Jet Li's Character Route Analysis

Reagan 2022-03-24 09:03:36

Li Lianjie's movie roles are more representative. After "Shaolin Temple" in 1982, several well-known movies have similar character settings. It can also be seen that these characters are designed for Jet Li himself. For example, it is slightly shy, with a low-key and steady personality, and the characters in some films are also "the able to hide themselves" - "discovered identity" line.
For example, in 1995 with Jacky Cheung in "Rat Die", "Black Man" with Liu Qingyun in 1996, and "King of Killers" in 1998, all of which are for Jet Li's role because of some reasons to hide his identity and work in obscurity Work, and then suddenly hit the block at the climax.

This technique is most common in Jin Yong's martial arts novels, such as "Eternal Dragon Slayer", the six factions besieged the Bright Summit, the grassroots Zeng A Niu group fought against the six major factions, and later was hit by Zhou Zhiruo's sword, the reader looked anxious, At this time, Zeng Aniu said that he was Zhang Wuji, which immediately caused a strong dramatic conflict.
This way of hiding one's identity and then defeating the enemy with grassroots followed by announcing that one is rich and handsome has a strong sense of immersion for both readers and audiences. The director who likes to go this route is Wang Jing. Both Chow Yun-fat's "God of Gamblers" took this route. Gao Jin fell stupid once, and acted stupid again in the second movie. Killing the Quartet to reveal his identity, this kind of storyline development makes the audience feel pleasure.
Li Jie in Li Lianjie's "Rat Die Hard", because he met strong terrorists when he was a blasting expert, he failed to rescue his wife and children. Later, he was involved in another terrorist attack, showed his skills and showed his identity to save all the cast and crew in the play. Then the instructor in "Black Man", who escaped from the experimental soldiers and hid in Hong Kong, worked as a librarian, got involved in the attack of terrorists composed of former teammates, showed his skills, showed his identity and saved all the actors in the play. staff. "King of Killers" is also a hidden little killer. After being involved in the investigation of the assassination of Japanese people, he proves that he is the real king of killers.
This kind of route is very in line with the fighting plot of Jet Li's films. It's also a fight, but Jackie Chan's route is not like this. Jackie Chan usually takes the route of showing his identity from the beginning. Even in the "Police Story" cooperating with Nicholas Tse, the character was sluggish for a while, and he didn't deliberately join the battle. Create a strong film atmosphere of "Actually I am XXX".
A large part of the reason for this difference is that Jackie Chan generally takes comedies, while Jet Li is handsome, and taking the tall and handsome line can create the effect of idol dramas.
So from this point of view, the way of hiding your identity first and then making a blockbuster is not suitable for comedians. Zhou Xingchi has never had such a route, and even "Domestic Lingling Paint" has not caused the effect of a handsome idol. His path is generally grassroots, and he still has grassroots feelings when he is developed.
The characters of Jet Li and Andy Lau are generally portrayed as handsome, positive and attractive from the start.
"Jingwumen" is one of Jet Li's most highly rated films. In it, Jet Li, who wears a black tunic and said, "I am Chen Zhen", standing in the Hongkou Dojo, is really heroic. But all of his early characters were designed to be slightly shy men in dealing with the opposite sex.
"Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Black Man", "Once Upon a Time" series, "Fang Shiyu", "Hong Xiguan", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Swordsman: The Undefeated of the East", etc., are all like this. So we often see Jet Li being slightly passively pursued and molested by the heroine in those movies. He lowered his eyes from time to time and seemed to blushed immediately.
She is shy towards the opposite sex. She is both powerful and graceful when fighting. She is attacked by the heroine in the first second, and guards the heroine behind her the next second. My affection for Li Lianjie comes from his role modeling.
The resonance of similar characters makes people think that this is Jet Li himself, and it is undeniable that it is precisely because of Jet Li's shyness that Jun Lang makes the director further shape the actor's screen image.

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