When it comes to director Du Qifeng, we have to mention his classic "Gunfire".
Indeed, the reason why "Gunfire" as a movie can be admired by so many people is that this movie looks like a gangster movie, but it is actually a Western.
Whether it is the soundtrack or the faith between the five brothers, there is a "Western" flavor.
But "Gunfire" is after all a rough-processed product that only took ten days to drive out, and what can really reflect the "jianghu" in Du Qifeng's heart, and the "Hong Kong Western" that can really show Du Qifeng's heart should be the "Banished" filmed in 2006.
As the companion piece of "Gunfire", this "Banishment" is the ultimate romance that Du Qifeng dedicated to this era!
1, the last wish of a man who must die!
The first three days before The return of Macau.
Two groups of people knocked on a woman's door at the same time, and they were both looking for a man named Ah He.
The first group of people came to save Ah He, and they received wind noises, and the gangster big brother Da Fei sent someone to kill Ah He.
The second wave of people came to kill Ah He, because they were the gangsters of big brother Da Fei.
But these two groups of people were a little strange, knocking on the woman's door, but they did not enter.
Even the killers were quietly waiting outside the door.
Later, the group of people who came to protect Ah He took the initiative to talk to the group of killers who came from behind.
Is there any talk?
After all, everyone is a good brother who grew up together.
Only at this moment did everyone understand the relationship between these people, whether it was Ah He or Ah He, the killer Ah Ghost, or Wu Zhenyu who came to protect Ah He.
The five of them, like the five characters in Gunfire, are brothers who have experienced life and death together.
It's just that the camp is divided, but it is involuntary, so the five good brothers are divided into two groups.
Just when these four people were waiting in the square, Ah He, played by Zhang Jiahui, returned with a truck, and when he saw these four people, he immediately knew what would happen next.
But he still parked the car as if nothing had happened, and carried the toys he bought for his son upstairs.
And the four people in the square, One Ah Ghost and one Wu Zhenyu, the two also tacitly followed Ah He upstairs.
Entering the door, things were put away, and Ah He pulled the gun out of the drawer.
The next three people in the house are a random shot, no one really hurt anyone, until the bullets run out, Ah He told them: "His life is not important, the key is that he wants to leave a sum of money for his wife and son before leaving."
What is a brother?
This is the brother, knowing that you must die, knowing that you cannot stay, so they promised to fulfill his last wish before Ah Ho died.
And we can see that just now this group of people is still sword-fighting, all changed in an instant, moving furniture, stir-frying, and even the last group of people finished eating, and also took a family portrait with A He's family!
2. Traps.
Ah He was ready to die, but he wanted to leave a sum of money for his wife and children before he died.
And as killers, their way of making money is also very simple.
That is to find brokers, to ask for tasks.
Ah He alone may not be easy to do, but he has four brothers behind him who are sincerely with him.
It can be said that this task is really simple.
But just when the five of them made up their minds and finished one vote, they were all over.
They suddenly find themselves falling into a trap.
The trap set by the gangster Dafei, Ah He not only did not get the money, but he was also seriously injured at the scene of the assassination.
Five people, running like outlaws.
On the drive back, none of them knew where to go next.
Only Ah He, who suddenly returned to the light, sat up and shouted to them: "Go home."
Go home, yes, go home.
Ah He's anonymity is to go home, and in order to satisfy Ah He's last wish.
The remaining four people, even if they fight for their lives, will send Ah He back.
It's just that they do underestimate the nature of women, and when they send Ah He back to their own home, Ah He's wife goes crazy, and she only thinks that Ah He died at their hands.
So she shot at Ah Ghost and Wu Zhenyu like crazy.
Obviously they are brothers, but in the end they are misunderstood by their sister-in-law, which is really uncomfortable for these four killers.
But so what?
The four of them had been with Ah He to death since they had already put their own lives and deaths aside.
They can only escape, they can only run.
Until fate, let them encounter that ton of gold, until fate let them meet the guard played by Ren Xianqi, fate changed again!
3, goodbye!
At Guanyin Mountain, the four brothers made a decision by tossing a coin.
That is to let go of the ton of gold that ran before their eyes.
But just when they thought there was no drama, there was a sudden burst of gunfire in the distance.
The four of them rushed over to the sound of gunfire, only to find that there was another group of people coveting this ton of gold.
When they arrived, Ren Xianqi was left alone with the guards guarding the gold, but he was still very handsome with 98K shots and one by one to pick up the robbers who ambushed them.
Little Ziggy is indeed a cow, but he can't help but have more people on the other side.
Just when Little Brother Qi was about to fight, these four brothers rushed out and helped Little Brother Qi.
It's just that Little Brother Qi is also a straight man, even in the face of this division brother, he still wants to pick up the gun and do it with them.
Until this time, Ah Ghost rushed out and made a suggestion to Little Zigo:
After all, this is a ton of gold, so it is better for everyone to share it together.
Originally, the four brothers were extremely appreciative of Little Brother Qi, and Little Brother Qi knew that this was the best ending, so the "five-person squad" formed a new team and returned to the road.
Just when these 5 people imagined what kind of life they would have after they had this ton of gold, what kind of life they would have.
Ah Ghost suddenly received a phone call, it was Da Fei Ge, he told Ah Ghost that Ah He's wife and children are all here with him, if you want to save people, the 4 of you have to come back.
On one side is a ready-made ton of gold, and on the other side is Ah He's wife and children.
The fat man took out another coin and handed it to Ah Gui's hand, asking him to toss the coin to make a decision.
But at this moment, Ah Ghost turned his head and tossed the coin into the sea.
Before, they had been letting God make decisions for them, so this group of people seemed to be "going with the flow" all the time.
Only this time, in the face of brotherhood and righteousness, in the face of morality.
For the first time, they followed their hearts and made a choice for the first time.
Before leaving, Little Brother Qi asked the ghost, "What about the gold of this ship?" ”
The four ghost brothers said without looking back: "Goodbye jianghu."
And when they left, the four of them took a bottle of XO and passed it around, and there was a righteousness that only men could understand, and only men could understand romance.
4, Du Qifeng's jianghu!
As the benchmark of galactic image, Du Qifeng's films are indispensable to two important elements, one is fatalism and the other is violent aesthetics.
In this "Banishment", these two elements are just played to the extreme.
For example, Ah He is injured, and Ah Ghost takes him to a black market doctor.
When everyone thought that Ah He could survive this level, the suddenly injured Big Fei Brother was also brought to this black market doctor by his men.
What is it? Coincidence? Or fate?
I think it should be the latter.
And this is not the end, originally Ah He was lying on the bed and had not been found by Da Fei, but when the doctor sutured da Fei's wound, Ah He suddenly heard his son's voice.
He just sat up from the bed, and more coincidentally, Da Fei Ge also happened to see Ah He.
So a fatalistic duel, an inevitable shootout, just happened suddenly.
This was only the first fate arranged by Du Qifeng.
The second fate was that the four brothers, not knowing where to go, just happened to see Guanyin Mountain as soon as they looked up, and even better, they had already let go of the golden car.
But right in front of their eyes, right next to them, they happened to see the golden car being robbed.
And they can just pick up leaks.
What is fate? That's fate!
Let all the impossible things happen repeatedly, let all the collisions meet at a point in time, in a point in space.
In addition to fatalism, the aesthetic of violence shown in this "Banishment" is also wonderful enough.
There are two gunfight scenes:
The first was the gunfight between Ah He, Ah Ghost, and Wu Zhenyu in the room.
All three men fired.
But none of them wanted to hurt anyone.
And the way this gunfight ended was also quite wonderful.
The baby's cry instantly broke the sword that had just been rattled.
It can be said that this drama has both a hard side and a soft side.
The second gunfight scene is the one at the end.
The four people rushed into the encirclement of Big Fei Brother, none of them wanted to leave, none of them wanted to live.
And the can that was raised was kicked high into the air by these four people in turn.
Mixed with gunshots and blood.
This film has indeed taken the aesthetics of violence to the extreme.
It is no wonder that this film was able to score a good score of 8.1 points on Douban later, and the last shot alone was enough to reach the peak of film art.
So, if you also like to watch films directed by Du Qifeng and are also interested in films with this violent aesthetic, I suggest you must go and see this movie.
It's best to watch Gunfire and Banishment together, and you can really see a little bit of real cinematic taste.