Among the Hong Kong genre films, my favorite is the dark war. I think this film truly embodies the aura of Hong Kong's film heyday. It is a perfect masterpiece of Hong Kong's commercial film's heyday. It is more free and natural than the Infernal Affairs series created by craftsmanship after the industry's decline. The unrestrained and unrestrained plot with limited cost is the unique wisdom and aura of Hong Kong filmmakers in their heydays, and with the decline of the Hong Kong film industry, this imagination seems to have also declined and dissipated.
In the classic mode of confrontation between police and gangsters and sympathy for each other, the plot layout is very skillful: the characters are full and three-dimensional, the tense battle of wits and courage is full of fun, the emotional lines are few but unforgettable, and the ending is memorable Infinite, even the soundtrack is so perfect!
The most rare thing is that the tone of the whole film is clear and vivid, calm, full of confidence, free and uninhibited temperament, this is the spirit of Hong Kong movies at that time.
There is no waste in the whole film. I remember basically every scene. Andy and Liu Qingyun faced off on the rooftop, Andy dressed up as a woman, Liu Qingyun kissed him, and the two finally put Andy in the car. These scenes are too classic. Why I remember it so clearly is because I was the Inspector of the Major Crime Unit, Huang Qifa.
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