As usual, tell a little story before telling a movie.
true story.
In my junior year, several classmates rented a house outside, a very old school district house. The landlord was a single father, a local.
I rented a house in the summer for a period of one year, but in November of that year it was less than half a year. The landlord came to me and said that he wanted to cancel the contract in advance because the house was going to be sold to send the children to school. Whether it's positive or negative, my classmates are definitely in an advantageous position.
But after rejecting the first landlord's request, the landlord began to chat with my classmates over and over again, and his eyes were wet. Also because I came out of school at that time, the dormitory beds of my classmates had long been messed with by other classmates to put things, and it was still in the northeast, so it was very difficult to move back. But then moved back to school.
The reason is that the landlord cried and said a word, since you can't understand me, I can't guarantee that something will happen. There were also girls among those classmates, and after listening to it, they went home from self-study in the evening and were terrified. Finally, I couldn't bear the psychological pressure, and I wasn't a local, and mainly no one could help.
So combined with this story, let’s talk about the highest-grossing film in Korea in 2015.
This movie is still a typical Korean crime movie, but it has played a lot of edge balls in social issues and political events.
Zheng Fang is Xu Daozhe (played by Huang Zhengmin), a criminal policeman who works eclectic, can fight, fight hard and be sloppy. The opposite is the rich second-generation Zhao Tae-woo (played by Yoo Ah-in), who is rich and powerful.
The story tells that in a new crime, Xu Daozhe intuitively thought that the second-generation rich man was Zhao Taimei, so he decided to investigate the matter, and he encountered all kinds of troubles.
In the plot of this film, like the previous Korean crime films, the good guys are still living hard, the bad guys are still rampant and lawless, the police are always bribed, and the hero who regards money as dung is the hero.
But unlike the previous Korean crime films, this film does not have too much preaching, and there is not too much self-righteousness in the process of becoming a hero after a psychological struggle, so this film is a straight male film, Right is right, wrong is wrong.
So when you watch it, it will be more enjoyable, there are a lot of fights, and there is not too much detail about some human nature tests, so it will look easier, but when you think about it, it will be very meaningful. Of course, this is the effect of playing the edge ball, and you can't see through it.
The title of this movie translated in the mainland is "Veteran", but police officer Xu Daozhe is still a little underqualified in front of the real "Veteran".
At the beginning of the movie, there is a scene of catching a car thief, which is the climax of the whole drama.
A group of police veterans completed the layout in the process of gags. A bunch of salespeople who looked at honestly and honestly with honey on their mouths were actually car thieves with a black heart. The policemen were eating fried noodles, and the thieves were caught before their mouths were wiped clean. When the thief saw that the police did not panic and surrender, he could still resist with a smile.
The director is just telling everyone that our police are very casual in handling cases, but we have the strength, and we are informal, because we have always lived in the mundane world.
This reminds me of a buddy who got into a fight in the past. The police usually ask you for a cigarette first, then talk about the business and give you a beating.
So this period is very life, and these old oilers are very "veteran".
Xu Daozhe, who broke the car theft case, was rewarded by his superiors, so he also met Zhao Taimei, the third generation of wealthy people, at a party. Even Xu Daozhe, who is accustomed to dealing with criminals, sees the madness of these three rich generations, and his heart will be far behind.
Zhao Taimei directly stuffed a handful of cream into his chest, and the noble goddess seen on TV was also publicly insulted as a plaything.
In the face of money, celebrities and celebrities are all ordinary people, and they have to bow down, drink the wine they should accompany, and they can't keep their smiles when they accompany them. This also alludes to the rule that in the early years of the Korean film and television entertainment industry, movie stars can only get investment by drinking, laughing and sleeping.
The gameplay of these chaebols is also incomprehensible to Xu Daozhe. Here we ridicule Korean companies. We always praise the office efficiency of Korean companies, but we don’t know that they have a set of rules that ordinary people can’t bear. For example, in a meeting that lasts for hours, the physiological response of the participants can only be solved by wearing diapers.
Of course, Xu Daozhe's situation isn't much better. His low salary and lazy style of working are also destined to not be able to get a high promotion, and he can only live in a rented house. However, no matter how difficult life is, you need to live, and you need to have a bottom line to live. "Don't live without face".
Of course, even a small driver who drives a small truck with three meals a day and does not ensure that his children can afford to go to school will have a bottom line. But when the weak speak the bottom line in front of money, they must pay the price.
The truck driver could not get the previous advance payment because of the company's unreasonable breach of contract, so he could only go to the company's construction site to hold a sign to demonstrate. His behavior violated the bottom line of the rich second-generation Zhao Taimei. He asked the truck driver and the foreman to fight each other, and the winner could get the money.
The truck driver who sticks to the bottom line does not wear gloves and can only pay the price of his life. So all kinds of "veterans" have their solutions.
Bribe your boss, bribe your family.
Obviously, the script gave the characters a lot of support, so Xu Daozhe became the policeman we most wanted to meet when we were in trouble.
The boss obstructed, not afraid, he continued to investigate. His family was threatened with bribes, and his wife supported him.
But art does not equal life, what about real life?
In the story I told at the beginning, the students were a disadvantaged group, and the landlord seemed to be cornered. Every day I'm worried and can't find a proper way to be protected.
If you stick to the bottom line? Then maybe there will be another memory in their life of being revenge by the landlord in secret.
Therefore, when really little people encounter difficulties, most of them can only look around, walk alone, lonely and hopeless, get nothing, and even be played to death by veterans.
Even if I don't go astray, I actually hesitate in my heart -
"Do you know what I think is the most embarrassing thing? When I
see money and designer bags
I was a little hesitant." I
thought of a poison chicken soup - the
teacher used to say don't break your eyebrows and bend your waist for five buckets of rice. When
I grew up, I realized that what the teacher said was right,
you don't need five buckets of rice, one bucket of rice is enough.
Survival is not easy, life It's even more difficult.
In the end, Xu Daozhe defeated those "veterans", but I was scared after watching the movie. In the face of such "veterans" in life, there are several Xu Daozhe in reality.
Some time ago, I received an invitation to ask questions, The question is why Korean crime films are better than China?
Apart from the censorship, it may be the level of acceptance.
Like our elders, most elders actually have a good vision for the whole society. Their eyes are full of the brokenness of the system, the degeneration of society, and the sinister nature of human nature. Even if they have experienced the vicissitudes of life, they feel that the situation has changed, but in their hearts they are always worried about how we should survive. This is why, It's because we always report good news and not bad news to our family.
Although the evil in "Veteran" is very evil and the officials in it are also greedy, it is still the main theme movie of the Korean government. So what you can see is that in the government There are vermin, but there are more good people, of course it makes sense.
But even if the government's corruption is expressed so implicitly, it is still scary enough. Think of the law enforcement officers you met one day when you went to seek the help of the truth It's sad that the good and the bad are beginning to be divided into half.
I mentioned earlier why Xu Daozhe was still underqualified in front of the "veteran", and the reason was that the whole event was able to progress, or the "veteran" was in control.
When the case first started, because I have already said hello, so no matter what the facts are, Xu Daozhe was called off for investigation. The person who issued the order was a certain leader.
Why the investigation could be carried out later was because the colleague was stabbed. And the family member of the colleague It also happens that a certain leader.
The interests of a certain leader must not be violated, and the image of the organization must not be damaged.
So if there is no such thing, maybe Xu Daozhe has been beaten to death by the gangsters he sent.
The whole film is criticized for lack of stamina, perhaps from the last paragraph of the film.
Xu Daozhe drove the rich second generation to a dead end, and the crowd in the downtown area was watching the policeman in the final fight with the criminal.
The bad guy is too bad, we put our wish on Xu Daozhe, hope he can be our fist and beat Zhao Taimei's head to pieces, hope to have a big victory to vent the chest that has accumulated for dozens of minutes. That sullen breath.
But Xu Daozhe couldn't beat it, and the crowd of onlookers would only eat melons and take pictures and post on Weibo.
Finally, the uncle who fought zombies in "Train to Busan" was about to stand up for justice, but he was pulled back again, so he wouldn't cause trouble if he could.
Xu Daozhe could only say helplessly——
"You beat the police,
it's all filmed here, you
bastard"
But I think he has scolded it thousands of times in his heart—— "I'm going to
be beaten to death by the fuck,
take a shit . ,
come and help!"
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