Monster Hunter might not be screened in mainland China. Just because of the short sentences one of the characters said Which the Chinese believe is a “racist” word
The problematic scenes come from a sentence in which a soldier character. Which was played by a Chinese American star Point to your leg and say “Do you know what kind of knee this is? Chinese knees “ (What kind of knees are these? Chinese)
While the Chinese subtitles translate slightly differently “Do you know what’s under him, gold?” Which should reference the Chinese proverb that “There is gold under a man’s knee” Meaning that people should not kneel for anyone and anything like that
Which most people probably don’t think much But this short sentence has displeased many Chinese people.
Believe that the things that make the Chinese people upset severely Not quite the meaning of the sentence But it is the actor pronouncing the words “Chinese” that “Chi-Nees” (“Chi-knees!”) Similar to pronunciation In the racist song of a Western child that is used to scare the Asian people “Chi-nese, Jap-a-nese, dir-ty knees, look at these” Along with doing a knee slap and a yawning like in the clip below
Which Asian American children Have been teased by this song before
Right now, there are Chinese netizens calling for the official ban on the movie. And many said that the actors who spoke this sentence apologized to the Chinese people.
But at the same time, there are still Chinese people who view their country as being overreacting. By a movie critic who goes by the name “Uncle Yuan” With 400,000 people following Weibo said that China Should not be banning a movie from just a few words like this.
While the representative of Capcom Original game owner And is a venture capitalist for this movie Apologized Ready to confirm, there will be corrections, cut scenes with problems for sure
Monster Hunter is a very popular game where the characters have to role play. “Hunter” Use different weapons to hunt giant monsters. In which the movie will feature a Thai action star Japanom Take on the role of the lead hunter of the story. With a young actress Milla Jovovic And many other famous stars
Monster Hunter will be released later this year in many countries, despite the COVID-19 outbreak. Because the creators believe that the movie should still make good money in many countries, especially in mainland China. Which if the movie is not shown in China Would create a lot of problems for the creator
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