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recent years, Chinese fashion kung fu films have been overwhelmed by the "little neighbors". In Thailand, Tony Ja's "Tom Yum Kung" series has exhibited hard bridges, hard horses and death-defying moves. In Indonesia, a new action film director Gareth Evans + Kung Fu star Iko Uwais teamed up to present the "Raid" series, which made action film fans overwhelmed. In the Chinese film industry, under the circumstances that Jackie Chan and Jet Li are increasingly unstoppable, "Donnie Yen" in the current year can only rely on costume kung fu movies, and fashion kung fu movies are all bad movies. In recent years, the field of fashion kung fu movies is really lacking. The work of carrying the tripod. And "Slaying the Wolf 2" can finally make the Chinese fashion kung fu film proud, not only because this film brings together three Kung Fu stars Wu Jing, Tony Jia and Zhang Jin to present a series of super exciting fight scenes, Zhang Chi, Ren Dahua The supporting roles also have unexpectedly wonderful performances in action scenes. In addition to the excellent fighting scenes, this film is also very surprising in terms of literary and drama. The film has created a dark world where evil forces and ruthless human nature are extremely powerful, the horrific organ trade, the murder of brothers who have annihilated humanity, and the life and death of the Jedi counterattack. Fighting, the whole film is shrouded in a cloud of violence, the power of justice is suppressed, and only violence can be overcome! Louis Koo has more scenes than he imagined, and his outstanding performance has also become a highlight of the film!
Let's not mention anything else, first of all, let's focus on the play of this film! As a fashion kung fu movie, whether it plays well is the main indicator to measure the success or failure of the movie. "Slaying the Wolf 2" can be said not only to meet the standard, but also to perform at a super level. With Wu Jing, Tony Jia, Zhang Jin three Kung Fu stars, hard bridges and hard horses, fists to the flesh, and fierce real Kung Fu fights are not difficult to think of and not difficult to achieve, such as Tony Jia and Wu Jing in prison. The first play. However, more thoughtful design and exquisite fighting scenes make this film a real masterpiece of kung fu! The first thing that catches the eye is the villain killer played by Zhang Chi. The two knives slaughtered the police in the corridor and the room with lightning speed. When focusing on the three major kung fu stars, this sudden appearance of a supporting role that is extremely brilliant really adds a lot to the film. There is also a melee fight between Wu Jing, Tony Jia, and Zhang Jin in the context of prison riots, which is also quite innovative because director Zheng Baorui uses a one-shot long-lens method to show it. Although some fans complained that this long-shot fight was a little confusing, especially that the fight between Wu Jing and Tony Jia was not exciting enough, I personally think that this scene is mainly about the fight and the fate of the characters under the long-shot scene scheduling. freshness and tension. On the one hand, Wu Jing got his mobile phone and looked for signals everywhere to contact Ren Dahua and Tony Jia, who was devoted to his duty to chase down Wu Jing. On the one hand, there are prison riots, and riot police are dispatched to suppress melee scenes. The camera sometimes takes care of the panorama, but gives a close-up of Wu Jing's hand holding the phone, and sometimes follows Wu Jing to the ground, but moves between Wu Jing and Tony Jia's fight on the ground and Zhang Jin's fight in the prison on the second floor, not only the camera The sense of space for scheduling is very good, and the display of fighting scenes is also rich and exciting. When we always applaud Hollywood long-shots such as "Ace Agent" and "Hundreds of People in the Church", then when Chinese films also appear in such exquisitely designed and highly completed long-shot action scenes, we should not be too harsh. Well, please give more praise!
The fighting scene at the end is the whole film and the climax and colorful paragraphs, and it shows the unique charm of Chinese kung fu films, which is stronger in strength and stronger in strength. The film has already rendered how "defying the sky" of Zhang Chi's quick-knife killer's skills, so when Wu Jing confronted him, the audience undoubtedly had high expectations for this fight. The film did not disappoint the audience at all. Not only did the two move as fast as lightning, but wasn't the killer quick and strong? Then it will show how Wu Jing used a kidnapper's baton to crack the quick-knife killing move, and finally beat the killer to the bone, which is very pleasing. And Wu Jing teamed up with Tony Jia to fight against Zhang Jin's ultimate fight, the highlight is also in the wonderful action design of breaking moves and breaking moves, but this time it is not good people restraining bad people, but bad people subduing good people. Thai Kung Fu star Tony Jaa's iconic Muay Thai Knee and Elbow moves in his series of masterpieces have left a deep impression on the audience and become classic moves to show his domineering personal Kung Fu charm. This fighting scene just showed how Zhang Jin used more subtle moves to crack Tony Jia's seemingly incomprehensible knee and elbow skills. The fierce and exciting movements and dazzling moves during the cracking process have exceeded the expression of language. Scope, it feels like you need to watch it two or three times on the big screen to really appreciate the subtlety of motion design.
As long as there are kung fu stars in the lineup, the director, starring, and action director work hard together to create an excellent fighting scene. Otherwise, Chinese kung fu films will not always have comments like "full marks in martial arts and zero marks in literary dramas". And "Slaying the Wolf 2" has a lot to be commended in terms of mood and atmosphere creation, character characterization, actor performance and other literary and drama levels. First of all, the atmosphere created by the film to suppress violence and blood is very successful. Unlike most kung fu films, which show the sunshine and inspirational "evil does not suppress the good", it is a dark and desperate "good can overcome evil". The kidnapping and human body established by transnational criminal gangs The organ trafficking network is inhuman and powerful. Innocent people are caught and slaughtered like animals, and the police are helpless and helpless. The undercover policeman played by Wu Jing was imprisoned in a black prison from the very beginning, and the quick-knife killer easily killed a group of policemen. The kind-hearted Tony Jia, under the coercion of the Thai warden played by Zhang Jin, could only do one thing. Close one eye. Later, the sheriff played by Ren Dahua went to Thailand to rescue Wu Jing single-handedly, but he also fell into the hands of black hands and was tortured. The righteous side is faced with the danger of life and death almost every time, which also makes the audience's mood shrouded in depression and darkness. In this world, there is no humanity, no bottom line, profit-seeking, and selfishness. Violence is the best way to punish evil, and it can bring the audience a hearty emotional catharsis. The brutal and bloody cult style of violence matched with the depressing and dark atmosphere of the film, the cruelty of various quick-knife killing methods, the bloody heartbreak of Ren Dahua breaking his own fingers, and the violent fights of various knives, axe cuts, and amputated limbs, which can be called creations. A new peak of violence in Chinese fashion kung fu movies!
The biggest surprise of "Slaying the Wolf 2" outside the drama is none other than Louis Koo. I thought that there were three Kung Fu stars, Wu Jing, Tony Jia and Zhang Jin, and the film used Louis Koo's star face to add popularity. Unexpectedly, Gu Tianle's scenes are not only much more than imagined, but the film also specially designed a story line for him, which has more room for performance than the three kung fu stars. In the film, he plays the big boss behind the human organ trading group. Because he has been terminally ill since childhood, he has to find ways to survive every moment. Gu Tianle accurately interprets the character's lack of anger, icy demeanor, and ruthless heart. In order to survive, he even kills his own younger brother. Every time he appears, he seems to have a chill! But the film does not simply make him the incarnation of the devil, but through the dialogue between Gu Tianle and Ren Dahua, let Gu Tianle express his will and efforts to survive from childhood to adulthood, so his outlook on life of "whatever it takes to live" It seems that there is also a hint of "dark inspiration", which makes people hate him and at the same time understand what he has done. I am optimistic that Gu Tianle can be nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award in various Chinese Film Awards with his outstanding performance in this film and win at least one award!
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