But he is not violent for the sake of violence, but more through violence to expose human desires and extremes, so the film usually runs through the theme of money and power.
Around the selfishness and greed of human nature, it shows a specific social ecology - the struggle and destruction of characters from all walks of life in the gang.
Through various violent scenes, he intuitively and clearly shows the unique survival posture of human beings in extreme environments, as well as the invisible rules of the game hidden behind the ecology. Cruel but simple, but at the same time full of profound ideological connotations.
This is the essence of the violent aesthetics of Liuhe, using simplicity to explain complexity, and direct interpretation to explain twists and turns, full of paradoxical meanings. Zhao Yincheng's pure acting skills make the film a lot more colorful, he firmly grasps the essence of the characters, high and decisive, iron bone tenderness, and a lofty sense of responsibility for his relatives.
1. Wonderful character building
Bing Dou's life is short, but it is by no means monotonous. The director pours a lot of effort into the character, showing the character from all aspects of life, revealing his character and psychology.
The greatest feature of this character is that it is not pure, as if it were a community of mixed good and evil. He did not study much, went astray very early, and supported his family on the underworld.
In the opening shot, Bing Dou runs all the way, making a group of assholes fat and flat, in order to give his brother a blow. He cared for his mother's illness and his sister's living needs, and the detail of the mobile phone was particularly touching.
In terms of family affection, Bingdou is an uncompromising filial piety and a good brother. In love, he has a special love for the virtuous pearls. This is the bright side of Bingdou's body, which contrasts strongly with the dark side.
When Bing Dou finally raises his knife to kill the boss, it is difficult for you to use the secular moral and ethical code to harshly rebuke him, and the director here wants to convey the survival rules and rules of the game of the gangsters.
Let the audience further understand the darkness and restrictions of the environment in which Bingdou is located, and experience the hardships and struggles of the characters' survival.
In the details of Bingdou's deal with Big Brother, we see the naivety and sadness of the character, who actually thought that he could get the five billion yuan. Therefore, although Bingdou's death in the end was unexpected, it was also reasonable.
2. Tight and orderly rhythm
The film is very brilliant in structural design, and the opening scene uses a running shot to lead to suspense, so that the audience first witnesses the protagonist's murderous appearance, and first has an inexplicable antipathy.
Then suddenly a reversal, through Bingdou's dialogue with his mother, explains the character's family background, showing Bingdou's meticulous concern for his family, thus allowing the audience to re-understand the character.
This is followed by a scene of debt collection, explaining the nature of the character's work, social identity, and showing the character's personality and ability.
The film is fast-paced, the contradiction between Bingdou and the big brother, and the dissatisfaction of the big brother with the big brother occurs, which promotes the change of the fate of the characters. Finally, Bingdou killed the eldest brother at the wedding and replaced him.
This is the termination of the plot point of the first act, and it is also the action that strongly hooks the second act. In the second act, Bingdou's career becomes relatively stable and becomes proactive in love, and the director excavates the essence of the character from another side through emotional drama.
Bing Doo takes Hyun Joo home for dinner is the end of act II and the beginning of act III.
At this time, his situation has changed suddenly, Min Hao betrayed the secrets of the gang for his career, Bing Dou and Zong Xiu had a disagreement, Zong Xiu taught Min Hao behind Bing Dou's back, and here people have already smelled the smell of mountain rain coming to the wind and the building.
Sure enough, at the end, Bingdou was killed by Zongxiu, drawing a powerful end to the story.
3. Cool and warm atmosphere
As a film about bloody gangsters, "Despicable Street" does not give people a cold and bloody discomfort.
There are many fight scenes in the film, such as Bingdou and his little brother being ambushed, and the two sides fought very fiercely. There are also Bing Dou who have escaped from death many times, and one person fights against a group of people.
Under the design of director Liu He, these fight scenes are full of unique violent aesthetics, which not only give the audience sensory stimulation, but also pay more attention to showing the posture of human beings desperately struggling to survive to despair.
The film can be divided into two intuitive contrasts of light and dark, Bingdou's every fight is the darkest moment of life, but his protection of family affection and lofty sense of mission for his family have deeply touched the audience.
In love, the brilliance and clarity in Bingdou's human nature is even more vividly reflected, he buys shoes for Hyun-joo, sends her to the hospital, cooks, these plots are so delicate and gentle.
When the two eat at a high-end restaurant, Hyun-joo's yellow sweater and Bing-doo's clean smile are in stark contrast to the dark environment in which he lives, and make the audience feel his destruction and unfreedom, his desire and pursuit of happiness, thus generating deep sympathy for the characters.
4. Leave room for white space to think
A great feature of this film is the blank processing, many things are not explained clearly, but leave clues for the audience to infer and think on their own.
For example, Bing Dou was chased and killed by a group of people in the bookstore, and he subconsciously believed that the director had found someone to do it.
After being humiliated and abused by Zong Xiu, the director has a deep hatred for Bingdou, he finds someone to come out to drink, and he wants to stop talking, making people feel that he wants to carry out revenge, but the camera suddenly stops, leaving the audience with infinite doubts.
It was from the moment Zong Xiu disobeyed Bing Dou's order to kidnap the director, everything became confusing. The director deliberately does not tell the story thoroughly, but sets up suspense everywhere.
Who is the force of those who hunt down and kill Bingdou, when the big brother co-opted Zongxiu, and how those little brothers decided to turn their backs on Bingdou, these are not positive explanations, but through the changes that have occurred in Bingdou' body, they remind the audience.
When Bingdou is immersed in the sweetness of love, the conspiracy behind him is intensely unfolded. So when Bingdou was finally plotted, the audience was as caught off guard as he was.
In the reversal of the plot, after Bingdou was killed, the audience can infer the ins and outs of the matter by thinking about the previous clues.
5. Diverse sharp lines of conflict
The plot of this film is quite exciting, and the reason is that there are many tense and strong conflict lines set up, making the plot full and rich.
For example: Bingdou and his mother - the crime and punishment of affection, Bingdou and the eldest brother - the contest on the food chain, Bingdou and Minhao - self-interest and altruism, Bingdou and Zongxiu - live and die together to replace, Bingdou and the eldest brother - big fish eat small fish, Bingdou and Xianzhu - love in the mud, Xianzhu and lover - extramarital affair.
With Bingdou as the center, the director weaves a number of contradictions and conflicts lines, vigorously rendering the plot that can express the character's personality and highlight the emotions, and the secondary places are omitted. Make the film moderately simple and thick and light.
For example, on the love line, xianzhu's entanglement with her lover leads to Hyun-joo's rejection of Bingdou's violence; in the face of her refusal, Bingdou's various pursuit behaviors fully reflect the character's desire for love, the obsession and romance of Hyun-joo.
On the conflict line between Min Hao and Bing Dou, his sincerity to his friends, Min Hao's selfishness, and Bing Dou's friendship bottom line emphasize the character's values and outlook on life, revealing the character's personality from a deeper level.
On the line between Bingdou and Zongxiu, the early birth and death, his sympathy for the younger brothers, Zong Xiu's loyalty, etc.; in the end, the betrayal reflects Bingdou's naïveté and too much trust in his subordinates; the director exposes the cruel rules of the game in the underworld, and the cycle of generations of younger brothers constantly replacing the big brother and being replaced.
6. Smooth transitions
Transformation refers to the resolution of contradictions, and in this film, the contradiction between Bingdou and Hyun-joo, the conflict between Bingdou and Zongxiu, is transformed into a reasonable one.
After witnessing Bing Dou beating people, Hyun-joo develops an instinctive fear of him and shows a complete rejection posture.
But the scene of illness made everything turn around, Andi-doo kicked the door open, sent Hyun-joo, who was sick and unconscious, to the hospital, and then cooked for her by himself and put a new pair of shoes for her, these delicate actions impressed Hyun-joo.
The character action produces a corresponding effect, in addition to the effectiveness of the action itself, but also because of the personality of the opponent itself, the director's setting of Hyun Joo is an ordinary employee of the bookstore, who has been involved in an extramarital affair, so that the ordinary and simple personality, it seems very convincing to be moved by Bing Dou's behavior.
In the sudden deterioration of the relationship between Bingdou and Zongxiu, the director also made a lot of preparations, such as Bingdou beat him up because Zongxiu insisted on teaching Minhao.
This scene is reminiscent of the scene where Bingdou was beaten by the eldest brother before, and more importantly, Zongxiu later taught Min Hao a lesson behind Bingdou's back, and finally Bingdou was killed by Zongxiu.
Zong Xiu appears in front of Big Brother da and Min Hao, and the director further reminds Big Brother that He has long persuaded Zong Xiu to turn his back on Bing Dou as he did when he first co-opted Bing Dou. These details and foreshadowing make the various transitions smooth and natural, and the plot is completed in one go.
This is an outstanding film, not only telling the short and tragic life of a small person, but also telling the specific survival rules of a certain level of society through the carrier of Bingdou, reminiscent of the fact that human beings are struggling to survive in the world.
The film has many touching places, a profound exploration of the nature of human nature, human beings are not simply white or black, but black and white, a mixture of various colors.
Within the confines of the environment, people are forced to turn themselves into ferocity to ensure they can survive.
Yet the innate desire for light and happiness makes them desperate to pursue, even if they lose their lives.
People like Min Hao, who sacrifice their friends in order to break the deadlock in their careers; people like Big Brother who are at the top of the food chain, as the strong, they control the behavior, thoughts, and even lives of the weak.
In short, after watching the film, we can't help but think about the situation we are in, reflect and summarize, and at the same time have the desire to live better. Prompting the audience to clearly recognize the cruelty of the world, while not losing the love of life, this may be the director's intention to convey to us through the film.
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