In this film directed by To Qifeng and Wei Jiahui, Liu Qingyun contributed a perfect performance. The "detective" he plays is half a genius in his personal world and half a lunatic who has been spurned by the world. The two are combined into one, which is wonderful.
But having said that, even without Liu Qingyun, you still have to watch this "Detective", because this is the first work of Wei Jiahui returning to the Milky Way and joining forces with John To.
Imagine the brilliance of the early two people's cooperation: "Gunfire", "Dark War", "PTU", "The Birth of a Word"... imaginative, talented, and with an inescapable taste of causal fate, make How many viewers are obsessed.
After "Big Man and Great Wisdom", Wei Jiahui left Galaxy Imaging. It can be seen that John To's films are obviously insufficient in script skills, and rely on film language to support their appearance.
"Underworld 1, 2", "Exile", "Iron Triangle", repeating the consistent taste of fate and the classic scenes of multi-person confrontation, it is difficult to make new breakthroughs. After all, what Lao Du is best at is camera scheduling, not content. Therefore, the return of the genius screenwriter Wei Jiahui this time cannot help but make people excited.
Guess what, even with this assumption, I was still shocked by "Detective". After watching the ending of the Hong Kong version in the middle of the night, I stayed for a few seconds and spit out a sentence, "Amazing, amazing!"
In the film, the detective Liu Qingyun is very talented and can see the "ghost" in people's hearts. These inner voices are interpreted as one by one transformed image. As a result, the female student in the supermarket stood next to a "character girl" who instigated her to steal, and a police colleague stood next to an "eight woman" who was arrogant and vicious.
Liu Qingyun can see all these abnormal scenes, so he can always find the culprit in the fastest and most accurate way. Because of the fear of being seen through their hearts, the crowd called him a "crazy" and "madman" because of his strange behavior. Even his wife left him while having to use his talents to solve the case.
And Lin Jiadong, the murderer to be hunted in this film, has seven "ghosts" in his heart, as if he has seven split personalities. It is determined by the interaction and balance of the seven people. If one person acts alone, it is when a certain character of Lin Jiadong loses control.
Lin Jiadong, who has seven avatars, and Liu Qingyun, who can see through the demons, fight against each other. The former wants to kill people and the latter wants to find out the truth. The sparks from the collision between the two are dazzling. In the middle was An Zhijie, a thin and simple policeman. He originally invited Liu Qingyun, who had left his job, to help investigate the case. Later, because he didn't understand Liu's madness, he believed in Lin Jiadong's innocence.
Everyone has inner demons. This is the most brilliant starting point of the film. It interprets the voice of each person left and right, so that the audience can see the psychological reality of the dance of demons. Even Liu Qingyun, who can see through everything, can't escape the weakness of ordinary people. His inner demons come from a lack of love and understanding, so he fantasizes about his wife who has not left his wife, and shares his sorrows and joys with him.
I personally think the most exciting thing is that after the big battle, the young An Zhijie found that he had made a mistake in his judgment. He was originally simple as a child and quickly gave birth to a new "ghost", telling him how to create a scene and make up stories to ensure his success. promotion.
Desires are always around people. Old ones are removed and new ones are added. It only depends on how well you control them and whether the kind voice in your heart can overwhelm everything else.
Here, Du Qifeng once again showed his skillful control and talent for the camera. For example, in the final battle, he used the broken mirror underground to add atmosphere. In reality, it is a real confrontation, and the mirror reflects the demons of each person, which is quite a bit. Philosophical breath.
Looking at the thorough analysis and vivid performance of split personalities in "Detective", it is easy to think of "Fight Club" and "Seven Deadly Sins". But compared to Brad Pitt's crazy classic, Liu Qingyun's image is more tragic: a genius who can't live in the world, sees the madness of the world, but is rejected by the other party as a lunatic.
Perhaps this is the reason why Liu Qingyun, who designed Liu Qingyun, cut off his own ear and gave it to his upright boss in the film-genius, cut off ears, and intolerant of the world, can we not think of Van Gogh?
At the end of the Hong Kong version, An Zhijie, who was addicted to a demon, tried his best to make up a successful story, holding a gun that wiped his fingerprints in the hands of different people, nervous and desperate. It is said that in the ending of the inland version, after witnessing everything, An Zhijie said: I want to surrender! Thinking about how many underworlds in Hong Kong movies have turned themselves in recently, I know that everyone is too lazy to come up with more innovative and harmonious endings.
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