The film interpretation of the debate between justice and profit

Ludwig 2022-09-04 07:46:10

It has always been felt that since the handover of Hong Kong, due to the influence of the Mainland’s censorship system on the box office, many filmmakers have turned their attention to the local plot, which has caused the film to present a cultural gap with the Mainland audience, or only Relying on the sensuality and sensuality rendered by the third-level films such as "Flesh Futon" to attract the mainland, therefore, in my impression, Hong Kong after the handover has turned into a cultural desert, and there are few deep and even memorable scenes. The movie is out, and when I came across this masterpiece by Johnnie To, I changed my view of Hong Kong movies and even Hong Kong culture.

But as far as the plot is concerned, the election of the "talker" itself is a huge breakthrough to traditional gangster movies. Hong Kong's gangster movies originated from Chinese society, and they are slightly out of the background of the times, so they can make a bigger play. If Hong Kong movies are compared to a piece of music, gangster movies should be regarded as the main theme of the bass. Personally, I feel that if the "Infernal Affairs" series turns the traditional confrontation between the police and the bandit into a conflict between internal and external identities mixed, and promotes the development of Hong Kong's new gangster films, then "Underworld" will turn the traditional gangster film's debate between justice and profit, and The identities of the new gangster movie are mixed and merged together. What is even more amazing is that it chose the perspective of elections. The mainland government has spent pen and ink to describe it, which can be said to be ingenious.

On the surface, it seems that the election of Heliansheng should be the vote of the community to determine the position of the speaker by virtue of its influence, but in fact, it is the former bigwigs who really control the election itself, and it can even be said that the most influential people in the community A character with a deterrent power, as determined by Deng Bolai in the play, the big D played by Leung Ka Fai is indeed a useless waste of courage. In the end, after much hard work, he got the leading stick and ordered the entire community.

Like many events in history, when the disputes between the various factions have reached a height of anxiety, it is often necessary to bring out more authoritative symbols in order to temporarily quell the internal disputes. In this regard, Ale is very smart. First of all, he will do whatever it takes. Get the faucet stick, control the "staff" that has symbolized authority since ancient times, and then compete for the Tsim Sha Tsui of the external community to calm down the big D and the dissatisfied bosses and stabilize their position. Our national cultural bloodline is destined to be the only one with supreme power, and when the big D got rid of the foreign party, proposed the separation of powers, and established two talkers, Ale calmly silenced his family. At the end of the film, the lyrics of brotherhood sung by twins are in sharp contrast with the plot, and are also a great satire on morality and elections.

The second "Harmony is Precious", to be honest, because it involves the mainland, it is more complicated. The measures taken by Gu Tianle's Zhanmi for the real estate in Nanshan District of Shenzhen and the cause of the mainland have been completely established with Heliansheng. However, in the end, in the final battle of the game of righteousness and profit, Ale was betrayed by his brothers, Dongguan Zai was notorious for fighting for power and profit, and the plane who wanted to be famous in the community also chose to betray Ale. happy. Morality and justice have long been thrown out of the sky, and the so-called peace is the most precious thing is just a dictatorship under the control of the mainland, and the winning streak may be bleached after taking the rice, maybe the business entering the mainland will bring greater benefits. , However, the founder's original gang rules, morals, and rules have all been buried with the big boss just like the leading stick.

The debate between righteousness and interests was discussed as early as by Mencius, but in fact, when the bear's paw and the fish cannot have both, people will naturally weigh the value of the bear's paw and the fish. Arguing, in the end, has become an empty guise. Every chess player is induced by the desire for power to start a game, putting aside the so-called rules and morality, and using the most primitive jungle law to decide their belonging. On the surface, "Underworld" is talking about the Hong Kong community, but in fact it tells the tragic fate of our nation's development for thousands of years.

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  • Big D: [to Lok] Don't talk to me until you have the baton!