In the rivers and lakes, some people preach morality, and some people live like dogs.

Shemar 2022-03-21 09:02:12

As can be seen from the name, this is a male-male film, and the moral killer and the police are the two heroes. Both occupations require guns, but in the eyes of the world, they are black and white. The director questioned this kind of worldly judgment. Police Li Ying said, "Your industry is a dead end, why do you keep going?" The sentence "Then you teach me how to go" has already exhausted the helplessness of choosing a killer. The scene that followed was also quite dramatic. After Chow Yun-fat said that if he could do it all over again, I would definitely not choose this path. In the next scene, he was beaten and vomited blood and said, "I want to get the money, which is called morality." It is helpless to become a killer, but Still be fair. It is frequently mentioned in the movie and the relative image is a dog. The exposure rate of the dog in the movie is quite high. Wang Hai said that the fourth master is a dog, and the fourth master asked Xiaozhuang if he was a dog. The famous line "Look at the man on the city wall looks like a dog". When I watched it, I thought, wow, Hong Kong people still have a deep obsession with dogs. I checked it out and found that Westward Journey was 95 years old. I don’t know if Xing Ye was inspired by this. The teacher said that shootout films are also martial arts films, which can also be well reflected in this film. Police officers or killers, officers or assassins, their identities are all coats. They are also people who walk in the rivers and lakes and float in life. Some people are righteous, but some people live like dogs. Recently, I watched "True Colors of Heroes", "Blood Two Heroes" and "Dark War", and I can still see the inheritance, changes and limitations of Hong Kong action films. The scene scheduling of the fight, the fullness of the lines, etc. are definitely getting better and better. However, the core of the story is still about the relationship between the police and the bandits. Both "Blood" and "Dark War" are about the sympathy between two men, and "The True Color of Heroes" is about the police brother forgiving and understanding the killer brother. In fact, this also shows the limitations of genre films. In action films, women generally have blurred faces and are symbolized. Police and killers are the main characters. However, the mode between them is actually limited. kill. This is also doomed to the limited space for film expression. However, "Dark War" has a breakthrough in expression! (Sudden Amway link) This is a romantic action movie. In addition to the sympathy between men, it also has a beautiful portrayal of love, and the final ending is also very beautiful. (Can't blow it out, because I forgot the plot a bit, sorry)

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Extended Reading
  • Ettie 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    An urban gangster vendetta movie with a strong oriental martial arts color, John Woo's violence and aesthetics have been improved to a certain extent, and the handling of the action scenes in the shootout is as elegant as a martial arts movie, no wonder he can form his own set of aesthetic styles , If you know that there is no complete script when the film starts, and the director wrote it while filming, then your admiration for John Woo must arise spontaneously. Although John Woo's action movies in that era were basically the same commercial routine, it can be seen that he has been deliberately seeking innovation and changes. The shot scheduling in this film has a feeling of moving closer to Hollywood movies, whether it is composition, The color is still the soundtrack, which is at least five years ahead of other Hong Kong filmmakers, especially in the final church scuffle. The message of "anti-war and peace" conveyed in the violence is really ingenious. The acting skills of Chow Yun-fat and Li Xiuxian were forced out of the time. limit.

  • Elbert 2021-12-21 08:01:33

    "Why didn't you shoot me in the head?" "Maybe there is a problem with my professional level." "Infernal Affairs 3" copied this line from the original.

The Killer quotes

  • Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): I thought those I killed deserved to die. Now I believe everbody has the right to live.

  • Joe (Cantonese)/Jeffrey (English): I always leave one bullet, either for myself or for my enemy.