Since the beginning of the new wave of Hong Kong movies, Hong Kong movies have always been inseparable from the entanglement brought by the box office. Because the genre films fit the audience and the creative mode is easy to repeat, a series of gambling films, ghost films, comedy films, and romance films were made in the 1980s and 1990s. Even if the plot is sometimes refined, it is difficult to get rid of the characteristics of Hong Kong movies, such as the cluttered night market, the crowded crowd, and even the characters, either a small town with a salty and wet temperament, or a heroic hero. This kind of film represents Hong Kong in the past.
And what "Dark War" tries to show, skyscrapers, offices, luxury cars, minibuses, western restaurants, all of which are the modern side of a city. Times have changed, and so has the way of creating. A success story can often be separated from regionality.
On the one hand, movies can touch the common emotions of human nature. For example, when "Long Time" was released in Paris, I saw many old French ladies wiping their tears; on the other hand, with the process of globalization, the relationship between cities and cities Over time, people's lives have become more and more similar. This means that although the story of "Dark War" takes place in Hong Kong, it can also be filmed in any modern city in the world.
Although "Dark War" is a warm story, its editing and shooting techniques are quite cold and clean. No bullshit and no superfluous shots. It's also a manifestation of modernity: the movie is driven entirely by a logically tight story that doesn't require character gags to fill the time. For example, the bank case at the beginning of the film is only ten minutes long, but it is impressive, and the characters in the film all stand.
The modernization of movies also means the complexity of the characters. In the old days when the media was underdeveloped, the stories told were very simple, good is good and evil is evil. Today, with the development of the media, the inherent concept of absolute good and evil has been broken, and what the audience expects is a kind of "moral ambiguity". Good people have a quirky side, and bad people have a good side. Such characters are more real and fascinating. Just like the robber played by Andy Lau in the film, his brilliance has far changed the policeman played by Liu Qingyun.
In addition to being highly entertaining and good-looking, the movies of Galaxy Impression are desolate, fatalistic, and self-questioning, which are also the questions faced by modern people living in a lonely steel jungle. The presentness of the Galaxy Impression film lies in its ability to capture the brilliance of modern life on the outside, as well as the emptiness and contradictions inside.
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