"Poisonous Tongue Lawyer": Heavenly reason, heavenly reason

Since its release in Hong Kong Chinese New Year's Eve, the popular movie "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" (also known as "Poisonous Tongue") has soared all the way, and the cumulative box office has exceeded 90 million Hong Kong dollars, setting a record for Hong Kong films in the history of Hong Kong films, and this result continues to rise.

The film will be released in the mainland next weekend, and after going to see it two days ago, I somewhat understand why "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" can be so popular:

The content of the story is popular enough, the core of the form is very "Hong Kong flavor", and the most important thing is that it is very close to the true feelings of the audience and echoes the voice of the public.

Any work that can become a phenomenon must reflect/poke the common social mood to some extent, and what "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" touches is people's desire for heavenly reason and justice.

[Friendly reminder: There will be spoilers below.] 】

The first epidermis of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" is a "life ups and downs" with a sense of contrast and close to the ground.

The protagonist Lin Liangshui, has skills and ideals, but has no fighting spirit and no morality, can't rise up when he is a judge, paralyzes himself by touching fish, goes to become a lawyer and changes his appearance, wants to learn the smelly feet of others holding power, can't do anything well, and the worse he lives, it is such a person who upholds justice, and the audience finds more interesting and good-looking.

Huang Zihua is the biggest contributor to making Lin Liangshui's role alive, although he has long got rid of the contempt of "box office poison", but he used the "decaying, rotten, cheap" characteristics accumulated in and out of the play such as "Male Relatives and Female Love" back then, and Lin Liangshui's cynical character is simply a match made in heaven, coupled with his accumulated circumstances and states in recent years, it is quite natural.

By the way, the interpretation of many characters in the film is in place, He Qihua's loyal and clever prince, Wang Danni's bleak and sad Zeng Jieer, Xie Junhao's calm and decent Jin Yuanshan, Wang Minde's old and scummy Dong Weiguo, etc., are the cornerstones of this play.

The second texture of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" is the echo of Hong Kong-style legal films and television and the lingering pyrotechnics.

I think that when Hong Kong dramas were popular, everyone had watched several TVB legal dramas, and I also thought of the movie "Inside the Law" starring Andy Lau and Yip Dexian... The professionalism of these film and television dramas in law may not be strong, but the emotions between people must be deeply touching.

The same is true of the film, the bitter lord Zeng Jieer is a "junior" who has not fulfilled her duty to guardian her daughter, although everyone knows that she has been wronged, but at the beginning there is not much sympathy, until the truth is revealed step by step, we gradually empathize with it and are indignant.

In addition, the film is very "Hong Kong-style" from the inside out, I watched the Cantonese field, and I could feel the unique life atmosphere of Hong Kong (unfortunately, I have limited understanding and can't experience more).

The third layer of flesh and blood of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" is a counterattack that upholds justice, is eclectic, and defeats the strong with weakness.

The plot of the movie is very clear, that is, several people who have been wronged, calculated, and involved join forces, try their best to eliminate all difficulties to wash away their grievances, hoe the strong and help the weak, the clarity of the unjust, the joy of raising eyebrows, etc. are all included in it, these emotions are the audience's eternal pursuit.

At the same time, in the specific process of overturning the case, it is also mixed with many types of elements such as government-business collusion, black and white rampant, criminal investigation and solving cases, which not only enriches the watchability, but also effectively assists in explaining the theme, which is a plus.

At this point, the advantages of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" are also talked about, in the end, this is just a "cool film" on the theme of law that performs well in all aspects, not a shocking masterpiece, so why is it so popular and even became the Hong Kong ticket crown?

This should be the last layer of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer", that is, people's simple yearning for the sky.

Compared with Lin Liangshui, who is not a positive type many times, there is a role in the film that can clearly reflect the main theme, senior barrister Jin Yuanshan - when he learned that Lin Liangshui was exploiting loopholes to exclude other excellent lawyers from court, he took the initiative to serve as the chief prosecutor, he did not allow Lin Liangshui, a "peer scum" to play tricks, he wanted to protect the dignity of the law.

But after learning the truth of the case (how to judge the lawsuit is one thing, the truth is another), Jin Yuanshan is no longer willing to help the abuse, but he still can't withstand the pressure from all parties and has to go through the motions... In the end, there was a miraculous scene of the prosecution and defense lawyers joining hands at the trial to challenge the real murderer Zhong Jingyi.

"Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" has a subtext that is not explicitly said, but has always practiced: the system is unreliable, the law is unjust, and justice cannot be presided over by a sense of justice alone.

If you think about it, on the one hand, Lin Liangshui is indeed difficult to be trusted by everyone because of his unreliable image, but on the other hand, he does rely on many "undecent" gray means to reverse the situation.

"Zeng Jieer killed her daughter" is originally an iron case that is difficult to overturn, plus under the influence of the real murderer Zhong family couple, the entire powerful (real power) class is secretly obstructing, Lin Liangshui and Fang Jiajun what fight do they take? The answer is to fight "unprofessionalism" with "unprofessionalism", to fight evil with ingenuity, and to fight poison with poison.

Lin Liangshui is not an ideal family with a sense of justice, he will use emotions to guide the jury at the trial, to ask all kinds of "amateur" inducing questions, he is also helpful in black and white, the prince of the mixed society at home is his follower, Lu Dingheng, who works in the Independent Commission Against Corruption, is his hair, monitoring and secretly filming and other means are not a word, and even the opponent finds an excuse to imprison him for 48 hours, and he finally ran out by forging suicide and Officer Qian's private affairs...

Because the system is rotten, the opponent uses the rules to bully people, and in order to confront it, everyone will also acquiesce to Lin Liangshui not to follow the rules.

The climactic scene of the final trial was the most horse-grabbing, the Zhong family "shielded" all the media and social figures, except for the fearless Zhong Nianhua, all of them were the legal counsel of the Zhong family, and Dong Weiguo even made a big speech on the witness stand, riding at Lin Liangshui and others, and the bullying atmosphere was pushed to the extreme.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Liangshui's "superfluous" accusations and roars after overturning the case will be particularly sonorous: "In the past, everyone said that everyone was equal before the law, but now, everyone has changed their words, saying that before the law, three, six, nine, and so on." ”

Let's not talk about the pros and cons of the differences between civil law systems and law of the sea here, but only say why "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" pokes at the reality of the hearts of thousands of Hong Kong people - the gap between the rich and the poor and the class barrier have caused too much suffering, and people yearn for justice of the style of "the road is also the road, the world is public", and this desire and pursuit of justice is a morality that can break through the boundaries of regional countries and be universally applicable.

Starting with heavenly reason, falling with heavenly reason, this is the basis of public sentiment in the ballast of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer".

Therefore, even if the new bottle of "Poisonous Tongue Da Zhuang" is an old wine, it does not affect its mellowness at all, because it conforms to the greatest heavenly principle.