I don't watch many Hong Kong movies. Chow Yun-fat, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung and other big stars are very familiar to people born in the 1970s, but they didn't watch movies in cinemas at that time, they watched videos. I didn't have a chance to watch it. I was silent and obedient. I didn't enter the video room, but only read books and newspapers. I missed a lot.
I recently watched "Carmen Mong Kok" because I wanted to see Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung when they were young. It was a nostalgic mood, but I was attracted by Jacky Cheung. Unexpectedly, he played such a small role and won the Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards.
The story is simple, and the characters in the story are also simple, that is, the loyalty between the eldest brother and the younger brother of the underworld. Jacky Cheung wants to "be the younger brother of the eldest brother", which is a bit confusing. His eldest brother is Andy Lau, and he also has a younger brother, Asi, who really wants to be a decent eldest brother. But it was difficult for him. Being in the underworld is also logical, but he is very impulsive and illogical, and Andy Lau has been helping him clean up the mess. Andy Lau's opponent, Wan Ziliang, said that this person is a regular fried egg, and something will happen sooner or later if he stays by his side. Andy Lau said, "I helped him find something serious." Serious business is a small business, pushing a car to sell fish eggs on the street. Sell fish eggs? Zhang Xueyou, who was particularly narcissistic because of his inferiority, was humiliated and looked like he was a coward. He felt that he "has no prestige, was looked down upon by others, and would rather be a hero for a day". He gave all his money to his younger brother, saying that he was not a good eldest brother before, which made the younger brother feel wronged. Now to do something big, for everyone to see. He was going to die, so he went home to see his mother first. Jacky Cheung, who was carrying the air conditioner to see his mother, called his mother, but the mother refused to see him and said, "You see your father first", Jacky Cheung said, "That's your husband, not my father." He threw the air conditioner into the water. This is the environment in which he grew up, explaining his paranoia and unquenchable anger that he wants to get ahead, explaining why he didn't live on a normal trajectory and could only play and kill in the underworld. If my mother came to see him this time, like we Chinese people are most used to, cook him his favorite dishes, and talk to him about home things, maybe he will soften and he will hesitate. He threw the air conditioner into the water, desperate. Andy Lau is a good eldest brother, but for Jacky Cheung, this kind of relationship is inferior and cannot replace family affection. Injured, he went to "do big things" without hesitation, to kill people, to die. His miserable life came to an end.
The life of this character is so simple and easy to understand. Many people have his shadow and his pain in their hearts. Like the recent hit "The World", Zhou Bingkun is good and filial, and his father can't see it, which makes him miserable, but no matter how hard he tries, he can't reach the excellence (mainstream standard) of his elder brother. His father's values were too single, and he especially wanted his father's approval. If there are multiple values, individuals will not suffer so much.
This little guy played by Jacky Cheung, he thought that when he got ahead, his mother would see him and love him. uncertain. It's just his obsession. Some mothers spend their whole lives without the ability to love. If he leaves his mother psychologically, no longer desires and hates, but instead establishes a new intimate relationship and learns the ability to love and be loved, he may stop his obsession, quell his anger, and live a down-to-earth life. But such an opportunity, such an ability, is unimaginably difficult for him in the real environment.
His name is Wufei, I don't know why he is called such a name. Is life small and worthless?
His boss Andy Lau lived a life of fighting and killing for many years. The woman who loves each other has been together for six years and is pregnant. He can't give her family stability, so the two broke up. When they met at the station, the emotionally settled woman wore a white dress and was quiet and peaceful. Andy Lau could no longer disturb her happiness, he thought of looking for Maggie Cheung and wanted a stable life. People still need to be in a good intimate relationship in order to get some satisfaction. It's just that many people used to look for it, thinking it was power, fame, and power. It is a pity that Andy Lau was at his fingertips in his new life, but he was held back by the morality of the rivers and lakes, and he did not pull out after all.
In this movie, when Maggie Cheung appeared, she had thick black hair (so much hair) and collagen on her face. It was really youthful, a person's best years.
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