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Original title: Challenging fate until breaking out of the cage
Liu Yingyu
The movie “In the Octagonal Cage” is currently in theaters, and its dark horse trend is clear at a glance. According to data from the Beacon Professional Edition, the film has grossed 1.091 billion box office within 7 days of its release, making it the 106th movie in China to break 1 billion. According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, the box office of “In the Octagonal Cage” exceeded 390 million yuan, becoming the total box office champion of Chinese film history.
With no traffic stars, no major themes, and no overwhelming pre-movie publicity, “In the Octagonal Cage” finally broke out and easily crushed other sports movies. This is not only Wang Baoqiang’s counterattack as a director, but also a milestone for Chinese sports movies. Break through and win.
Why is “In the Octagonal Cage” so popular? The most important reason is probably its truth.
The film is changed from a real thing – the prototype of the fighting coach Xiang Tenghui is named Enbo, and the Enbo Fighting Club he founded has “adopted” hundreds of helpless and displaced children, as well as those in the movie. The protagonist’s experience is the same, because of the crazy spread of the performance video, En Bo was criticized by thousands of people. But in the end, the fighting club in Enbo cooperated with the local sports bureau and became a branch of the Aba State Sports School. The children in the club can not only receive combat training, but also obtain a nationally recognized degree after graduation.
If real events endow the film with a solid story frame, then the actors, almost all of whom are amateurs, work together to let the world see a true and touching story.
Its truth is reflected in daily training and fighting scenes, and even more in the interaction and emotion between people. The part where the audience can easily feel inspired can also see real social problems in life such as left-behind children, poor families, student status, public opinion “flow is king”, vicious competition in the industry, etc. on the screen.
Sports are never isolated. In “The Octagon”, it is not only sports that is moving.
Admittedly, “In the Octagon” is a good title for the sport the kids play (the official interpretation of “The Octagon” is UFC, the closed ring of the Ultimate Fighting, which literally means an octahedron. Cages are usually used to catch animals or birds, and it is difficult for animals trapped inside to come out), which also contains a huge metaphor—in a sense, we ordinary people are in an environment similar to an “octagonal cage” , It is really difficult to go out, and even hard work is not enough. “Live like weeds, be indomitable”, this is the belief of fighting orphans, and it is also the fate of all those who look forward to “breaking out of the cage”. Its underlying perspective and real power can easily arouse the audience’s empathy.
3 years ago, the documentary “Great! “Youth” chronicles the stories of some kids whose lives were changed by baseball. The baseball boy named Sloppy now plays a fighting orphan in “In the Octagon” with the same name as Sloppy. It is said that this is the idea of director Wang Baoqiang, maybe he just wanted to strengthen the high degree of fit between actors and characters in this way.
From “Great! From “Youth” to “In the Octagonal Cage”, this is a good successor for Chinese sports movies. Although one is a documentary and the other is a feature film, their narrative logic is the same: sports are not only icing on the cake, but also a timely help. Sports, for most people, is education, which allows people to “have a good life” and become an “excellent self”, but for these children in trouble, sports is their choice and it is a way to change their lives. The only exit of life and oneself.
“Whether it’s baseball or mixed martial arts, sports not only make me run faster, jump higher, and think more actively, but also make me more tolerant, accepting people and things that are different from us. Sports not only bring me Going out of the mountains gave me a pair of eyes that can look at the world.” Sloppy once described how sports have shaped him.
That’s a great understanding. Why is sports so fascinating? Because it can make the good people better, make the powerless people more powerful, and let the desperate people find the courage to move forward again. We can clearly feel the power of this kind of sports, from the “challenging destiny” of baseball teenagers to the “breaking out of the cage” of fighting orphans.
2023-07-19 02:13:17
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