"Disconnected", the death throes of Hong Kong films

Author of this article: Li Xiaotian

After the decline of Hong Kong films, "Infernal Affairs" rescued the market and opened the filming mode of stars working together, which was basically effective, and tried and tested, "Chill", "Eavesdropping", "Drug Sweep", "Matchless", "Chasing the Dragon", "Macao Vice"...

With the passage of time, this model has reached the end of the strong crossbow, and it is difficult to sustain it, because the types that can be developed have basically been developed, and it is too difficult to innovate.

"Broken Network", obviously wants to innovate, touches the story field to online finance, and involves network technology and network money laundering, which seems to be a very high field, but after watching the film, I feel that it is just that, it is difficult to explode.

How to evaluate "Disconnected Network"?

Let me find a coordinate system to benchmark, that is, "33 Days of Broken Love".

At first, watching "33 Days of Broken Love", the first impression was that it was good-looking, and it was definitely worth watching. However, after careful tasting, it seems that something is not right.

You know, the heroine Huang Xiaoxian in "33 Days of Broken Love" is a wedding planner by profession, and her friends around her are all film repairers in the photo studio. Wedding planners and wedding photo retouchers, such a profession can not be considered tall, as long as they have taken wedding photos or artistic photos, they clearly know that the people in this industry are not only not tall enough, but full of earthy flavor. This is also the fundamental reason why most people are not very satisfied with their own photos.

However, Huang Xiaoxian in "33 Days of Broken Love" lives in an oversized apartment, and the life he lives is also a fairly exquisite high-class white-collar life, and it is too exquisite. As long as you compare the life presented in the film with the real life of your profession, you will immediately reflect on it, then the film is too fake, ridiculously fake, and off-the-beaten.

Then, if you go to taste the story of "33 Days of Broken Love", you will feel bored. It's like, you become a big marshmallow, despite the large volume, but you will definitely not feel full, but will feel tired.

The same feeling, put on "Disconnection", is completely effective.

The male protagonist in the film, Zhuo Jiajun (played by Kwok Fucheng), to put it bluntly, is a network administrator in an enterprise. Whether it is the financial industry or any other industry, the positioning of a network administrator in a company is believed to be very clear to all those who have worked in the enterprise.

Moreover, the ridicule of the appearance of programmers on the Internet is not a day or two.

In any case, it will definitely not be as well-dressed as Kwok Fucheng in "Broken Network", a talent, and a handy shoulder with the boss.

Let's just talk about the screenwriters! Without the slightest understanding of the network management in the enterprise, he made up a tall white-collar image. You know, in reality, network administrators, or programmers, the standard dress is Zuckerberg's casual dress.

Otherwise, baldness and plaid shirts are recognized as the standard for web programmers.

Therefore, "Disconnection" makes the whole story very tall, and the other world of the Internet is also colorful. But it's just fake.

The background of the entire film is untenable. Not only Kwok Fucheng's Zhuo Jiajun can't stand, but also the financial executive Chen Mingzhi played by Lin Jiadong can't stand, but fortunately, Lin Jiadong's acting skills are strong enough to hold the temperament of this role.

As for Sun Bin, the policeman in charge of network inspection played by Ren Dahua, he is also too second, the scene is completely the imagination of a tool person, there is no room for expression, and he is particularly stupid and special two, as a policeman, but he is led by Zhuo Jiajun by the nose, and there is no sense of existence.

It is said that it is a network financial crime, but the core of the story is still the family, Zhuo Jiajun has to take risks for the safety of his daughter, confront the entire criminal group alone, and transform into a lone hero. This story core is not new at all, on the contrary, it is the content that has been played again and again in traditional Hong Kong films, but it is just a different shell.

Even, the villain played by Lin Jiadong, his behavior standard is also for the family, for his younger brother to live a better life.

Therefore, no matter how good the surface work of "Broken Network" is, it is just a new bottle of old wine. In this way, it is difficult to really please people.

In recent years, there has been real innovation in the story, and only "Matchless" in the traditional Hong Kong police and gangster films has done quite well, and really worked the setting of the story, rather than putting on a new outfit in the old model.

In small-cost films, "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" relies on the sincerity of production, does not play tricks, and uses the method of returning to the basics to make movies, but the effect is wonderful. A bit like "Hello, Li Huanying", the artistic characteristics of the film are not high, but you are sincere, with all the enthusiasm to make the movie, the audience is amazed and willing to hold the scene. After the success of "Stepping on Blood to Find Mei", "The Corridor of Justice" tried to copy the model of "stepping on blood", but the point of view came first, the political concept was greater than the concept of literature and art, this style was not conducive to the development of the film, it was not worth encouraging, and if it went on, it would only lead Hong Kong films astray.

"Broken Network" is quite good at first glance, more traditional, and more like a Hong Kong police and bandit film, but there are too many attempts, too many packaging, and all kinds of ingenuity to shape the story high, it looks very good, but it is not really heart-to-heart, and it is difficult for the audience to empathize. And those superficial techniques can only be regarded as the death throes of Hong Kong traditional films, because there are no newcomers coming out, and more and more actors are relying on these pleats to support them, and they can't last long.

Moreover, the publicity of "Broken Network" is really bad, they have been released, and not many people know the existence of this film, wasting casts such as Guo Fucheng, Lin Jiadong, and Ren Dahua.