Such a masterpiece, the launch of the sequel seems inevitable. But what many fans did not expect is that this wait is ten years. Although "Slaying the Wolf 2" lost the two core generals, Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung, it also invited Tony Jia and Zhang Jin as substitutes, one was Thailand's action movie star NO.1, and the other was a real Zhongnanhai bodyguard. , is also quite interesting. Although director Yip Weixin stepped back to become a producer, he also recruited Zheng Baorui, who is also good at dark style. From the production point of view, "Slaying the Wolf 2" can be regarded as maintaining the level of the previous work.
Speaking of director Zheng Baorui, mainland movie fans will think of "Havoc in Heaven" and the recently released online drama "Notes on Tomb Robbers", but this is not Zheng Baorui's true level. Because Zheng Baorui is best at fateful and dark movies such as "Dog bites a dog" and "Accident", this style of film is definitely the key target in the mainland where the main theme is vigorously promoted, so Zheng Baorui became a good baby after entering the mainland. It's not surprising at all for the frequent occurrence of stupor. Zheng Baorui will naturally try his best to get the opportunity to shoot "Slaying the Wolf 2".
Although "Slaying the Wolf 2" continues the style of the previous work as a whole, there are also innovations. In terms of plot, "Slaying the Wolf 2" tried the development of a two-line story, and abandoned the traditional gang war model, but set the villain as an organization that smuggles body organs. In some action paragraphs, "Slaying the Wolf 2" adopts some documentary photography techniques. Although it is only a shallow taste, it also brings different visual effects to the film.
In terms of character settings, in addition to adding some branch lines, "Slaying the Wolf 2" almost continues the setting of the previous work: gangsters, violent police, and perverted killers are all present. The same theme music and the scene of Wu Jing breaking out of the window are also paying tribute to the forward.
In terms of performance, many of the main characters have performed well, and they also have certain breakthroughs, especially the villain played by Zhang Jin, who is so handsome that he has no friends. The last person singled out Wu Jing and Tony Jia, and completely exploded the two protagonists in the aura. There is no doubt that Zhang Jin will be the most handsome villain in 2015, no one.
But the fly in the ointment is that the film also wastes a lot of good actors. Ai Wei, Lin Jiahua, and Cai Hanyi are all good actors, but there are not many opportunities to perform, and the characters are not as impressive as Liao Qizhi, Xia Shaosheng, and Zhang Zhiyao in the previous work. Lu Huiguang is a multi-time Muay Thai champion, but there are no action scenes in the film. After a few punches, he couldn't wait to be hospitalized with Ren Dahua to recover from the injury, and joined the old, weak, sick and disabled group. Also wasted is Kou Zhanwen, who is also Wu Jing's classmate after all. He has a certain kung fu foundation, but he was captured alive by Wu Jing's soldiers without any bloodshed. It is a pity.
Of course, when watching "Slaying the Wolf 2", what everyone cares most about must be the action scenes. It can be said that several action scenes in the film are quite entertaining, and several different schools of martial arts also have chemical reactions with each other. But there is a lack of a hearty feeling, and I always feel that it is not enough.
Thinking about it carefully, the main reason is that the characters in the film have lost their proper animal nature. In "Slaying the Wolf", even the positive characters have a kind of hostility, full of animal nature. The police quartet headed by Ren Dahua often abuses the lynching of prisoners, and Donnie Yen not only beats the suspect into an idiot with one punch, but also kills him mercilessly in the decisive battle with Wu Jing. The perverted killer played by Wu Jing is a pure beast. In the scene of killing Zhang Zhiyao, he even showed the instinct of a beast, and regarded killing as a pastime, which made people shudder.
In "Slaying the Wolf 2", Gu Tianle is the only character with animal nature. In order to prolong his life, he not only attacked pregnant women, but finally reached out to his own younger brother. However, due to his illness, Gu Tianle's animal nature could not be deeply displayed. And Zhang Chi, who plays the perverted killer, although he is vicious, he is just blindly seeking speed and never enjoys the thrill of killing. Therefore, in the end, whether it is against Zhang Chi or against Zhang Jin, it cannot bring an emotional catharsis to people. The lost animal nature is the most regrettable part of "Slaying the Wolf 2".
In addition to the wonderful action scenes, the most memorable thing about "Slaying the Wolf" is the fateful ending. Although it was not released in the mainland, it was only released on DVD, but the dark ending still failed to escape the censorship and was tragically abandoned. Also due to the strict censorship system, some scenes in the trailer of "Slaying the Wolf 2" did not appear in the feature film, and it ended up being a conventional happy ending. I wonder if the Hong Kong version will be different?
In my mind, the ending of "Slaying the Wolf 2" should be like this: Lu Huiguang and Ren Dahua were assassinated in the hospital by the killer sent by Louis Koo, in the decisive battle with Zhang Jin, in order to protect Wu Jing, Tony Jia and Zhang Jin perished together, Wu Jing Severely injured and unconscious. Wu Jing's bone marrow saved Tony Jia's daughter Sha, and Sha, who was an adult, occasionally visited Wu Jing, who was seriously injured, in the hospital, hoping that he would wake up one day.
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