Our Diversions @shengsterino: 2022-07-17

美人鱼
The Mermaid

《美人鱼》是2016年上映的中国电影，由周星驰担任总制片、监制、编剧并执导，谷轩昭任动作设计。于2014年7月开拍，年底杀青。本片于2016年2月8日（大年初一）上映。2016年2月19日，在上映的第12天，在中国大陆的票房超过了24.8亿人民币，成为中国大陆有史以来票房最高的电影，而总票房超过33亿人民币，是中国票房首部过30亿人民币的电影，中国大陆2016年度电影票房冠军。而在2016年3月，以全球5.53亿美元票房成为世界史上最高票房的非美国好莱坞电影。美人鱼票房直至2017年8月份被《战狼2》超越。共取得36.5亿票房，目前在中国电影票房排行榜上位列第七位。

The Mermaid is a 2016 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy fantasy film directed, co-written, and produced by Stephen Chow, which stars Lin Yun, Deng Chao, Zhang Yuqi, and Show Lo. The film tells the story of a playboy businessman (Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid (Lin Yun) sent to assassinate him. The film was released in China on 8 February 2016 and broke numerous box office records, including the biggest opening day and the biggest single-day gross through its seventh day of release. The Mermaid had the biggest opening week of all time in China, where it became the ninth-highest-grossing film of all time.

Starring演员
邓超Deng Chao, 林允Lin Yun, 罗志祥Show Lo, 张雨绮Zhang Yuqi, 卢正雨, 林子聪, 吴亦凡Kris Wu, 范淑珍, 杨能, 张美娥, 赵志凌Chiu Chi-ling, 钱国伟, 夏尉喻, 李叶青 , 孙嘉灵, 许雅婷 , 赵靖伊, 虞嘉娜, 郑冀峰, 科蒂克·艾文Ivan Kotik, 徐轸轸, 皮埃尔·布迪厄Pierre Bourdaud, 孙乐天, 宁小花 , 易志乐, 徐克Tsui Hark, 文章Wen Zhang, 李尚正, 田启文Tin Kai-man, 白客, 孔连顺

Plot
Playboy property tycoon Liu Xuan (Deng Chao) purchases the Green Gulf, a coastal wildlife reserve, for a land reclamation project, and uses sonar technology to get rid of the sea life in the area. Unknown to him, the Green Gulf is the home of merpeople and the sonar (in addition to heavy pollution) has caused many of them to die or get sick. The few survivors live in an abandoned shipwreck in the gulf and want to assassinate Xuan for his deeds. The merfolk sends Shan (Lin Yun), a beautiful young mermaid, who has been trained to walk on her fins and hide among humans, to seduce and kill Xuan. At an extravagant party celebrating Xuan's business success, Shan, pretending to be a dancer, asks him to call her. Xuan, believing that Shan is an escort, calls her number in order to make Ruolan (Zhang Yuqi), his business partner (and ex-girlfriend), jealous. Shan attempts to kill Xuan, but all her attempts backfire. Xuan decides to escort Shan back home, and along the way, Shan takes him to a funfair where she works. While there, Shan shows Xuan there are more important things than money, and Xuan is impressed with Shan's simple, amusing antics. They spend the day together and develop feelings for each other. When Xuan finally takes Shan home, Shan quickly sends Xuan away before her people can kill him. The next day, Xuan takes Shan out on another date and proposes to her. Xuan admits that even though they only met the day before, he already knows that she is the one for him. A conflicted Shan rejects him and admits that she was sent there to kill him. Xuan kisses her, but Ruolan interrupts them. Shan runs out, and as Xuan attempts to follow her, Ruolan stops him. Angered, Xuan demands Ruolan to cancel their business deal. That night, as Shan gets into an argument with the other merpeople, Xuan goes to Shan's house to talk to her. There, he discovers that she and her family are merpeople. Against Shan's wishes, the others capture Xuan and explain that he is killing them with his land development project. Xuan is about to be killed when Shan helps him escape. Octopus (Show Lo), one of Shan's friends, gets mad and realizes that she has fallen in love with him. Xuan returns home and, after the shock has worn off, decides to investigate the consequences of his project. He turns off the sonar but tells Ruolan that Shan is a mermaid and reveals where the other merpeople live. Ruolan tells Xuan that George, her henchman, also believes in mermaids and has been trying to find one. She is angered at Xuan's lack of affection and vows to kill Shan. Xuan tries to stop them but they dismiss him and proceed to the abandoned ship. The merpeople are attacked by Ruolan's mercenaries, and many of them are killed. The merpeople soon realize that the sonar had been turned off and return to the ocean. As Shan attempts to escape, she is shot and forced onto land. Xuan, using a jetpack, arrives in time to retrieve a badly-injured Shan. As he is carrying her to the ocean, Ruolan angrily shoots him, but George stops her before she could injure him any further. Shan insists that Xuan leave her, but he continues to carry her to safety. The police arrive and while Ruolan and George get arrested, Xuan collapses from his wounds. Three years later, a student arrives at Xuan's home to thank him for setting up a scholarship for research into environmental protection. The student asks Xuan whether merpeople are real and if the story that he fell in love with a mermaid is true, but Xuan denies it. Xuan then introduces the student to his wife, "Lucy", who is actually Shan in a human disguise. Xuan and Shan encourage the student to travel and explore the world. The screen then goes to Xuan and Shan swimming in the ocean along with the other merpeople.