The passing of the trial may have something to do with the relationship or Du Qifeng's status, but I don't think it has much impact. Because it can also be because he is Du Qifeng, so the censorship is more stringent. The key is the attitude of the people who watch the film. Are they trying hard to win the game to break through?
# Drug War# can be seen everywhere in the imprint of Johnnie To and the image of the galaxy. "Big Event", "Exile", "Underworld"...and "Very Sudden" by You Dazhi in 1998, which I like very much. People who like To Qifeng will not be disappointed watching this film, and people who don't know To Qifeng can also see a real police and gangster film with a great story. It has always been considered impossible to put the police, bandit and gangster subjects that Du sir is best at in the mainland, but he did it, and he did it very well. If the film about Wang Lijun and Chongqing that Director Du planned to shoot can really be cast, it must be a masterpiece. Very much looking forward to that project being able to restart one day.
The only regret of "Drug War" is that the actors' performances are not good enough. The royal team of Galaxy Imaging has less roles and has no room to play. And a group of mainland actors generally performed mediocre, including Sun Honglei's performance was not his best. The two actors who are deaf and small usually show people in comedy images, but it is very uncomfortable to suddenly become a gangster. And the actor who played "Brother Haha" was a disaster.
# Drug War# is also a masterpiece with liveliness and doorways. Those who are unfamiliar with To Qifeng will be attracted by a good story, and those who are familiar with Toshi's police and gangster films can also interpret them in depth. For example, Zhang Zhaohui's role is the continuation of "Master Su" in "Underworld", such as the common Hong Kong people's fear of the mainland in the theme of Galaxy Mapping the mainland, as well as the complex and confusing metaphor of the relationship between mainland and Hong Kong, such as the democracy of the 7-member boss, such as Fear of the death penalty...
It is worth mentioning that in #drugwar#, it seems that the mastermind behind the scenes has finally become 7 Hong Kongers, but in fact the final "winner" is still the mainlander played by Louis Koo. Hong Kong people come to the mainland to do business, not only with a yearning for the unruly, but also being played around by the mainlanders. Is this also a metaphor and self-deprecating way for To Qifeng to go north?
Five-star recommendation! Go see a real gangster movie you've never seen on the mainland's big screen.
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