It was a classic back then, but what about now?
"Police Story" in 1985, "The Color of Heroes" in 1986.
"Police Story" in 1985 actually had a more exciting beginning than the end.
In 1986, "The True Color of Heroes" is the most talked about, and probably also the previous parts. Entering the pony brother to light a cigarette with US dollar bills, and the pony brother going to Taiwan's Fenglin Pavilion for revenge, etc.
The overall feeling of "The True Color of Heroes" is that every scene must have conflict and drama, and sacrifice the rationality of the plot for this.
The basic framework of the story is as follows:
1. Prologue :
First, the eldest brother Song Zihao and Xiao Ma are to be identified, they go to trade with foreigners, and then they go to the company to report the account, get compliments, and set the ambush to go to Taiwan, and take Ah Cheng there.
After drinking at the bar, Brother Ma recalled what happened ten years ago, which is equivalent to explaining the depth of the friendship between the two, life and death.
Interspersed in the middle are the situation of the younger brother Ajie, the friendship between the two brothers, the comedy scene between the younger brother and his girlfriend, and the father admonishes the older brother to wash his hands.
2 Act 1
After that, Taiwan is the first turning point of fate.
Parallel structure: On the one hand, the eldest brother was betrayed in Taiwan and was eventually arrested.
On the other hand, there are killers who come to the eldest brother's house and end up killing the father.
——Why didn’t even the elder brother’s family let go? Is it to betray the big brother, not to seek revenge against the big brother? Is this reasonable? This part is put on Xiao Ma who killed the people on the Taiwan side, and the people from the Taiwan side came to seek revenge, isn't it a little more reasonable? There is only one person who came to seek revenge? Did you just come to kill the elder brother's father?
After that, Brother Xiao Ma took action and took revenge at Fenglin Pavilion. He was dressed in black maple clothes and shot with both hands, which fascinated many people.
Brother Pony succeeded in revenge, but his legs were also interrupted.
3 Act II
About a few years later.
Big brother out of prison. The younger brother was extremely disgusted with it.
The eldest brother was taken care of by the owner of the car repair shop and became a taxi driver.
Brother Xiao Ma has become Ah Cheng's car wash boy, and the eldest brother meets Brother Xiao Ma.
After that, it was in the bar that Ah Cheng met with his eldest brother.
——What's a little strange about this scene is that the car wash guy from before is so high-spirited now that he doesn't take Ah Cheng in his eyes at all. and sneered at it. The little brother is changing too fast, right? Just because Big Brother is back? Big brother is like this when he comes back. If he doesn't come back, he will humbly clean Acheng's car. This is also detrimental to Xiaoma's image, right?
4 entanglements The
younger brother scolded the elder brother and could not forgive him.
The younger sister-in-law encourages the elder brother to start a new life.
The little brother hopes that the big brother will make a comeback with him.
The younger brother wanted to check Ah Cheng, but he was injured by Ah Cheng set up.
Ah Cheng's subordinates smashed the car repair shop, and used his younger brother as a threat, forcing the eldest brother to work for Ah Cheng.
——This part is the mode of popular melodrama, which is lackluster. To say that everyone is talking about it, that is, Brother Ma and Big Brother are on the top of Hong Kong, overlooking Hong Kong, and then Brother Ma makes a bold statement: I am not trying to prove that I have It's amazing, but what I've lost must be taken back.
5 Crisis climax
Of course, the two robbed the computer data, handed it over to the younger brother, and then waited for Ah Cheng to come.
After Ah Cheng came over, the two kidnapped Ah Cheng.
——The unusual thing here is, how could Ah Cheng be kidnapped so easily? How did the two of them come up and say that the data was handed over to the police?
——As the boss, Ah Cheng, didn’t he think that the two would probably kidnap him? No precautions?
——The two came up and said that the hard disk was handed over to the police, didn’t they wait to be shot? Originally, it was to deceive the other party (exchange money for hard drives), so why not continue to deceive?
After that, the little brother was urged by the big brother to sail away, and then came back after thinking about it. The younger brother Ajie also came to meet the eldest brother. In the end, it was naturally the three male protagonists who fought with Acheng.
Here, there is something particularly unreasonable:
First, how could Brother Ma sail away? He didn't know that when he left, Song Zihao would definitely die? Designing him to come back after he left would damage his image, right? It's a bit contrary to his loyalty
. Second, the younger brother arrived and was arrested. Song Zihao asked for a replacement, isn't this waiting to die? The younger brother came over. There are dozens of people on the other side, and the two on my side, haven't they been beaten into a sieve? Isn't it a bit silly that he asked for a replacement when he came up?
Third, Brother Xiao Ma was shot in the head, but Ah Cheng didn't kill his brother and brother right away? Why do you have to wait for them to be cool before they do it? Isn't Ah Cheng a little stupid here?
This movie, as a whole, is to emphasize the dramatic conflict (almost every scene has conflict, the three male protagonists have conflict, the three male protagonists and the gang old man and A Rong have conflicts again, Ajie and his girlfriend because of Song Zihao has conflicts), and then through the conflict and sensationalism of each scene, to cover up the weakness of the plot.
John Woo's reputation is suspected of being too good, and many film critics in Hong Kong have criticized him quite a bit.
The excerpt from page 123 of "Secrets of Hong Kong Films" is as follows:
Film critic Rocca commented: The sensibility is extreme and narrow, and sometimes it is inevitable to create feelings for the text;
Li Zhuo-tao believes: We often can't stand John Woo's passionate action films, but fans of Western genre films watch them I was so elated, because I was so focused on believing that Western films of the type were rare.
He himself said: My film is more suitable for the United States.
So, he took the opportunity to go to the United States and become an international director.
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