In fact, as far as action movies are concerned, of course Dan's actions are still tough and powerful, but in my personal opinion, there is no longer the shocking feeling of "Killing the Wolf"! ! Although the so-called concept of "ruling violence with violence" is bluntly expressed everywhere in the film, I have to say that this script is really unworthy of this concept. Of course I understand and agree with this idealized "reconstruction after destruction" "The concept of punishing evil, its logic of preemptive strikes and using violence to control violence is no problem, it was a very good concept!! But it is limited by the level of the director and screenwriter, no matter how you shoot, how bluntly pass some narrations (The beginning and end of the film run through Ma Jun's thought) or it is a plot that has no novelty and lack of logic (such as killing the third Vietnamese young man alive and then walking away) to express, alas, I also feel that it is unconvincing and unavoidable. conventional! The plot is always that the bandit kills one or n policemen first, and then the policeman kills the bandit. The so-called blood for blood, tooth for tooth! And when killing gangsters, in order to let the audience vent their anger and enjoyment, they always abuse close-ups + slow motion + inexplicable music melody + police officers leave! ! In fact, in my opinion, killing gangsters and killing police officers is a simple self-defense reflex that animals are born with. To put it bluntly, it is the hostile nature of cats and mice. This is no need to focus on description. Yes, just like John McLane in "Die Hard", this guy feels as natural as drinking boiled water. He doesn't need you to kill hostages or police officers, and he doesn't need anything. The other reason is because you are a bandit and you are doing something criminal, and I am a policeman, that's fine! ! In fact, "Fuse" originally wanted to express such a thought, but because the film is full of clichés, it really does not give people the feeling of the natural head-to-head confrontation between soldiers and bandits, and the most important thing about this concept is that Preemptive strikes often require the police to take the initiative first. Taking Die Hard as an example, John McClane finds a crime every time and takes the initiative to attack, first sabotaging the bandit's original plan, then the bandit counterattacks, and the police then one by one. Destroying, of course, the police are also passive, but the bridge section of their active turn passive will not be very blunt! ! But the scenes that our Hong Kong films often set at this turning point are too false and blunt!
In "The True Color of a Man", the bandits suppressed the police from beginning to end, but later they fought alone because of several mentally retarded tactical mistakes and irrational loneliness. Outburst (probably a copy of "Saint Seiya", first abused and then abused, the small universe erupted) jokingly attributed the victory to the three beaten dying police officers, this kind of power conversion is too blunt! ! "The Fuse" has the same problem, but it has to be admitted that it is much stronger than "The True Color of a Man", but it also has a far-fetched crux. In fact, in general, the situation of the police and bandits in "The Fuse" has a turning point, and it was flat at the beginning. The first confrontation between the police and the bandits in the bar was considered a draw. Ma Jun led the police to disturb the bandits and beat Koo Tianle, but in the end they were unsuccessful! Then there was the fight in the den of the bandits, which caused the bandits to suddenly be at a disadvantage, and the boss was arrested, but it also laid a foreshadowing for the police to be disadvantaged in the future, that is, the undercover Gu Tianle was exposed! Therefore, in order to return to the situation, what the bandits need most is to kill the witnesses and regain the initiative, and the task of the police is to try their best to protect the witnesses and maintain the situation! ! It can be seen that the power conversion between the bandit and the police should be the focus of this film, at least the focus should be on the police protection of the witness and the bandit trying to kill the witness, and this is where it can be fully Show a battle between police and gangsters! ! Whether it's wit or bravery! ! But director Ye Weixin didn't seem to care about this place, and dealt with it carelessly. Several witnesses were killed in an instant, and Gu Tianle's girlfriend was kidnapped like a magic trick! ! ! Although there was a fight in the middle, it was too rough. The female policeman got into the elevator like a retard and was beaten to death. It is also too childish and procrastinating. Here the strength of the police and bandits themselves is not a level that needs to be dealt with neatly and neatly. To show the cruelty of bandits, either smear the neck directly like the paragraph in "Dog bites a dog", or kill the third child with one shot (this third third is also He was mentally retarded and threatened the police with a little girl, showing such a big gap! However, Dan, who was so amazing in sniping behind him, had no choice but to hold a gun. In the end, he didn't kill the hostage), he had to get a " The bandit provoked the police out of his own strength, and then he was beaten to death!!" The plot makes people feel that it is really cliché and false, and it is a waste of Dan's effort! ! !
Therefore, simply passing through this conversion process in one stroke, the situation where the police were strong and the bandits were weak a minute ago was reversed in the blink of an eye! ! Boss is released! ! Then it was Ma Jun's turn to kidnap the bandits! ! (Haha, this paragraph is actually a bright spot, that is, the great brother Lu Liang may be almost a little bit skilled. No matter how you look at it, he is also an abused master. He has no momentum or ability of the boss at all, alas~~~), and then it is a situation of evenly matched, Then came the final battle that was supposed to be the most exciting of the film! ! ! But I don't know why, what did the director think, he had to arrange a series of fake gun battles that couldn't be more fake. I don't object to the part of adding guns. In this "Fuse", it can be seen that director Yip Weixin is definitely a layman in shootout scenes, at least not very proficient. Then please ask the relevant professionals for advice. Don't follow the old Hong Kong film routine so crudely. The bandits fired randomly, but no one was hit. The group of bandits fired their guns in unison, and the house was so damaged that they couldn't even hit the root hair. When it was our police's turn, it was the "guided bullet" ", one shot per shot (of course, who let people use snipers, they have to save bullets~~)! ! Although all the police and bandit movies all over the world seem to be like this, please don't make it too obvious, especially as Dan is a kung fu actor, his strength is not just gunfights, and the director is even more kindergarten-level, so why do you still You have to spend so much film on your weak link! ! ! Originally, there were not many fighting scenes in this film, and the third-rate shootout took half the time, and it was really unpleasant in the end! ! !
In the end, the fight between the second child and Ma Jun is indeed quite enjoyable, but I don't think it is as shocking and thrilling as the street fight with Wu Jing and the duel with Sammo Hung in "Slaying the Wolf". "Real, powerful, but not brilliant! (It may also be the tricks that make it almost the same, there is really no innovation! Alas~~)
For Hong Kong martial arts films, it has really developed for so many years and has had a glorious era, but now I have to admit that it has fallen into a trough. Encourage, don't be too critical, I agree to support and encourage, so as long as there are Hong Kong films that I like, I will still try my best to go to the cinema to contribute to the box office, but to say that the current Hong Kong films can't pick faults, criticize and make suggestions, Then I really can't accept it. As the so-called "sorrow for the misfortune, anger for the incompetence", for the current fierce competition in the film market, you should never just expect the market to not operate according to the principle of "survival of the fittest", let alone the audience. Always support domestic films with national plots and star chasing fanaticism (isn't the bleak ending of "Nanjing" the most profound example?)! !
It can be seen that Dan is trying to constantly innovate and make breakthroughs, and his efforts to save Hong Kong's action films have indeed achieved a certain market response. At least he has gradually established a so-called brand, and formed a group of People who love this brand! ! (haha, the younger brother is one) This is very important, just like Jay Chou, as a brand, it has been completely rooted in the Chinese market, whether it is its music, peripheral endorsements or even making a movie like a ticket, it can be said to be a It's successful, plus this guy really has two strokes, at least he can give people new surprises, so its brand is considered stable at present! ! But everything is also boring. If you don’t want the audience to be tired, you still need to develop in a diversified way. Dan is the same. I respect his promotion of the so-called "mixed fighting" martial arts concept, but after all, action movies are movies, not martial arts teaching movies. In addition to fighting, there must be plot logic and character characterization, so I still hope that Brother Dan will quickly break up with that sb Weixin Ye. I think this guy is too poor! ! !
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