Some time ago, Zhao Wenzhuo's video of kicking the knife sparked heated discussions among netizens.
Of course, there are also people who jump out to question.
Various "immortals" use later stages, mirror movements and other angles to continuously disassemble the video, the purpose is to prove that Zhao Wenzhuo's action is fake.
In this regard, as a layman, Seventh Brother I don't want to make too many comments.
However, as the dispute between truth and falsity intensified, the voice of doubt fell into a contradiction that was difficult to solve.
Everyone seems to want to believe that Zhao Wenzhuo's kicking knife is real kung fu, but they don't want to believe it.
In my opinion, the reason is that the audience is harmed by those shoddy domestic martial arts dramas.
You know, many modern martial arts dramas have disappointed many audiences.
For example, martial arts, slow motion, hanging Weiya, 5 cents special effects... Not martial arts at all.
The final effect is not aesthetically pleasing, and the play is like a child's play.
In contrast, the martial arts films of the 90s of the last century are the real fist to the flesh, the sword light and the shadow.
There is both the reality of "martial arts" and the meaning of "chivalry".
Take a movie by Zhao Wenzhuo, although it was not satisfactory at the word of mouth and box office at that time, but with the passage of time, the film was gradually corrected and has now become a classic.
"Knife", a martial arts film, is definitely the most classic work in Zhao Wenzhuo's acting career.
The film is written and directed by Tsui Hark, and the story framework is based on Zhang Che's version of "One-armed Knife".
The only difference is that the style of "Knife" is different from the previous romantic martial arts style, replaced by a cruel realism.
At the beginning of the movie, with the help of the heroine Xiang Ling's narration, a rivers and lakes of deception and the weak are created.
Xiang Ling's father, Xiang He, was running a knife foundry called the Lian Feng.
In the troubled times, the Lian Feng Knife Factory became a pure land, far from the killing on the rivers and lakes.
Among his many disciples, there are two who are the most important:
One is Ding'an (played by Zhao Wenzhuo), and the other is Tietou (played by Chen Hao).
Ding'an is honest and honest, and he works in a principled manner.
Tietou, on the other hand, is the opposite of Ding'an's personality, being generous and chivalrous, and doing things more recklessly.
The two have considerable prestige among the junior brothers, and at the same time, they both like Xiang Ling in their hearts.
One day, Master suddenly announced that Ding'an would be chosen as the heir of the Lian Feng.
In this regard, Tietou's heart was very dissatisfied, and he watched Junior Sister Xiang Ling and Ding'an become more and more ambiguous.
The relationship between the two also cracked.
At the same time, Ding'an accidentally learned his origin, and it turned out that his father was the head of the previous generation of the Lian Feng.
However, his father was unfortunately killed by a tattooed horse thief during a confrontation with the enemy, and his knife was broken.
Afterwards, Ding'an lost control of his emotions and took the broken knife left by his father from the ancestral hall, insisting on avenging his father despite his master's dissuasion.
As a result, he was attacked halfway through the road and fell off a cliff after being cut off his right arm.
When Ding'an wakes up, he finds himself rescued by a little beggar.
Looking at his broken arm, Ding'an knew that there was no hope of revenge, and decided to live in seclusion here.
Unexpectedly, when I went to the town with a little beggar to beg, I saw a big thief wyvern (played by Xiong Xinxin) with tattoos embroidered.
He is a bandit known to everyone in the rivers and lakes, and because the knife is extremely fast, no one dares to provoke him.
Not long after, the little beggar's house was attacked by a gang, and Ding'an was also injured.
In a desperate situation, Ding'an accidentally found a knife book that was burned to only half in the house where the little beggar was burned.
Remembering what the little beggar once said, his father turned out to be a hero, but unfortunately he was killed, leaving only this knife book.
So Ding'an dug out the broken knife buried in the soil, and with the help of that knife book, he practiced a one-armed fast knife.
After completing his studies, Ding'an found the murderer of his father and decided to take revenge.
The flying dragon's knife method is fierce and domineering, but Ding'an's one-armed knife method is unpredictable.
The two fought for three hundred rounds, and finally the flying dragon was killed by Ding'an.
As a classic martial arts film in the 90s, "Knife" was unusual, and it was extremely bold at the time.
From beginning to end, the whole story is filled with a murderous atmosphere, inheriting the violent aesthetics of director Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife".
Interestingly, in Tsui Hark's movies in the past, women's dramas were definitely a major attraction.
However, the two female characters in the film - Junior Sister Xiang Ling and Wind Dust Woman.
Xiang Ling seems to be an "alien" in the rivers and lakes, she knows nothing about the outside world, and she seems incompatible with the rivers and lakes.
And the wind and dust woman is full of people and exudes a sense of rivers and lakes.
From a certain point of view, the situation of the two is also a metaphor for two different rivers and lakes.
In general, "Knife" was definitely an "outlier" in that era.
Therefore, after only 7 days of release, the movie was removed from the shelves of major cinemas, and the box office was finally fixed at more than 3 million.
However, with the passage of time, watching Zhao Wenzhuo's "Knife", you can't help but sigh:
This is a real martial arts film!