Released in 2019 and directed by Man Wai Hung and written by Kwan Ho Yue, Acts 2 is about a childhood brother who was accidentally separated and met 30 years later for a crime, and the two are in different camps. As the investigation of the crime deepens, a terrorist organization that has been hidden behind the scenes for many years gradually surfaces.
I always feel that if you want to talk about the acting skills of an actor, you can't simply judge from his control of a certain scene and an emotion, but should analyze it in combination with the characteristics of the characters he plays, and measure whether the acting skills are good or bad by combining the character characteristics and actor performance. But even if this kind of performance is best handled, it is still not as good as eating the role thoroughly. All good actors will be familiar with the script, will deeply understand the characteristics of the role they play, and then form their own understanding, through experience, methods, experience and other performance methods to achieve the portrayal of the role. Gu Tianle, Zhang Jiahui and Wu Zhenyu are all actors who have won the honor of "Film Emperor", and to evaluate a "most explosive acting", it is natural to analyze the characteristics of the roles they play (there are some spoilers).
First, Gu Tianle: Playing the role of "Jing Jinxian" 1, character characteristics Jing Jinxian can be regarded as the most painful and complex character in this movie. Why? In his childhood, he was a very talented teenager who was very good at playing Rubik's Cube, with a very bright smile. But because he grew up fatherless and motherless, he was adopted by an orphanage, in fact, he had already created the first trauma to his growth. Immediately after, in order to rescue his good friend A DEE (that is, Cheng Tao, played by Zhang Jiahui after becoming an adult), he was abducted by the trafficking syndicate and endured physical and mental suffering and training in an extremely cruel environment. When he had a family of his own, was promoted in the police department, and seemed to have a happy career life, he had to accept the control of the "human trafficking syndicate" and even watch the person he loved the most die! In the end, in the face of the test of love and life and death, he must also make a choice. Such a character actually has a lot of wounds in his heart. Childhood lacks family love, teenagers undergo cruel training, adulthood is monitored, the whole life can be said to be gray, and there are very complex characteristics in personality. On the outside, it looks cold and harsh, but inside there is still a kind temperature. Bearing the great pain of loss, bearing the great pressure of not being free, and having to put on a disguise to find a balance between dual identities. Very tired, very bitter, very difficult.
2. The focus of the performance should be to portray the role of "Jing Jinxian", and the actor needs to have a deep understanding of the growth experience of this character and to perceive the pain and suffering he has endured. It is best to substitute some of your own experiences to deepen the feelings of the character's inner level. The performance focus of the role of "Jing Jinxian" mainly focuses on the interpretation of the "painful and difficult choice" in the character's heart, which requires the actor to have good enough interpretation ability.
3. The actor's performance of Gu Zai is not the first time to create a role of "inner pain" and "complex personality", as early as his "Kill the Wolf, Wolf" that won the Academy Award, he had a similar performance. This time, in the process of playing the role of "Jing Jinxian", he was naturally very skilled. In terms of external image, Gu Zai has created the "decent", "selfish" and "unkind" that the role identity needs in a cold way that does not smile, which is not liked by colleagues, but it is not visible. In terms of internal psychology, Gu Zai outlines the pain and remaining goodness of this character through the subtle twitching of facial expressions and the change of eyes. There is one scene that is particularly impressive. That was the desperate, sad and helpless look he had when he watched his wife being killed by the big man of the group. A person who lacks love in the process of growing up, it is difficult to meet the person he loves, start a family together, have children together, and should experience the happiness of life. But involuntarily, when his children were tied up and his wife was threatened with his life, his heart was very anxious. And when the group boss killed his wife and watched the person he loved the most die, the pain was probably like a knife. When Gu Tianle performed this scene, he fully mobilized his facial expression. The first is the eyes, the pupils are dilated, and the eyes contain both anxiety and a helpless despair. The second is to tighten the eyebrows and show the worries in the heart. And the most touching thing is the trembling of his lips and the twitching of the entire facial muscles, which vividly expresses the state of the character in that situation and is moving.
At this moment of performance, Gu Zai's emotions are well grasped, enough to make the audience empathize with this role. There is also the brief scene where he falls into self-blame and pain, and almost raises his gun to collapse himself, which also shows Gu Zai's acting skills - this kind of one-man show that the character's inner troubles are not easy to perform, but Gu Zai has completed the expression of pain through body language. It can be said that the role of "Jing Jinxian" has a strong tragic color and is very emotionally appealing under the interpretation of Gu Tianle.
Second, Zhang Jiahui: Playing "Cheng Tao" 1, the character characteristics compared to Jing Jinxian, the role of Cheng Tao looks simpler, but it is not so easy to deal with. His childhood also had family missing, and he also experienced the loss of good friends, more or less, creating pain in the process of growing up. It's just that because he's smart and capable enough, he's relatively smoother when he grows up. He has the sense of justice that a policeman should have, and the human touch that a friend should have. He is an excellent cadre in the eyes of his superiors, a good apprentice who respects his master in the eyes of his colleagues, and an excellent policeman. But when he re-recognizes his childhood friend years later, his emphasis on brotherhood plunges him into a huge sense of self-blame—because he feels that what happened to Inoue is because of him, and that the boy who was abducted should have been him. Therefore, with this self-blame or guilt, he cherished this brotherhood even more. Therefore, the main characteristics of Cheng Tao's character are integrity, kindness, courage and strategy, and great affection and righteousness.
2. The performance focus is to play the role of "Cheng Tao" well, in fact, it is also difficult. The point of his character portrayal is that you can't just play out the surface of the good and righteous policeman, but also convey the inner feelings of his seriousness and righteousness. Especially in dealing with brotherhood, the actor needs to have enough delicate grasp.
3. Actor performance Zhang Jiahui has also played a number of police roles, which can be described as familiar with such roles. And his performance in this film does indeed have that skillful texture. Car chase, bull running, gunfights and other action scenes are not much to say, Jia Hui Ge has done a good job, and even several scenes have performed a "cool handsome feeling" - such as the scene where the villain killer was dueled in a square in Spain, Jia Hui Ge's calm action and strategic momentum have greatly increased the charm of this role. He performed the feeling of kindness, justice and wit of "Cheng Tao", and the scene ending with a psychological duel with the villain over the phone, confident and calm, made the character itself shine. And the most commendable thing about his performance is that he expresses that kind of heavy inner emotion just right. From the feeling of excitement and self-blame when he learned that Ino Jin-hyun was his good brother many years ago, to the sad and determined emotions when he finally faced a life-and-death duel with Ino Jin-hyun, it can all move the audience. The most memorable scene is that he said to Jing Jinxian: "How have you spent all these years?" "That scene.
This is a scene where the whole story is coming to an end, and it is also a scene that can most arouse the audience's emotions. In this scene, Cheng Tao, played by Zhang Jiahui, and Jing Jinxian, played by Gu Tianle, are seriously injured themselves, and the communication between each other is actually a life-and-death decision. Because he knows Jing Jinxian's experience, Cheng Tao's role has both self-blame and care, and he feels that it is because of himself that Jing Jinxian has experienced this cruel life; at the same time, out of brotherhood, he hopes that Jing Jinxian can get rid of those difficulties and return to a normal life. When Zhang Jiahui performed this scene, he mainly relied on the eye scene (the picture cannot be fully reflected, but there are several close-ups in the movie), and his eyes looked directly at Jing Jinxian, with tears in his eyes and full of emotion. At the same time, he also interpreted his inner reluctance through the physical movement of his hand that he tried his best to grasp the shoulder of his good brother. Through this emotional expression of self-blame and care, it well reflects the gravity of cheng Tao's role, and also aggravates the sad color of the final ending of the two characters.
Third, Wu Zhenyu: playing "Ye Zhifan" 1, the character characteristics are strictly speaking, the role of "Ye Zhifan" is not a very important role, and the role is much less than the previous two, but he is an indispensable role. The film does not sketch him much, the background is not much, and what is directly presented to us is a police superintendent who trusts his subordinates and pays attention to his feelings. He is in an important position, and may not need to go to the front line to fight hard, but he needs to take care of the overall situation, especially his subordinates. As a boss, he must have mature thinking, a stable mentality, and the courage to make decisions. Therefore, the characteristics of the character of "Ye Zhifan" are probably concentrated on the points of "maturity and stability", "trust in others", "dare to take responsibility", and "heavy affection and righteousness".
2. The focus of the performance on "Ye Zhifan" is how to show the feeling of "good big brother" who trusts subordinates, protects subordinates, and pays attention to affection. If you don't act well, the weight of this role becomes completely insignificant; if you act well, you can become another favorite role in addition to the two male protagonists!
3. There is no doubt in the actor's performance that Wu Zhenyu really has a feeling of "four or two strokes" in the process of shaping the role of "Ye Zhifan". Maybe his role is not so full, and the space to play is not so large, but it is enough to make the audience remember him. In the role of "Ye Zhifan", Wu Zhenyu not only showed his simple and cute side (such as the scene of playing cake at the birthday party), but also showed the "good big brother" side of his calf protection (such as arguing with his boss, preferring to take responsibility himself and trust his subordinates), and also showed his heavy love and touching side (such as the scene where he instantly shed tears when he learned that Cheng Tao was accountable after his disappearance). The scene that best reflects Wu Zhenyu's good acting skills is the scene where the three of them work together against the killer at the Cheung Sha Wan cooked food market. At that moment, Ye Zhifan, who was the boss of the two beloved subordinates, knew the real situation, but had to face the situation of drawing guns at each other. This character actually has shock, worry and pain in his heart. If you pay attention, when Wu Zhenyu portrays the character at this moment, his eyes are red, there are tears in them, and the whole expression presents a painful appearance, which is extremely infectious. Wu Zhenyu can be said to be able to describe this role that Wu Zhenyu's performance is completely called "handy", and the role of "Ye Zhifan", which originally has little room to play, is stunned to be the "C position" of the poster.
In summary, it is based on the analysis of the actor's performance based on the character (not necessarily comprehensive, welcome to add). Then answer "Gu Tianle Zhang Jiahui Wu Zhenyu three major film emperors gathered in "Acts 2", who has the most explosive acting skills? The answer to this question is probably like this: overall, Wu Zhenyu's role can play a relatively low space, but he plays with ease, worthy of being a movie emperor. Gu Zai's character personality is the most complex, the performance difficulty is also the highest, the overall performance is very good, but some scenes are inevitably a little too strong - such as several opponent scenes with Zhang Jiahui, Gu Zai's entire expression and shape have to be collected a lot, as if in a tight state, it seems to be harder; and Zhang Jiahui is much more relaxed, between the eyebrows and eyes is more relaxed, the facial muscles are more relaxed, and the state of the whole person is skillful and free, which is more natural. And Zhang Jiahui's character personality is just like the previously mentioned, seemingly simple but not easy, the difficulty of performance is not low, he is very good at pinching, the role of "Cheng Tao" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, if I had to give a choice of "the most explosive acting" (and the meaning of "the most explosive" means "the best"), I would personally prefer to choose Zhang Jiahui. In fact, when we watch this movie, we can easily feel that Zhang Jiahui's scenes seem to have a "very natural and even very relaxed" feeling. This, in fact, is a kind of skill, a manifestation of a good performance