#长文创作激励计划#
Recently a new film, Uncle Yu has been looking forward to it for a long time:
Customs Front.
After all, Jacky Cheung returned to the big screen after eight years.
Not to mention challenging complex two-sided characters, there are also a lot of action scenes.
Nicholas Tse has served as an action director for the first time since he came out of the circle three years ago in "Rage: A Serious Case".
There is no post-production and no special effects, and it really doesn't work.
There are also a lot of eye-catching figure displays.
When promoting, it is also a variety of meat sales to attract attention.
Even the supporting roles are per capita actors, actors, and actresses.
Wu Zhenyu, Lin Jiaxin, Liu Yase......
The investment amount of the network is more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars, and it is a proper large-scale production.
Who knew that five days after its release, the box office had not exceeded 100 million.
The splash is not big, and the reputation is average, Douban is 6.5, which is not considered a passing grade.
Uncle Yu was puzzled, according to this configuration, can it still be ugly?
Now that I've finished reading it, I'll tell you, can-
Customs Front
To say that this film is purely ugly, it is not objective.
To be precise, it's beautiful and ugly.
The good-looking part is very intuitive, which is Nicholas Tse.
Whether it is body management or action scenes, Uncle Yu is so handsome that he has to avoid his edge.
There is a one-shot fight scene in the movie, and the hormones are almost overflowing the screen.
Pursuing the villain in the underwater submarine, the two fought fiercely.
The actor's head was stepped into the water again and again, and he had to challenge suffocation and hold his breath.
Thrilling, really desperate.
The visual pleasure of the fist hitting constantly stimulates the eyeballs.
It also brings a cool look in the spectacle of the freighter crashing into the Star Pier in Victoria Harbour.
Just looking at that, it's really good.
Unfortunately, the rest of the parts are very old and boring.
was so bored that Uncle Yu shook the bottom line, and wanted to suggest that the theater install the playback speed button on the spot.
*The following contains serious spoilers*
This is another drama of catching ghosts.
On this day, Hong Kong Customs seized a cargo ship containing a large number of lethal weapons.
After investigation, it was the top secret weapon stolen by the Thai government.
As soon as the Interpol arrived, the bandits drove a plane with guns and fired at them, and then took away the stolen goods.
Hong Kong Customs was unprepared and a number of police officers were killed in the firefight.
The magnitude of the casualties shocked the whole Hong Kong.
The Customs and Excise Department of Hong Kong also has the power to enforce the law with guns and vows to pursue the arms smuggling case to the end.
So he sent customs police officers Ah Li (played by Nicholas Tse) and Interpol Ying (played by Liu Yase) to follow the clues to explore overseas.
The duo found that the smuggling boats passed through Hong Kong frequently but were unharmed.
There was even a ship carrying a large number of weapons of war that disappeared into Hong Kong.
These things can never be done without the cooperation of internal ghosts, and the position is not low.
As a result, his boss Sir Cheung (played by Jacky Cheung) became suspicious.
Two customs executives, Guo sir (played by Wu Zhenyu) and Shao sir (played by Lin Jiaxin) are also unknown.
This smuggling case not only caused heavy casualties, but was also directly related to a war in the distance.
So, find out the ghost and the missing weapon ship, and rush to put out a fire.
Speaking of which, although the "ghost finding" model is rampant, it is not the original sin.
The key is that the specific plot is chaotic and intelligent.
The robbers raided and grabbed weapons, and they were able to drive military aircraft to accurately find the location of the warehouse.
I don't realize that there is an internal ghost, and I have to go abroad to find clues?
Just look for it, the inner ghost quickly surfaced, and the evidence pointed directly to Zhang sir.
It's just that Ali refuses to believe it, after all, the two are like master and apprentice.
A colleague's lover died in the line of duty in a smuggling case, and he was in a state of collapse.
It was Sir Zhang who reminded him again and again that he had to be worthy of the uniform on his body.
But when Ali decided that there was another grievance behind this, Zhang Sir suddenly committed suicide and went offline.
The witness directly pointed out that it was indeed Zhang Sir who cooperated with the smuggling.
For the audience, there is no suspense when the mystery of the inner ghost is revealed early.
The movie is enacted again, and the style of painting changes.
Ah Li still refuses to believe it, and it all depends on his disbelief to continue to advance the plot.
He insisted on pursuing and finally found the reason for Zhang Sir's crime.
It turned out that Zhang Sir had already suffered from bipolar disorder due to excessive pressure in the workplace.
He is alone and just wants to retire with Shao sir, who is secretly in love.
Helplessly, my girlfriend is too ambitious, and she wants to be promoted for a few more years.
So Zhang Sir had no choice but to make money and save for retirement while being an internal ghost.
While detaining the weapon ship in Hong Kong, revealing it to his girlfriend to send her performance and satisfy her desire for promotion.
Zhang Sir is considerate of everyone, but he doesn't get much kindness.
High-pressure work, workplace suppression, emotional loss, criminal facts, and emotional illness finally pushed him to the extreme.
Physically and mentally tortured, he went from self-harm to suicide.
Ali finally accepts the facts, and the missing weapon ship is found.
However, another battle for the battle has begun.
To be honest, Uncle Yu was a little confused.
So this is a "war caused by retirement failure"?
If you want to blame your girlfriend for being too ambitious, forcing a good man to lose her bottom line?
Or is it to blame emotional patients for being too cowardly, and being sick cannot be used as a reason to commit crimes?
The side of Zhang Sir who was forced to collapse by "adapting to the rules of the workplace" is in contrast to Ah Li.
He doesn't want to reluctantly cater to workplace relationships, and just wants to do practical things.
The death of his lover, the rebellion of his boss, and the protection of his life by everyone can't change Ah Li's mud without staining, and sticking to the bottom line all the way.
一句官方台词「It's my duty」，几乎一直挂在嘴边。
Meaning, if this is the case, there will be no smuggling cases.
Villain: Hey, why did you arrest me?
阿礼：It's my duty。
Villain: Hey, why did you save me?
阿礼：It's my duty。
The stale of the plot, the mediocrity of the structure, and the far-fetched theme make the perception long.
The most unbearable thing is the clutter and fragmentation of the story line.
To put it bluntly, it is "want to shoot one out and one out".
In the movie, multiple story lines are set up in parallel, and multiple realistic topics are mixed.
For example: PUA in the workplace, peer pressure, strong women and weak emotional relationships, high-functioning bipolar disorder, adherence to principles, corruption in the government, and even anti-war.
Then, none of them were filmed.
The most important scene is Zhang Sir, a high-functioning bipolar disorder patient played by Jacky Cheung.
In order to show the alienation and destruction of people in the workplace, and the physical and mental conditions of people with bipolar disorder.
Zhang Sir is kind and thoughtful to the outside, but in imagination or in private, he will suddenly lose control of his emotions.
He refused to take the medicine and shivered when he became obsolete.
When there is no one around, I can't help but hurt myself.
In order to create a high-pressure environment for the role, the executives continue to suppress it, and the lovers are always absent.
The main characters have no personal feelings, but they have all become tools to promote Zhang Sir to commit crimes and commit suicide.
To be sure, the actors have done their best to present the complexity.
Unfortunately, the logical inconsistencies of the script, as well as the rigidity of the character creation, have made "bipolar disorder" a thin gimmick.
It's just that it caters to the hot topic of high pressure in the workplace, but it is far-fetched to the main line.
When "playing the psychopath" was gradually seen as a good opportunity to show his acting skills, Jacky Cheung's acting skills were greatly wasted.
Uncle Yu saw one of the most accurate recommendations:
"If you like Nicholas Tse, you have to come and see it. If you like Jacky Cheung, it doesn't hurt if he hasn't been in theaters for many years. If you like movies, come and scold me with me."
But in the final analysis, no matter how handsome Nicholas Tse is, he can't save the boredom of the whole film.
The decline of Hong Kong films in recent years does not need to be repeated by Uncle Yu.
The audience itself has been trained to develop a reaction mechanism.
When a new film comes out, you can quickly determine whether it is another chicken rib work that sells feelings.
Uncle Yu also saw the struggle of Hong Kong films from "Customs Front".
Creators also want to innovate, but go the wrong way.
Inexplicably, there is some internal entertainment.
For example, piecing together hot spots in the plot, and then adding plots for the sake of the topic.
Like in the film, Ah Li and Ying leave the country to find clues about the ghosts.
The film devotes a lot of space to the scenes of the war they experienced after arriving at the place where the weapons were sold.
It does reflect the importance of customs interception of smuggling, and also implies a view of the current world situation.
But the more important purpose seems to be just to add explosion scenes and action scenes.
It has nothing to do with the main line catching ghosts and Zhang Sir's mental condition.
When the motives are non-essential, this plot is very much like making dumplings for a plate of vinegar.
Another example is the symbolization of characters.
As one of the protagonists, Ah Li has almost no growth changes.
The short emotional line is useless, it seems that it is just to make Ah Li collapse and shake his sense of duty when his lover dies.
But the collapse is just drinking and no longer ironing the uniform, and the boss cheers up as soon as he scolds, which is not deeply convincing.
Liu Yase, who won the Academy Award, starred as Interpol in the film, Ying.
The actor worked very hard, and even injured his eyeball in the blasting scene.
But almost all of the main scenes are reading information to the computer, and it doesn't hurt to cut them all.
The film is full of functional actions and instrumental characters.
All this leads to fragmentation of the story, with a strong sense of detachment and fragmentation.
In internal entertainment, it is like a patchwork of short videos.
There are only segments of scenes, and there is no continuous logic and story.
There are only shriveled spectacles, not enough moving emotions.
As a result, the characters' struggles, sadness, and despair are all ridiculous because they are not convincing enough.
It's really emotional, the former Hong Kong action movies are refined and ruthless.
The ambition is big and small, the big is serious, and the small is condensed narrative.
The actor plays really and dares to work hard in the performance.
The work also lives up to the tension and influence.
But now, there are still people who are willing to stick to the standards of action drama performance in the past.
I had no choice but to hand it over sincerely, and there was no good enough work to support.
For the movie, for the audience, it is a pity.