No waves with the wind, no cowardice against the wind.
--"animal world"
When I heard about the release of "Animal World", I was really looking forward to it, because it is a new work by director Han Yan, who has directed such high-profile films as "Get Out, Tumor Jun". It took two years to polish the script and see the actors. He was a little hesitant, worried about whether Li Yifeng would be able to show the rich emotions in the original comic "Gambling Apocalypse".
After watching it, I felt that this movie did not disappoint me. Its plot design, conception, and special effects can all show the sincerity of the filmmaker. Li Yifeng's performance was indeed very surprising.
01 In the animal world, there are only interests, no rules
At the beginning of the movie, a question was set up for all the audience, "I, my brain is sick." "Who is this clown, and what is wrong." With this kind of question, explore the answer in the plot.
Zheng Kaisi played by Li Yifeng, when he was eight years old, his father died and his mother became a vegetative person. He needed to live in the hospital every day, and the high medical expenses made him often borrow money from his classmates.
Doing the work of a clown, there is only one house at home, no long things, and life is dark and damp. And the betrayal of his good friend made him not only lose his only house, but also carry a huge debt, and he had to go to a bet on the ship Destiny on the high seas.
All the people here are debtors. If you win, you can get off the ship safely, and your debts are offset. If you lose, you can only be reduced to a living biological experiment at the bottom of the ship.
There are usually moral and legal constraints in society, but in this game, there are no rules, only the results.
Keigo Higashino once said that there are two things in this world that cannot be looked at directly, one is the sun, and the other is the human heart.
But the director didn't. The four-hour game used the simplest rock-paper-scissors to tear apart all the figurines of human nature.
If you are weak, you will be killed. If you believe in others, you will be killed. If you are strong, you can step on others and ravage them.
Most of the people who go into the cage are people who are willing to believe in others. One scam after another, almost no one is telling the truth, as long as there is still a trace of compassion in your humanity, it will always be used by people with intentions.
The father who bought imported medicine for his son, the old man who came in many times to eliminate his debts, the scarred face for ill-gotten gains, and the young man who owed millions in debt, here, everyone is just for profit, for money, There is no emotional connection whatsoever.
Countless sins are hidden in this high sea, and the people on board are still playing their games.
What is the animal world? There are no rules, only places of interest. Isn't it the projection of those who have no morals, no rules, no compassion, and selfish people?
There are no minions in the animal world, and the human world becomes dark, and ghosts are afraid.
02 Fight against the animal world and refuse to be assimilated
If the world is full of darkness, am I also to be such a person?
The only house left by his mother was handed over to Faxiao, but he was deceived into mortgage;
Zhang Jingkun, who believed that he was also Chinese, was deceived by two stars;
Thinking that Meng Guoxiang had a miserable life, he had to participate in the poker game because of his daughter, and was deceived twice as a result;
When there was only one star left, he formed a team with Li Jun and Meng Guoxiang, who was full of no truth.
At the end, give them all the stars and keep all the cards in their hands. Certainly they will redeem themselves.
But what he got back was,
"I'm sorry, brother, people die for wealth, birds die for food."
In such an animal world, how should we choose?
Having experienced so many betrayals, should one have so-called intelligence, give up all loyalty and all humanity, and become a "normal person"?
How do you deal with promises? To stick, or to escape?
In the face of betrayal, what do you do, fight back or assimilate?
In the face of ugliness, what do you do, accept or resist?
When Zheng Kaisi was locked in a cage, watching the stars he had exchanged for his life, and being bid by Faxiao and Meng Guoxiang at a high price, listening to Scarface explaining the essentials of survival in the animal world, the old uncle knelt down and begged him Called my son and he just walked away...
When we have despaired of human nature, behind such a dull story, there are constant twists and turns. Observe the secret of the gauze behind the scarred face, and use this point to be redeemed.
After suffering so much, it's time to learn a lesson and learn to be smart. He is still abnormal, still sick, still out of tune with this animal world. After getting his own star, instead of changing money, he went to save the old man he had never known before.
Even though he was deceived so many times, he still believed that the old man he had never known was really forced to come to save his son.
In the animal world, preaching loyalty is suicide. But he still has the kindness and chivalry that this world cannot change.
"I have already fought the battle that I should fight, and the road I should run has come to an end. I will guard the way I should guard. I'm still the clown in everyone's eyes. I don't care."
This seems like a middle-class word, but it is full of power. No matter how dirty the world is, there is no bottom line, I will stick to my own way, so what about being this clown?
Life is a process of constant choice. Sometimes, you can compromise, but some things cannot be compromised. Be yourself, stick to your own way, and don't be assimilated by the world.
A game of gambling to explore different human nature, greedy people are still greedy, selfish people are still selfish, but some people will always know where their way is and keep it. No matter how dark the world is, I will be its only day.
In this animal world, I still want to be a sick clown .
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