For the sake of Oguri Shun, the charm of Jianguo did not disappoint me. But what to say about the movie, it's all kind of chaos. It may also be because of age, and now this kind of film with a slightly thin plot and no brains and blood is not very understandable.
The comic sense of the movie is well done, with exaggerated sound effects when hitting, and dust flying in slow motion when falling to the ground. And the exaggerated rapid blood return function. Just the right sense of separation from reality makes people have a better sense of integration into the comic-style plot. But at the same time, the full second feeling also makes it difficult to understand the behavior of the characters in the plot.
The theme of the gang has always belonged to the romance of men. However, compared to the Italian Mafia and the Yamaguchi-gumi in Japan, the gangs are clearly defined and have clear interests. In this movie, a group of gangsters kill time and fight as if to vent their youth. It should be regarded as a youth film. Youth and campus are not only romantic and bright love, there are ignorant and bitter scars, there are dreams of upward struggle, and there is such a youth who is doing nothing and venting his blood and yearning for the loyalty of the rivers and lakes.
But unfortunately, the director didn't want it to be limited to a youth-type movie. He is ambitious to mix love, dreams, the cruelty of the dark world and even the impermanence of life. This also makes the film somewhat nondescript, and the structure becomes more and more chaotic in the middle. All I can see is a group of little kids who are suffering and hating all day long, throwing their heads and pouring blood, just to dominate a small campus and win a good-looking name. It's really a middle-aged feeling unique to this age.
However, all these puzzling plots are nothing in the final battle of the movie. The charm of the two bosses was brought into full play in this decisive battle. The identity of Yamada Takayuki's little gang leader made me feel very inconsistent from the beginning. I felt that his melancholy eyes and his low profile picture were a good student of literature and art. But after looking at it, the ruthlessness that doesn't care about anything is still there. Oguri Shun's words are very reassuring. He seems to have a temperament that comes out of the comics. Although he can't tell how handsome he is just by looking at his face, no matter what type of character he plays, he has a convincing charm. I've always been uncomfortable with men wearing drop-crotch pants, but Oguri Shun's inverted triangle figure seems to be quite handsome. In the first half of the film, the goal is clear, the fight is tough, but at the same time, it is purely like a child, crying and laughing, and the image of humbly asking for advice from seniors in order to dominate the hegemony is really charming. In the end, he led the brothers to walk over with black umbrellas, and they were so handsome.
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