Confessions and Statements Before the Return

Carolyne 2022-04-23 07:04:37

Among the movies collected on the computer, Jet Li's accounts for a few: The Swordsman, Heroes of Heroes, Huang Feihong, and this Zhongnanhai Bodyguard. When I have nothing to do, I always look it up from time to time, what I watch is the dancing of light and shadow, and what I think of is the ignorant and passionate youth when I first saw this movie. In the movie, the action scenes of Jet Li and Zou Zhaolong in their peak period were violent and rainy, and the emotional scenes with Zhong Liti were full and subtle, plus the market atmosphere of a group of green leaves, these elements together are a classic, and it seems that there are also Flavorful. The background settings of that particular era are also somewhat subtle. The armed police of the Security Bureau, Vietnam War veterans, Hong Kong businessmen, the Royal Police, and the social life of capitalism collided when Hong Kong was about to return. Ideology, social system, development level, lifestyle, etc., all inevitably Intertwined. Look at the main characters in the movie, it seems that they are all sentient beings: 1. The police are like the century-old rule of the British Empire, struggling to maintain but unable to do what they can: a secret crush on a famous flower but ashamed, and finally died of love; Ma maintained the family, and finally got out of the predicament with the help of the male protagonist. 2. Boyfriend is like Hong Kong's social system, decent, wealthy, superior and high-ranking, and has good relations with the mainland, and his interests are well protected. The essence is not bad, but in the face of a crisis, it is instinctively afraid and cringed. 3. The heroine is like the overall mentality of the Hong Kong people. From the beginning of distrust and even resistance to the mainland, after experiencing repeated crises and hardships, she has become warm and reliant, especially the smile at the end of the film seems to have a deep meaning, which is worth understanding. 4. The identity of the male protagonist does not need to be said, the national flag uniform and the three characters of Zhongnanhai have explained everything. With a sense of responsibility, a sense of justice, and combat effectiveness, heroic and upright, decisive and decisive, it seems to be a solemn promise after the return: with me, you can come back with confidence. 5. What does the biggest villain stand for? He once fought for the country, as if he was a hero, but he took the risk and finally killed himself by becoming the enemy of justice. Does it represent a political faction that opposes a return to unity? Or a certain group of people who have contributed but are down and out? But maybe it doesn't have any ZZ meaning, it's just a simple movie?

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  • Billy Yeung: [John didn't get anything for Michelle's birthday] You should have gotten her flowers, she loves flowers.

    Allan Hui Ching-yeung: Yes. But what happens to a flower when you pick it? It loses it's life.

    Billy Yeung: [a man comes in with a huge bouquet of flowers for Michelle from her boyfriend] Now all you have is a bunch of dead bodies.

  • Michelle Yeung: I see. Thanks so much.

    Chiu Kwok-Man: [puts a cigar in his mouth] Bye now.

    Charlie Leung Kam-Po: [grunts after getting burnt in the forehead by the cigar] I could arrest you right here on the street!

    Kwok-Man's Lawyer: Hey, on what charge?

    Charlie Leung Kam-Po: I haven't made up my mind.

    Kwok-Man's Lawyer: Then...

    Charlie Leung Kam-Po: [bitterly] Bye, goodbye!

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