If netizens have watched enough movies,
Sometimes you may feel that there is a connection between two movies.
Even think they are the same series of movies.
"Gunfire"
For example, some netizens once thought that Du Qifeng's "Banishment" was a sequel to "Gunfire"!
"Banishment"
Because their plot seems to be related.
Is it really possible to think so?
Of course not!
Banishment is a 2006 film.
Starring Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Jiahui, Zhang Yaoyang, Lin Xue, Huang Ren, Ren Dahua, He Chaoyi, etc.,
Among them, Lin Jiadong, Ren Xianqi, and Xu Shaoxiong all have cameos.
The film stars, as well as supporting characters,
Many of them are Du Qifeng's frequent cooperation.
Netizens who are more familiar with Du Qifeng's films are certainly not strangers to these faces.
"Banishment" is a gunfight film, but also a jianghu film.
Mainly about the roles played by Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Yaoyang, Lin Xue, Zhang Jiahui, and Huang Ren,
They are good brothers who grew up together, and when they grow up, they are all mixed up.
But the character played by Zhang Jiahui, the boss who once assassinated Huang Someone, was unsuccessful,
Huang Someone's boss has always wanted him.
The character played by Zhang Jiahui should have fled to other places, and as a result, he returned to Macau.
After being known by Huang Someone's boss,
The boss immediately arranged for Huang Someone and the characters played by Lin Xue to kill him.
And the assassination of Huang Someone's boss, the role played by Wu Zhenyu is actually involved,
However, the character played by Zhang Jiahui voluntarily shouldered the guilt alone because of his brotherly love.
So when wu Zhenyu plays the role,
Knowing the role played by Huang Someone, I want to kill the character played by Zhang Jiahui,
He also takes the role played by Zhang Yaoyang to stop Huang Someone from them.
Because of this incident, a series of things have been triggered, leaving several of them with no way out many times.
By the end of the movie, all five protagonists are hung up,
That's the story of Banishment.
"Banishment is a sequel to Gunfire",
Strictly speaking, it is not true!
Although the opening of this movie is a bit like a reference to the ending of "Gunfire",
But in terms of actual setting, it's actually a different story.
The five brothers in "Gunfire" do not fight and do not know each other;
And the five brothers in "Banishment" have known each other since childhood.
The plot between the two films,
Logically, it's not the same thing at all.
So they don't count as the same series of movies at all.
In this movie, similar to other Du Qifeng films,
It is more the film feelings deliberately set by director Du Qifeng.
Because of these settings,
When the audience watches "Banished", there will be a sense of "déjà vu",
It was as if seeing the shadow of other Du Qifeng movies.
For example, in the movie,
Although the character played by Huang Someone talks about brotherhood, he must kill the betrayer;
And the role played by Wu Zhenyu must keep the betrayer.
The role played by Zhang Yaoyang is the role played by Wu Zhenyu;
The role played by Lin Xue is a role played by Huang Someone.
This kind of setting is reminiscent of the character setting in "Gunfire";
And when the audience sees the character played by Ren Dahua and the character played by Lin Jiadong negotiating together,
It will be easy to think of the scene in "Underworld 2", "Dongguan Zai" and Ah Le negotiating.
Judging from the film "Banished" itself,
It's not necessarily Du Qifeng's best movie, but it's certainly his most romantic movie.
Because this movie focuses more on brotherhood.
One minute before,
Three conflicting brothers shoot at each other with guns, fighting to the death;
The next minute,
They can actually talk and laugh, be full of warmth, and then slowly deal with contradictions;
In order to fulfill the "wish" of the brother before his death,
The other four brothers dared to poke the honeycomb and assassinate the boss with the strongest local power;
For the sake of brotherhood, four brothers can not even want 1 ton of gold, risk death to save their sister-in-law;
Faced with a situation where four can only live three,
The other brothers chose to have difficulties together, to do a big job in pain and happiness, and finally to die without regrets.
Compared to Du Qifeng's other films,
The style of this "Banishment" is more like Wu Yusen, just like "The True Colors of Heroes", pursuing the romance of men.
The gunfight scenes in the movie also abandon the rigor,
More for the sake of walking, for lyricism, and even for good looks.
For example, in the scene where the four people meet the character played by Ren Xianqi,
The formation in which they shoot is very dangerous in reality.
But the director doesn't care so much, just make them very handsome.
And the painting style of this film is also different from Du Qifeng's previous films.
More is the use of warm colors, so that many scenes in the movie are very beautiful, dreamy.
Whether it is the plot design of the movie, or the style of the picture,
"Banishment" makes the brotherhood of several protagonists seem very romantic,
Unlike Du Qifeng's previous films, it emphasizes darkness and fate.
Watched more of Du Qifeng's other movies,
Looking at this "Banishment" again, there may be a different taste.
Finally, I hope this movie can meet your taste.
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