of "Drug War" directed by To Qifeng returns to the theme of police and bandits
After three years of preparation, To Qifeng finally returned to the best police and bandit film, and realized the first mainland anti-drug movie. To Qifeng said that "Deadly Gold" is the film's literary development "Drug War" did not start from this idea, "Literary works may be difficult to make in a lifetime, and they have to come slowly, but movies are my job, and I need to keep making them. I believe If you have confidence, you can produce a good work, and you won’t wait here.” Compared with “Death Gold”, the prestigious American entertainment media “Hollywood Reporter” is very optimistic about “Drug War”. "Drug War" is bloodier, more brutal, and more optimistic about the film's box office prospects."
"Drug War" cruel and deadly John To: Drug dealers have no conscience
talking about the theme of the new film, To said, "Police and bandit films are flooded all over the world. "Drug War" is to show how vicious people's hearts are, and the drug dealers never forget their roots." The plot setting and character relationships of the film are also different from previous police and bandit movies. Tough guys, tied together from the beginning, subverted the single setting of confrontation between the police and the bandits, and the two people's heart and entanglement in the process of anti-drug has also become a major attraction of the film. Talking about the biggest difference with Hong Kong police and gangster films, To Qifeng said, "The death penalty systems in the Mainland and Hong Kong are different. The drug dealers in Hong Kong will be imprisoned after being caught, but the drug dealers in the mainland will be sentenced to death, so I will treat this from the perspective of death penalty. The story, put the characters in the mainland environment, and see how people do things."
Sun Honglei and Gao Yunxiang became the "best partner" and "fired" at Gu Tianle
. In the film, Sun Honglei plays Zhang Lei, an "integrity" anti-drug team leader, while Gao Yunxiang, a newcomer, plays a young passionate policeman Xiaoxiang. In the play, the two not only have a high-level relationship, but also are the "best partners" in the war between the South and the North when performing tasks.
Gao Yunxiang revealed that in "Drug War", "Cai Tianming" played by Gu Tianle is mainly responsible for "poison", while himself and Sun Honglei are responsible for the "war" part, "In the play, Mr. The drug dealer ran to dig out the bigger black power behind him, so he suffered a lot of lurking and fierce fighting." He also admitted that he had a tacit understanding of "sharing weal and woe" with Sun Honglei, "We are partners who go through fire and water in the show, and the show We are also brothers who share the same taste and taste. From winter to summer, some unique experiences will make us have a tacit understanding in the opponent's play."
Gao Yunxiang has benefited a lot from filming "Drug War" and praised Sun Honglei's dedication
and Gao Yunxiang frankly in the past five months. During the shooting, he got far more than the film itself. "It was my first time working with Director Du, and I learned a lot more than what I did. This is a great achievement for me. In fact, I was in my twenties. There are a lot of scenes, but I have more than 20 scenes."
In terms of performance, Gao Yunxiang bluntly said that he had learned a lot from his "partner" Sun Honglei, "He is very dedicated, and he is crazy about his role. We exchanged back-to-back for three or four months in the process. I learned with him how to position and visualize a professional actor and a professional quality thing. These are the things that "Drug War" brought me. The
depressing, dark, intertwined good and evil, and suspenseful plots are all woven into a fine web under the control of the director. To Qifeng's first police and bandit film in the mainland tells a complex human story vividly.
Trivia
. Johnnie To, Louis Koo and Honglei Sun worked together for the first time in "Iron Triangle", and the three reunited in this film.
.The film is the first anti-drug film directed by Hong Kong director Johnnie To.
.The film was shot in Tianjin and Zhuhai in early 2012.
. Gu Tianle revealed in the interview that there is another version of the end of the film - Cai Tianming successfully survived the shootout and escaped again in the encounter with the police eight years later.
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