Galaxy Image has always been the strongest fish against the current during the depression of Hong Kong movies, as long as Du Qifeng and his Galaxy Image do not fall, then the Hong Kong film industry will not fall. Despite this, Galaxy Image has not produced a work for a long time, and the last one was 2016's "Tree Trick". Produced by Galaxy Image and produced by Du Qifeng, "Tree Trick" won five awards at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Editing. Let the Dream of Hong Kong Cinema return to the climax of the past.
"Tree Trick" is a crime film based on a true story, three parallel stories completed by three independent directors, but under the premise that Du Qifeng controls the overall situation, the film forms a fairly perfect whole. Plot, details, impulses and other aspects are printed with a distinct label of galactic image, especially the performance of the three protagonists Of Ren Xianqi, Lin Jiadong and Chen Xiaochun, which allows us to see the classic character model in du-style police films.
Ren Xianqi played the gangster Ye Guohuan in the movie, and Ye Guohuan's character prototype is Ye Jihuan, the first gangster in Hong Kong to take an AK47 public robbery. It has been put on the movie screen many times, the most exciting of which is Ren Xianqi in "Tree Trick". At the beginning of the movie, Ren Xianqi shows the domineering and fierceness of being a gangster, with a short flat head and thick beard and tough eyes, which is not the Ren Xianqi we usually see. But the story quickly takes a turn, and the huge risk of robbery makes Ren Xianqi turn to the business of smuggling electrical appliances, but who knows that this road of dealing with officials is more difficult than robbery. Finally, when he was cornered, he picked up AK again and angrily said, "Mainland Boy? I am Ye Guohuan! ”
A Lin Jiadong plays the thief Ji Zhengxiong in the movie, and the character of Ji Zhengxiong is Ji Bingxiong, a hong Kong's most wanted criminal with a reward amount of 2 times that of Yip Jihuan. Lin Jiadong restored this cold-blooded, sinister and cunning thief king in the movie to the greatest extent. Lin Jiadong is the lead actor with the fewest lines in "Tree Tricks", and the personality of the character who does not speak much depends on the details to show that his concentration when stepping on the point, the melancholy when eating noodles, and the wandering when counting money all exude a cold cold. Not only that, in addition to being cold, Lin Jiadong also vividly showed Ji Zhengxiong's cunning, hiding his identity extremely deeply, except for himself, no one knew that he was Ji Zhengxiong. This is a depressing role, but Lin Jiadong uses it to get his own movie emperor.
Chen Xiaochun plays the thief king Zhuo Ziqiang in the movie, and the character of Zhuo Ziqiang is based on Zhang Ziqiang, a century thief king who specializes in kidnapping Hong Kong's rich people. Chen Xiaochun's performance in "Tree Trick" has actually been misunderstood a lot, he does not have Ren Xianqi's cruelty, nor lin Jiadong's poison, as the biggest thief king, he actually showed a cynical skin, which seems to be inconsistent with the character's personality and the tone of the movie. But in fact, this is the most ingenious arrangement of the movie, if the three characters are very gloomy, the movie will be slightly depressed, so in the role of Chen Xiaochun deliberately take the open route. Chen Xiaochun's performance in it is also a bit imitating the feeling of the clown in "The Dark Knight", the characters are confident and arrogant and self-obsessed, of course, Chen Xiaochun and Heath Ledger still have a big gap.
The three stories of the three thieves finally converged in the "Wind Full Building" restaurant under the clever arrangement of the screenwriter, and the "Wind Full Building" was doomed to be stormy. The legal net is restored without leakage, the tree is a big move, and it is doomed to have nowhere to escape.
Looking back, I have to admire Galaxy Image's strong film understanding and ability to control and create, Ren Xianqi, Lin Jiadong and Chen Xiaochun were all minor actors outside the core at that time. But under the polishing of the Galaxy Image team, the classic came into being. So as long as Du Qifeng and his galaxy image are still there, we must have confidence in Hong Kong movies. Unfortunately, "Tree Trick" was too sensitive to be released in the mainland, but in terms of the quality of the film itself, it is definitely the best work of Galaxy Image in the past decade.