In fact, I have a prejudice against South Korea. First, because of the speed skating event, people feel that they cannot afford to lose in sports; second, they always adopt Chinese historical figures without authorization, which makes people feel culturally unconfident. Chinese people who can't afford to lose in sports and are not confident in their culture always give people the impression that they have no pattern, so I don't watch Korean TV and movies very much. This movie was highly recommended by a friend, and after watching it, I thought it was really good.
Later research found that the quality of Korean movies is really good. This may be related to the abolition of the film censorship system in South Korea. Therefore, the people of South Korea can watch excellent movies and TV series with novel themes and clever ideas shot in their own country, instead of being bored to watch the hot-eyed devils and the mines hidden in their crotch.
Since they are all underworld themes, there are always people who compare "New World" to "Infernal Affairs", but they just don't move at all. "Infernal Affairs" was born in the very sluggish environment of the Hong Kong film market, won numerous awards, brought Hong Kong films back to life, and reproduced the splendor of the same milestone. "New World" is nowhere near as influential, but it's also very good-looking. The main theme of "Infernal Affairs" is still very positive. The undercover agent sent by the gang wants to be a good person, and the undercover agent sent by the police wants to regain his identity as a police officer. But "New World" is different. The undercover agent sent by the police killed all the bosses who knew his identity, and finally he took the top spot as the president.
When they saw such an ending, the audience did not scold the policeman for being in the gang for a long time, but actually forgot his responsibilities and mission, lost the integrity and kindness of human nature, and turned his head to become a blood-stained gang boss. But when he saw the scene where he finally "ascended the throne", he was hooked, and supported him in his heart like a relieved burden. This is a man.
So, what happened to make us rejoice in the eventual blackening of this once-just policeman?
The undercover agent sent by the police was named Li Zicheng.
Since he is an undercover agent, he must come into contact with two completely different and opposing people. According to the idea of "Infernal Affairs", one side is the police boss who represents justice and ideals, and the other side is the underworld gangster who has done all the bad things, the duty of the police. It is to catch bad people, and the final result of the gangsters is of course to plead guilty and fall under the law. However, "New World" is not Infernal Affairs, the story he unfolds is closer to human nature.
Li Zicheng's boss is not as forbearing and responsible as Huang Qiusheng. He is more or less involuntary and wants to resign without approval, so he has no choice but to continue to grit his teeth and stick to his work, leaving it to Li Zicheng. The task, Li Zicheng endured for six years, and finally waited until the head of the underworld died, giving him the hope of washing his hands, but the boss coerced and enticed him to assign a new task, Li Zicheng wanted to disobey, and the boss threatened - if the underworld The people on the board know you're undercover. Guess what's going to happen to you? What about the other Go teacher who is in charge of the connection? Cold like a robot, she maintained professional ethics from beginning to end: she couldn't ask a word from her mouth. So Li Zicheng was hysterical: Aren't you colleagues I should trust? What am I to you? Even those hooligans believe in me and obey my orders! Why do you keep not believing in me? Also, due to the organization's distrust of him, an information officer was placed among the people closest to him. His wife and the younger brother closest to him were all arranged by the organization to monitor his every move at any time. And the identities of these two people, he has been kept in the dark. Li Zicheng, for the organization, is more like a chess piece.
On the other hand, what is the attitude of the underworld gangster towards him? Ding Qing, the gangster eldest brother who is hanging around, speaks like a motherfucker, and has very bad taste. When he comes out, he wears slippers and a suit, and his white shirt and black pants are particularly eye-catching in the crowd. There are countless industries, and when he came back from abroad, he actually liked to buy some street stall goods as gifts for Li Zicheng. First, he brought a copycat watch to his wife, so Li Zicheng disliked it and didn't want it. Such a seemingly unreliable eldest brother, Ding Qing, knows his life better than anyone else. He has a first-class mind and skill. The leader of the underworld who died used him as his first successor. , did not compromise in the face of the coercion and temptation of the police, and packed a box of money to prevent the police from interfering too deeply: "Let's solve our problem by ourselves." The second successor, Li Zhongjiu, played a role, and he shot and killed Ding Qing.
Ding Qing was chased and killed by Li Zhongjiu, and his breath was dying. When he was dying, Ding Qing told Li Zicheng that he had to be more ruthless in order to live longer. At this time, Ding Qing is probably very regretful, regretting that he was never cruel enough. He didn't kill Li Zhongjiu first, but he was poisoned instead. Therefore, Ding Qing hoped that his good brother would not repeat his mistakes. On the verge of death, Ding Qing asked Li Zicheng to open the safe, where he brought him a gift.
It turned out that there was no gold jewelry or anything of value stored in the safe. This time, the gift was a Rolex with a more vulgar taste and printed with a bear pattern. It was a couple's model. I haven't had time to hand it over to Li Zicheng. , the data shows that Li Zicheng is an undercover agent sent by the police. Perhaps, for Ding Qing, this is the most important thing for him. Holding his undercover information, Li Zicheng may think that in the small black room of the joint that day, his boss once threatened him, if the underworld knew that you were undercover, what would happen? I am afraid that what normal people think in their hearts is that they will die miserably.
However, Ding Qing gave his answer as early as that cold and rainy night. Ding Qing, who knew the three undercover agents around him, slaughtered the Go teacher and his junior in front of Li Zicheng, and yelled at the undercover boy whose head was about to be smashed by a shovel, "These people are playing you as a fool!" This scene is brutal. It's frightening, but everyone will feel familiar, no matter how impatient Ding Qing is with Li Zicheng, he will not touch him at all, but always use his sidekick as a punching bag, scolding, beating and kicking, and this One time, Li Zicheng committed a capital crime, and Ding Qing's attitude was still the same as before, cutting the throat of his follower, leaving Li Zicheng alive. This scene is very beautiful, who said that Ding Qing is always like a gangster without being a big brother in the underworld, and made Li Zicheng scared to death. (I am also scared to death as an audience)
The lawyer once asked Ding Qing, who were all undercover agents, why didn't they kill Li Zicheng? Ding Qing did not answer. My answer is - he likes him, and he likes him too. When I look back for the second time, I will find a lot of clues: when Li Zhongjiu drove straight over, Li Zicheng was able to rush up to protect Ding Qing. You must know that if the car did not stop, he would be dead, but it was a critical moment. , He didn't think so much. For the sake of brother Ding Qing, it turned out that he could risk his life. When handing over the task with the Go teacher, he blurted out "my big brother", and then changed his words because he felt it was inappropriate. In fact, in his mind, Ding Qing was no longer a simple task chain. The two developed feelings through long-term birth and death. And this kind of feeling is so good that it can make the two of them live and die.
So, this time, Li Zicheng did not dislike the gift his elder brother Ding Qing gave him. He carefully put the Rolex Bear on his wrist, and the person who gave the watch was already separated from him.
On the one hand, there is an organization that abandons his own safety - although Section Chief Jiang is upright, he can only say helplessly to Li Zicheng who is hysterical in the face of the fear of death, "So what can I do?" On the one hand, it is the elder brother who abandoned his own safety. Yes, Ding Qing abandoned his own safety and left an undercover agent by his side. It was like setting a ticking time bomb, but knowing this, Ding Qing still made his choice. . When Li Zicheng knows the truth of all this, how will you choose?
So, naturally, he chose the road that Ding Qing paved for him, overcame obstacles, eliminated dissidents, killed Director Zhang, killed Li Zhongjiu, killed Section Chief Jiang and Director, and took the new chairman himself.
At the end of the film, we return to the scene six years ago, when the two just met, and they were both side by side to cut people. At that time, Ding Qing was very timid. Facing a room of gangsters, he backed out, while Li Zicheng rushed in single-handedly. Afterwards, the two of them studied where to spend their time, and they both laughed very, very happily. In this film, Li Zicheng's face is like the tone of this film from beginning to end, gray and gloomy, and this time at the end of the film is his only happy smile. However, nothing can go back. Li Zicheng will sit on the throne of the new president paved with blood and open up a new world that belongs to him and the late Ding Qing.
What's more depressing is that I watched the whole film several times, but I still couldn't see who killed the gangster Shi Dongchuan.
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