Not as charming as the first one

Nelda 2022-03-21 09:03:06

Mainly the plot

Not to mention Fa Ge playing Aken, there is a feeling of using the IPs of Fa Ge and Xiao Ma to make money. The plot of Aken and the fourth uncle in New York is a bit strange, because of the previous relationship between Ken and the fourth uncle It's too hasty. New York Ken and the fourth uncle met in the mental hospital, it was abrupt, not to mention excited to persuade the fourth uncle to eat, as if they had known each other for a long time, but on the time scale of movie perception, it did not give me this feeling, even A little embarrassing.

Then, Brother Hao hoped that his brother Ajie would not interfere in this matter, because there was a pregnant wife at home, but Ken signaled Ajie to leave many helpers. I hope my younger brother doesn't take risks with him to commit crimes, and when he returns to Hong Kong, he wants Ajie, who has a wife, to join him as a villain...), it seems that everything is for the gunfight that follows regardless of the logic (the firmness of the first part) The principled uncle Jian became a tool man in the second part)... In short, this drama gave me a bad impression

Compared with the first part, in the first part, the conflict between Ajie and Brother Hao broke out when his father was killed. The way the two got along before and after the outbreak was full of contradictions and entanglements and continued to the end. This kind of development, in the movie Visually, no one felt any discomfort, and then at the beginning, he explained the friendship between Xiaoma and Hao (through dictating past stories, the two were injured by their usual fight and Xiaoma helping Hao to avenge). One leg, etc., a considerable part was rendered in the early stage of the movie), which made a good preparation for the encounter between Brother Hao and Brother Xiao Ma after he was released from prison...

From the plot point of view, the first film is much better than the second film, which makes people feel that the second film was a film that was used to make money at that time. Of course, aside from the flaws in the plot, the acting skills of several bigwigs are still very good. Damn, the shootout is also very exciting, but so many people say that the second part is better than the first, which makes me a little puzzled

If someone thinks what I said is wrong, look at Haihan, if you can give a reason why the second part is better than the first, it will be even better

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Extended Reading
  • Tressa 2022-04-20 09:02:21

    I review a Leslie Cheung movie every April. I didn't expect to see Uncle Da appearing in the second film. Compared with the first one, Ken's expression is really creepy. I don’t know if the gun didn’t shoot, this thing was made crazy, this endurance… Then I was scolded by Ken + awakened by a gun battle, and this trick will be used to treat mental illnesses and lunatics in the future? Fourth Uncle’s “Good people are rewarded "Is this the transfer of TVB's core values ​​to the Hong Kong gangster shootout film? Very embarrassed brother's role is much more mature and stable than the first one, his appearance is still online, and his acting skills are becoming more and more perfect. Is it really uncomfortable to hang up at the end? Ken and the American gangster bibilailai in the New York restaurant are really nonsense for a long time. When the eldest brother does it, he will not do it. If he doesn't do it, he will be cowardly. I don't know what the final shootout scene is still very exciting. It's cool to watch a gunfight movie, and a gangster movie to watch righteousness. Fortunately, there are all these. Not too bad

  • Elinore 2022-04-21 09:03:10

    I have always watched this film as a comedy. This film continues the tradition of Chow Yun-fat's scumbag attacking the cheap, but this time the target has been changed from steamed buns to Shi Tian, ​​but Brother Ken is still the man responsible for rudely making chicken soup for the soul , alas, in this film, he can only tease his brother who is weaker than him. This film is rotten and messy, and it feels like someone forced John Woo to shoot it with a gun.

A Better Tomorrow II quotes

  • Ken: I give you nothing, man... I give you shit!

  • Ken: You don't like my rice? What's wrong with with it? It's beautiful to me, but to you, rice is nothing... to us, it's just like my father and mother. Don't fuck with my family. If you have any dignity, apologize to the rice RIGHT NOW!