This is Tsui Hark's masterpiece, which was released after being silent for nearly four years after arriving in Hollywood. From the beginning of the film, I felt the strength of the old monster. He used God's mouth to make fun of the world, but the last pair of feet in the film is close to a pair of feet. One of the scenes, which is quite warm, is also printed with the lines God has left something called hope, which can save the world.
I am not familiar with Tsui Hark's martial arts films, because it came from that era, and I have seen all his classic works. I have no doubts about his talent and enthusiasm for movies, but I am not impressed, probably because it is the past after all. It's time, and whatever you want to do is just an instant passerby. Until this work, Hong Kong now (2002), a shootout film, but that kind of feeling, that kind of dance, especially the possibility that impossible is nothing, completely conquered me.
Feelings are all kinds of life expressed in images. What fascinates me the most is that Wu Bai, who has always been down and out, met his former friend (mercenary) in the restaurant. The three of them came to the airport by car, and someone was already waiting. The warm color picture is beautiful and thrilling. The rise and fall of the camera gives a dreamy feeling. The action of throwing the ice lolly is so amazing. This picture and this action can only be filmed by the movie urchin Xu Laoguai, which is also his pure love for movies. Love it,
Xiong Xinxin is the action director. It's more of a dance than a fight. Wu Bai's lightness is like a dragonfly, and the bloody things are weakened to the greatest extent. The most obvious example is to use a single frame to show a mercenary after being hit by a hammer. Blood and tears splashed. It's still the same broken shots, the key fights are dazzling, and a lot of witty designs have been added, and the use of shots is more casual. In short, the core of the film should also be a martial arts film.
My favorite clip environment is a residential building where Wu Bai's house is located. Wu Bai fought with his former teammates. What I am fascinated by is that an ordinary old-fashioned residential building can be photographed into a strange battlefield, with interesting happenings inside. And the cruel thing, this can only be the spectacle that the movie can give. The design of the action reached its peak here, the details of the battle of wits and the wanton shuttle between buildings, how a word "beautiful" is amazing.
The information capacity of this film is very large, and it appears to be chaotic. Tsui Hark is really expressing his release. I tried to pull a few clips, many of the shots are random and unreasonable, but together it makes people feel beautiful, that is to say, the meaning of the rules is broken and reinterpreted.
This is a movie worth watching over and over again.
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