Like a Hong Kong movie in the 80s

Piper 2022-04-24 07:01:15

Hey, I was expecting a villain bastard story, but it turned out to be a prodigal son...

Enos 2022-04-24 07:01:15

This is the kind of film that is not very entertaining. I really can't find a theme to express it, but I just find it quite comfortable. The damp and dark city, the rainy weather, the simple and old-fashioned Black and white confrontation, as well as undercurrents of emotion and struggle, these elements together bring an immersive viewing experience. A prodigal son from a police family, a gangster who enjoys walking in the gray area but can't let go of his family. In the end, he can either settle for his gray life and watch his brother's dying, or obey the fate of the police family, take responsibility, and overthrow himself. The rules and states that have been recognized in the past, there is no middle choice between the two. The tragedy is that, even if he finally got his revenge and successfully put on the police uniform, he never really agreed to integrate into the new order. When his lover leaves, the past is gone forever, and he has to take a path that does not belong to him in his opinion, but even if he makes another choice at that time, the price he needs to pay is unbearable. This kind of confusion and confusion about the identity dilemma is quite similar to the "doomsday complex" of Hong Kong films in the 1990s.