Most of the Kung Fu star Jackie Chan's interpretations on the screen are tough guys with a bit of witty and humorous features. They show the breadth and depth of Chinese martial arts in laughter, scolding, and fluttering, bringing many well-made blockbusters to the audience.
But this "British Showdown" film also starring him, the plot structure is contrary to the previous easy line, with a heavy and dark tone.
In the film, Jackie Chan plays an old man named Guan Yuming who has lost his beloved daughter. He interprets the helplessness, grief, loneliness, and despair of losing his daughter to the core. The wrinkled mottled face, staggering steps, and absent-minded eyes are heart-wrenching. However, Jackie Chan's tough guy image is still the same as before.
The film is led by the agencies of the main line and the sub-line. The main line is Guan Yuming's search for the murderer, and the sub-line is the conspiracy of the two interest groups.
Father's love is like a mountain, deep and silent
Guan Yuming (Jackie Chan)'s daughter was tragically killed in a terrorist attack. A few minutes ago, the daughter was sitting in the car talking and laughing with her father, discussing dance parties, boyfriends, etc. When he found out that his daughter had a boyfriend, Guan Yuming asked a little disappointed and sad, would he also drive you like this?
He knows that there is a boy who will share his daughter's love, be happy for his daughter to have someone who loves her, and face the fact that her daughter will be farther and farther from her father when she grows up.
The explosion occurred after the daughter stepped into the clothing store. Died in a few seconds before and after, heaven and man are forever separated.
This old man, who has passed his sixtieth year, has since then had his smile frozen and all thoughts burning. With his love for his daughter, his hatred for the murderer, the loneliness and exhaustion, pain and anger of an elderly woman who lost his daughter, he began a long search for the murder.
Guan Yuming asked Hennessy, a high-ranking government official, to find out the truth. Hennessy ostensibly promised to be kind, warm and kind, but in fact he was false and condescending. They only think about their own interests, and they don't care about the lives of civilians at all, and they completely ignore the helplessness and grief of an old man. So Guan Yuming began to solve the problem in his own way.
Guan Yuming, relying on his professionalism and intuition as a US special forces soldier, believes that Hennessy and this terrorist attack must be inseparable. Because he firmly believes that "politicians and terrorists are like the head and tail of a poisonous snake, no matter which end they catch, they can catch the snake".
He pointed the finger directly at Hennessy. So Hennessy, the hypocritical politician, is thrust into a nightmarish life. Hennessy found that this old Chinese man was originally looked down upon, but Duan did not dare to look down upon him.
the background conditions of the story
So why did Guan Yuming identify that Hennessy had something to do with the terrorist attack? Of course because of Hennessy's identity. Hennessy was originally the leader of a terrorist organization in Northern Ireland, and later became a deputy minister of the government, responsible for dialogue and communication with the British Empire, alleviating and reconciling conflicts between the two sides, and acting as a bridge.
The conflict between the British Empire and Ireland has a long history, and it is also the real historical background of this film. The story is set on the entanglement between Northern Ireland and the British Empire.
It is well known that in the mid-nineteenth century, Irish land was occupied by the English aristocracy. The history of the fortune of this old capitalist country is the history of blood and tears of other related countries.
There are also many similar bad bloody events in history. The invasion of foreigners led to the slaughter and ravage of the indigenous people.
The aristocratic men in England are backed by a strong country and are arrogant and domineering. One can imagine how the life of the native Irish people who have lost their land is struggling. In history, the Irish once had a great migration because of famine, which was actually a great escape. Its tragic degree is no less than that of the Jewish people who were persecuted during World War II.
The national stigma in Ireland is accumulating bit by bit, just short of a critical breaking point.
The opportunity finally came. Britain, who was involved in the whirlpool of the First World War, was severely damaged, and Ireland took the opportunity to start a protracted war of independence for sovereignty. They formed the Republic of Ireland and the struggle was successful. But Northern Ireland is not completely independent, because the beliefs of the two sides are not the same. Catholics in the South and Protestants in the North. Northern Ireland has become the main target of contention between the two sides.
Because of the disparity in strength, those IRA extremists in Northern Ireland who were seeking independence were unable to directly confront the British Empire, so they developed terrorist organizations and carried out small-scale violence against violence to deter the British government. They took advantage of these terrorist attacks to seek opportunities for dialogue with the British government, and made demands to force the other side to make concessions.
Hennessy had issued a secret order to the terrorist organization to attack financial institutions in London, and then he could use this as a condition to negotiate an amnesty order with the British Empire, asking the other party to release the leader of the Irish terrorist organization who had been arrested before. The subordinates escalated the explosion to create bloody incidents that hurt civilians. Use the hope of innocent people's death to achieve some kind of appeal.
Guan Yuming's daughter died in the attack. The incident aroused the anger of the people and the intolerance of the British Empire.
The lone hero who goes deep into the tiger's den
Guan Yuming, a Chinese-born Vietnamese of Chinese descent, is a former U.S. Special Forces member who fled after being defeated in the war with North Vietnam. He lost two daughters while fleeing, and later his wife died in childbirth while giving birth to his youngest daughter. Only this daughter is left to depend on each other. Therefore, the importance of daughters to Guan Yuming is self-evident and is the spiritual support for his survival.
After losing his daughter, the meaning of his life has been destroyed. Finding out the murderer and killing him has become a strong motivation and support for his survival.
Guan Yuming is a civilian who runs a restaurant. He himself has nothing to do with terrorism or the competing interests between the two groups, nor is he interested in political conspiracy. He was only accidentally involved in this incident.
Although he is ordinary, he is not mediocre. He is heroic and good at fighting in the army, and has great military exploits. He is an expert in jungle warfare, explosives, and an expert in tracking and anti-tracking. But at this moment, he is just an ordinary sad father trying to find the murderer.
Guan Yuming exposed Hennessy's disguised face and dark politics in a personal act.
Guan Yuming's road of revenge contributed to the exposure of the whole conspiracy. He forced Hennessy to hand over the list of murderers and moved freely in Hennessy's heavily guarded office. Power.
Guan Yuming finally got the list and killed the murderers before the arrival of the British Legion, leaving only one woman who was Hennessy's lover. Guan Yuming didn't kill her not because she was Hennessy's lover, but only because she was a woman.
This sixtieth old man is alone against the conspiracy and power of that group. He entered the tiger's den alone, a lone hero.
Finally, the British government officer said, "This Chinese has a beginning and an end... Maybe he helped us."
And how others feel the same way, Guan Yuming's perseverance and patience behind the endless grief and self-blame, the anger of the terrorists, the annoyance of not being able to protect his daughter, but also a father's love for his child as deep as a mountain .
Those who play tricks will eventually be destroyed by tricks
After Hennessy became a government official in Northern Ireland, he was gradually bribed by the benefits of a high-ranking official in the British government. To keep his position, lean towards pacifism. He has become a two-faced faction. On the one hand, he maintains the stability of the Republican Army and does not allow his subordinates to make big moves.
However, the Tao is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high, and any deceit that crosses the sea will turn into a vast ocean.
The terror group no longer believed their former leader, who had become a high-ranking government official, and placed a woman by Hennessy's side to prevent him from reversing his sentence. Let the British government and the world know when necessary that Hennessy has a terrorist lover.
Hennessy's unrestrained lust brought him into a situation of being framed and pinned down.
Hennessy fell into a cocooning situation, he sacrificed his men to choose to protect himself. But the British imperial government had already seen his disguises and motives. Hennessy is nothing more than a once valuable tool that they use. As they announced, "We will let you die in the third watch, and you will not live until the fifth watch."
Those who play the conspiracy will eventually be exposed, and justice, although a little late, will never be absent.
Hennessy's fascination with power has ruined himself and his family. His wife's dissatisfaction with her husband's actions culminated in Hennessy's failure to pursue her brother's killer, but only to think about her own success. She is disillusioned with her husband and the attachment disappears.
She had an extramarital affair with Hennessy's confidant and the other's nephew. In fact, she wanted to know her husband's movements and report to the organization. The couple were separated and estranged.
Hennessy holds great power, but he is betrayed and embattled. Perhaps for him, the choice of how to do it is also a last resort. Sometimes the arrow is on the string and has to be sent. But it won't win pity and sympathy either. The self-control that a person should train to not be tempted should be proportional to his position. He hurt others because of an inappropriate order, and eventually he paid the price for it.
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