* Note: The article reveals part of the film's content
As of noon on April 30, "Flip Side 8: Sun Hands" has reached the 62 billion VND revenue mark, surpassing the 55 billion VND revenue of "Detective Kien: The Headless Project".
Flip Side 8: Sun Hands is the sequel to the film series Lat Mat by director Ly Hai. The film revolves around the story of family, distance, and differences between generations, when parents always want their children to pursue education and have a stable job after graduating, but their children dream of becoming " idol singers", ready to take risks to fulfill their dreams.
Mr. Phuoc (Long Dep Trai) is a hard-working man, devoted to his wife and children, but he did not agree when his eldest son, Tam (Doan The Vinh), wanted to form a dance group and perform in a talent competition. Mr. Phuoc wants Tam to review for the exam to enter the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - University of Science and Technology.
There were conflicts and arguments between the father and son when they could not find a common voice.
This is an old story, which Tran Thanh exploited in his works, typically "Bo Gia".
It can be seen that Ly Hai's efforts to "new" the theme, he invested in the setting, staged family stories with strong flame to increase authenticity.
Ly Hai also used new materials such as music, dance groups, idol singers... to tell a new story about his family.
However, if we temporarily put aside the "thorny" material layers to tell the story, we will see that the core and inner message of "Flip Side 8" is nothing new and creative compared to the family film genre that has been exploited for decades on the big and small screens.
In particular, in "Bo Gia", Tran Thanh was praised for his way of pushing the climax of the father-son conflict, the generation gap between Mr. Ba Sang and his son Quan (Tuan Tran).
The scenes of the confrontation and dialogue showing the conflict between father and son were impressively handled by Tran Thanh.
With the film Mai, the conflict between mother and child was also taken care of by Tran Thanh, with dialogue invested. The arguing scene between Mrs. Dao (Hong Dao) and Duong (Tuan Tran) became the most expensive scene in the movie Mai.
Ly Hai also took care of the climaxes, expressing the strong conflict between Mr. Phuoc and his son - in which there was a line containing weight such as, "If you know which path leads to success, why is your family still so poor".
However, this line is not enough to make the conflicts and conflicts between father and child in Flip Side 8 new and impressive enough.
In addition, the cast of Flip Side 8 are all old faces, familiar from theFlip Side parts, most of whom are actors from Flip Side 7.
The script for Flip Side 8 lacks valuable details. The film creates a feeling of "inflating", " tropical tragedy" with small, scattered details.
For example, Mr. Phuoc returned home to get his child's performance (a 2-hour drive from the city) but he encountered a couple in such a hardship that... beyond the audience's imagination. This scene becomes unreasonable and unbelievable when it is too good to be true and lacking in reality.
Flip Side 8 is also facing prejudices like most films about family, when parents are always the ones who stop and opposes their childrens dreams.
On the journey to realize everyone's dream, there are countless difficulties, influenced by friends, society, working environment... However, the family film genre always assigns "dis playing" parents - always the "opponent" character on the journey to pursue children's dreams.
The ending of Flip Side 8 also makes the price of a dream too expensive.
