Tony Leung, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Sammo Hung, Gao Jie, Zhang Guozhu (Zhang Zhen his father), Tuo Zonghua, Qi Qi (Ren Dahua's wife) Wang Yu (Taiwan's gangster brother). See my eyes are straight.
The director is Zhu Yanping, the Taiwanese who directed Jay Chou's "Slam Dunk" at the beginning of the year.
There is no way to comment on the pros and cons of this movie, especially since I have an appetite like this, I really don't know how to say it to comment on a movie that was made 18 years ago when a group of now-big-brother-level stars was just a fledgling. Leung Ka Fai is too young to be recognized, Jackie Chan is as green as Jaycee Chan, and Sammo Hung has no traces of potbellies and vicissitudes at all... Even from the film, you can see many shadows of the underworld. Being imprisoned in a movie is always like a boss...
I read it because of this series of names. I kept seeing Liang Jiahui in the small dark room, killing Tuo Zonghua and not confessing to the scene, I finally admit that this movie of the last century is not a commercial bad film in the traditional sense, even if it has all the elements of a commercial bad film. This scene in the little black house almost copied the plot of "Escape from Devil's Island" ("Papillon"), although it did not have the meaning of Papillon, but this imitation really moved my heart - Zhu Yanping is not a good enough actor A talented director, but his deliberate imitation and reference make people see it clearly and frequently add to his goodwill.
In addition, as an amateur screenwriter, I have to admit that the screenwriting skills of this film are not bad. I hardly guessed the plot at all. Although the whole story is a little delayed, it can keep the suspense until the end, and use a tragic or even heroic ending to push the shamelessness of the bureaucracy and the morality of the rivers and lakes together. climax.
Zhu Yanping has been imitating, learning and trying since 1990, but in 2008 he could only make "Slam Dunk". On the one hand, this is the result of the overall sluggish development of Taiwanese film and culture in the past 18 years, on the other hand , but also because this man lacks the talent to be a good director.
But what I want to say is that as a "craftsman" Zhang Yimou, if he can imitate and learn like this, maybe we can see domestic movies that are much more beautiful than 100,000 bright chrysanthemums and many towering breasts.
Finally, supplementary background knowledge: Huoshao Island, also known as Green Island, is a small island affiliated to Taiwan. During the White Terror, it was used to detain all kinds of prisoners. An originally beautiful island has since become a purgatory on earth. How many tragedies have happened on this island. Writer Bo Yang was imprisoned on the island for nine years.
See:
http://www.puyuping.com/index.php/2008/06/08/green-island/
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