/ Xiaoyi
When I learned that Guy Ritchie had such a movie in 2014, I began to look forward to it.
Yes, it's Guy Ritchie, the characters are always rambling, full of nonsense and self-deprecating, making good use of all kinds of coincidental plots, and a British director who edits them with a hand. In recent years, the well-known "Sherlock Holmes", "Rock Gang", "Snatch", "Two Smoking Guns" and so on...
you remember it.
Speaking of agents, we will think of many series, such as 007, Mission: Impossible, Bourne, etc., but speaking of agents without technology, it is more difficult to think of.
Just as we say that a chef doesn't have a knife, people seem to be used to various agents on the big screen using various technologies to accomplish various seemingly impossible tasks. They fell off cliffs, smashed cars, detonated bombs, flew people, and ended up unscathed, with their hair standing in front of you as handsome as if they had been sprayed in an explosion.
The condition is good, with a glass of red wine in his hand.
However, "Secret Agent" is not the case.
The film is set in 1963.
The beginning is a bit like an old-fashioned Hong Kong movie. Two secret agents who do not know each other fight secretly and cooperate to complete various tasks. Some scenes must be highly recommended, such as the various humorous plots when the two entered the factory late at night, one escaped on the water, and the other had a leisurely sandwich, wine pairing, and soothing music in the car. At first glance, the god soundtrack and god editing of the final shootout were made by Guy Ritchie.
So addicting that you lose sight of the plot and details.
If you look for the shadow of the agent's technological tools in this film, the final discovery may be a bug.
In addition to the previous wonderful bridges, you can also discover more, such as the city of that era restored in the movie, as well as all kinds of wonderful costumes, and even interesting details such as two big men riding a little sheep motorcycle.
By the way, "Secret Agent" also has Beckham's cameo, but Xiao Yimu has found it. Friends who see it remember to comment and tell me.
You know, with Xiaoyi's style, it must echo the title.
So, the police from the past have to correspond to a Korean movie "Veteran".
Coincidentally, the beginning of "Secret Agent" is particularly like an old Hong Kong film. And "Veteran" is similar to the old Hong Kong film from the characters to the plot to the whole structure.
It must be noted that the film "Veteran", which was released in 2015, was released in South Korea for 76 days, and the cumulative number of viewers reached 13.41 million, ranking first in "The Battle of Mingliang Sea" (17.61 million cumulative viewers), "International Market" (cumulative 14.25 million moviegoers), it has become the fourth place in South Korea's moviegoing list over the years and the third place in South Korea's local moviegoers.
Remember "Yi Jian"'s push "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" on June 8? It was the movie "International Market" that was recommended at that time.
The protagonists in the film are Hwang Jung-min and Oh Dal-soo.
The "Veteran" recommended by Xiaoyi today is still this duo. Is it really coincidental?
"Veteran" tells the story of a small policeman against a big financial group. This contrast itself is very Hong Kong film. Huang Zhengmin plays Xu Daozhe, a policeman with a great sense of justice, affection and imperfection.
He and the colleagues around him are like brothers. They act neatly when handling cases, have good friendship with the drivers who have cooperated with them, and also give pocket money to their children. He has a very stubborn temper and will do whatever it takes for a truth. At the same time, take off the socks and smell it, and so on for more informal details. This setting makes the protagonist itself richer and more layered.
Xu Daozhe does not accept any unspoken rules. When he saw his bribed colleague, he said, "We don't have money, but we don't have dignity. Don't do some dignified things with handcuffs."
Xu Daozhe had a great time playing in the film. The witty villain at the opening is obviously a tribute to Jackie Chan. The use of various props at hand, various ingenious fights and dodges are really exciting!
The sense of justice is overwhelming, the fighting is smooth and the narrative is clever.
It seems that I saw Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Li Xiuxian, Ren Dahua...etc. police images in Hong Kong films.
This is "Veteran" you can't miss.
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