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Dolores 2022-03-25 09:01:10

The first time I saw this drama, it was on TV. The show was being broadcast on my home channel at the time. I watched it too late and started watching when Liang's character went to the hospital to kill. Then there was the hot shootout, and Huang Qiusheng's ruthless smirk. And the cooperation of Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung. After watching this movie, I can't forget it. Later, with the development of the Internet, I watched it several times recently and felt that the more I watched it, the more interesting it became.
The first is the emotions of the characters in the play. One is the relationship between Uncle Hai and Ah Lang, the second is the relationship between Yuan Haoyun and his friends, and the third is the relationship between Ah Lang and the only team leader who knows his identity. When Ah Lang had to kill Uncle Hai in order to enter the deeper arms group, the conversation between the two people sublimated their feelings. When Ah Lang killed Uncle Hai, the tears in his eyes and the smile when he turned to face Huang Qiusheng, he grasped it very well. Let people have a deeper view of Tony Leung's acting skills. When Yuan destroyed the scene that Ah Lang had already controlled, the two confronted each other. Yuan's facial expressions and Ah Lang's expressions are well portrayed in the movie.
Second, the effect of the gunfight is fascinating. Woo Yusen's pursuit of violent beauty makes the audience visually satisfied. That is, there are rarely such exciting shootouts after this drama.
The third is the arrangement of the ending. I always thought it was Tony Leung Chiu-wai to commemorate the sacrifice of Ah Lang. Later, after reading another person's comment, I suddenly realized that it was Ah Lang who did not die but went to the northern hemisphere where he had always dreamed of going.

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  • Adolfo 2022-03-20 09:01:59

    Wu Yusen's last Hong Kong movie before leaving Hong Kong to go to Hollywood, and also the last cooperation between Zhou Yunfa and Wu Yusen. Aside from childhood filters and feelings, from the perspective of ordinary adult movie fans, this film is the worst compared to Wu Yusen's previous works. The plot is empty, the story is thin, ignoring logic, the narrative is protracted, the rhythm is out of control, it is too crazy, the time is too long, the details cannot stand up to scrutiny, the gunfight scene is not restrained enough, 2 hours is chuchu, even the most beautiful violent aesthetics is also aesthetically fatigued, especially The more than half-hour hospital shootout at the end was really too long, and it was loose and messy, so it was tiring to watch. But the long shot of the shootout was amazing. There are a lot of people killed in this film, and most of them are passers-by and hostages. Wu Yusen used too much force this time, and the bloodthirsty is a bit abnormal. Undercover rooftop joints and birthday gifts have influenced Infernal Affairs, but they are far from plagiarism. Tony Leung's role has more room to play and performs better than Chow Yun-fat's. The genre films of a certain era, if you watch them when you are a child, may be exciting, but now they are really boring, barely 3 stars, 6 points.

  • London 2022-03-27 09:01:10

    wow, at the end of the 1980s, I saw this blockbuster of Pigeon Wu with admiration. As long as it is packaged a little, it will look good now, not to mention that it was almost twenty years ago, which is too awesome. Also, as someone mentioned above, I also thought of "Infernal Affairs". However, there are still many flaws in the plot, but it does not affect its viewing. So, it's no wonder that there is cuteness in "Red Cliff", because this is a characteristic of the Hong Kong film industry. good film.

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