This question is not quite right, because if this question is based on the score of Douban, the score of Douban is 6.7 points has passed the passing line, then it is definitely not a bad film, I think it is at least a passing score of the movie above the average in my place, if I rate him, I will give him 7 points.
So, why did "Detective Wars" win the award?
There is actually a very important reason here, that is, the annual production of Hong Kong films is too low.
I don't know the exact number last year, but there are certainly no 100. At the peak of the 1990s, Hong Kong films could produce 300 films a year, but now they are about 80 films a year less.
That's a two-thirds reduction, less film production, not much choice. This is an ironclad fact.
To be honest, "Detective Wars", if it were put in the 90s, it would definitely not have won so many awards, which is real. Because the artistic level and story structure of "Detective Wars" are indeed not as good as those of the nineties, such as "Dark War" or "Gunfire" in the 90s, it must be a classic.
"Detective Wars" is to have a higher investment and can do bigger scenes.
This actually involves a broader problem, that is, the overall production of Hong Kong films, there are not so many stars, including Lin Feng is also in his early 40s, Liu Qingyun is also almost 60, indicating that he has less fresh blood.
Looking back at the 1990s, Stephen Chow and Jackie Chan were both 20 or 30 years old and became male No. 1.
Now 30-year-old stars, there are almost no Hong Kong stars who can play the male No. 1, and in the final analysis, Hong Kong movies have less choice.
In the past, Stephen Chow, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, Andy Lau were in the prime of life, and the works were more than a dozen films a year for Andy Lau, and Chow Yun-fat was shortlisted for the Academy Awards every year, and you can choose.
There is no choice now, there is no doorway here, that is, the annual production of Hong Kong films is less, so there are fewer movies that you can choose from, which is one reason.
Then you say that this film is a bad film, it is definitely not a bad, medium-quality movie.