"Police Story" was released in 1985, and it has become the memory of many people. Although it is not a work of this era, this film also reflects many social and economic realities in Hong Kong at that time, and it is somewhat similar to today's society in China. place.
What happened in Hong Kong in the 1980s? In fact, at the beginning of the movie, when the police introduce the villain Zhu Tao, you can see it.
When introducing Zhu Tao, the police said: "Zhu Tao's businesses include nightclubs, import and export, and real estate, but these businesses are all at a loss." The reason for arresting Zhu Tao was that Zhu Tao was selling drugs, and the reason why Zhu Tao was selling drugs was probably because the business was losing money. .
What caused Zhu Tao's business to lose money? I am afraid it has something to do with the collapse of Hong Kong's real estate in the 1980s. In the late 1970s, the Hong Kong property market bubble rose. Taking the east of Tsim Sha Tsui as an example, the land price rose six or seven times in three years. The price also tripled. The rise in land prices and property prices has stimulated the influx of a large amount of hot money, and Nanyang funds have entered the market in large numbers.
At that time, property prices in Hong Kong were not based on the level of economic development and the ability of the general public to pay. When the wages of consumers were far behind the increase in property prices, it was inevitable that property prices would fall. In 1981, the real estate market in Hong Kong had turned sluggish, and the vacant area had greatly increased. In the newly built residential buildings in 1980, the vacancy rate had reached as high as 41.3%, and a large amount of area was stranded in the hands of large and small speculators. The downgrade of the real estate market is only a matter of time.
In 1980, when U.S. President Ronald Reagan came to power, he implemented a tightening monetary policy to fight inflation, which also pushed Hong Kong interest rates to rise sharply. On October 7, 1981, the prime interest rate in Hong Kong rose to a historical high of 20%, and the mortgage interest rate rose to 21%, creating a huge deterrent to home buyers. During this period, the Hong Kong government also revised the land sale policy and cancelled the "instalment purchase of land", which made the cost (interest) of the developer's land purchase even more heavy.
1982 was the bleakest year for Hong Kong's real estate industry in the past seven or eight years. Land prices, property prices, and rents fell sharply across the board. Investors' bidding interest in official land auctions was generally low, and there were many neglected scenes. Many times, auctioneers were helpless. He was forced to take back a number of official lands. According to statistics, in 1984, the Hong Kong government launched a total of 50 pieces of official land, of which 30 were recovered in the first half of the year, of which 6 were recovered due to unpaid prices, and 20 were recovered in the second half of the year, of which 7 were recovered.
Under such circumstances, how could Zhu Tao's business not lose money? So I took the risk and started a business selling white powder. The scene where the police arrested Zhu Tao was very interesting. It was in a shanty town, and there was a construction site next to it.
In this scene, there have been several posters with the phrase "society is healthier".
When the economy of many countries is developing rapidly, the gap between the rich and the poor is very serious. One side is the rich area and the other is the poor area. Hong Kong is also a typical example of this. Especially Hong Kong has undergone rapid development and experienced a real estate collapse in the 1980s. After that, some people may be richer, while others are poorer. The huge gap between the rich and the poor will inevitably breed many problems, such as pornography, gambling and drugs. Such a society cannot be regarded as a healthy society, and in this scene, the rich and the poor appear "the society is healthier" Is this sentence a mockery of Hong Kong society at that time?
"Police Story" naturally tells a lot of police stories. When Zhu Tao was arrested, the characteristics of some Hong Kong police officers at that time, or the movie believed that the characteristics of some Hong Kong police officers at that time were described, and Chen Jiaju and another policeman made complaints. "The superiors told us not to shoot indiscriminately", Chen Jiaju: "Why didn't the superiors order the gangsters not to shoot?" This is a mockery of the superiors, and it is also a kind of helplessness, but Chen Jiaju can't control that much, because several policemen have been arrested. They were wounded and killed on the ground. If they were not decisive, it would be difficult to catch the gangsters. Another police officer Tang was very outstanding. He was very nervous and scared. He didn't dare to shoot at first, but he shot indiscriminately in the back, and even wet his pants, but the gangster on the opposite side shot without hesitation.
There is such a picture, Officer Tang, a child, "a healthier society", and a pair of eyes.
Officer Tang's performance certainly sets off the purpose of a heroic police officer like Chen Jiaju, but if the police are as timid as children, how can they fight the so-called "dark forces" and make this society healthy? It only brings suspicion.
The arrest was extremely dangerous, and although he almost escaped, he was finally caught under the incomparable heroism of Chen Jiaju.
Chen Jiaju caught the villain. The police department plans to tell the outside world because the image of the police is not very good in the hearts of the public. The inspector said: "Chen Jiaju's performance this time has reinvigorated the prestige of our police, so we want to praise the police. Red him and make him a model police officer." If we look at Officer Tang's performance, if there are such people in the police force, the image of the police will naturally not be so good.
Also captured was Chen Tao's mistress Selina. In order to divide Chen Tao and Selina, so that they would not trust each other, and let Selina help the police convict Chen Tao, the police played a trick and passed legal rules to force them to Sarina served as a prosecution witness, and then arranged for Chen Jiaju to protect the prosecution witness Sarina.
In order to convince Sarina that Chen Tao no longer believed her and planned to kill her, Chen Jiaju arranged for his colleague, pretending to be a killer, to assassinate Sarina. Don't trust her anymore and plan to kill her.
Because Sarina no longer trusts Chen Tao and listens to Chen Jiaju's words, her residence is no longer safe, so she and Chen Jiaju go to Chen Jiaju's residence. Who knew that on the way there, they encountered real gangsters. They were extremely vicious and seemed to be killing them. Finally, after a fight, those gangsters left, which made Sarina even more believe that Chen Tao planned to kill her.
Sarina asked Chen Jiaju to record some of the things she knew about Chen Tao, and then followed Chen Jiaju to Chen Jiaju's house. When she arrived at Chen Jiaju's house, she found that Chen Jiaju's girlfriend, Amei, was preparing to celebrate Chen Jiaju's birthday with a group of people. When Amei saw Chen Jiaju come back with a strange woman, she was instantly jealous.
Originally, Sharina wanted to help Chen Jiaju explain, but Chen Jiaju made a big deal and finally ran away in anger. Amei was about to leave on a battery car, and Chen Jiaju chased after him, and then the two were joking there.
The battery car can be said to be a symbol of ordinary people, and ordinary police officers can only find the daughters of ordinary people. A major case, and the other party has great strength, but he has no background, can make many police officers have no confidence in handling the case, or can do nothing. For some cases, will they listen to it? But it is an ordinary and ordinary policeman like Chen Jiaju who shows a heroic side.
Sha Linna was wandering in Chen Jiaju's house, and accidentally discovered that the person who pretended to be a killer to scare her that day was actually Chen Jiaju's colleague. Sha Linna was so embarrassed that she washed out Chen Jiaju's recording, and then recorded some bad voices, and then Sha Linna Linna ran away in the middle of the night.
Waking up the next day, Chen Jiaju found that Sha Linna was missing, and that day happened to be the trial of Chen Tao, and a climax of the movie happened here. During the trial, Chen Jiaju and Chen Tao's lawyers faced off directly. The defense lawyer used a routine of constantly asking questions, and then Chen Jiaju kept answering. As a result, Chen Jiaju made a loophole in his answer and was overturned by the lawyer.
Lawyer: What time did you come out of the cabin?
Chen Jiaju: About 6 o'clock.
Lawyer: About 6 o'clock? What time is it?
Chen Jiaju: 5:55.
Lawyer: Just when it is 6 o'clock, do you know that the sun in Hong Kong in October rises from the horizon at 6:23 o'clock
Chen Jiadao. Horse: don't know
Attorney: Did you know that there is a civilized term called darkness before dawn.
Chen Jiaju: I don't know
Attorney: The term is that there is a period of very dark time before the sun comes out.
Chen Jiaju: I seem to have heard of it.
Lawyer: Under such bad lighting conditions, should we believe that the suspect that Chen Jiaju saw was me at that time.
Chen Jiaju: Whether you believe it or not is your business, you should not ask me.
Lawyer: Mr. Chen Jiaju, you said that you took a shortcut that day, rolled down the mountain, and stopped the double-decker bus. May I ask if your eyes have left the double-decker bus?
Chen Jiaju: No.
Lawyer: Why are you hesitating.
Chen Jiaju: I want to think clearly
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Through continuous induction, Chen Jiaju's loopholes were discovered, and finally Chen Jiaju's statement was completely overturned. Later, Chen Jiaju planned to use the recording, but the recording was washed out by Sha Linna. In the end, Chen Tao was not convicted and was acquitted in court.
Then we saw Chen Tao and the others mocking Chen Jiaju.
Toast to a just law , how ironic, not only ironic, but also scary, obviously a crime, but can't be convicted or punished, where is the safety of society.
However, the matter is not over yet. The police are still trying to find evidence for Chen Tao. Chen Tao cannot access his bank account. With lawyer Zhang's reminder, Chen Tao knew that Sha Linna was his confidant and he couldn't let Sha Linna be found by the police, so a conspiracy was born. His first suggestion was to kill Sha Lin with the hands of Chen Jiaju. Na.
At this time, the scumbag police officer Wen came to Chen Tao, saying that he wanted to do some small business with the money so he could retire early, and at this time another conspiracy was born, using Chen Jiaju's gun to kill the police officer Wen, and then kill Sha Linna, framed Chen Jiaju.
Chen Jiaju was taken to the local police station, but there were very few police officers. When Chen Jiaju arrived at the police station, the sheriff went to patrol. Of course, this patrol was when the sheriff went home to rest.
Will the patrol also pass by my house, or will it only patrol my house? Otherwise, how could Chen Jiaju call his house if something happened.
The other police officers also entrusted the work to Chen Jiaju, so Chen Jiaju had to do a lot of things that day.
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The sheriff wants to patrol, other police officers don't want to do it, and a lot of things fall on responsible people. This also shows that the grassroots of the Hong Kong police are also facing many problems.
The busy thing was short-lived, and the more thrilling thing came. Chen Jiaju went to find Sarina through his subordinates, and then his subordinates betrayed them and led them to Sarina's residence, but was ambushed by someone at Sarina's residence. As a result, Chen Jiaju and the bandits fought, Then Officer Wen pretended to come forward to rescue them, and then kidnapped them. As a result, Officer Wen was deceived and the gang used Chen Jiaju's gun to kill Officer Wen.
And Chen Jiaju helped Sarina escape while they were not paying attention.
Chen Jiaju was framed, and the two officers were quarreled by Chen Jiaju. One side said that Chen Jiaju was framed, and the other said that it was because Chen Jiaju was a policeman and could not be talked about by outsiders. level murder.
After Chen Jiaju returned to the police station, his boss would arrest him in accordance with the procedures and charge him with first-degree murder. At this time, Chen Jiaju broke out completely. He kidnapped the sheriff and produced a series of dialogues.
Chen Jiaju: "I was framed, don't you believe it at all?"
Director: "We will help you investigate"
Chen Jiaju: "What director?"
Others: "Jiaju, it's very dangerous for you to do this"
Chen Jiaju: "For him, of course, it is dangerous. When I was fighting with people, he was thinking about who to eat with in the office. We tried desperately to get people back, but he thought about the procedure. If he couldn't sue Zhu Tao, he just Thinking of a bad idea, let me protect the female witness, how easy it is, he just moves his mouth, and we have to work hard."
Chen Jiaju: "You are stepping on the shoulders of your subordinates to upgrade. Have you thought about it for your subordinates? If a subordinate is killed, you only need to write a report and bow three times. We are also mother-in-law, and there are no subordinates like us. How can you be qualified to sit in such a large office?"
After Chen Jiaju said this, he kidnapped the director and left the police station. Of course, the director also cooperated.
After leaving the police station, Chen Jiaju started his plan. He planned to find Zhu Tao. Sarina infiltrated Zhu Tao's residence, then stole Zhu Tao's secret, and got evidence of Zhu Tao's crime. Later, when Sarina entered the mall, she was intercepted by Zhu Tao's men. With the help of Chen Jiaju and Sha Linna and Zhu Tao, they first competed for the evidence of Zhu Tao's crime. With Chen Jiaju's bravery, Chen Jiaju grabbed the evidence of Zhu Tao's crime and arrested Zhu Tao.
Then at this time, Chen Jiaju spoke out the essence.
Police officer: "Jia Kui, don't be impatient, this kind of person will be punished by the law."
Chen Jiaju: "The law? The law is to sanction those who have no money to hire a lawyer, but cannot sanction him."
Then at this time, lawyer Zhang appeared and said that Chen Jiaju knew the law and violated the law, holding a sharp weapon and endangering innocent citizens. It can be said that Chen Jiaju's anger was burned to the extreme, then it would explode. Finally, Chen Jiaju beat Zhu Tao's men, beat the lawyer, and finally The other police officers beat Zhu Tao continuously, pretending not to see it, and the movie ended like this.
Finally, to sum up the movie, the real estate bubble in Hong Kong has collapsed and social conflicts have intensified. First of all, some capitalists cannot obtain high profits in the original industry and then engage in pornography, gambling and drugs, and become criminal traffickers, which intensifies social conflicts. In order to solve the conflicts, the police arrested Arresting criminals, because criminals have the money to hire lawyers, thus escaping legal sanctions. At this time, the contradiction between the police and the capitalists is aggravated, and the contradiction between the police and lawyers is also aggravated, because the economic contradiction can never be solved, crime The elements will become more and more desperate, so the risks faced by the police will also increase, and the contradiction between the grass-roots police and the bureaucratic police will intensify, because the police’s economic income has dropped due to the collapse of real estate, and some are bought by criminals, so the police The internal conflict has also increased, and at the same time, the contradiction between the people and criminals has also increased, the contradiction between the people and the police has also increased, and the contradiction between the RMB and lawyers has increased, and the main contradiction is the economic contradiction. This layer of contradiction If it is not resolved, the extended contradiction will not intensify, and this contradiction will be interpreted in future Hong Kong movies.
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