The film is set against the background of the last dynasty of the Joseon Dynasty of the Lee family, and outlines a social picture of bureaucratic corruption, collusion between officials and businessmen, and the people's hardship.
First of all, in terms of content, the entire film is developed in chapters and narrative content. The five
chapters are:
Chapter 1: Jirisan Autumn Office
Chapter 2: The Row of Death
Chapter 3: The New World
Chapter 4: Rescue
the Common People
The division makes the film quite a one-act drama. These five chapters are narrated in one line, which pushes the story forward step by step. The first chapter begins with the famous Jirisan Mountain Autumn Office, a robber organization, starting from the robbers who rob the rich to help the poor and kill the corrupt officials. The second and third chapters unfold in two lines. The cooperation between a butcher named "Niu Baiding", this inconspicuous little person, and Zhao Run, the famous son of a corrupt official at that time, this lowly son of a concubine, Contradiction unfolds.
When the butcher "Niu Baiding" encountered a family feud and sought revenge on Zhao Run, the first confrontation between the film's protagonist and the villain officially began. The result can be imagined, an incompetent butcher was beaten horribly by Zhao Run, who was very skilled in martial arts. The butcher who was almost killed was rescued by Jirisan Mountain Autumn Office, which pulled the film from a single-line character confrontation and revenge storyline to a righteous level of the world of thieves. Especially when the butcher "Niu Baek Ding" first came to the robber residence of Jirisan Mountain Autumn Office, a picture of a paradise in troubled times appeared on the screen, and the life of the people who lived and worked in peace and contented with the world and the bones outside the mountain The sharp contrast formed by the tragic world of the tragic world further highlights the desolation of the chaotic world, where the butcher "Niu Baiding" has also been reborn.
In the fourth chapter, the overall confrontation between Jirisan Autumn Office and the bully and corrupt officials represented by Zhao Run, triggered by the personal confrontation between the butcher "Niu Baiding" and Zhao Run, is mainly at the end of the tragic price of Jirisan Autumn Office. , but it ignited the fuse that officials forced the people to rebel. The second head-to-head confrontation between the butcher and Zhao Run further portrayed Zhao Run, a murderous and ruthless tragic character.
In the fifth chapter, the paradise of Jirisan Autumn Department suffered a disaster, and then, the heroic debut of the butcher "Niu Baiding" completely ignited public anger.
At the end of the film, the excited people did not go up to death without fear of rape, but instead repulsed the people with an angry look from Zhao Run, which once again showed the people's fear of shrinking from this powerful representative.
Secondly, from the perspective of the character design of the film, the positive character representative, the butcher "Niu Baiding" was born in a poor and humble background, and his status is low. He became a representative of the troubled times.
The representative of the negative character, Zhao Run, has done many evils in his life and murdered like a numb. In fact, he is a person with low self-esteem but extremely self-respecting, and everything is just to prove himself to his father. Killing his father with his own hands erased his inferiority complex and destroyed the most solid hatred barrier in his heart. And in the final battle with the butcher in the bamboo forest, in order to protect the infant of the orthodox blood of the Zhao family who he once wanted to kill by all means, and died at the hands of the butcher, the film has an additional theme of benevolence and righteousness.
In terms of the storyline alone, this film does not have much unexpected content for audiences who are used to seeing too many themes of troubled times. It can be seen in the works and movies, and even the plot of Zhao Run's baby search sometimes reminds people of the Zhao's orphan thousands of years ago.
However, compared with similar themes, this film is better at grasping the coherence, cohesion and conflict of the plot, and the portrayal of the characters is even more impressive. There are many characters in this film, and there are nearly 15 main characters, but in less than 150 minutes, it is not easy to present each character vividly and with their own characteristics. Compared with similar films that show family hatred against the background of the country, this film has a lot of points in the portrayal of characters.
When it comes to watching the film, we must talk about the meaning of the film. I think people who have watched this film will feel the theme of chivalry and benevolence from the step-by-step progression of the film's plot. There is no didactic dialogue throughout the film, but it is closely related to the theme at all times.
As an image art, film is a high degree of integration of text literature and modern technology, including a high degree of integration of post-technological skills such as sound effects, image processing, and lighting.
The lighting special effects and light angle processing in this film make a three-dimensional interpretation of the portrayal of individual characters and the conflict between characters. For example, the light and shade treatment of Zhao Run's swordsmanship in the film not only eliminates the monotony of flat characters, but also highlights the cold-blooded characters. character traits. The background music in the film uses majestic, but sad and tactful music, which has a strong sense of substitution for the climax of the film's conflict.
Based on the above analysis, the highlights of this film in the form of expression fill in some deficiencies in the content, and the details are outstanding. It can be regarded as a good work of similar commercial films in recent years.
Finally, when it comes to this film, I have to talk about the main creator of the film. As a powerful combination of popular and powerful actors in South Korea, Ha Zhengyu and Jiang Dongyuan, this film has attracted much attention from the beginning of shooting. Even at the beginning of the release, many audiences rushed to the two leading roles, and after watching the movie, the perfect performance of the two powerful actors allowed the audience to see their new highlights that are different from their previous roles. In addition to He and Jiang, many of the supporting roles in this film are also performed by South Korean old, middle-aged, and mature faces. Such a strong cast is naturally not weak in character depiction.
My rating is four stars. Ha ha
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