In fact, I had a little prejudice against To Qifeng a long time ago, because he, like Tsui Hark, does not like to use lights when filming, and it looks quite laborious in the dark; but more importantly, I think his form is more than the talk. Stories, stories can be pulled over and over again, but the sense of form cannot be lost at all. If you read too much, you will always feel that it is artificial.
Moreover, when it comes to To Qifeng's films, I don't mention the old ones such as "Tian Ruoyou Qing". Just talking about his trilogy, I only like "Gun Fire". As for "Dark War" and "Dark Flower", In my eyes, it's all too formal, and the extraordinary "Birth of a Prefix" that he produced was not a director, so it doesn't count. What frustrates me the most is the recent "Big Event", which almost makes people lose confidence, thinking that another veteran has fallen.
However, this "Underworld" gave me a good impression, full of style and - thanks to Tan Jiaming, the plot is compact and no longer procrastination. Although, as before, only one story is told - the gang election, but it can lead to the past and present of the underworld, and it is not easy to tell such a story well.
Speaking of actors, I finally saw the arrogant Liang Jiahui again, remember when was the last time I saw him like this? Probably still "Black Gold"; Ren Dahua has always played such a deeply shrewd role recently, and sometimes I really want to look back on his coquettish appearance. The actors are almost all high-level performances, except for Gu Tianle - not that he is not good, but that he is too stylish, but it is a bit out of tune.
My Hong Kong friends all say that this movie is "really, it's just a story that happened around me." The paradox is that Hong Kong's law and order is good (at least in my opinion), and these Hong Kong friends always think of going to the mainland as a This is an extremely dangerous thing, and I am even more frightened when I pass through Shenzhen, for fear of being robbed. It really makes people laugh and cry.
Many people compare this film with "Goodfellas", because both films illustrate the truth: the underworld is the underworld, no matter how many gang rules and firm vows there are, the so-called Goodfellas are actually Badfellas, just watch When will you wake up.
I remembered in "The Birth of a Word", where cats and dogs lived on the streets in Taiwan, asking for help from Taiwan's gangsters, and was ridiculed: "What Hong Ying from Hong Kong, do you think it's still the Qing Dynasty?"
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