learn from modern commercial action blockbusters. Although they are still a little acclimatized, they still make contributions（Tencent Entertainment Review）[24]。
