Donnie Yen has learned the lesson of "Dragon Tiger Gate" that emphasizes martial arts and neglects literature. There are many literary dramas in "Fuse" this time, and it is still written by Situ Jinyuan, the former main screenwriter of the Galaxy. In addition, for the director of police and bandit action films, Ye Weixin, who is both civilized and military, it makes sense. It is said that the plot of "Fuse" should be much more reliable than "Dragon Tiger Gate". Unfortunately, the problem this time around is overkill.
Maybe "Dragon Tiger Gate" has made Donnie Yen bear the infamy of a brainless action movie for too long. This time, "Fuse" has been released ruthlessly. In the first hour of the 85-minute movie, men and women are basically talking about love. , there wasn't a decent fight until the 50th minute. Compared with the similar theme "The True Color of a Man", which was released in the same period, there was a series of explosions within 10 minutes of the opening, and then Shawn Yue mad Bian Lin Xue and Nicholas Tse chasing the suspects, making the audience enter the state immediately. And "Fuse" made me a little suspicious: I went to the theater to watch this play, is it because Gu Tianle had a love affair with Fan Bingbing?
Of course, it doesn't make much sense to simply compare the number of action scenes. After all, a successful action movie does not mean that it depends on the number of fights to win. The more fights, the better it looks? This law does not work. In Wong Fei Hung's "The Lion King Contest", the focus of the whole chapter is on the final Lion King Contest, but it does not give the impression that the civil and military are out of balance. The remarkable plot makes this film civil and military. Both, it has become a very classic action kung fu movie. And "Fuse" is obviously out of balance. In the first 50 minutes, there are countless points that can let go of the battle, but Donnie Yen seems to have deliberately forbeared and extinguished all these "fuses". And in the last 20 minutes, there was another big turning point. There were only a handful of dialogues, and the rest was just the endless fight between the pros and cons. Especially in the final duel between Donnie Yen and Ni Xing, both sides got up after being knocked down, and got up again after being knocked down. Damn it? But he didn't die! He dragged and dragged, dragged and dragged, and dragged a play that could be told in 1 hour to 85 minutes.
This serious civil and military imbalance gives the whole film a strange feeling, drowsy for the first hour and dizzying for the second half hour. There are many literary dramas, and if they are good-looking, they can attract people into the drama, but Situ Jinyuan, who has left the Galaxy, seems to have gone crazy. If it is said that "Sister-in-law" at least still has a huge storyline and complex character relationships, "Fuse" has completely turned into a deadly fight between Ma Jun and the undercover Watson and the three Vietnamese brothers. The plot of the whole film is terribly simple, and the two mothers who are deliberately added want to express the feelings of the pros and cons, but they have no great effect. Except for the closing sentence "Where are my three sons?", basically these two mothers only played the major mission of dragging the drama. However, the plot of "Fuse" is not useless. Although mentally handicapped, the dialogue is not. The beautiful dialogue saves a lot of face for the mentally handicapped plot. Gu Tianle, Zheng Zeshi, and Donnie Yen have a very interesting beach scene. Looking at the dialogues of each character throughout the article, they are very suitable for their own personalities. This also shows that Situ Jinyuan has not lost the fine traditions of the Galaxy period. But why is the plot so childish? Perhaps suspicious eyes have to rely on Donnie Yen, the "action director"...
Speaking of which, if you think I mean Fuse sucks, you'd be wrong. The wonderful dialogue has an equal impact with the mentally retarded plot, while the few remaining action scenes are extremely exciting. Mixed fighting and the like are just gimmicks. The vast majority of the audience can't tell what mixed fighting is. The purpose of them entering the theater to watch this movie is to have fun and fight fun! 50 minutes after Donnie Yen lived up to the audience's expectations, the elevator showdown with Shi Xingyu finally had a decent meaning. The subsequent fight in the food stalls was even more interesting to watch. Donnie Yen hurt Shi Xingyu at once, which still made the audience feel a little unbearable. Immediately after entering the BOSS battle in Nanshuiwei, hand-to-hand combat + sniping will reveal all of Donnie Yen's tricks, which makes people dizzy and can't help but sigh: This Hong Kong policeman is really full of stunts...
Choose Ni Xinglai to fight Donnie Yen, It is an important reason to make the audience very enjoyable. With Jackie Chan and Jet Li getting old, Ni Xing and Donnie Yen are probably the most capable of the stage among the new generation of kung fu actors. I still remember Ni Xing's radiant seraph role in "The Matrix", this time the final BOSS identity also makes people feel that they can hold up the scene. In the whole play, Ma Jun, played by Donnie Yen, has concise and capable dialogue and quick skills, which portrays a very good image of a police officer, and the viciousness revealed in Ni Xing's eyes from time to time is also reminiscent of "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" in him. The biggest regret should be Lin Guobin, the elder brother who broke the water flow. I was expecting him to fight anyone. How could he just hang up after a trick? Sorry!
The other supporting roles are also quite satisfactory. Lv Liangwei played a gangster boss with a low level of knowledge. He accepted younger brothers everywhere, and even when he got to the prison, he would not let them go. , compared to "Kung Fu", it is more ruthless; Fan Bingbing is still a typical actress without acting skills, and Xu Qing plays a role of a boss who has no promotion at all for the plot, but Zheng Zeshi is a bit interesting, saying It's a cold joke, and the death is also moving. I saw Sammo Hung's son Hong Tianzhao in the cops. Last time he was beaten into a dementia by Donnie Yen. This time, he continued to play tricks. Compared with Jaycee Chan, who is also the next generation, the treatment of the two in the entertainment industry is embarrassing. .
After watching "Fuse", my biggest feeling is: this is the shortest action movie I've ever seen. Of course not the length of the film, but the fight. This is an out-and-out action movie. If the action scenes are properly matched, it can be even more exciting. However, in the current situation, according to a netizen's point of view, "The movie needs to be saved, but it is enough to save the last 10 minutes. ”. As a personal joke, the plot of the first hour can be completely blacked out and then played with rolling subtitles, and then immediately enter the elevator to fight.
Looking at the triangular combination of Donnie Yen + Ye Weixin + Situ Jinyuan, the film created is still the most commendable of "Slaying the Wolf", which is inseparable from the wonderful plot of "Slaying the Wolf" itself. From "Dragon Tiger Gate" to "Fuse", there is at least one improvement. At least Donnie Yen knows how to absorb criticism and improve it. Although this time the improvement is too far, there is reason to believe that the next play created by this triangular combination will be even better. Hong Kong's action movies have been silent for a long time. The appearance of two "The True Colors of Men" and "Fuse" in the same period of this year makes people feel that Hong Kong's action movies are still in the lead. Although Donnie Yen is not young, he still has great potential to be tapped!
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