Weirdness under Violent Aesthetics

Darian 2022-01-23 08:01:15


A classic grotesque film that has been circulated on the Internet. The film ranks 11th among the global cult films. This shows its extraordinaryness. The content of the story is very simple. It is about a wicked leader who asks his young disciple to clean up the door on his deathbed. The story, however, the attraction of the film lies in the kind of suspense and weird atmosphere it creates, such as "Ten Thousand Needle Clothes Breaking Toad", "Steel Needle Into the Brain", "Boiled Paper Murder"... all sorts of horrible and bloody scenes. Adhering to the violent aesthetics that Zhang Che has always advocated in his films, it also satisfies the audience's visual needs. It can be said that although there are no such proud students as Di Long and Jiang David to join, I think this is the most successful film directed by Zhang Che and written by Ni Kuang. , Enough to occupy a place in the Shaw series.

In Zhang Che’s film, one of the biggest features is the masculinity shown in the film. The heroic protagonists such as Ti Lung and Chen Guantai show off their muscles in the film or simply don’t wear a shirt. In the Five Poisons>, this masculinity is even more extreme. There is almost no actress in the whole film. This is almost unimaginable in ordinary movies. Zhang Che put all his energy into the atmosphere. In terms of construction, the five poisons have their own characteristics, especially the fifth toad and the centipede boss are even more rigid. If the character in the film is quite feminine, it should be the younger brother of the nominal protagonist. I am very speechless about this character. The dress is nondescript and ineffective. Although the real protagonist of the film is the Five Poisons, being an informant in the film really destroys the masculine beauty in the whole film.

In terms of atmosphere creation, at the beginning of the film, through the mouth of the head of the five poisons, the five poisons are introduced to each of the five poisons. Each of the five people wears a strange mask, which is indescribable. As the story progresses, the film creates the kind of suspenseful atmosphere. It gradually unfolded, first the mystery of the five poisons' identity, and then the toad old five was attacked by a scorpion in the courtroom and broke the toad gong (personally think that the old five's kung fu is really BT, the whole body is invulnerable, if the door is not broken and caught. Immortal him), the film began to reach a real climax. The audience seemed to be able to guess the identity of the final boss, but it was not so clear. This vague feeling continued until the end of the film. This hazy suspenseful atmosphere created Very good, it is rare in Zhang Che's simple martial arts films.

"Five Poisons" is not a purely action film, which contains thinking about violence and good and evil. In the film, the second poisonous snake said, "How long will such an endless killing last?" , Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, where there are rivers and lakes, there are killings, maybe, sometimes even the bad guys can't bear the blood of the rivers and lakes. In the movie, the good and evil are true and false, the false is true, the invulnerable toad can defend against the scorpion-tailed dart and the snake, but the scorpion-tailed dart behind it, the hypocrite is more terrifying than the real villain, when you When someone you trust gives you a gentle knife from behind, who can guard against it?

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  • Keenan 2022-01-23 08:01:15

    The leading actors are Lu Feng, Wei Bai, Sun Jian, Guo Zhui, Luo Mang, and Jiang Sheng. The six also became popular in Hong Kong with this drama. This group drama put aside the plot logic. Of course, the logic in Zhang Che's film is not very important. It is enough to have the pictures, pure cult, and the garishness between men.

  • Malvina 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    7.8 points, it is easy to guess who the scorpion is, with so many scenes, it is not surprising at all. In the end, the scorpion's brain was short-circuited, and he just lost such a good game? The ending is as sloppy as the martial arts dramas of that era, and it ends when the game is over. The plot is a bit anticlimactic now, the setting is grand and the performance is small. In 1978, the plot was very novel, better than Bruce Lee's action movie plot, but the action design was still far inferior to Bruce Lee's.

Five Deadly Venoms quotes

  • Chi Tung, Snake: I came from a wealthy family. I joined the clan because I wanted to learn a special kung-fu, be a real expert, but in fact I just became a killer. Killing, that's all I know; death - every day another; but when Liang Shen died, for the first time I felt it prick my conscience - then to hide that one, we've killed again, first Men Hua and then Lin Kuang.

    Scorpion: You've just asked me "When will it end?"

    Scorpion: [laughs] Let me tell you: Once an evil deed is done, then it never ends. it goes on, and it will go on forever.

  • Yang Tieh: Poison Clan Rocks the world!