Panyu shocking robbery, criminal maniac absconded for 21 years, 4 eyes made the audience tremble!

As if overnight, the "big case of China in the 90s" has become a sought-after bun again.

Like Qiu Litao.

Two consecutive movies, "Jedi Pursuit" and "93 International Train Robbery: Operation Moscow", one based on the 1992 "Pingyuan Street Anti-Drug Case", which received a score of 7.0 on Douban, and one adapted from the 1993 "China-Russia Train Robbery", became one of the seed contestants of the National Day file.

Or Li Zijun.

"The Eighth Suspect", adapted from 1995's "Panyu Robbery", has won the box office championship for 6 consecutive days.

Hong Kong directors seem to have found a gold mine again.

The reason is also simple.

Real cases, attractive enough; It's old, there's room to play.

But.

Time has changed, when we look back at that barbaric growth time 30 years later, can we really reproduce the violence of that year?

Take "The Eighth Suspect", for example.

It looks menacing, not only with the endorsement of the Golden Goblet Award actor (Dapeng), but also the popular Lin Jiadong, Zhang Songwen ("Crazy"), Sun Yang ("Desperate"), but what about the box office?

Nearly 100 million on the first day.

Then it gradually decreased, and now it has been released for 6 days, barely 240 million.

As for the Douban score, it is only 6.4.

What's the problem?

Perhaps the sensational "big case in China in the 90s" is not as fragrant as imagined.

Under the influence of all kinds of shackles.

Sometimes, it's also hot.

01

There are flashpoints, but not enough

First of all, "The Eighth Suspect", from the director (Li Zijun of "Wild Beast") to the screenwriter (Zhou Wenru of "Wind Forest Volcano"), in fact, they all reveal a strong Hong Kong style.

However, what they filmed was a real case on the mainland:

In 1995, a major robbery occurred in Yifa Street, Panyu, Guangdong, in which seven criminals robbed a money truck with guns, killed three money depositors, and stole 15 million in cash.

In the 90s, this was astronomical.

This is the first "explosion" of the film.

To be honest, this part of the content is not easy to shoot.

Because its gimmick is big enough, the elements are full enough, if it is operated conventionally, it is easy to make it a flat and stable genre film, just like the "Shocking Robbery" starring You Yong in 1999, which is also based on the same event, it is the beginning of the robbery, to the end of the arrest, telling the entire detection process.

Thereupon.

"The Eighth Suspect" decided to set its sights on the robber himself.

What the director values is the good and evil of human nature during the 21 years that the two fugitives of the mastermind escaped in this case.

At the beginning of the movie, there is a murder.

Why kill.

Who killed.

Who kills people.

These suspense have become the hook that this movie attracts the audience to watch.

The movie uses flashbacks to make the story go back 21 years, from Chen Xinwen (played by Dapeng) discovering that someone robbed a small credit union and attracted the police, to him continuing to implement his robbery plan, and finally, successfully committing the robbery.

I have to say that the details of the film in terms of texture and service can definitely make people's souls wear 1995.

For example, Wang Shouyue, played by Lin Jiadong, sent police from Guangzhou to support the region, and brought a popular handbag in Guangzhou to He Lan, played by Zhang Songwen. As Panyu, which was still a small county town at that time, there was no such high-end thing.

For Wang Shouyue, that bag is convenient for loading guns.

For He Lan, he cherished this leather bag, until the night when he squatted to guard the fugitive, he also held the bag and carried it beautifully.

These details are poignant.

But.

At the same time, there are quite a few problems.

For example, when Wang Shouyue and He Lan, two policemen, were investigating the case, the portrayal of brotherhood was not profound, and in the end, Wang Shouyue stayed in the county for the sake of his sacrificial comrades, and the motive for pursuing the case was not very convincing.

For example, the scene of robbery, from the position to the rhythm, you can obviously see the influence of the galaxy image, but obviously Li Zijun does not have the same scene scheduling ability as Du Qifeng, and the final result is that the robbery that should have been a heavy scene was filmed mediocre.

And more seriously.

In the second half of the movie, the quality of the plot and rhythm plummeted.

When Chen Xinwen and his cousin returned from Myanmar, how did they have an inner change, or how did they share an identity with their cousin?

The eighth suspect, does it need to have some foreshadowing of the plot, so that the clues can gather on "Mo Zhiqiang", instead of relying on photo comparison, to lock the suspect?

Sir's first feeling, so to speak, after walking out of the cinema, was that the film was telling a non-mediocre story in a mediocre way.

A good subject matter was wasted.

But.

Fortunately, the director met a good actor.

02

Well acted, but thin

Yes, it's hard to imagine that such a movie with the natural explosion of "Amazing Case" can finally hold up the actors.

Take Dapeng, for example.

From a contracting boss of the Guilong Bridge project, known as "Wen Ye" on the road, to a fugitive who has been running for 21 years, the changes, in addition to gaining weight and changing his posture, he is also quite accurate in his movements and eyes.

For example, there is such a detail after a successful robbery.

He was in the toilet, slowly arranging his hair in front of the mirror, and at this time, he gained a great satisfaction.

Chen Xinwen, is there a lack of money? He does not feel distressed when he drinks the wine of an ordinary worker's salary for a month's salary at a meal.

Is the project really so tricky? The cousin also persuaded, if you can't do it, let go, and there is still a way back.

What he wants is gambler psychology.

It doesn't matter how much you get, what you want in the middle is stimulation.

Sir was most impressed.

Actually, this is the scene.

Wang Shouyue and Chen Xinwen, played by Lin Jiadong, came to the construction site and tested each other's bottom line, Chen Xinwen took advantage of Wang Shouyue's phone call to kill again.

When I turned around and wanted to lift the stone, I found that I no longer had the brute strength I had back then, nor did I have to "you die and I live".

The stones can't be moved either.

And Wang Shouyue looked at him and showed a triumphant smile.

He knew that this "ruthless man" was also old, and his psychological defense line was gradually disintegrating and collapsing.

But.

Even with such a wonderful performance, many people can't actually "empathize" with this role, and even can't enter his heart.

Why?

Because when adapting real cases, the character core is skimmed lightly.

An example.

Many people do not understand Chen Xinwen's motives for robbery, and think how can a contract foreman be like this?

In fact, reality has long given the answer.

Chen Xinwen's prototype, Chen Yunmin graduated from the bridge architecture department of Guangzhou University, and his father is the director of the office of the Qingyuan Highway Bureau, and his family is rich, so that he did not have the choice to work for money in the first half of his life.

However, during the reporter's interview, I learned that Chen Yunmin loved watching "Water Margin" since he was a child, and was also influenced by some Hong Kong and Taiwan films of that era, and once took "life as a masterpiece, death as a ghost" as a motto.

He also said that people who are not willing to be ordinary must do "vigorous" things.

Therefore, his motive for robbery is to do something "big".

However, the character in the movie did not establish such a character, or reflect his charisma, but simply changed Chen Xinwen from a contractor to a planner of tens of millions of robbers.

What's more.

The adaptation of the film simplifies many realistic things.

In the movie, Chen Xinwen and his cousin embarked on this road because they robbed the taxi driver, and the other party did not call the police.

Is it really that simple?

In essence, Chen Hengmin had already taken a human life before he planned to rob the bank.

In October 1991, a jeep driver was found killed and covered in blood on a mountain road in Yangshan. The police ruled out the possibility of vendettas, love killings, financial killings, etc., there was no clue, there was only one clue, the driver had sent a message to his wife BP Machine before his death: send the two students home.

They are not just "robbing for a meal" in the movie, but robbing and killing.

In the movie, Chen Xinwen said, "If there is no road before, how can we take the road now." ”

In fact, it is more like committing homicide before, and escaping after a fluke. It was this kind of luck that gave him greater courage.

So you see.

When the movie encounters a real case, it will also bring various "shackles" when it gets a "breaking point".

Some things cannot be mentioned, and some things need to be weakened.

As a result, the characters that creators have painstakingly built are often fragmented by "real-world dilemmas."

It's like drawing an edge to a character.

But what kind of person he is inside, the audience does not understand.

03

Raw enough, but lacking "people"

So, if that's the case, why are so many movies starting to return to the big crime scene of the 90s?

On the one hand, of course, because of "raw".

In fact, as early as 90 years, there were many movies and TV series adapted from real cases.

For example, "3.8 Major Cases", "Xi'an Chase", "12.1 Shooting Murder Case", etc., or Gao Qunshu's "Homicide Series", "Thirteen Murder Cases", "The Truth" and so on.

In the way of a documentary TV series, they restore murders and major cases.

It not only satisfies the curiosity of the audience.

Together with crime movies such as "Tengu", "Looking for Guns" and "Blind Well", it has built a crazy long moment with a realistic theme.

Just by looking at these ratings, you can feel how the audience likes these works.

But is that all?

No.

Sir feels that it is actually related to the atmosphere of the times.

Remember The Long Season?

Why can such a cruel murder and shredding case run through the thirty years before and after, and let every audience immerse themselves in this long summer?

In fact, the shredding case is just a trick of the director, "MacGuffin".

In essence, it is still discussing the story of how small people, murderers and people try to live in this big era.

Times are changing dramatically.

The confusion in people's lives and where the future will go is still the most important background and collective mood in these major cases.

For example, Gao Qunshu's "Thirteen Murders".

Is it just about how bizarre the murder is?

No.

It is to talk about why individuals in a vulnerable situation have become what they are in such a social environment.

But.

If you look at these "big case movies" today, you will find that the true description of the characters' hearts and the grasp of the background emotions and context of the times are actually very few.

Take Liu Haoliang's "Riot Eradication" and Qiu Litao's "Jedi Pursuit".

That's right, "Riot Removal" found Wu Yanzu to play the role of Zhang Jun, which did produce a certain breakthrough in the shaping of the villain of domestic films, and "Jedi Pursuit" put the case into the scene of the flood, and to a certain extent, it carried some expressions of fate.

But under the framework of the genre piece.

The characterization of the two is all a mess.

Why?

After all, when we face the distance between us and "evil", it is easy to judge "evil", "ugly" and "good and evil", which can only make the logic of the story simple, flat, and short video, even if there are good actors, it is difficult to shine.

This course director is related to:

After all, most of these films are handled by Hong Kong directors, and they will keep an eye on major cases and murders in the mainland, probably wanting to be the same as those crime movies they shoot in Hong Kong, so as to become a scalpel that cuts through human nature.

It's just that although the idea is good, it is difficult to practice.

Just like Qiu Litao.

His famous work "Eight Immortals Hotel: Human Meat Char Siu Bun" also puts the real murder case on the screen, allowing the audience to truly feel the madness of the dark side of society in addition to plasma and panic.

But here comes the mainland.

For the social environment behind the case and the reasons for the crime, he cannot truly empathize, so it is inevitable that there will be some hardships.

At the same time, it is also related to reality:

Remember how Chen Xinwen was discovered in "The Eighth Suspect"?

Because Wang Shouyue brushed a piece of news in the circle of friends.

After 21 years, with this passing footage, you can recognize the fugitive whose appearance is very different from before, which is intended to show the people's police's persistence in solving the case.

But.

In reality, in fact, it was not until 21 years after the case that the seriously ill Chen Haiqiang surrendered to the police, and only then did he find the first culprit, Chen Yunmin.

It would have been evidence of the criminal's "endurance".

It ended up being proof that "we never gave up."

So.

If you ask, can "big case movies" become a lifesaver for domestic police and bandit films.

Sir was actually skeptical.

Because at the end of the day.

When bad people cannot be too three-dimensional, kindness will surely usher in the iron law of justice.

Leave it to the place where "human nature" is discussed.

It is bound to become more and more cramped.

And when on the screen, only "big" and "cool" remains, and no one asks where the "people" are.

What's the point of shocking the eyeballs?

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