The craziest time I remember watching movies was in 1994 and 1995. At that time, I calculated that in the winter and summer vacations, I watched an average of 3 films a day. Those brick-like videotapes were replayed over and over again, and some of the films were probably watched no less than 10 times, but every time I watched them with relish. I think "Blood on the Street" must have been watched no less than 5 times by me. Sadly, several years later, I hardly remember having this movie. When I rewatched it, I was only impressed by the three brothers riding bicycles, Jacky Cheung almost falling into the stinky ditch, and the bullet in Jacky Cheung's mind. Jacky Cheung doesn't act much, but he always leaves a deep impression on people. Whether it is the younger brother in "Mong Kok Carmen" or the cousin in "East and West", probably he can always meet a director who can discover his characteristics!
Our generation, both men and women, has experienced such an age group, that friends in this world are the most important, loyalty is the most important, no matter if you can do it or not, you always feel that you can cut a knife for your friends. Think about it, this must have been caused by John Woo. The older you get, the more you understand that this world can cut a knife for a friend because of loyalty, but it can make a cut for a friend even more for profit. Therefore, looking at "Blood on the Street" now is more complicated.
When I watched Tony Leung yell at Li Zixiong, "For a box of gold, I don't even care about my friends...", I thought, how much I must have identified with Tony Leung, friends and money back then, is this still a choice? But I was thinking yesterday, how many people in the world can give up a box of gold for a friend? Alas, is the world changing too fast or is it too late for me to understand? In this world without faith, the trust between people is also losing little by little. However, I still couldn't live up to my expectations. Seeing Jacky Cheung's ghost-like expression with multiple bullets in his head, tears still fell. What's the point of living if a person needs to endure so much pain just to stay alive?
However, if it's just a love story between three brothers, it's no different from Pony Ma. However, the situation in Hong Kong and Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s gave the film a deeper meaning. What did Hong Kong in that era mean to ordinary Hong Kong people? Perhaps the segment where Yuan Jieying and Tony Leung are in the movie can explain many things: Politics, for those who struggle every day on the line of survival, only represents a hopeless tomorrow. Compared with who will manage tomorrow, the dishes in the kitchen today are more worrying for everyone. In contrast, the powerlessness, helplessness and helplessness of some individuals in Vietnam that cannot escape the background of the times, even those of us who grew up in peaceful times can not help but feel sad. Human life was even inferior to ants in that era, but in this era, are we more precious than ants?
John Woo's time seems to be over and we have grown up. When the aesthetics of violence is history, brotherhood is just an old thing, let alone mention it!
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