The reason why I suddenly thought of supplementing this movie, that is, the last part of the American Hollywood commercial series in 1998-"Deadly Weapon 4", is more or less because of the recent joint sanctions against China by European countries, as well as the "Xinjiang Cotton Incident" and "In the United States". Chinese people broke out anti-discrimination demonstrations" and a series of incidents about China and Chinese people of Chinese descent, um... so I want to add this film review log originally written on December 16th last year (2020). And this movie, "Deadly Weapon 4", obviously, the Chinese characters are not so "positive", or even "heavily sinful" villains, but in this movie they play a murderous contradiction. The Chinese actor, even Beijing Chairman Cui who doesn't watch action cop movies, must know it-" Jet Li " of Maotu Taurus .
That's right, it's him. Hmm... This movie can't be called a "classic", but it's not bad to spend time in my spare time, spend time with my family and friends, or enjoy myself. This series is a very typical Hollywood commercial police and gangster series, and the comedy component is very heavy, and one is heavier than the other. However, the original personality of the protagonist "Martin Rigg", who is negatively anxious, pessimistic, and self-destructive, is still a relatively heavy character setting. But fortunately, he met a partner who gave him a new life, also known as the "Bo Le" who was born and died-Roger Motta. This African-American police detective is the kind of "old-fashioned" police officer with a calm temperament and a happy family. But since meeting this "Martin Rigg" starring " Mel Gibson ", his den has basically been destroyed to some extent. In this movie, the anti-No. 1 starring " Jet Li ", "Gu Huaxing" , who has been raped by our country, completely burned his residence. Even a few people in the family were almost wiped out and killed in flames.
All in all, the " Jet Li " in this movie is for the American people, whether it is the "anti-Semitic fighter" of Capricorn Weiyang-" Mel Gibson " or the black uncle-" Danny Glover" /Danny Glover ", it's a dead hand, the kind that never saves your life. It is really enjoyable to watch this film purely from a somewhat "curious" angle. Because although our " Jet Li " was finally sifted by the "lethal weapon", it is true that the two protagonists in the film were almost killed, and they are regarded as the most brutal opponents in this series. But if you want to watch this movie with some emotions, it may be very unpleasant. Because it is very simple-the Chinese are big bad guys. They are not "turbulent people" under the American legal system, but they are the "greenhouse weak seedlings" that need to be "saved" by our citizens. Even if they are good people, they are all "smugglers", and they are all "rats" who "yearn" for my United States of America.
This film really meant it. And "Gu Huaxing", that is , the villain played by " Jet Li ", is nothing but a "fighting kung fu", but there is no "Chinese killing machine" with "cultivation" at all. If it is over-interpreted, it is such a symbol. And the so-called "dazzling kung fu" is nothing but a cruel and cold-blooded man who carries a "lethal weapon" he carries.
Hmm...This film is indeed very disharmonious when it is put now, at least the depiction, shaping, and portrayal of the Chinese. "Gu Huaxing" the villain actually left a "little pigtail"... " Jet Li " actually shouldn't pick up this character. But he was very happy acting, so what can I do? It is not easy for anyone, so there is no need to over-interpret this point. Well, personally, I still love him in this film. In fact, he played very sharply and simply. I really feel that the acting is good.
But for this article, I also plan to submit some of it first to see if it can be passed. Say through again. And, " Mel Gibson/Mel Gibson " is indeed anti-Semitic. I didn't "criticize" him. On the contrary, I actually understood this white American. Understand how much. It can be written like this.
One point to add: The Chinese villain in this movie originally wanted " Zunlong " to appear, but due to the "humiliation of China" in the 1985 film "Year of the Dragon", his heart was lingering, and he dared not take the "Chinese" as the core. The villain's movie. Thus, " Jet Li " was completed.
In Hong Kong, you are already dead! (You in Hong Kong... you' d be dead)-"Deadly Weapon 4" character-Gu Huaxing. Played by Jet Li.
I often imagine this line as: "In Beijing, you have no bones left!" Haha! It's not a joke.
I recommend this movie to everyone who wants to see Jet Li's wicked and unreasonable things. Anyway, I am so happy. In Jet Li’s movie roles, my favorite is naturally "Chen Zhen" in "Jingwu Hero", followed by "Huang Feihong", then "Zhang Sanfeng", and then "Zhang Wuji", but it can be ranked fifth. This is this, Gu Huaxing. It's really sharp, overshadowing the protagonist, Mel Gibson and Danny Grover, the black and white partner. Almost "leading the way."
December 16, 2020
I’m sorry, but I didn’t keep my words and deeds off the verbal verbal messages that have constituted harm to her people. These are not enough to make people feel a little bit more clear. I deceived myself and others roughly-as I am, it is enough to understand those fragments but forgive. Even if I know a little bit, what I think is actually just bringing all the affection into irreparable, such as a deep gully. But this is the end of the matter, and I no longer demand that there be any more like-minded people even at the level of hobbies, so I will continue to do it. Just writing this does not seem to be how knowledgeable I am and my heart is lost. Today’s article, I have indeed made plans for what to write, but to be honest, in the title part, I have some difficulties and simply choose this way. Why? Because tonight's cop action comedy series, I also watched it with Ling, Wang Yiwen, Gao Yimeng and others. Yes, the impression is that the four-part program was completed in one go, and it was very enjoyable to watch. So I actually want to write the title like this-"Ling/Wang Yiwen/Gao Yimeng's Movie Related Part" to pick up this part of "Reminiscence" again. But I can also say the same, this part of the memory is a bit "messy", and I don't really want to elaborate. Because I always feel that the content of the movie is not like music, and there is something to say. But do I like movies? In fact, in the early memory of my personal life, the radiant movies are the total art of accompany me through the sunset and the loneliness. Because in the screen, in the lens, and in front of the screen, there are people who are "live and live", not the rhyme of "only hear the sound but not see the other person", and you don't need to use your brains that are good at association to base on those lifelike people. The words of the word are roughly copied, and all flowers and trees are sentimental. The format of the movie, the script, the rendering of the music, and the performance of the artists are all clearly displayed in front of you, with a panoramic view. The acceptance level is far more "simple" and intuitive than music and literature. Of course, this is just a personal self-perception. As for guys like me who don't really have real talents, the type of movie that I once liked most is the black-and-white type of police and gangsters, and the business style of evil is not overwhelming. The protagonist of a life of nine deaths, the sight of bullets and bullets, the deafening feeling. Don't think that this type of movie is "simple and rude", I think it's the opposite. Commercial works are even more "dramatically" to win. They are not like some eloquent, ambiguous literary and artistic films. They give the viewer a kind of invisible form, allusion, and metaphorical lens. "Quiet" thinking. Sometimes I can say that for real art films, you don’t Do you think there is any "story". Of course, not all. They are more like finely crafted works of art, and you have to rely on "savvy" to some extent. Sorry, I am actually a quick-witted person. There are not many meticulous professional scholars who want to fully "understand" the film in depth and detail. I really like the business type that is easy to understand and straightforward. These films, because it is impossible to have more evocative and long lens language on some so-called "art" levels, they need to be completely fascinating and intense content to attract the audience. So I really think that this kind of movie has more plot. And to put it in a vulgar language-not pretending to be pretentious, showing off some of the director's personal "color use", "lens language", and "cross-montage", it's like this. This kind of movie really doesn't pretend. So it gives people a feeling of "no depth". But I think that daily life is exhausting enough. I have to "study" something every day when I watch movies. It's too exhausting and sincere. Therefore, I love watching the series written tonight-"Lethal Weapon" / Lethal Weapon is indeed a somewhat "extreme" title. In fact, I didn't want to write it like this, because today there are three diaries that I personally think there is nothing wrong with them, and two of them have been cleared out. Somewhat unexpectedly, in fact. Maybe because of "religion" involved? I can't figure it out either. Originally, I really wanted to write a piece about "Tibet" that was completely banned in 1997 by the Hollywood factory in the United States. But looking at this posture, I don't have this confidence. Therefore, I will write a series of films that I think are not sensitive, or even "Insult to China/Anti-China/Exclusion of China". The last one: "Deadly Weapon 4". Talk about this movie. The reason is also very simple,Li Lian is an outstanding villain, and he is a villain who is quite out-and-out, treacherous, and hard to resist.
"What's the matter? Can't Jet Li play the villain?" "You, Jet Li also appeared in the heinous Chinese villain in Hollywood movies! You still write so provocatively? Are you not patriotism?"
If you have the above two ideas, I can say, one: I did not say that Jet Li cannot be a villain, but the image of Jet Li is really rare; two: This is not compatible with "patriotism". I am a patriot, and even a "nationalist" to a certain extent. This is not contradictory to the fact that I really like this movie role, a Chinese symbolic role of a completely negative character. I can confess one thing to everyone. Until now, just because Jet Li has joined in fiercely and fiercely, I really still have a trace of joy when I first saw this film, like "discovering rare treasures". Because indeed, the main villains of Chinese faces are actually very few in Hollywood. "Fu Manchu/Fu Manzhou is not a typical example?" I can only say that that image is too old and indeed too rigid, so I won't press it for the time being. What I wrote in this article is that after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, in the 1980s and 1990s, the types of themes were diverse, and the story content was also blooming. Hollywood's heyday, the video record of the Chinese/Chinese community. This is from a series that has a place in the history of action film series, and the crime of the final ending is fixed on the "Chinese". This film was shot in 1998. This year, Sino-US relations have somewhat reached an inflection point, including the rapid development of China itself. Ten years after the film appeared, the Beijing Olympics was held.
When talking about this movie, I actually wrote that it is not a "Hollywood humiliating/anti-Chinese/anti-Chinese ideology" film. The reason is very simple. Jet Li's figure of eloquence and flowing water, with his softness and strength, with a kind of "evil penetrating fullness". His different attitude has opened up Hollywood's stubborn and conservative vision. In the same year (1998), another well-known action movie star "Jackie Chan", also from China, used his own unique laughter and scolding, which completely opened up the Chinese superstar's prejudiced wait-and-see attitude towards Chinese actors in the capitalist country of the United States. Jackie Chan is the absolute protagonist, and more "prosperous" to welcome the homage of the Hollywood capital market. The movie series he starred in is called "The Rush Hour".
But Jet Li was not so lucky. His starting point was indeed relatively "low". Through a limited lens with few shots, the American audience at the time was quite indifferent to this star-brow, sword-eyed, and extraordinary villain. Be interested. In the vote for the most popular character in "Deadly Weapon 4", Jet Li's "Gu Huaxing" was second only to "Martin Rigg" who starred in "Mel Gibson". And Jet Li of that year, whether it is the abundant physical strength, the improvement of martial arts, and the perfection of acting skills, he has entered the realm of "transformation" that belongs to him. Therefore, in this film, his self-confidence and fierce posture are really nothing. Unreserved, full of heroic spirit. Even the director of the film, Richard Downer, has praised: "This is really a magical actor. When he laughs, he looks like an innocent child, but in the next second, he quickly enters the cruelty. Performance. From kind and sincere to animal-hearted human face, there is almost no transition. It's like his agile kung fu, as fast as lightning." I can admit one thing, whether the director of the film, Richard Downer, is entirely mine. I didn't hesitate to praise Jet Li, but I just reproduced it vaguely. Don't worry about my differences. I can't remember every sentence so clearly, besides, this movie is really not my favorite series. However, the original words of the director of this article may even admire this man from China who "is both good and evil" than I do.
However, in this film, the use of "Chinese Kung Fu", including the invitation of the well-known Chinese action superstar Jet Li, is actually to a certain extent, it is nothing more than the American Hollywood commercial production line, which is completely "unique". The body shape technique is regarded as a "opposite" selling point. The image of the Chinese in this film is basically not a Chinese smuggler who is impoverished and hopes to smuggle across the ocean to become a "lucky person", or is inhumane, does not abide by the American rule of law system, and the "gang gang" nature of traditional religious thinking. They are unpredictable, uncontrollable, and unreasonable. They are able to "settled" in the United States of Freedom Beacon just for their relatives, and they deceive, kill, and betray unscrupulously. Struggling with the order of the United States, they fought fiercely against each other. It can be regarded as a complete negative material.
But if you want to say that the last part of this series is really "humiliating China", it is indeed very wrong. In fact, there is no more, but it is by no means "positive". But is there really no "front"? There are too. That is "Hong" played by Taiwanese or Hong Kong actor Kaohsiung, which is decent. What's more interesting is that in this movie, the surname "Hong" also appears. It is "Hong" which is homophonic with "Red". But what is more interesting is that this time the "Hong" surname is no longer a high-ranking "soldier" like the "General Hong" in "Red Corner" in (1997). He is just a desperate person. In the end, he was strangled to death by his own vicious compatriot, "Gu Huaxing" outstandingly played by Li Lian, but a hostage. Hiding in the home of the considerate and fat black police detective Roger, for a while. All in all, the surname "Hong" is not a representative of "power", but a metaphor of "old age". Anyway, it is "red", which is not good. Ha ha! What’s more interesting is that this family’s children were all killed by the big villain played by Jet Li. The Chinese grandson who escaped by chance, that is, the grandson of "Hong", was called "Xiaoping" but rescued. The two protagonists, together with Roger's family, at the end of the film, the Roger's family adopted "Hong Xiaoping" as their adoptive sons, regardless of previous suspicions. And what was the name of the former chairman of China who had just passed away at that time? I don't think I need to say more, yes, "Deng Xiaoping". Still "home" with me! Ha ha! Pulling away. Does this also express how much American screenwriters have some ambiguity about China, an "old and rapidly reborn" country? I personally over-interpret this part so much-the red generation is already aging, and they are "killed" by the young and energetic who are also from the "Chinese Stars" who "take care of this and lose the other", but the foundation of red lies in us. Under the blessing of the "Lord of Liberty", the fire is still left, immature and beautiful. But the premise is-your flames need to be "burning" under the care of our "America". If you don't have one mind with our America, we will also take up the weapons in our hands. "Flower fist embroidering legs", get rid of it alive.
And the biggest villain in this film, the name "Gu Huaxing" played by Jet Li, makes me feel so "subtle" to some extent. This is a gang killer from "Hong Kong, China". Yes, Hong Kong is a semi-colonial city that has just returned to the embrace of the motherland. To a certain extent, in fact, Jet Li’s villain is not completely “rooted and miaohong”. He is not as “weak to be deceived” like the “mainlanders”. If you are not relatives or friends, you will kill them all. He more or less represents the kind of "departure" from the authentic "Chinese" consciousness that is more inclined to the Western style. But due to his own identity and ethnic factors, he had to endure his anger and humiliation in that piece of land that was not entirely his own. Although he has some skills, he can be silent for most of the white police detectives and even the African-American police officers. But once you start, you never have trouble. This character is neither a "Chinese" who completely "obeys", nor is he a trustworthy "American Chinese". He is a "Hong Konger." I am impetuous towards my compatriots, and equally cruel towards the protagonists of the country in this film. "Gu Huaxing" can only care for the "Chinese" but a "star". But there is no more macro perspective. Now I am analyzing this character who is not so complicated. I don't want to talk about this movie from a "kung fu" level anymore, because it's clichéd. And the action scenes in this article, in fact, I personally think that it is not as good as the third one. The degree of sadness is far lower than the second one, and the overall completion is not as good as the first one, but is it the "worst" one? It's definitely not. The "Lethal Weapon" series is the kind of "all-around" series of movies. There is no "best", but there is no "worst". He gave me a personal feeling, more like gagging, and by the way the "light comedy" of Anliang. Although there are heavy parts. It’s just the last one. All the past life grievances are basically settled. Therefore, the sad past that belongs to the protagonists has been greatly diluted. More often, it is really too bad, but it is this deliberate, "boring "joke. But the last one puts the villain on the Chinese.
I found that the villains in every even-numbered episode of this series are related to "foreign". The second part is "South Africa" and this part is "China"; and the odd-numbered plots basically come from the origin of "old grievances". More about the protagonist's "past and present" accounts. Except for the second part. To say which one of this series is actually the strongest, I personally think it is the second one, the sequel from 1989. The tragedy is also more intense. But if I want to talk about selfishness, I really think this is the best. Because the "enemy" is finally considered "stronger." The one in the sequel also has two anti-two shots. The incorporation of Chinese Kungfu has indeed given this series that is somewhat too "poor", giving it a more "curiosity" final light. But to be honest, that's all. The part about China in this film is actually quite rigorous, without much discomfort. It can be regarded as a product of "imagination" that Hollywood "respects". But not too fanciful. The ending is also a happy family reunion. Overall, it's pretty good.
So this article, let's do it for the first time, and finish it hastily. Indeed, in fact, this movie is very simple, there are not so many. It's just that this period is still somewhat "sensitive".
Reference film reviews for this article:
"Lethal Weapon 2": a clean and metallic opening title, rare high powers of South African villains during the apartheid system, colleague murdered one after another, rush of affection, "pleasant personality" yearning to become "friends" Yes, Leo. There is also the "dynamite toilet" that is indeed "ambiguous".
"Lethal Weapon 3": The home of Martin who loves dog food, Roger's male corset who accidentally killed his son and classmate, and the "armor piercing projectile" shot through bulletproof clothing. The most natural comedy, Han Dan loves this one the most, and the daughter of "Roger Mota" looks like "Chairman Cui" of African descent. A series of movies that is more like a "situation comedy" in life.
Re-recording of the old review-incomplete film review-the closed city mayor, the melancholy of Tianan, the red tension, the torture room in the corner. The prejudiced starring actor from Tibetan Buddhism-the paranoid belief of Richard Gere of Ugly Bull Virgo, the re-comment of "Red Corner" in 1997 may be temporarily open. This movie, the Aries "Isidora" who is a "doctor" from Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, should love to watch it.
The most criticized movie that insults China-"The Year of the Dragon"
Incomplete film review-the re-recording of the old review-1969 "The Chairman" / The Chairman-an American-style spy war movie with the background of the "Cultural Revolution". Starring by the famous American Aries superstar Gregory Parker. If this film is remake/restarted, I hope that the starring role will be Tom Hardy, a charming actor from London, England, who is the virgo constellation. And "male number two" is naturally the Gemini's "Xi" surname Great man. Of course, it is also possible to make up a fictitious "female chairperson" in China, such as "Cui".
Re-recording of the old review-Misty Rain's "Black Rain" / Black Rain-the bright lights of the ocean, the neon blur of Tokyo. The veteran Japanese acting actor I admire the most-Takakura Ken/Takakura Ken's Hollywood representative work, Matsuda Yusaku's rebellious legacy. It's not Karen Mok's song "Black Rain". (With the "Starlight Period" talking about the easter eggs of this film, there is "Kimura Takuya".)
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