The limitless charm of "Crazy" has just ended, and the audience has begun to feel lonely and empty. After all, there has not been such a "big guy" on the screen for a long time.
As soon as "Crazy" came out, netizens compared Gao Qiqiang, played by Zhang Songwen, with Liu Huaqiang (played by Sun Honglei) in "Conquest", "Shanglian Huaqiang buys melons, Xialian Qiqiang sells fish, and cross-criticizes and sells strongly." "Big Brother", this enduring but iterative screen character, will be killed again in 2023.
Big brother, a magical existence that eats all men and women. Many people call "Crazy" "The Legend of Zhen Huan in the male version", the role of the eldest brother is the male Jack Su, the ideal of the female audience, and the "god" that countless male actors dream of.
In your many years of audience career, you must have loved more than one big brother, they are either moody Sven scum, or murderous fierce heroes, and have a two-faced tenderness for family and women, coupled with a tragic ending that does not end well, BE atmosphere is full.
Even though I know that there are too many routines on the big brother, but I am addicted without hesitation, "there are big brothers in Jiangshan generation", today, we will talk about the "big brothers" who have reshaped the aesthetic orientation of the audience.
Zhou Chaoxian: a madman who "approves and who ops"
Zhou Chaoxian (played by Leung Ka Fai) in "Black Gold" is a "ruthless man" who cannot be bypassed, he was born in the underworld, involved in politics, has a changeable personality and is sophisticated.
"Black Gold" Zhou Chaoxian
As a product of the rampant and rampant black gold politics in Taiwan, the gangster politician Zhou Chaoxian is known for being wild, he has no righteousness and tenderness in his eyes, only interests, and is ruthless to people and things.
This is the first time in Leung Ka Fai's career to play a gangster boss. In fact, "Black Gold" has a traditional police and bandit film structure, and the fierce confrontation between good and evil between Zhou Chaoxian and Fang Guohui (played by Andy Lau) runs throughout. However, due to the double blessing of the script and actors, the role of the Zhou Dynasty still achieved a crushing victory.
Every big brother who can go down in history must have an exclusive ruthless body, Leung Ka Fai first concentrated on studying materials for the role of the Zhou Dynasty, wrote a short biography of 100,000 words, and finally condensed into a six-character thriller motto - "who is in favor and who is against", seemingly simple but full of lethality.
In the film, Zhou Chaoxian said a very unfair proposal at the tea party, and as soon as he finished speaking, he asked everyone "who is in favor and who is against", and the opponent stood up and was immediately slapped by Zhou Chaoxian. As a result, others agreed.
After the dilution of time and the deconstruction of the audience, now, this domineering line of "seemingly asking for opinions, but in fact no one dares to object" has become a maniac commotion used for gags. Now every heat and second creation of the Zhou Dynasty is almost related to arrogance and cool writing.
Ni Yongxiao: "Elegant" black second generation
Wu Zhenyu's Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs 2" has both three-dimensional character and aesthetic value, providing the audience with a lot of imagination about Sven's scum big brother.
"Infernal Affairs 2" Ni Yongxiao
As the son of Ni Kun (played by Zhang Tongzu), the second-generation triad leader Ni Yongxiao appeared as a scholar, without any recklessness, dressed in a sven, wearing gold wire glasses, wearing a suit and shirt is very decent, and talking to his family is always gentle and gentle, "elegant, really elegant."
When it comes to dealing with gangster affairs, he is not merciless. In the time it took to buy a few packs of cigarettes, it only took a few phone calls to smoothly inherit his father's business. Four years later, he successfully used the alibi provided by the police to kill four enemies, and exposed the truth of Huang Sir's instigation to kill Ni Kun, trying to complete the fatal blow that he had endured for many years, but finally died because of Han Chen (played by Zeng Zhiwei) and Chen Yongren (played by Tony Leung).
"Infernal Affairs 2" Ni Yongxiao (left)
His experience is always reminiscent of the second-generation godfather Mike Corleone in "The Godfather", who was ordered at the time of his father's great disaster, and was clever and determined to strategize and protect the family.
Their contradictory and tragic side is that Mike, a former excellent soldier, has an American dream, and the highly educated Ni Yongxiao also wants to be a civilized person, such a Sven big brother, probably looks down on the underworld from the bottom of his heart, they are all committed to the cause of whitewashing but ended in failure, "a person can only have one destiny."
Ni Yongxiao, as his name suggests, believes in the world of his family, and his belief comes from the worship of his father. The difference between him and Mike is that Mike never let go of the family who betrayed the family, but Ni Yongxiao still covered for his half-brother Chen Yongren until his death.
"Infernal Affairs 2" Ni Yongxiao
From the tall building, banquet guests to the collapse of the building, Ni Yongxiao's life is very short, but it has taught us many life principles, such as "when you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back". Wu Zhenyu has played many underworld roles before and is known for being "evil", but in Ni Yongxiao, the second-generation black boss, he converged his evil nature and completed the shaping of the image of a big brother in a minimalist way that washed away the lead, and its brilliance is still amazing.
Liu Huaqiang: This big brother is not too cold
Gao Qiqiang in "Crazy" is easily reminiscent of Liu Huaqiang in "Conquest", not only because of the "strong" in the name, but also has a title that makes people think: Who is "crazy"? And who "conquered" whom?
Liu Huaqiang famously said: It is the dragon that has to be coiled, and the tiger has to lie down. Who is Liu Huaqiang? The underworld in Hengzhou carries the handle, and when he is not ruthless, it is Mr. Liu, an ordinary citizen, who is famous all over the world for his pure cutting skills.
"Conquest" Liu Huaqiang (middle)
Times have changed, today's underworld big brother smokes cigars, appreciates cheongsam, talks and laughs, and the trees are dusty, who still personally goes to the bloody rain, but the eldest brother Liu Huaqiang at the beginning of the century is different, the family is poor to death, no power and no power, and fighting violence with violence, fighting and killing is his way to regain his dignity.
And whenever it involves his family, he must personally judge, Gao Qisheng is a brother control, and he can die for his brother; Liu Huaqiang is a pet brother crazy demon, his younger brother is surrounded by police in the hospital, Liu Huaqiang also pretends to be a water delivery worker to see his younger brother, he is almost the most down-to-earth big brother ever.
"Crazy" Gao Qiqiang
On his daughter's birthday, the watermelon bought by his ex-wife was missing two pounds, and Liu Huaqiang rode a small motorcycle to a melon stall to stand out for his wife. He first patrolled and reconnoitred, and then staged the famous scene of "Is this melon ripe" with the melon stall owner in a-for-tat confrontation, and then stabbed people without saying a word, white knives went in and red knives came out, and then smiled and left.
A bloody and violent gangster who flew up jumped on the screen, and then he established the status of the eldest brother with the speed of killing one person every three episodes and many ruthless words, so that as soon as he heard "Can you call a young man if you are not angry?" "Give you a chance, you don't use it" these two sentences, Liu Huaqiang's voice and smile immediately appeared in front of him.
"Conquest" Liu Huaqiang (first from right)
I have to say that Sun Honglei is really the chosen person who plays Liu Huaqiang, and his inch, squinting, unique voice and temperament have brought this "big brother" to life. It can be said that the police uncle conquered the vicious Liu Huaqiang, and Liu Huaqiang, played by Sun Honglei, conquered the audience.
Nie Mingyu and Guo Xiaopeng: The elite scar brother of the millennium
In the early 2000s, "Black Ice" and "Black Hole", two dramas involving the case with the villain as the protagonist, were broadcast, and the screenwriters were Zhang Chenggong.
Nie Mingyu (played by Chen Daoming) and Guo Xiaopeng (Wang Zhiwen) have many similarities: Jack Su's origin, elite personality, philosophical temperament and twisted soul, each can analyze a book of criminal psychology.
"Black Hole" Nie Mingyu
Nie Mingyu was born in the second generation of officials, his father is a vice mayor, he himself is the boss of Longteng Group, the top ten young people in the city, the proper first generation of overlords, and winners in life, at the same time, he controls a huge underworld gang, smuggling, corruption, murder, extremely gloomy.
Such a contrast certainly makes the audience wonder what the "so" behind "Ran" is. Nie Mingyu's criminal psychology comes from the trauma of the Cultural Revolution and from revenge on his hypocritical father. Interestingly, Ye Wenjie's psychological traceability in "The Three-Body Problem" is also very similar, fortunately Nie Mingyu did not master physics, otherwise he would not only be a spiritual murderer and a crime.
"Black Hole" Nie Mingyu
Chen Daoming designed many details for Nie Mingyu, and in him, we can see the depth of history.
Nie Mingyu always walked through the gray and black city in a trench coat, wearing sunglasses and black leather gloves, in addition to being cold or cold. He would go to the temple and play the accordion in the secret room plastered with awards, a man immersed in the past, who went out to commit murder with a six-layer gauze mask, loved to drink mineral water, and occasionally compared his fingers with guns, and his face was written with world-weariness and "tired of living."
"Black Hole" Nie Mingyu
Similarly, the drug lord Guo Xiaopeng played by Wang Zhiwen in "Black Ice" is also a fairly civilized big brother, and he is a "man on a person" like Nie Mingyu.
Guo Xiaopeng's stepfather is a high-ranking officer, his mother is Mingdan, he is a doctor of chemistry from Princeton University, the office is framed with oil paintings, and he can play golf, his cultural accomplishment and life taste are good, get out of the car and open the door to the lady, even if he detects that Wang Jingwen is a police undercover, he can't bear it, and he exudes a gentleman's character all around.
"Black Ice" Guo Xiaopeng
is such a charming elite, but with a dark childhood experience and native family, full of perverted understanding of power. Wang Zhiwen's unique line rhythm adds a sense of tragedy to Guo Xiaopeng, revealing the pain of that era.
As the tide comes, the appearance of "big brother" is constantly changing.
From Ni Yongxiao to Gao Qiqiang, it reflects not only the audience's aesthetic imagination, but also their in-depth feedback on the times. In the past, "Wang Xie" could only serve as the eldest brother, but now the "ordinary people" have also done it. But whether it is Liu Huaqiang or Gao Qiqiang, whether it is an elite or a reclusive faction, once they do something bad, they will never escape the punishment of the law. This is the ultimate revelation brought to us by the "big guy".
【Text/Flying Fish】