Comparing the two films, Banished and Gunfire, there are many plot parallels. Lao Du's processing method is more appropriate to say "correspondence" or "continuation" rather than similarity. I think Lao Du really did it on purpose. Because the narrative structure of the entire movie, the plot layout, and the setting and distribution of the characters coincide with "Gunfire". The most interesting thing is that when watching the film again, it is quite a pleasant thing to carefully find out what Lao Du arranged in "Exile" corresponding to "Gun Fire".
Correspondence and Continuation
First of all, in "Gun Fire", the five people were forced to work together to perform the task at first, but there was actually a split inside. In "Exile", it's the exact opposite. But in the setting of the overall character relationship, the two films inherit each other. For example: in "Gunfire", Alai and Axin have the last Mike, and the relationship between Agui and Afei has been carried over to "Exile". This is made clear at the very beginning of the film. In fact, the difference between A He in "Exile" and A Xin in "Gunfire" is only in the name, but the fate and background of the characters are different.
But Lao Du did not follow the old path, and he also made very interesting transformations, correspondences and continuations in the setting of characters. Ashin, who escaped and wandered in "Gun Fire" eventually became Ah He who came back to face reality in "Exile" and chose to end his life with home and life; He was replaced by Ren Dahua, who was arrogant and domineering in "Gun Fire"; Anan, who spoke about him in "Gun Fire" and had a well-organized speech, and Shav, who spoke every word and rhythm in "Exile", corresponded to each other; the cunning and fierce killer in "Gun Fire" And the cool escort police in "Exile" is exactly the same as the marksmanship; Ah Fei, who was talking to himself at the end of "Gun Fire", continued to talk to himself in "Exile", but no longer silently eat Peanuts and began to pay attention to women.
Fate and turning point
In "Gun Fire", the five people killed the killer and settled the behind-the-scenes buying of the murderer. The incident did not really end. A Xin, who seduced his sister-in-law, unexpectedly became a new target for everyone. In "Exile", A He tried his best to say "go home" and died. The remaining four also died because they could not return to their original lives. forced into exile. But Ah and his wife's revenge has become their new burden.
The fake bullets in "Gunfire" and the coins thrown by Ah Huo in "Exile" are actually opportunities for fate. In "Gun Fire", the five people drew guns at each other at the last dinner, but in the end they chose to escape - surrender to the arrangement of fate. But this time, he took the initiative to fight against fate with all his strength. In this part, Lao Du very naturally included the plot of the five people kicking a ball of paper in "Gunfire", which led to the four people throwing a big fly before the decisive battle. The overcoming beer can is passed dashingly and kicked into the air. This plot is similar to the five people throwing bottles at each other and drinking together. It conveys to the audience the affection, trust and tacit understanding between several big men to the audience.
The design of the gunfight scene in the action design
"Gunfire" is still a classic in Hong Kong movies. The explosive shooting scene in the shopping mall is unforgettable to this day. This time, "Exile" continues this style. The gunfight, the melee in the restaurant, and the encounter at the black market doctor's house are all very tense in several scenes, especially at the end of the film, the gunfight scene, which seems to die with fate, is even more suffocating.
From "Gun Fire" to "Exile", Lao Du's video style has become more and more mature in the past eight years, but it has also begun to change. It is worth mentioning that there are also two plots in "Exile" that are similar to Galaxy Image's pioneering work "The Birth of a Prefix". In "Exile", Ah He's woman raised a gun to shoot at everyone, and when Ah He tried his best to say he was going home in the taxi, we can't help but think of Dabao's wife and proposal in "The Birth of a Word" I want everyone to go to Xiaochun in Shantou. Like A and Xiaochun, they all said their destination when everyone had no goal and no direction.
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