Regarding the decline of Hong Kong films, it has been almost an indisputable fact over the years.
Indeed, in recent years, Hong Kong films have seen a sense of twilight in terms of the quality of the film itself, as well as from the level of directors and actors.
It seems that it is difficult to see amazing Hong Kong films on the big screen.
"Infernal Affairs", "East Evil and West Poison", "Journey to the West"... If you want to list those classic Hong Kong films of that year, I believe that every fan can list a long list of films, which also confirms how brilliant the Hong Kong films of that era were.
So much so that until now, I have occasionally turned over a few of my favorite classic Hong Kong films that are stored in computer hard drives.
These Hong Kong films, no matter how many times they are opened to see, will not feel bored, and each time they watch, they will find new highlights.
Today, I recommend to you such a Hong Kong film that people can't get tired of watching——
The Divine Detective
The film was first released at the Venice Film Festival in September 2007, released in Hong Kong in November of the same year, and released on the mainland in February 2008.
Directed by Du Qifeng and Wei Jia
Hui, starring Liu Qingyun, An Zhijie, Lin Jiadong, Lin Xilei.
I believe that many people see the names of Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui appear at the same time, and they know that the quality of this movie must not be bad.
Indeed, "Detective" was not only nominated for the Golden Lion Award at that year's Venice Film Festival, but also received multiple nominations at the 2008 Academy Awards, and on Douban, it still has a high score of 8.5 points.
The story of "Detective" is actually quite simple.
Hong Kong police officers Wang Guozhu and Gao Zhiwei (Lam JiaDong) after handling a manhole cover theft case, Wang Guozhu and his gun mysteriously disappeared, but Gao Zhiwei returned safely.
After this, the gun of the kingdom pillar appeared in several robbery and murder cases.
West Kowloon Major Crimes Unit Detective Ho Ka On (An Chi
Jay) is in charge of investigating the case, but there has been no progress for a long time.
In desperation, He Jia'an can only rescue Chen Guibin (Liu Qingyun), a former master who has solved countless strange cases.
In the process of contact between the two, He Jia'an gradually discovered that the reason why this detective is a madman in many people is because he claims to be able to see things that others can't see, that is, ghosts in everyone's heart.
In the process of helping He Jia'an solve the case, Chen Guibin found that Gao Zhiwei had 7 ghosts in his heart.
Some of them are greedy and cowardly, some are scheming, some are impulsive and violent... and he is the most complex person Chen Guibin has ever seen.
Through this ability of his own, Chen Guibin gradually discovered the truth of the case.
It turned out that the real culprit was Gao Zhiwei, who lost his gun, and in order not to have a stain on his file, he had to kill Wang Guozhu to extinguish the mouth, and tampered with the police station's gun code file, and tried to find the South Asian who stole his gun.
However, Chen Guibin's method of solving the case cannot be understood by others at all.
Everything he could see, no one around him could see.
So, everyone thought he was crazy.
Even He Jia'an, who had asked for him at the beginning, felt that Chen Guibin was a complete madman.
He Jia'an, who no longer wants to believe Chen Guibin, decides to go to Gao Zhiwei alone to verify, but falls into Gao Zhiwei's trap.
Gao Zhiwei invited He Jia'an to arrest the South Asians together, but the purpose was to kill the South Asians and get back his gun, and then kill He Jia'an to kill him.
Chen Guibin saw this and drove to the scene to prevent all this from happening, however, when he saw He Jia'an again, he found that what appeared in front of him was no longer He Jia'an, but a thin and cowardly teenager.
It turned out that after experiencing all this, He Jia'an, the original righteous and enthusiastic police detective, was also summoned to the inner ghost.
Finally, in the final gun battle, the South Asians were killed by Gao Zhiwei, and Chen Guibin, who was shot several times, also killed Gao Zhiwei in the end, and only He Jia'an survived.
But what people never expected was that He Jia'an, who survived, succumbed to his inner ghost, changed the gun at the scene, concealed the truth, just to prevent a stain on his resume, and retook Gao Zhiwei's old path...
When I first saw this movie, I didn't fully understand the details and secrets hidden in the movie.
For example, what is the ghost in the heart of the person that Chen Guibin saw? Why does Gao Zhiwei have 7 ghosts?
Why can Chen Guibin always see his ex-wife around and always stop him when he wants to participate in the case?
Why did Chen Guibin not see He Jia'an's inner ghost at first, but in the end he appeared again?
Is Chen Guibin a genius or a madman?
People familiar with Hong Kong movies should know such a sentence - "Galaxy production, must be a fine product", and the combination of Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui is the most typical representative of this.
As a masterpiece of cooperation between the two, "Detective" is unique in terms of theme, camera movement, performance and editing.
After many years of revisiting, I saw that the director wanted to take this opportunity to explore more of the dark side of human nature.
In the film, "ghosts" are the inferior roots of people, and everyone has weaknesses in personality, Zhang Zhaohui is "rough", and Liu Jinling is "cunning".
Even the protagonist Chen Guibin has a "ghost" in his heart, and this "ghost" is a self-righteous "detective". He can see the ghosts in other people's hearts, but he can't get rid of the ghosts in his own hearts.
Everyone has a ghost, greed, anger, selfishness, cruelty, or something else, which is a bad thing that exists more or less in everyone's heart.