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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Five Deadly Venoms quotes

  • Yang Tieh: Poison Clan Rocks the world!

  • Judge: You've ten days to solve this or else you'll be whipped. For every extra day, there's one extra stoke.