Director’s Legend

"Compared with the old version of "Night Watchman", the theme of "Night Watchman: Reflection" is undoubtedly more subversive and sublimated. Shao Shuaijun used a small number of additions and changes to completely reverse the direction of a movie. He has undoubtedly succeeded again!" -- "Hollywood Entertainment Reporter."

"Shao Shuaijun contributed an unexpectedly good movie to us, and it was really unexpected. It takes a lot of courage to break the original setting." —— hitfix website.

"Use a psychopath's world view to reverse the style of a superhero movie, and after watching it, I have a strong stomach upset." - "The New Yorker".

"A twist on irony, a fusion of hero and clown, in one of the year's most meaningful superhero genre films." --USA TODAY.

"The plot is too restrained, and some places are not convincing enough, but it is much stronger than the "Night Watchman" back then, whether it is the coherence of the story or the substantial content." - "New York Times".

"The first film produced by imax, four years later ushered in the spring." - film website.

"Shao Shuaijun used his brain full of whimsical ideas to make up for a regrettable work back then. His career as a director is full of such miracles!" - "the-vine"

"Shao seems to want to tell a story about justice and law, but unfortunately, the main line of the film is not complete, and it seems that the conflict is greater than the story." - "Village Voice".

Roger Albert, a film critic of the "Chicago Sun," gave a perfect evaluation: "Shao's movies have always had no style, or deliberately separated the style from his own movies. Constant transformation. But in the first film "Buried Alive" and "Night Watchman", and this wonderful "Night Watchman: Reflection", Shao's style is continued, with a strong dark atmosphere, and a kind of connection with the world out of place.

Nolan successfully portrayed a knight who walks in the dark in the two Batman prequel films, "Fatal Magic" and "Memory Fragments". All showed his strong narrative style. Exactly the same. These two most outstanding young directors in Hollywood also tend to be dark, depicting the reality bloody.

Oscar doesn't like this kind of movie, but audiences do. I'm guessing this year's Oscars. Nightwatch: Reflections won't have much to gain. but. Amid its word-of-mouth success, "Nightwatch: Reflections" will be a movie that oozes charm and draws people into theaters.

in the movie. What surprised me the most was not the identity of Thomas, but the identity of his wife. When the last scene was played out, I suddenly woke up. What Shao wanted to express was comparable to Heath Lai in "The Dark Knight". Jay's crazy side! The most intelligent and charismatic movie I've seen this year! "

Just as film critics argued and affirmed, "Nightman: Reflection" took in $12 million at the box office on Friday, becoming Friday's box office champion. Far beyond the same period of "Dolphin Story", "Moneyball", "I Fight Cancer", "Courage", "Dream House" and other movies. 40 media on the \u003cic website scored 81 points, a gratifying green. This website is a professional website that collects movie media evaluations, with a full score of 100, and green is the best rating.

On imdb, "Night Watchman" only has a poor score of 3.9, and before "Night Watchman: Reflection" was released, the score was only 6.2 points, and the audience is seriously not optimistic. But after Friday, the score immediately rushed to 7.9 points, which can be described as rave reviews.

"After watching the movie, I went crazy, Thomas turned out to be a complete tragedy!" - Meazza gave 10 points.

"Although I don't understand the last shot, it's very touching. The shot of Thomas jumping from the roof is so handsome!" ——shengle1980 gave 9 points.

"The mirror represents the spiritual world. The police, wife, and teacher represent the three essential elements of the law: protection, recognition, and guidance. In the end, they all betrayed Thomas. It's a great irony. Especially the female police officer and the prisoner**, the irony is too strong." It’s thick.” —— Xiaoyao 123q gave 10 points.

"I like Gyllenshire, but I don't like the style of "Nighthawks: Reflection". After reading it, I feel very uncomfortable and can't tell." - Tom's Lolita gave 8 points.

"I didn't say anything. I used to think that the movies directed by Shao Shuaijun were either small and fresh, or the scenes were lively and the depth was not enough. After watching this movie, I was convinced, the next generation of the king of the world, firmly." ——I love Jon Cerf Give 9 points.

"The superhero has become insane, bad review!" - Wang of lllll gave 5 points.

"A classic of dark superheroes, I would rather believe that Thomas has superpowers, and the last shot also shows that Thomas has entered the mirror world from reality!" - Larry Bird gave 9 points with his big hand.

"The front is so cool, but the back is very restrained, especially the catharsis of jumping off the building at the end, I almost screamed." ——Vegetable Tyrannosaurus gave 10 points.

Whether it's the media or the audience, "Nightwatcher: Reflection" has successfully conquered, with countless applause.

The three-day weekend ended, and the box office data was released on Monday. "Nightman: Reflection" reached the top with 46 million US dollars in this off-season movie. As an R-rated film, there are less than 3,000 theaters showing it. With this data, it cannot be more outstanding.

As a second filming, "Nightman: Reflections" had a budget of only $20 million, and it made back its money in one weekend. Of course, as the second filming of "Night Watchman", a large part of the copyright income will be distributed to the several film companies that originally invested in "Night Watchman".

Huayi Brothers, Poly Bona, Dengtian Entertainment, Huanyu, Media Asia, and several film companies had grievances and grievances in the early days, but as Dream Chasing Entertainment became bigger and bigger, those small grievances have long been put aside , followed behind Dream Chaser to pick up bones and eat them. This time it was a surprise, several companies immediately found Summit Entertainment. Introduce "Nightman: Reflection" to the mainland and Hong Kong.

"Night Watchman: Reflection" is not a big production, it was completely remade by Shao Shuaijun to make up for the regrets of the year, and he didn't think about how to promote it, so there was no contact with overseas markets. After all, the previous "Night Watchman" poisoned the audience, and the promotion effect will not be very good. It will be difficult to sell it at a good price before word of mouth comes out. If the word of mouth is bad, there is no need to promote it, it is a shame. Shao Shuaijun didn't want to be ashamed a second time.

this time. With the enthusiastic response in the North American film market, "Night Watchman: Reflection" immediately ushered in a sales boom. Publishers from all over the world are coming to your door. Ask for the release of the film. In North America, there are 2,468 theaters. Expanded to 3562 theaters.

"Shao Shuaijun's Hollywood debut, brand new adaptation, brand new audiovisual. Comeback, today will be available in major theaters across the country!" On Friday, October 7th, posters were posted at the entrances of major movie theaters in mainland China.

"Four years later, the great director adapted "Night Watchman" to make up for his regrets. It has a good reputation and sold well at the box office. Today it will land in major theaters in Hong Kong." Hong Kong movie ticketing website.

""Night Watchman: Reflection" returns, Shao Shuaijun's work that turned things around! The first release has landed in theaters." Japanese movie ticketing website.

"Tickets of the popular North American movie "Nightman: Reflection" have been sold." South African movie ticketing website.

"Shao Shuaijun's four-year-old work, "Night Watchman: Reflection" returns to the imax era and officially starts pre-sale tickets." Australian movie ticketing website.

"Shao Shuaijun, the king of the new world, brought his old work to renovate "Night Watchman: Reflection", and landed in major theaters." Poster at the entrance of British cinemas.

In the overseas releases, North America took the lead in announcing the results of the second week of "Nightman: Reflection" from the 7th to the 9th. Two new films were released in North America this week, "Steel Armor" and "The President's Killing Bureau", but they did not steal the limelight from "Night Watchman: Reflection" at all. With 67 million US dollars, it surpassed the previous week's performance and won the weekly championship.

Two weeks later, it was 145 million US dollars, successfully breaking through 100 million in North America, and the results were beyond imagination.

In mainland China, it was released on Friday, and three days later, it won 164 million yuan, becoming the top weekly champion, and its reputation is also good.

"The imax-3d version I saw in Dream Chasing Golden Harvest Studios was too powerful, not only the picture was powerful, but the plot was also full of impact. After watching it, Thomas's flying posture of jumping off the building was in my mind , and the shot of going through the mirror. It’s so cool!" ——Basic Youth gave it five stars on Mtime.com.

"Shao Shuaijun's biggest failure has also been made up for. In my opinion, it is not so much the success of the movie as Shao Shuaijun's courage. I support Shao Shuaijun. I am a diehard young commander!" ——Peerless lv hermit also gave Five stars.

"The movie is very good. Shao Shuaijun's skills are so advanced that he is definitely the one who has grown the fastest among all Chinese directors. I am always learning and improving. I admire this. I despise those shit directors the most. He pretends to be elegant, childish and funny, and thinks he is avant-garde.” ——Give it five stars, but complained a lot.

At the box office in Japan, "Night Watchman: Reflection" earned 1.1 billion yen in a week and successfully seized the championship seat. This is Shao Shuaijun's 28th weekly championship in Japan.

"The movie is very profound, and Shao Shuaijun's works are getting more and more connotative." The ip address shows that the Japanese netizen Mumu Fanya gave the movie five stars on Mtime.com.

At the Korean box office, "Night Watchman: Reflection" mobilized 420,000 people a week, becoming the weekly champion.

"Compared with the old movies, this version is so good." ip gave five stars for South Korean netizen Xiyang Gumeng.

Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines...

"It's good-looking, it's good-looking." Netizens gave five stars.

"The story is very smooth, but a bit depressing." Netizen *Qing Yuan* gave it four stars.

"The revision is so-so, but it's much better than the average junk movie." Netizen Hot Hong gave it three stars.

"I'm the night watchman, and I'm justice! It's so cool!" netizen Jiabo jb gave it five stars.

The entire Mtime.com is full of reviews about "Night Watchman: Reflection". There are 108 media reviews, 97 of which are passing, and the vividness is 90%. The user score is 8.1 points, and the praise is rave, which completely reversed the perception of the old version of "Night Watchman".

The largest piece of shadow accumulated on Shao Shuaijun's head was completely dispelled by the sunlight.

The sky is clear and infinitely beautiful. (to be continued..)