Blood Moon Party 8" released in theaters during the April 30 - May holiday caused countless controversies. The film is noticed when it gathers a large cast of actors participating, many "huge" names from the film industry, from Tran Thanh, Thai Hoa to Kaity Nguyen, Lien Binh Phat, Miu Le...
However, the mocking filmmaking style caused many viewers to share on social media platforms, they had to "endure for the first 30-40 minutes of the film", "a strange film, challenging viewers' patience".
Tran Thanh shared that he was called by producer Charlie Nguyen to invite him to play a small role in the movie. According to Tran Thanh, Charlie Nguyen is always a senior - whom Tran Thanh has loved and admired for a long time in the profession. It was the affection for Charlie Nguyen that made Tran Thanh agree to participate in "Blood Moon Party 8".
Charlie Nguyen's real name is Nguyen Chanh Truc, born in 1968. Before Tran Thanh dominated the box office, the person who "stormed" Vietnamese cinemas was Charlie Nguyen.
In 2007, when Tran Thanh was in his 20s struggling to find opportunities, Charlie Nguyen was already the director of the film that pioneered in the pure Vietnamese action film genre, "Dong mau anh hung" (Hero's Blood). The film received a shower of praise for its effects in staging spectacular and eye-catching action scenes.
Blood of Heroes" was praised for its expertise but caused the film studio to suffer heavy losses because the revenue was not as expected.
In the following years, Charlie Nguyen was the director of a series of comedy films that continuously "breaked" and set box office records: "Let Me Decide Tomorrow" (2010), "Long Ruoi" (2011), "Teo Em" (2013)... Both "Long Ruoi" and "Teo Em" are films that hold revenue records at the time of release.
It was Charlie Nguyen who discovered the talent of "million-dollar actor" Thai Hoa, when collaborating with the male actor in many projects.
In the production role, Charlie Nguyen is also known as a lucky person with many projects that broke box office records, of which "Em chua 18" is typical. With nearly 200 billion VND in 2017, "Em chua 18" is the movie that reached the milestone of 2 million tickets in the fastest time, and held the revenue record for a long time before being surpassed by projects of Ngo Thanh Van, Ly Hai, Tran Thanh.
However, throughout his journey, Charlie Nguyen also had "stumbles" with projects that were not released in theaters, or fell into sluggishness and losses such as "Bui Doi Cho Lon", "Fan Cuong"...
The collaboration with director Phan Gia Nhat Linh in the "Blood Moon Party 8" project this time, may also be a risk to the market for producer Charlie Nguyen.
