He kills people calmly and cold-bloodedly, but he treats his family meticulously and without neglect. He has always suspected Chen Yongren, but he has always regarded him as his biological brother. He speaks like a scholar, but uses three phone calls to make four big bosses ten They "paid the rent" in a few minutes.
A clean white shirt, a simple pair of glasses, a Rolex business watch, no blue dragon on the left arm, no white tiger on the right arm, gentle and elegant, quiet like a cup of boiled water, this is Ni Yongxiao, he was originally a thousand An ordinary accountant among people.
But what he counts is not numbers, but people's hearts; what he does is not abacus, but bullets; what he does is not bills, but to make enemies pay.
It is often said that "the father's debt is repaid by the son". After his father's death, Ni Yongxiao supported the entire family and managed the whole family. He abandoned the quiet accounting life abroad and got involved in this endless war of right and wrong. He was loyal to his father and to the whole family, but he lost the war completely.
I have always felt that Ni Yongxiao is a tragic figure. Throughout his six years in "Infernal Affairs 2", I feel more and more that his life is similar to that of Michael in "The Godfather". The former was just a quiet accountant before his father, Ni Kun, died, and the latter was just a veteran when the old godfather Corleone was assassinated. Faith is home, and the latter simply vacated the position of godfather for his daughter.
However, in the end, Ni Yongxiao not only shot himself in the eyebrows, but also suffered a disaster. On the other hand, Michael, although he was spared, the death of his dear daughter caused his Corleone Kingdom to collapse instantly. Ni Yongxiao and Michael have different temperaments and different ways of handling things, but from the perspective of fate, their life outcomes are almost the same.
There is no plagiarism or tribute, because our film master Ruffian Kun once said: "Actually, I copy points here, copy points then, and mix them up. If they don't like it, the audience can't watch it, I am They plagiarize scenes everywhere. Great artists always steal scenes, it’s stealing, not a fucking tribute.” Regardless of whether this sentence is correct or not, for the role of Ni Yongxiao, Wu Zhenyu’s performance can indeed be used as a “three-pointer”. Using this word to describe it completely allows people to ignore these disputes.
The success of Ni Yongxiao's character creation lies in: as a villain, but being played by Wu Zhenyu completely makes the audience not feel that he is a villain, as a supporting role, he becomes the protagonist in the film when he acts; The bad guy, but the audience couldn't find where he was bad.
At the beginning of "Infernal Affairs 2", Huang SIR said to Han Chen, "Murder and set fire to the golden belt, repair bridges and repair roads without corpses", "The world should not be like this, life should not be like this, Achen". Afterwards, Han Chen said to Huang SIR, "The master often warns me that karma is always there."
Personally, I don't believe in Buddhism, but I always agree with the Buddha's saying that "good and evil are rewarded." Ni Kun also said, "Go out and run, and you will have to pay back sooner or later."
I have always believed that no matter how great a movie is to change the world, it must first change the audience's worldview. "The Godfather" has done it, and many other excellent movies have done it. Of course, the "Infernal Affairs" series has also done it. I think this is probably "Infernal Affairs". The "Dao" trilogy has still been talked about by filmmakers for more than ten years about the reason for its enduring charm!
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