The movie "No Thief in the World" mainly tells the story of two jianghu thieves whose good thoughts are awakened, and try their best to fulfill the beautiful fantasy that a simple rural teenager thinks that "there is no thief in the world".
The two thieves have done all kinds of bad things, so it highlights the preciousness of this goodwill.
The extreme contrast makes the film's concept of good and evil particularly clear.
"No Thief in the World" as a classic work directed by Feng Xiaogang,
Different from the previous sketch-style comedy films, this film has a more humanistic feeling and has a significant breakthrough in thinking.
The unattainable wish of "no thief in the world" gives the film a fairy tale color.
Interpretation of the roles of Wang Bo and Wang Li, a thief couple
Wang Li is a thief, but because of her pregnancy, she begins to re-examine her identity.
The arrival of the child made her realize that she was about to have a new identity - "mother",
It was this identity that made her begin to feel ashamed of her identity as a thief and awakened her conscience in her heart.
On the train, Wang Li met the migrant worker Silly Root, and she clearly knew in her heart how silly the idea of "no thief in the world" was, but she was still touched by silly root's sincerity and simplicity, and wanted to realize his dream.
At this time, Wang Li's kindness was magnified, and she changed from a person who had just been aroused to be kind to a good person with great understanding.
And unlike Wang Li, Wang Bo was determined to be a thief through and through.
He didn't believe in karma, he thought of it as a wolf, cruel and fierce.
However, under the assimilation of the good Wang Li and the simple silly root, he began to waver.
After knowing the existence of the child, he finally softened, and the kindness in his heart was gradually aroused.
He doesn't believe in karma, but he doesn't want to be a completely bad person in the presence of innocent children.
Wang Bo and Wang Li, the thief couple, may not be good people at first, but in front of their children, they are willing to abandon their original identities to become a good person.
Perhaps Wang Li and Wang Bo's prodigal son turning back is the best gift for this unborn child.
Film style
The fight part of the film is more like a Latin performance through artistic treatment, and the tension is weakened, but the sense of comedy is enhanced.
Silly root's stupidity and its dream of "no thief in the world" add to the fairy tale color of the film.
The prodigal son of the thief couple looks back, which well presents the concept of good and evil, highlighting the ideological nature of the film.
The inadequacies of the film
The rhythm is slow, and the ending is too tragic
In order to highlight the fairy tale color, this film is too full in the plot design of the first half, so that the plot drags.
Secondly, at the end of Wang Bo's sacrifice, Wang Li was pregnant alone, which really poked the audience's heart.
This tragic ending designed to highlight the tragic color and the beautiful contradiction of the fairy tale will also make the viewer uncomfortable.
There is some discord in the character design
Although Wang Bo later sat on a lot of good deeds, and even died for the faith of Silly Root, he never changed his ideological line as a thief.
On the contrary, Wang Li, who is also a thief, just because she is pregnant, completely broke away from the identity and way of thinking of a thief in a short period of time and became a good person, which is really a bit far-fetched.
After all, being a mother can change a person a lot, but this change still needs a process, and the sudden change of thinking will appear more abrupt.
However, in general, the film is full of plot and rich, and the logic is generally very smooth.
The maternal love shown by Wang Li in the film, the simplicity of the silly root, and the change and sacrifice of Wang Bo for his wife and children are all touching.
Although the story is fictional, the concept of good and evil in it is indeed incomparably real.