Xiao Yang: Compared with the first part, "Manslaughter 2" is more to tear the heart apart

Source: Global Times

[Global Times reporter Zhou Yang] "Compared with the first part, "Manslaughter 2" has to tear your heart apart for you to see. Xiao Yang told the Global Times reporter. Two years ago, Xiao Yang starred in the movie "Manslaughter", which exceeded 1.3 billion yuan at the box office, and received such a reputation as a "successful crime remake" in word of mouth. Two years later, "Manslaughter 2" was released on the 17th - the same starring role, staging a new story.

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"Manslaughter 2" is adapted from the American movie "Imminent" 19 years ago, telling the story of Xiao Yang's father Lin Zhilang who kidnapped the hospital emergency room after desperately trying to save his sick son. Xiao Yang told reporters that unlike the "step by step, emotional hiding" of "Manslaughter 1", "Manslaughter 2" is more emotionally driven, "This role is like a gambler, the difficulty when acting is how to 'tear the heart apart', and it is not to sell misery to the audience."

In the film, the father played by Xiao Yang touched the bottom line of the law in order to save his seriously ill son. "From the human nature can understand his father's love, from the social rules is difficult to forgive", in Xiao Yang's view, this is the dramatic conflict of the film, "as an actor to bear this conflict, the role produces a kind of beauty, this beauty with tragic overtones." Director Dai Mo said that compared with the "cool film" style of "Manslaughter 1", "Manslaughter 2" is more like a "fierce film", involving many social topics such as police and people, love and law and doctor-patient relationship, "This is a new story, in which the opposing content will be more direct to people's hearts."

"When I received this project, to be honest, I was actually quite reluctant to do so," Dai Mo admitted, the success of "Manslaughter 1" made him feel a lot of pressure, "Later I convinced myself - I want to go further on the road of directing, if this is not afraid to pick up, it will be more difficult to follow." And I also believe that as long as I do a work sincerely, the audience will feel what you want to express."