Uncle is a famous showman, perverted serial killer, world champion, spy, announcer, stowaways, underworld... Crazy, irritable, gentle, calm, warm, wretched, whatever he plays is what he does. When it comes to the sturdy bandit in "Group Thieves", the shape has been subverted, and it has almost 50% success.
It turned out that it was 50% successful, but it really stopped halfway there. No matter how domineering Ha Jung-woo's acting skills are, he can't match the director's almost bottomless preference for Jiang Dong-won.
Originally, based on appearance alone, Ha Zhengyu had no advantage in front of Jiang Dongyuan. In terms of roles, "Zhao Run" played by Jiang Dongyuan has superb martial arts, extraordinary IQ, and suppressed evil spirits. Bearing the heavy life of a prostitute, his heart was twisted at a young age, and he had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world. Such a role is simply written by the director kneeling and licking Jiang Dongyuan's poster, and offering him the unscrupulous flattery of a wonderful space for his acting skills.
And the one played by Ha Jung-woo, aside from the appearance, just the name of the character "Stone" should be enough to arouse the uncle's vigilance. In the script, this reckless man with dual machetes has a pure heart, but his IQ is basically below the average line, and he doesn't speak much. Such a role, in ordinary movies, is to act as a pioneer who rushes and fights, and writing a few more lines can force the screenwriter to jump. This time, he accidentally straightened himself and put him in the position of the protagonist. However, Uncle He has no room to show his acting skills. He cried and cried with snot and tears, and roared with his blue veins exposed. Win, at most, plus the transformation of triple heaven hairstyle from explosive head, to mohawk, and then to bald head.
The protagonist played by the big name is still like this, and it is even more difficult for other roles to play.
"Group of Thieves" is about group play, and a group of characteristic robbers is standard, but unfortunately the script is not solid, there are too many characters, and the characters cannot be written in depth, so they can only highlight their characters in actions. The boss is calm and sophisticated, but in a bandit group that likes to discuss matters collectively and has a good democratic atmosphere, he seems a little lacking in courage. He can only use the largest weapon in the whole film to show his identity. It is a pity that in front of Zhao Run's dexterous sword, it is also a convenient weight; the second character, the evil monk, is a military adviser. He has a strong sense of existence, and most of the time he looks like a wise man. Who would have guessed that when he committed the second crime at the last moment, he first took a risk to return to the crime scene, and then betrayed the revolution because of the so-called small goodness, which attracted the reactionaries to encircle and sweep, and cast disaster. As for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth leaders, they are the scholars who failed the college entrance examination and were good at disguising; the female bandits who were cold outside and hot inside and who were good at shooting with bows; the fat man who used chain hammers, with infinite strength and strong body; family and beauty, Skilled, stronger than the mute who fights in close quarters and downtown parkour. These characters have their own characteristics in appearance and action, but the characters are relatively vague. The most tragic thing is that this robber has a brain and a strong general, shooting long-range and short-range attacks, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and acting for the heavens.
If the decent characters are not powerful, the villains are bound to shine.
Gang thieves can't give you the pleasure, Jiang Dongyuan Obatum will compensate you. As soon as Zhao Runfu appeared on the stage, he was a handsome young man in the army in brocade clothes. Speaking of his oppression of the people, he is calm and mature, and progresses layer by layer. He has earned a lot of fields and slaves without a single shot. He has changed several sets of clothes, and the damage is quite high. When it came time to fight against the gang thieves, the young man didn't know what to do, he rushed out the door with his sword in hand, chased and chopped all the way, and fell into the gang thief's trap. Zhao Run didn't take it seriously, he smashed the bandits and killed dozens of tricks, not only stunned the protagonist who was trying to counterattack, but also killed the bandit leader in one fell swoop, captured the second leader, and then went straight to Huanglong. Destroy the bandits. There are almost no outsiders to rely on during the process, and it has always been one person, one sword and one plain clothes. Especially during the fight, after the bun was cut off, a smooth hair was as elegant as "Girl Killer Amo" Oda Kirito. The soul is possessed, and countless handsome words are sprayed out between the gestures. In the last scene, the plot was elevated again, and all Zhao Run's sins were attributed to the Electra complex. Even if he was disappointed after all, Zhao Run couldn't bear to attack his own nephew. So in the end, the evil beautiful man holds a baby in his arms, holds a sword against the murderous rabble, and even the gorgeous curtain call can leave a trace of warmth, close-up, close-up, countless close-ups, large aperture, soft light, slow motion, long time Staying between the slender eyebrows and the teeth, the uncle He over there is still muttering unsure of the situation, which is annoying. Director, are you sure it's really good to write the villain BOSS like this?
Therefore, instead of calling the movie "Group Thieves", it is better to change the name to "The War between an Evil and Charming Beautiful Man and Group Thieves". Visually, the director did not deliberately create beautiful and gorgeous, but used a messy style to highlight the realism, but in terms of expression, he used the soundtrack of a macaroni western film, and at the same time made a lot of use of the kind of close-up of the face that suddenly closes and freezes the frame. The retro style of expression, the collage has a slightly weird, or can also be called stylized feature. Audiences who are familiar with Quentin will of course not be unfamiliar with this style. Of course, the use of doctrine is not only there in this film. In addition to the Zhao Run, who is full of Odakiri, as I said before, Ha Zhengyu's stone is also reminiscent of Zhao Wenzhuo and Xiong Xinxin in "The Knife", and the powerful "Water Margin" that visual sense is ubiquitous in the movie. As for why the protagonist used a bug-like machine gun in the end, while the villain still used the sword stubbornly and handsomely, you no longer have to doubt the director's naked love for Jiang Dongyuan.
All in all, the movie was about two hours and it was divided into four acts. In addition to the main storyline, it was full of narrations, interludes and flashbacks. . In terms of performance, the film does not actually follow the realistic route. Instead, the camera and characters are depicted on the cover with a comic-like flavor, deliberately designed shapes, over-enlarged character characters, characteristic actions, and plots, funny, sensational and other scenes. Let's add a little more western soundtrack, the director will come up with everything, and the seasonings added are not bad, but the chemistry together is always a little less interesting, and the taste is a little too complicated. In the final analysis, it was the flaws in the script that dragged down the movie. Due to the length or ability, the two-heroes pattern was not well established, and the plot development was quite conventional. In the end, only remembering Jiang Dongyuan's handsome, at most Ha Zhengyu's bald head. So expectations were too high, and in the end I was a little disappointed.
As for the movie's final central idea of "combining for the people, and dividing for the thieves", I'm still not sure whether he is praising the heroic acts of heroism, or is he blackening the masses of the people? After all, the "robber" story of looting a rollover truck cannot be written into a movie script, but it actually exists in the real reality.
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