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A terrific martial arts movie
Josie 2022-04-23 07:03:59
After "Ip Man" 1 and 2, I watched "Guan Yunchang" and "Jingwu Fengyun Chen Zhen", and I was a little tired of Donnie Yen. But the "Wu Xia" that I saw next was refreshing, but it was not Donnie Yen that caught the eye, but the director and screenwriter. Because this is a work that sucks the ground. In many martial arts movies, most of them are imaginative, and the plot has little connection with the natural and cultural environment in which the film is located, which makes people feel extremely contrived and has no affinity. But "Wu Xia" is not. It sets the story in the background of southwestern style and is full of elements of national culture. It renders the film extremely vivid and makes an already well told story even more fascinating. All this must be attributed to Writer and director. Among the actors, Donnie Yen's image has a new idea, Tang Wei is familiar with it, Jin Chengwu has a good grasp, and the most impressive Wang Yu - a full-fledged "teacher" - a search on the Internet, only to know that Wang Yu was in the year of Bruce Lee. On a par with the predecessors!
Extended Reading
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Xu's investigator: [referring to Liu Jin-Xi] He's a reformed man.
Detective Xu Bai-Jiu: We're not here to reform criminals.
Xu's investigator: Then what's our purpose?
Detective Xu Bai-Jiu: [sternly] To serve the law!
Xu's investigator: If the law doesn't help reform people, what good is it?
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Detective Xu Bai-Jiu: Is the law really more important than humanity?