The protagonist Xiao Zhuang is performing an assassination mission and accidentally causes the singer's eyes to be injured and needs money to be healed. Xiao Zhuang prepares to take over the last task because of righteousness to make money for the singer to heal. At the same time, Li Ying, who was chasing Xiaozhuang, constantly confronted Xiaozhuang, but was finally influenced by Xiaozhuang's righteous behavior, and the two forged a friendship. In the last two facing the siege of the underworld at the same time, Xiaozhuang sacrificed, and Li Ying completely put righteousness in front of the law to avenge Xiaozhuang.
(2) Event Analysis
Event 1 [The first connection between Xiaozhuang and Feng Gang]
Time: 00:01:22～00:03:44 (2'22'')
Scene: Church/Night/Thunderstorm
Triggered: Author's
passage: Feng Gang handed the assassination mission to Xiaozhuang, and Xiaozhuang took it without checking the gun and started the task
description: The sacred and beautiful atmosphere of the church in the thunderstorm day portrayed Xiaozhuang's character / Xiaozhuang did not check the gun and portrayed the relationship between Xiaozhuang and Feng Gang The value of trust relationship dominated by Xiaozhuang
: trust in friends
Event 2 [Xiaozhuang assassinates Jenny for the first time]
Time: 00:03:45～00:06:42 (2'57'')
Scene: Music bar/
triggered at night : Xiaozhuang's assassination mission
process: During Xiaozhuang's assassination, singer Jenny suddenly appeared. In the process of protecting Jenny, Xiaozhuang was shot in the back, and Jenny's eye was injured due to Xiaozhuang's shooting.
Depiction: Xiaozhuang's cool and handsome face Jia Jenny's beautiful singing and beauty depict the ambiguous relationship between the two / Xiao Zhuang's skillful and unrestrained assassination process depicts Xiao Zhuang's superb assassination ability / Xiao Zhuang protects Jenny from being shot and portrays Xiao Zhuang's noble quality of self-sacrifice / Xiao Zhuang Jenny's eye injury caused by shooting too close depicts the author's value of "righteousness may lead to local casualties"
: Xiaozhuang's righteousness of self-sacrifice caused his own injury, Jenny's eye injury, and righteousness was tested for the first time
Incident 2.1 [Church Feng Gang took bombs for Xiaozhuang]
Time: 00:06:43～00:07:23 (40'')
Scene: Church/ Night /
Thunderstorm : Feng Gang portrayed the trust relationship between the two for Xiaozhuang's retrieval of bombs / Xiaozhuang's extreme pain tends to cross depicts Xiaozhuang's inner pain value: Dayi was tested by physical and psychological pain Incident 2.2 [Jenny from the hospital took the gauze ] Time: 00:07:24～00:08:08 (44'') Scene: Hospital Trigger: Xiaozhuang protects Jenny who suddenly appeared Passes : Jenny's eyes are largely blind, and the doctor tells that money is needed to replace the cornea, Detective Zeng Ye appeared for the first time and asked Jenny if she remembered the criminal's appearance. Jenny remembered but was afraid to answer . Characterization: Jenny's blindness and fear describe Jenny's attitude towards Xiaozhuang. Value: Xiaozhuang's righteousness was tested by misunderstanding . 2.3 [Xiao Zhuang visits Jenny] Time: 00:08:09～00:12:44 (4'35'') Scene: Bar-Jenny's downstairs-Jenny's house/Night Trigger : Xiaozhuang's worry about Jenny Xiaozhuang listened to Jenny’s singing in the bar, protected Jenny from rape on the way home, accompanied Jenny home safely, and asked Jenny if she still remembered the scarf, Jenny’s answer stung Xiaozhuang Description: Xiaozhuang went to the bar to visit Jenny again Depicts Xiaozhuang's sympathy / Xiaozhuang protects Jenny again and escorts her home, depicts Xiaozhuang's righteousness and courage / Jenny's view of Xiaozhuang stings Xiaozhuang's value: Xiaozhuang's righteousness is tested by misunderstanding Event 3 [Li Ying and Zeng Ye carry out Brother Xiong's mission as undercover agents] Time: 00:12:45～00:18:41 (5'56'')
Scene: Inside the car - remote street - bus / night police station / daytime
trigger: Author's
passage: Zeng Ye reminded Li Ying not to be serious in the car, and to be careful to protect his life when performing tasks. During the undercover transaction, a patrolman appeared unexpectedly. After confronting for a while, Brother Xiong decisively shot and killed the patrolman. Brother Xiong suspected Li Ying and Master Zeng and continued the confrontation. Brother Xiong was about to shoot Li Ying, but Master Zeng grabbed the gun and protected Li. eagle. But Li Ying couldn't bear the innocent policeman being killed, so he cut off the gun decisively. Zeng Ye was injured in the process of protecting Li Ying, and Li Ying chased and killed Brother Xiong. Brother Xiong killed the taxi driver who accidentally broke in during his escape. Li Ying chased Brother Xiong to the bus. The moment Brother Xiong grabbed the hostage, Li Ying shot and killed Brother Xiong with his superb marksmanship and judgment, but the hostage died suddenly of a heart attack. The police station was accused by the family of the hostages and turned on Li Ying, who left in extreme indignation.
Depiction: Zeng Ye's reminder and protection to Li Ying depicts Zeng Ye's affection for Li Ying / Li Ying's reaction after witnessing the killing of a patrolman and a taxi driver depicts Li Ying's sense of justice / Successfully killed Brother Xiong depicts Li Ying Ying's professional level/ The attitude of the police station and the hostage family to Li Ying depicts the author's value of "righteousness may lead to partial casualties"
: Li Ying's righteousness led to the accusation of the police station and the hostage family, and was tested by the first
incident 4 [Xiaozhuang meets Feng Gang for the second time]
Time: 00:18:42～00:22:09 (3'27'')
Scene: Xiaozhuang's residence-hospital-Jenny's residence/night
Trigger: Feng Gang
passes by: Xiaozhuang Zhuang once again took on Feng Gang's mission to assassinate Wang Dongyuan. Feng Gang quit the arena because of his injury and was a little puzzled by Xiaozhuang, and Xiaozhuang hoped that this would be the last mission, for the medical expenses of Jenny
's eyes. The last mission depicts Xiaozhuang's righteousness / The kiss before Xiaozhuang's departure depicts Xiaozhuang's righteousness to Jenny has been integrated into the
value of love: Xiaozhuang still insists on the righteousness and continues the mission
Event 5 [Xiaozhuang and Li in the mission of assassinating Wang Dongyuan Eagles meet for the first time]
Time: 00:22:10～00:35:24 (13'14'')
Scenario: Dragon Boat Arena-Joint Coast-Hospital
Trigger: Xiaozhuang's mission/Li Ying's mission
process: Xiaozhuang performed an assassination mission for righteousness, but Li Ying did not understand why he performed a protection mission, and Wang Dongyuan was successfully assassinated by Xiaozhuang. Li Ying chased Xiaozhuang to a coast. A little girl was injured. Xiaozhuang showed mercy to Li Ying, and immediately sent the little girl to the hospital for treatment. In the confrontation in the hospital, Li Ying escaped
and portrayed again: Xiaozhuang's righteousness was portrayed by comparing the motives of Xiaozhuang and Li Ying's mission execution / Xiaozhuang's righteousness was portrayed by Xiaozhuang regardless of his life to save the little girl / Xiaozhuang shot Li Ying Mercy depicts Xiaozhuang's righteousness / Assassination and successful escape depicts Xiaozhuang's killer ability
value: Xiaozhuang's persistence in righteousness achieves initial success
Event 5.1 [Li Ying returned to the police station to be approved]
Time: 00:35:25～ 00:36:31 (1'06'')
Scene:
Triggered by the police station: Li Ying passes: Li Ying was criticized by his boss and responded, Li Ying described
Xiaozhuang's appearance to the murderer's painter
Ying's sense of justice/ Li Ying's description of the painter's description of Xiaozhuang depicts the recognition
value of Li Ying's behavior towards Xiaozhuang: Xiaozhuang's righteousness to a certain extent infected Li Ying
Incident 5.2 [After Xiaozhuang escaped, contact Feng Gang Ask for money]
Time: 00:36:32～00:38:26 (1'54'') Scene :
Xiaozhuang's residence - Gang headquarters Instructing Feng Gang to kill Xiaozhuang under the threat of his life Characterization: Feng Gang arrived to persuade Xiaozhuang to describe the value of Feng Gang's righteousness to Xiaozhuang : Feng Gang's righteousness was tested Incident 6 [Li Ying found Jenny's clue] Time: 00:38:27 ~00:41:00 (3'27'') Scene: Police Station - Bar Trigger: Zeng Ye
After: Zeng Ye provided Li Ying with Jenny's clues, Li Ying found the bar and met Jenny
Characterization: Jenny's beautiful singing and Li Ying's words to Jenny portrayed Li Ying's recognition of Xiaozhuang has a deeper
value : Xiaozhuang's righteousness deeply infected Li Ying
Incident 5.3 [Xiaozhuang meets Feng Gang]
Time: 00:41:01～00:46:22 (5'21'')
Scene: Xiaozhuang's residence
Trigger: Xiaozhuang
After: Xiaozhuang was betrayed by Feng Gang, but Xiaozhuang kept his hand, escaped successfully and let Feng Gang go.
Characterization: Xiaozhuang's left hand portrayed Xiaozhuang's killer ability / Xiaozhuang's mercy towards Feng Gang's men portrayed Xiaozhuang The value of righteousness
: Xiaozhuang's righteousness has been tested again
Event 6.1 [Li Ying traces Xiaozhuang's residence]
Time: 00:46:23～00:48:20 (1'57'')
Scene: Xiaozhuang's residence is
triggered : Li Ying
’s passage: Li Ying’s residence in Xiaozhuang shares the same feeling with Xiaozhuang, which once again gave Li Ying inspiration for his investigation.
Description: Jenny’s beautiful singing and the interlaced parallel montage of Li Ying and Xiaozhuang’s pictures depicts what Li Ying has understood. Xiaozhuang's behavioral
value: Xiaozhuang's coat seems to have influenced Li Ying
Incident 7 [Xiaozhuang confronts Li Ying again at Jenny's residence]
Time: 00:48:21～00:55:47 (7'26'')
Scene : Seaside - Jenny's house
Trigger: Li Ying/Xiao Zhuang
Passing: Xiao Zhuang came to Jenny's house after talking on the phone with Jenny at the seaside, but Li Ying had already been in ambush. After the confrontation, Xiao Zhuang escaped with his superb killer ability. Then Li Ying instigated Jenny to cooperate with the police to trap Xiaozhuang on the grounds of helping Xiaozhuang avoid being chased by the underworld.
Depiction: The lonely picture by the sea depicts Xiaozhuang's loneliness after being betrayed by his friends / Xiaozhuang's successful escape depicts Xiaozhuang's killer ability / Li Ying's rebellion against Jenny depicts Li Ying's identity, but still insists on behavior One's own values
: Xiaozhuang's righteousness is still untouched Li Ying
Incident 8 [Xiaozhuang chases and kills the underworld master Wang Hai]
Time: 00:55:48～01:00:49 (5'1'')
Scene: Underworld Headquarters-parking-mountain highway
trigger: Xiaozhuang
passes: Wang Hai invited a killer to chase Xiaozhuang, Xiaozhuang was preparing to assassinate in the parking lot, and witnessed Feng Gang kneeling for Xiaozhuang's money. Then began to exchange fire, Feng Gang helped Xiaozhuang to escape successfully, and the two reunited on the mountain road
. Xiaozhuang's Righteousness / The conversation on the mountain road depicts the shared
value of righteousness between the two: Xiaozhuang and Feng Gang regained their friendship because of righteousness.
Event 9 [Xiaozhuang and Feng Gang joined forces to pick up Jenny at the airport]
Time: 01:00: 50～01:08:32 (7'42'') Scene
: Feng Gang's residence - Airport - Epigram With the help of , successfully led Jenny to escape, Feng Gang was arrested and put on trial, while Li Ying was demoted Value: Feng Gang's righteousness assisted Xiaozhuang Incident 10 [Master Zeng was killed by the underworld while tracking Feng Gang] Time: 01:08:33～01:13:55 (5'22'') Scene: Parking lot- On the Highway - Feng Gang's Residence - Hospital Trigger: Feng Gang/Zeng Ye/Underworld
After: Feng Gang was followed by the underworld in the parking lot, and Zeng Ye, who happened to be following, was shot by the underworld. Feng Gang got rid of the underworld and Zeng Ye. Zeng Ye sacrificed to leave clues for Li Ying, and Li Ying continued to hunt down alone. Feng Gang took the initiative to go out alone and ask for money.
Depiction: Feng Gang's decision depicts Feng Gang's righteousness to Xiaozhuang / Li Ying's attack under the circumstance of being hit by Zeng Ye's death depicts Li Ying's righteousness
value: Zeng Ye's righteousness to Li Ying led to Zeng Ye's sacrifice
event 10.1【 Li Ying underworld chased to Feng Gang's residence at the same time]
Time: 01:13:56～01:24:04 (10'8'')
Scene: Feng Gang's residence - Riverside - Church
Trigger: Li Ying/Underworld
Pass: Li Ying Chase to Feng Gang's residence and confront Xiaozhuang, the triad arrived immediately, Xiaozhuang shot and killed the triad behind Li Ying, Li Ying misunderstood and shot Xiaozhuang at the same time. The two made a concerted effort to escape to the river, and after some conversation they finally became friends. Li Ying accompanied Xiaozhuang to the church and waited for Feng Gang's
portrayal: Xiaozhuang shot to rescue Li Ying regardless of misunderstanding and portrayed Xiaozhuang's righteousness / Xiaozhuang Li Ying broke through together and portrayed the beginning
value of their friendship: Xiaozhuang's righteousness finally changed Li Ying
Incident 10.2 [Feng Gang regains the bounty alone] Time
: 01:24:05～01:30:41 (6'36'') Scene
: Underworld Headquarters - Church Injured, successfully regained the bounty and came to the church to meet with Xiaozhuang. At the same time, Xiao Zhuang was discussing justice with Li Ying in the church. Feng Gang was shot and killed by the underworld after meeting with Xiaozhuang Depiction: Feng Gang risked his life to take back the bounty for Xiaozhuang Depicts the value of Feng Gang's righteousness to Xiaozhuang: Xiaozhuang's righteousness and Feng Gang's righteousness touched the Li Ying incident 11 [Xiao Zhuang Li Ying teamed up to break through] Time: 01:30:42～01:45:27 (14'45'') Scene: Church Trigger: Feng Gang/Underworld
After: Xiaozhuang and Li Ying broke through the bloodbath in the church, but Xiaozhuang was unfortunately shot to death by Wang Hai, Li Ying was saddened after Xiaozhuang's sacrifice, and shot and killed Wang Hai who sought police asylum in front of the police. The police still choose to kill Wang Hai in front of the police. The theme
value of justice transcends social rules. Li Ying finally puts justice above social rules under the influence of Xiaozhuang
(3) Narrative technique
The film mainly uses linear + cross-narrative. method.
Cross narratives link Xiaozhuang and Li Ying's actions, creating resonance and contrast, highlighting the similar motivations behind seemingly different actions.
The linear narrative shows that Xiaozhuang's righteousness has been constantly subjected to blows and tests, and has not changed in the end. At the same time, the linear narrative also pushes Li Ying under the influence of Xiaozhuang's righteousness, step by step, to the end of Li Ying's complete change.
In the meantime, there is a section where Li Ying sits on the chair that Xiaozhuang sat, listening to the songs Xiaozhuang has heard while smoking a cigarette. The director uses the narrative technique of parallel montage to vividly express that Li Ying has understood Xiaozhuang's thoughts. The motive for action, this kind of beautiful lens performance, makes people mistakenly think that Li Ying felt Xiaozhuang's feelings, which changed his values, but through the next scene of Li Ying pointing a gun at Zeng Ye, it can be concluded that the director The intention is not here, but it seems far-fetched, creating expectations for the audience but not meeting them, making it difficult for the audience to understand.
In the end, the cross-cutting Feng Gang used for Xiaozhuang's break into the Longtan didn't seem to have the effect of contrasting or resonating.
(4) Although the righteousness of the character portrayal of
the protagonist Xiaozhuang is shown, the three-dimensional sense is slightly insufficient.
Li Ying's values are insufficiently portrayed, making it difficult for the audience to appreciate the profound changes.
Zeng's portrayal is relatively unsuccessful, and it is difficult to grasp his motives. It seems that his existence will not have much impact on Li Ying.
(5) Plot design
Part of the plot design of this film can be said to be very subtle, especially the part where Feng Gang betrayed Xiaozhuang. The first turning point: Feng Gang picked up the gun that Xiao Zhuang put down because of trust and aimed it at Xiao Zhuang, Xiao Zhuang opened the cash box full of white paper; the second turning point: Feng Gang pulled the trigger, but unexpectedly he had already been discharged ;The third turning point: Xiao Zhuang took out a gun with bullets and aimed it at Feng Gang; the fourth turning point: Xiao Zhuang saw that other killers opened Feng Gang with the butt of the gun and started to break through. In less than a minute, the cruelty of Feng Gang's sentence, Xiaozhuang's wisdom, and Xiaozhuang's moral victory over anger were fully expressed. This sense of rhythm with multiple turns in a short period of time highlights the cruelty of Feng Gang's betrayal, and then highlights Xiaozhuang's rhythm. Zhuang faces the righteousness of betrayal.
But objectively speaking, there are many places where the plot design is far-fetched. For example, the singer suddenly appeared during the shootout of Xiaozhuang; Xiaozhuang inexplicably got rid of Li Ying who was pursuing him after assassinating Wang Dongyuan (also, it was far-fetched to brush Li Ying two times later); Unacquainted underworld shootings, etc. In addition, there were many times during the shootout process that Xiaozhuang broke through like a god.
(6) Lens performance
The analogy of close-up + parallel montage is widely used in the film, which skillfully depicts the hearts of the characters and renders the atmosphere of the plot. In addition, a large number of slow motion combined with picture design also established Wu Yusen's violent aesthetic style.
(7) Value core
The righteousness exists whether it is legal or not. It transcends the social rules that restrict itself, that is, transcends individualism. This should be the value that the film wants to convey.
Just like the killer Xiaozhuang's righteousness towards the singer, Feng Gang, Li Ying, and the little girl in the film, although he murdered illegally to make money, his motives in the last action were noble. Li Ying's motives for action seem pale, and he even uses Xiaozhuang's righteousness to obtain clues to achieve the goals defined by the police station instead of himself. .
Feng Gang's righteousness also transcended individualism to form a great righteousness under the constant infection of Xiaozhuang.
Zeng Ye's righteousness was also sublimated in sacrifice.
Wang Hai, the leader of the underworld, has no righteousness at all, let alone a righteousness that transcends individualism, because he can kill his relatives for profit.
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