Text/Red Leaf Maple
Because of the most popular variety show in 2021, "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", Zhao Wenzhuo successfully turned popular, and the recently released "Tattoo" is his new work.
In fact, it is not accurate to say that "new work", because I heard that this film was originally filmed in 2019, and was originally planned to be released in 2020, but it encountered two years of epidemic... The final choice to be released now must be the film's helpless struggle, and the obvious lack of publicity has made the film's already not optimistic scheduling situation worse.
So is the film itself really that unsatisfactory? Not necessarily.
"Tattoo" is a film set in 1935 in the salt industry town of southwest China, telling the story of tattooist Ah Chang (Zhao Wenzhuo) accidentally involved in a fierce gang fight, in order to give his daughter's safety, he resolutely chooses to fight a battle.
Objectively speaking, such a movie has the style of Westerns and gangster films, and the emotional drama elements such as children's love, brotherhood, and father-daughter love are also touching from time to time. If it comes to the biggest attraction of this film, it is undoubtedly concentrated on the male protagonist Zhao Wenzhuo. If "Brother with Thorns" makes people unexpectedly see his contrasting cuteness, then he in "Tattoo" is once again eye-catching.
Looking at Zhao Wenzhuo's previous classic film and television roles that are enjoyable, they are either a generation of masters who cherish their homeland, or they are a great hero generals who are righteous and awe-inspiring, and this time, he breaks the mold and plays a role that although he is strong in martial arts, his identity is a solid little person in the city, and this role has no ambition in the early stage, and he does not want to get ahead, he only wants to be drunk in this dynasty, and he takes his daughter to live idly in the chaotic world with his superb tattoo skills. Slightly hilariously, the character also has a bit of an "old boy"-style bad taste, always likes to tattoo guests who come to get tattoos with elements that they do not ask for.
In this way, although the role of Ah Chang is not in line with the image of the hero in the public's impression, it is enough to be grounded. In particular, the tattoo scenes of Zhao Wenzhuo to Actresses such as Xu Dongdong in the film are both beautiful and not vulgar, and the ambiguous scale is very much in place, so the relevant drama is particularly eye-catching.
Of course, as an action film starring Zhao Wenzhuo, the action scenes are naturally indispensable. The setting of the role of Ah Chang in the film is a martial arts master who never uses a gun, so whether it is a hard bridge hard horse with fist to flesh, or a thrilling fight with cold weapons such as a tattoo knife or a dagger, it once again shows Zhao Wenzhuo's excellent skills, and his big battle with the martial monk Yilong is the most wonderful fight scene in the whole film, which is worth watching.
In addition, it has to be said that the famous French film star David Bailey, who has performed brilliantly in European and American blockbusters such as "Violent Neighborhood" series and "Super Express", has also joined this film! In the above action cool films, David Bailey has surprised countless fans with cool parkour, and this time in the "Tattoo" piece, the sword is not old, he reproduced parkour stunts, and at the same time combined with the unique kung fu elements of this film, it is the biggest Easter egg in the whole film!
All in all, Zhao Wenzhuo returned to the big screen, and once again this "Tattoo" starred in thorns and thorns, although it is not a classic of action movies, but it has a unique temperament and complete genre elements, which is unique in many films currently released. If you have time, you may wish to take a look.