In the eyes of many, Jackie Chan, who wears a police uniform and can fight, is a box office guarantee. At the beginning of the film, the performance of police officer Rong (Jackie Chan) caters to this audience's taste. And Rong's later fall and rise, even if the plot has long been abused, but also because of Jackie Chan's interpretation of the true feelings can make most of the audience moved. Always thinking about the reason why Jackie Chan has become a box office guarantee for Hong Kong films. In fact, in addition to the dazzling martial arts fights, it is more about the interpretation of love. Most of the roles played by Jackie Chan are the same as Police Rong. They are beautiful and just, but they are even more alive, with flesh and blood, cowardly and impulsive. The expression of human nature in movies is timeless. No matter how exaggerated and fantastical the plot is, you can find the word "true" hidden at the bottom and play a supporting role.
Jackie Chan succeeded, and his performance in "New Police Story" brought him almost back to his golden days before he left Hong Kong. Nominations for the Academy Awards, Best Actor at the Golden Horse Awards, Best Actor at the Hundred Flowers Awards... One after another. And with him on the golden stage of the awards ceremony, there is also a young but unforgettable face.
Wu Yanzu, who is only a newcomer in the entertainment industry at the age of 30, is a youthful idol. And the Azu he plays is also just a young boy in my heart, even if he steals countless times, even if he indulges in killing games. At the beginning of the film, Azu's first appearance was extremely cool. Wearing a mask, he and his companions sat on the top of the high-rise building of the Hong Kong Digital Center and laughed wantonly. Until the end of the film, Azu's laughter kept replaying in my mind. I actually saw real happiness in that smile. Whether it is looking down on Hong Kong from the top of the tallest building, or stealing and robbing the most secure bank, even more than a murder game, he gets the same joy of conquest. Who is not young and frivolous? Who has no desire to conquer when his blood is strong? . And wrong, is twisted. Azu's psychology is distorted. He indulged in a twisted sense of conquest, pleasure.
And such Azu, facing the scolding of his father as the police chief, even ignored the slap in the face of self-esteem, but was cowardly and silent like a lamb. At this moment, those eyes that were sharp and full of evil when they faced the police were also dull and colorless like dead ashes. A prominent family background, a lonely childhood, and the "money-based" values in the adult world made the youth, who should have faced the enemy in the battlefield and learned to float in the sea, seem worthless and have nowhere to escape. So video games became the only way most boys were released. For Azu, who is smart and lacks love, reality guides him to choose a more extreme path.
Azu's failure is inevitable, but it cannot simply be included in the list of "evil will be rewarded". The failure of the rooftop killing game has made Azu see the "Game Over" of real crimes that he regards as video games. To a certain extent, Azu at this time has been forced out of his "paradise". And the gun aimed at his father at that time was the stubborn last resistance. Azu, who is still a big boy, still loves his father, just like every son who will stubbornly pull his father into the so-called "dialogue between men". The bulletless gun will never shoot through the heart of the one he loves the most, but resorts to anger at all the indifference, the harshness, all the slaps, the "wimps". The muzzle hit the father's heart, and it also mercilessly hit the hearts of all the viewers.
With a wealthy family background and a graduate from a famous foreign university, Wu Yanzu's performance of Azu's tragedy is a classic. Azu's life is short and intense, compressing the tragedies of countless such young people. Such tragedies are concentrated in Hong Kong, a metropolis that is full of money, glamorous on the outside, contradictions on the inside, and even sinful. Almost all the Hong Kong films "Infernal Affairs", "The True Color of a Man",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, are like sketches in Hong Kong. It is from the outside to the inside, showing the in-depth human nature of the young Hong Kong.
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