Do police and bandit dramas in mainland China promote socialism less?

Camylle 2022-03-25 09:01:10

One of the differences between Hong Kong films and mainland dramas is that in the police and bandit shootout films, the scale of the shootout is huge and more realistic, and there are many action scenes. In crime films, mainland dramas always put people's lives and interests first, and there are often plots in which criminals escape because of the protection of hostages; while Hong Kong films are straightforward, without these things that promote socialist democracy and the legal system, And you will find that there are very few hostage-taking plots in Hong Kong films. Maybe it's because of the lack of these, it seems real and unpretentious, and more people tend to prefer Hong Kong films.

(For socialism, some people say: There is nothing that Marxism cannot solve. If there is, it is not integrated with the reality of China?)

After reading it, I suddenly felt sad, you said why people get old, Tony Leung was really good-looking when he was young, and he was a spirited young man. Although he is quite handsome now, the traces of the years are still too obvious.

In addition, I take back what I said above, when One Eye repeatedly emphasized not to involve innocent people, I knew that Hong Kong films still had socialist core values.

It's a good film, with three perspectives, and the action scenes are in place and very real.

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  • Willis 2022-04-20 09:01:50

    The Death of Anonymous - Twenty years later, Tony Leung once again made a cool exploration of undercover culture in "Infernal Affairs". As the end of John Woo's film career in Hong Kong before he left Hollywood, it is like a new starting point and a new landscape created by him in the model he loves. Of course, all this is also completed in the "author's self-enclosure". "The Detective" is an absolute collection of slow motion use, so it is a movie about styling rather than speed. From the title of the film to the misplacement of the identities and temperaments of the two male protagonists, it all shows that this is John Woo's ridicule and game of himself. So the shootout is not just about romance, blasting, and flying, but the big battle at the hospital at the end is a shout-out to "Police Story Sequel." Jackie Chan has his usual action juggling, and Wu is also worried about the audience's visual fatigue, using a baby to slow down the rhythm in time. Behind the secret competition scene is not only the director's show of resource possession, but also the author's crazy promotion of his personal style.

  • Darrion 2022-03-28 09:01:04

    To say the pinnacle of Hong Kong-made gunfights, John Woo deserves it. The hot scenes in this film can be said to be rare. The bullets are like cheap sand, sprinkled into the sky, and rolled up a sandstorm. Whether the police and criminals are innocent or not, they all die. I don't understand, a hospital instantly becomes a slaughterhouse of life. Fortunately, the baby is not affected, but Director Wu has brought his violent aesthetics to the extreme and cannot be surpassed any more!

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  • Alan: [shortly after Tequila reassured Alan that the guy he shot wasn't a cop] Was that guy I shot really a cop?

    Tequila: Yeah.

    Alan: Fuck!

  • Tequila: I can't afford any of these apartments!

    Cop: Why not live in a government apartment?

    Tequila: No way, I make too much for that! Wait... jazz bar! I'll live in the jazz bar!

    Cop: At least you'll get a lot of "sax".