Today, I will talk about a series of movies - "The Legend of Detective Monk". The story is about the late Northern Song Dynasty, when strange cases occurred frequently in the Kaifeng area of Kyoto, and the perpetrators were mostly strange and unpredictable martial arts masters. Unable to investigate, the local government is implicated in Shaolin's seventy-two skills, and the Shaolin abbot sends his lay disciple Li Shaobai to investigate, and Li Shaobai discovers that the cracked cases are related to a mysterious gang, the "Night Fork Gate", thus revealing a story of a shocking conspiracy. This series consists of ten parts, namely "Juyi Qianzhuang", "The Mystery of the King's Tomb", "White Horse Dart Game", "Daxing Gambling House", "Luoyang Flower Society", "Drunken Linglong", "Kaifeng House", "Death Charm", "General's Mansion", and "Great Night Fork".
Li Shaobai, a lay disciple who grew up listening to the bells of the Shaolin Temple, has always followed the Shaolin abbot's teachings on punishing evil and promoting good, as he said, "I grew up in the Shaolin Temple, read all the scriptures in the Tibetan Scripture Cabinet, but now I am more curious about the stories of the world." After descending the mountain, he just set up a fortune-telling stall in the downtown area, listened to the stories of passers-by, and by chance (under conspiracy) helped Di Bafang, the chief catcher of Kaifeng Province, crack one suspicious case after another. However, once you step into the rivers and lakes, it is difficult to retreat from the whole body, you Li Shaobai is also a mortal, so after experiencing all kinds of things, he changed from "Buddha" to "man", from "man" to "demon".
Each story in this series of films is related to the "Big Night Fork", peeling away the cocoon layer by layer until the mystery is finally unveiled, and perhaps the final mystery also needs to be savored by the audience. The male protagonist made some friends during the investigation along the way, such as Kaifeng Province's capture of Di Bafang, Mo Qianli's apprentice Zhao Ling'er (not the immortal sister), the thief Saint Dragon Nine, the former helper of the Cai Gang, the two wulin alliance lords, etc., some of these people really intersected with Li Shaobai, some of them may have ulterior motives, but they prompted Li Shaobai's change. I remember the old gang leader told Li Shaobai to let him keep that heart, Lord Qiao Meng was willing to die to find out the real culprit, and the old monk used his life to guard the tomb of the life-saving benefactor, I don't know if he remembered the benevolence and sincerity he had seen. After looking at Douban again, the most ironic thing should be those who do hypocritical things under the guise of justice.
The most wonderful part of the movie is the last one, the front is all foreshadowing, the most like the little monk inside, he is always sweeping the floor, he said that because sweeping the floor can sweep away the unhappy mood.
The shots in the movie are very beautiful, the props set is careful, the martial arts action is gorgeous and smooth, and some places will find bugs when you think about it, but the flaws are not hidden, the overall is still great, worth Amway.
There is a line in the movie to the effect that the Buddha does not kill, but it cannot stop the world from killing. The night fork is a Buddha, the world is afraid of the night fork, the protector of the night fork kills people, how can you blame the night fork.