The basic mode of police and gangster films (summarizing "The True Color of Heroes" 1 and 2, with a little connection to the latecomers)

Josefa 2022-04-23 07:03:41

Philosophy: Once you become a thief, you can't turn your head back, you have no choice. (Infernal Affairs 2 is so)
Only revenge.
Being a man is not only about making money, but also about proving yourself.
I never wait for others to be pitiful. I don't admit that I was forced to fail. It was me who wanted to fight back.
Do you think that good people must be rewarded? I don't know, but I don't want bad people to be rewarded.

Character relationship: The dialectic of the police and the bandit, the police and bandits are indistinguishable. This one is brothers, Infernal Affairs is a connection of destiny, and Chill is father and son. In any case, blood cannot be betrayed.
Finally, the bandits turned to the police, taking advantage of the fact that they did not dare to kill in front of the police. And the police will help the gangsters to kill the real bad guys. ("Infernal Affairs 2" Wu Zhenyu is the last).
So it evolved into: undercover.
The two undercover agents will meet in the end (so the true color 2 Dillon beat Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung pointed a gun at Andy Lau).

Characters (internal composition of the underworld): bosses, other veterans, talkers, careerists, eternal subordinates (destined and forced to be like this, Zeng Jiang of True Color 2. The fat guy in "Underworld").
The careerists were not the loudest at first, but the most pompous among the helpers.
The unique characters in police and bandit films are made of face masks, the police officers waiting for Dillon to get out of prison in True Color 1; the bodyguard who killed Wu Mengda in True Color 2.
It has always been a single person who can challenge the highest level, and anyone can be king.

Gunfighting techniques: When a single person is against a group, or when a minority is against a majority, it is mainly a face-to-face shooting. When a single person wins, there will always be one person who is not shot dead in the end, which becomes a variable. (The one who hit Pony in the foot in True Color 1, Gao Yingpei in True Color 2)
The rhythm of the shootout is very important. Even killing a powerful person needs to be the same as killing an ordinary person. (This is too common, the true color 1 kills the boss, and later kills the uncle in "Underworld", etc.).
The introduction of pursuit warfare can be the stimulation of direct pursuit, or it can be to hide and hide to increase the sense of terror.
The transaction kills instantly, both of them are, the true color 2 is to hide the gun under the box, and backhand kill when the box is closed.
Murder with a gun. (In True Color 2, later when the gun was bound to the police, it evolved to change the gun and blame others for "Detective").
Unique two sharpshooters duel. At that time, the gunfight itself condensed meaning, and shooting at the same time could not help, and life and death were doomed. (The one who killed Leslie Cheung in "True Color 2", and the one who lent a gun to Chow Yun-fat to shoot each other with him, and who later fought against Ekin Cheng in "Gun Fire").
Selling cute murder, Chow Yun-fat of True Color 2.

Scene setting: In True Color 1, two police officers quarreled at the same time (later became a more conscious artistic pursuit in "Cold War").

Image: The gods and Buddhas unique to Hong Kong. It can symbolize tradition, symbolize breaking the idol of God, etc.
Egg fried rice in True Color 2. The scepter of "Underworld".

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A Better Tomorrow quotes

  • Mark Gor: That's enough! I don't need your pity! You don't owe me anything. I would never force my own friends to do something they wouldn't do. I have my own regulations. I just don't want to live like this any more. Do you think I like to beg? I've been in bad shape for three years, waiting for this opportunity. This is my only chance, not to prove that I'm the best, but to simply take back what I have lost. Look at yourself. Look at what you've become. Back then, people rejected you. Now you can't even take two steps without someone following you. Have you ever fought for a chance? You never have. Never! don't want to be like you.

  • Mark Gor: If we don't watch, we'll have nothing.