Once upon a time, martial arts films were an absolute first-line genre in the hearts of the audience, and as long as a new work was made in that era of martial arts scenery, it was probably a masterpiece, and every time I watched it, it would be amazing again and again.
Nowadays, martial arts films have long been squeezed out of the front line, and audiences who are loyal to martial arts films can only rely on the line of online movies to continue their preferences.
As we all know, there are many bad movies on the Internet, and martial arts films naturally can't escape the title of "bad movies".
With the blessing of various reasons, even big online movies are reluctant to give martial arts films a way to live, and they have avoided it one after another.
Even so, there are still people who struggle in "martial arts", for example, Xie Miao and Yang Bingjia collaborated to make a "No One in My Eyes" to teach a good lesson to those who sing about martial arts films.
And the "Blocking the Horse and Grabbing the Sword" that I want to talk about today really gives a "hammer" to people who are not optimistic about martial arts.
"Blocking the Horse and Capturing the Sword" is a veritable online movie, which quickly grabbed the first place on the list of martial arts films within 1 day of its release, and the overall popularity of the platform also rushed into the top three, a proper martial arts hit.
Some people say that the platform list is too watery and does not count!
At first, I thought so, but when I saw the countless praises in the comment section, I immediately felt that this movie didn't seem to be so simple.
After all, the gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the common people.
Without further ado, let's talk about what "Blocking the Horse and Grabbing the Knife" is about.
1. Story
The film tells the story of the famous Northern Song Dynasty general Yang Ye who lost the golden knife to the enemy after the death of the war, and his two daughters braved thousands of difficulties and dangers to go deep into the enemy camp to seize the golden knife.
On the way back, both of them were wounded and fled, but they unexpectedly met Jiao Guangpu, who lived in seclusion and opened an inn, and joined forces with him to fight against the Liao army.
First of all, the film has the shadow of the Peking Opera "Blocking the Horse", which may be adapted from it.
However, in Peking Opera, it is mainly reflected that Yang Bajie disguised herself to investigate the enemy's situation, and there is no story line of "grabbing the knife".
However, this time the film takes "blocking horses" as the main line, and adds the story of snatching the knife to the plot, making the content richer and more interesting, and integrating martial arts into it.
In addition to the story of the core of Peking Opera, the whole film also contains a chivalrous spirit, which is definitely worthy of the word "martial arts".
In the film, after the two girls entered Jiao Guangpu's inn, they learned that he was Yang Ye's own soldier after a fight, and after Yang Ye's death, he was exiled to Liao, so he opened this inn incognito.
After the two parties knew each other's identities, Jiao Guangpu immediately put down what he was doing and prepared to help them return to their hometown together.
Unexpectedly, the team that was chased and stole the knife discovered the identity of the second daughter of the Yang family and started a fight.
It wasn't until the second wave of pursuers arrived that things were different.
The one-sided victory of the pursuers makes this film full of uncertainty, and in the end, will anyone come to the rescue of these poor protagonists?
The story direction of the film made the audience happy, and at the same time thought that there was finally a martial arts film that could be watched.
Second, the play is exciting, and it makes people enter the play in one minute
The reason why I can't wait to watch "Blocking the Horse and Grabbing the Knife" is that in addition to the story, it is naturally a fierce fighting scene.
At the beginning of the film, Yang Ye was seriously injured and moved left and right in the army, holding a golden knife to kill the Quartet.
In terms of action design alone, whether it is stabbing, chopping, splitting, picking, etc., every blow is full of power, which is very different from the previous fairy fluttering movements.
This powerful martial arts design undoubtedly fully demonstrates the demeanor of a general.
Moreover, the editing of the martial arts scenes is also very good, and every picture can be fully displayed, at least let people know the focus and essence of this fight scene.
Coupled with Wu Yue's appearance and acting skills, in less than 33 minutes after the opening, Yang Ye, who fought to the death, was shaped.
In the end, Yang Ye was killed and the golden knife was lost, although it was sad, lamentable, and respectable, as an audience, it seemed that he was still unfinished watching his fight that lasted for nearly 5 minutes.
So according to the fixed routine of online movies, the plot should cool down immediately after this martial arts scene, but what I didn't expect was that just after one fight, the second scene began.
Yang Ye's youngest daughter vowed to go deep into the enemy camp to regain her father's golden sword, but she was stopped by her sister before she set off, and the two had a battle for it.
This scene is different from Yang Ye's desperate battle, the powerful and heavy moves are transformed into fierce and aggressive, and the action is more delicate and chic.
What reason do people have not to continue watching the two martial arts scenes?
Third, there are more elements and it is full of fun
It is said that the male protagonist Jiao Guangpu opened an inn incognito, and he has two employees.
One is a chef with a low thief, and the other is a shopkeeper with a high thief.
These two contributed a lot of interesting scenes.
For example, the cook wanted to take the garlic hanging in a high place but couldn't get it because of his height, Xiao Er lifted the cook up after seeing it, and said in his mouth, "Do your own thing." ”
and Jiao Guangpu proposed to break up the gang and put out the gold and silver treasures that he had hidden for many years for the two of them to divide.
The two of them said no, but their bodies were very honest, and they secretly put their hands into the box while Jiao Guangpu was not paying attention.
There are also Peking Opera scenes inserted in the film.
Yang Bajie and Jiao Guangpu fought against each other, and the lights changed, and the two have performed a drama since then.
The sudden change in the style of painting and the scene at that time add interest to this film.
Fourth, say more
In general, the film "Blocking the Horse and Grabbing the Knife" is amazing, but the drama is slightly weaker.
After all, the protagonists are a bit young, and their lack of experience makes it difficult for them to interpret the various emotions of the characters in a short literary drama.