Domestic western martial arts films, a knife to seal the gods

When I was a child, I watched a movie, very clear and unworldly, it looked like a martial arts film, but the action was very fast, so fast that I couldn't see the knife, just a flash of knife light, and the victory and defeat had been divided. This movie is the 1991 release of "Double Flag Town Knife Man", directed by He Ping.

The story is actually very simple, about the little knifeman's brother who came to Shuangqi Town to find a little daughter-in-law who was married. The fiancée good sister and her father who opened the inn were very cold to the child brother, but because of the affection, they left him as the inn's partner. One day, the second brother of the "One Knife Immortal" was drinking at the inn, and he saw that the good sister wanted to rape him, and the child brother stepped forward and killed the brother of the "One Knife Immortal". The "One Knife Immortal" heard the news and rushed to avenge his brother. The boy was frightened and prepared to flee, but was stopped by the villagers. The boy was ready to ask the hero to help, but at the critical moment, the hero did not appear. A knife fairy and a child brother fought a decisive battle, did not expect that the child brother a knife will result in a knife immortal, a battle to become famous.

The hero moves, the two stand opposite each other, glaring, not in a hurry to make a move, but once shot, it is a killing move, a move to kill, never drag mud and water, this is the plot that can only be seen in Gu Long's novel. Unexpectedly, martial arts movies can also be filmed like this. You see this doll, dressed in rags, even runny nose, facing a piece of meat, closing his eyes and thinking, suddenly opening his eyes, reaching out and pulling out a double knife, fighting hard, just like that, the meat piece instantly split into two halves. This knife, although it has not been seen with his own eyes, gives people unlimited reverie, allowing people to automatically complete this knife in their minds.

Saying that it is a martial artist, in fact, it is more like an American Western. Deserts, desolate towns, taverns, knifemen on horseback. The child's double knife hangs from his leg like a revolver. That knife kill looks the same as a shot to bring down the opponent. But it's superior to Westerns because it has Chinese chivalry in it. Westerns tend to be revenge or cops catching bad guys. The children in this film are for the people of the town, staying behind to eliminate harm for the people. This is a style of chivalry and righteousness, which makes people can't help but admire.

This film does not fly around, there is no happiness and revenge, the lens is very concise, and the dialogue is also pitiful, which is the simplicity of this kind of capitalization, but it is with the audience's rich imagination space.

The child in the movie, the three knives established their own knife status.

The first knife, the child came to find the daughter-in-law, the girl and his father both looked down on him, thinking that he was useless. The girl's father took an axe to cut the horse meat, and he couldn't cut it. The child has to try it himself, but he doesn't use the girl's father's axe. Concentrating on his luck, he took the knife with his qi, and with one slash, the horse meat instantly broke into two pieces. This knife makes the girl's father and the girl understand the status of the child, which is a knife for their own value and their dignity.

The second knife, the girl was bullied by the brother of the knife fairy in the tavern, and the other drinkers were scared away. But the child did not run, and also came out with a knife to save the girl. The two were so opposite, and at the moment of turning around, the rogue stepped out, took a few steps and fell down, never getting up again. This knife is a roar from the road, a knife drawn to help, a knife for the daughter-in-law, sacrificing life and death.

The third knife, a knife fairy to take revenge. The child stayed in the town and prepared to fight him. The other villagers were too frightened to move, and the girl's father rushed up to desperately fight and was killed by a knife immortal; the blacksmith also rushed up, and was also killed with a knife; the drunkard also wanted to stop a knife immortal, but was still killed. Although the child was also afraid, he did not flinch. The child and a knife fairy, standing opposite, eyes wide open, a gust of wind struck, the child saw the timing, the true qi took the knife, instant shot. A knife fairy collected the knife, turned around and walked back, not forgetting to ask, who did you learn the knife with, and then knelt on the ground and died. This knife is a heroic battle for the whole town, a bloody battle, and a knife to eliminate harm for the people.

You see, a simple move, the same technique, but also shot a sense of layering, but also with a sense of endless aftertaste. It is this combination of martial arts and Westerns that makes this movie look like it has a different flavor. It looks bland, but it's full of staying power. Later, no one actually imitated this movie, why, because simplicity is not simple, the position of this movie, I am afraid it is difficult to surpass.