"Extremely Evil Non-Dao" trilogy, Takeshi Kitano's classic gangster film, farewell to the era of cutting fingers

Kitano Takeshi's gangster films, even if they involve a little gangster elements, as long as the protagonist is black, the ending must be very miserable.

Takeshi Kitano committed suicide in "Sonata" and "Fireworks", the two young people in "Bad Boy's Sky" returned ten years and still had nothing, they were shot to death in "Big Guy", and he was shot in the head in "Violent Man".

Through these films, Kitano Takeshi conveys the concept that the era of gangsters covering the sky with one hand has passed, and the rivers and lakes that serve morality and morality no longer exist, and some are all battles without benevolence and righteousness.

When it comes to "Extremely Evil and Non-Dao", it is a summary and farewell of Kitano Takeshi to gangster films, cutting fingers has long been out of fashion, because etiquette collapses, order is not there, and everyone wants to make money.

In "Extremely Evil and Not the Way", all the evil people, the upper layer sows discord, and the lower layer is down, like a dark forest, eliminating dissidents, dominating the territory, and being destroyed when it emerges.

The chairman of the Yamanokai deliberately let the Ikemoto group and the independent gang Murase kill each other, and Ikemoto ordered his subordinate Otomo Group to take action, causing a series of troubles, and took the opportunity to seize Murase's chassis and business.

But the chairman will not let Chi Yuan go smoothly, and shake Ozawa, the second-in-command of the Ike Yuan Group, with the split-petal plum blossom plan, the relationship between the old friend of the Otomo Group and Ike Yuan, the two are hooked, Ike Yuan is killed, and the Otomo Group collapses.

But the matter did not end there, and Kato, the second leader of the Yamanokai, always wanted to usurp the throne.

Ishihara defected to Kato and became a traitor to the Otomo group, and when Ozawa was appointed, Kato created a fake scene of his death in a fight with the president, and was successfully elected president.

Just like the competition for the dragon head stick in To Qifeng's "Underworld", everyone has bad intentions, and no one is a good stubble, the traditional old rules can no longer be restrained, and no one can get out.

This kind of difficulty of "entering the rivers and lakes and urging the years", Kitano Takeshi uses a shaved aesthetic to express.

There is no half a word of nonsense in the vendetta between gangs, it is all done with a gun, whether you are the boss or the younger brother, retirement or peace, there is no trace of mercy.

For example, Otomo single-handedly killed several people in Murase, killed Ikemoto, and Kato murdered the president, the main one is clean, and the editing is even more unnecessary, leaving only violence.

The implication is that once you step into the underworld, you will carry this label in this life, and your life will be like walking on thin ice, and if you don't pay attention to it, you may be in a different place and become a stepping stone for others.

The story of "Extremely Evil and Not the Way" continues this number, and the rhythm is also driven by retribution.

The praying mantis catches cicadas, the yellow finch is behind, and there are other birds of prey after the yellow finch, but who dares to guarantee whether there is a hunter standing behind the raptor, this is also the Easter egg of the first part, whether Kitano Takeshi can return with revenge.

"Extremely Evil Fei Dao 2" continues the end of the first part in the story, and Kato, who is in charge of the Sanno Society, grows bigger and bigger with the assistance of Ishihara, and becomes a society that dominates Kanto.

But their evil behavior has also become a thorn in the side of the police, planning to pull out this thorn in the flesh, and the black police Kataoka decided to use his own black method to achieve his goal in order to be promoted.

First, he provoked a conflict between the Yamao Society and the Hanaling Society, triggering a civil war between them, and after the defeat, he found Otomo and Kimura, two opponents who had been persecuted by the Mountain King Society, and used their hands to weaken the Yamanokai.

The highlight of the second part is that they join forces, giving the sequel the refreshing feeling of the previous work.

He is cruel to himself, he is not soft on the enemy, he does not agree with him, and at the end of the film, there is an unexpected killing of Kataoka by Otomo, which can be described as full of sincerity.

But "Extremely Evil Non-Dao 2" has a big problem in terms of rhythm, the first half is too flat, and it has been chattering about not getting into the topic, making people drowsy.

It is not until the last 30 minutes or so that the narrative is accelerated, gunshots are everywhere, corpses are strewn across the line, but the same routine as the first one has lost its sense of surprise, even if Kitano's violent aesthetics are still skillful.

Takeshi Kitano definitely considered the issue of repetition when writing the screenplay.

Therefore, the narrative of "Extremely Evil Fei Dao 2" is not driven by the infighting of the Mountain King Society like the previous work, but joins the main line of the police and uses their hands to exercise justice.

However, there was a problem with the structure of the script, which was originally a snipe mussel dispute, and the three-way dispute between the fisherman and the profit became a two-male showdown, making the police completely a tool man, without the slightest striking.

A classic gangster film, the routine is still the traditional revenge and power struggle, and the white road is mentioned in the starring position but still can't let go of the corners of the underworld, resulting in losing watermelon and forgetting sesame.

This is where Takeshi Kitano did an imbalance in "Extremely Evil Non-Dao 2", sometimes the movie has to do subtraction, black and white fighting, black eating black, who is the introduction, who is the main line, the plot distribution should be clearly distinguished, otherwise it will be noisy.

If the main line can be seen in the second part, then the third part highlights a garbled word.

The narrative of "Extremely Evil Non-Dao 3" has become a flat narrative, but this method pays the most attention to the beginning and end of time, if time is chaotic, everything is chaotic, and "Extremely Evil Non-Dao 3" just does not allocate time well.

One will talk about Hanaling will fight among themselves, the other will talk about Otomo's revenge, and then interspersed with the mountain king will vainly try to make a comeback, the police want to eliminate the underworld, and the police Fangtian seeks justice.

But the best thing to do is only the following grams of the chain reaction caused by the flower field, and the other parts can simply be described as a mess, and the complete removal of the two lines of the mountain king and the police does not affect the viewing of the movie.

As for the line of Otomo returning to Japan from South Korea to take revenge, it seems that it has lost the coolness and rhythm of the first two films.

Takeshi Kitano only cares about violence and loses logic, whether it is the big scene of the two destroying hundreds of people, or killing Hanada by shaking M, people can't see the joy after revenge.

The infighting drama is even less comparable to the previous work, the design of the child's play is easy to usurp, the story does not stand, the character is not convincing, it comes out to scare a few times, and the president of a society retires.

Coupled with the continuation of the old routine of the three parts, infighting, revenge, and love and righteousness will inevitably produce aesthetic fatigue.

Perhaps the only highlight of "Extreme Evil 3" is that Takeshi Kitano once again raised a gun in the head, announcing the end of the series, and I can't count how many times this is it.

The "Extremely Evil Non-Dao" trilogy is contrasted with Du Qifeng's "Underworld" trilogy in China, which also tells the story of classical gangsters, but can you still see "Underworld 3" in your lifetime?