What is the standard of the remake? It has always been one of the most controversial topics. But even so, there are still people who have followed, and it has been started many years ago.
The movie "Ten Thousand People Chop" is adapted from Zhang Che's 1969 film "Iron Hand Ruthless". Only eleven years apart, it was later remade by a director from the same film company, which is rare in the history of cinema.
Gui Zhihong was an assistant director of Zhang Che when he first debuted, and he thought that Zhang Che had a great influence on him.
Judging from the remake behavior, "Iron Hand Ruthless" must have been buried in his heart for many years. Although the new version has changed a lot, and in some ways, "Ten Thousand People Cut" is better than "Iron Hand Ruthless", which is due to Gui Zhihong himself, and inevitably the progress of the times.
So compared with the original version, from the narrative structure, the protagonist, etc., looking at "Ten Thousand People", who is better?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > familiar story, a new interpretation</h1>
"Ten Thousand Cuts" still tells the story of catching fast, the time is the last year of the Qing Dynasty.
Ten thousand people beheading is the nickname of the chief catcher of the capital, and it has been called so for many years, and its real name is Cold Sky Eagle. As the name suggests, this chief catcher is as vicious as a vendetta, and usually does not leave a living mouth when carrying out his mission, and he thinks that they are all bad people who have done wrong, and there is no need to stay in the world.
One day, two million taels of gold were stolen from the treasury of the Qing Dynasty, and Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and demanded that ten thousand people behead them within ten days. Ten thousand people beheaded his men and embarked on the road of pursuit. On the way, strong enemies were encountered, and one by one his subordinates died. The ten thousand people were also ambushed by the robber Fang Fengjia, who was seriously injured and his subordinates suffered casualties.
Before fang Fengjia died, he told him the truth about liu Jingtian, the head of the Forbidden City guard, and the ten thousand people woke up from a big dream and began to believe that Liu Jingtian wanted to kill him. Liu Jingtian's subordinates mistakenly regarded Fang Fengjia's body as a million people, causing Liu Jingtian to think that he could sit back and relax, but it was the ten thousand people who came to seek revenge on the capital road.
In a bloody battle, tens of thousands of people beheaded to avenge the death of his subordinates, and he himself died under Liu Jingtian's organs.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="19" > a narrative structure that adds to the snake</h1>
The narrative of the first half of the story is basically on the structure of "Iron Hand Ruthless".
The story of the Iron Hand's ruthlessness ends in the official bandit war, and the clues and levels are relatively simple. The same officers and soldiers catch the robbers, and "Ten Thousand People Chop" pulls things to Liu Jingtian, the head of the Forbidden City guard, and the story becomes more tortuous and complicated.
But the simple law always applies in the movie, and the more this stroke of the scene does not make the story more beautiful, but has the feeling of painting a snake. It is really because to show the humanity of thousands of people, it is enough to see the bits and pieces revealed in the case all the way, and finally killing the corrupt official is just one more fight.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > unique "protagonist death" segment</h1>
In terms of image style, part of the case solving is self-contained, and the simple and strong documentary style of photography makes the film get rid of the traces of studio shooting.
Those related to Ouchi returned to the Shaw set, and the contrast was too strong, and it felt fake. In fact, Shaw's films have always been shot on the set, how many years have they watched, there is no problem with vacation, the key is that the whole film is divided into two, somewhat uncoordinated.
But this is technically a success or failure. Standing on the basis of musical and visual impact, killing Liu Jingtian is not completely worthless:
The first can see the bodyguard played by Yuanhua and the fight between the ten thousand people, the two actors are real kung fu, and there are real chapters on the knife technique;
The second was that ten thousand people killed Liu Jingtian, exhausted, did not notice that Liu Jingtian started the mechanism before he died, the ceiling opened, and several steel blades were shot down, one of which was piercing into the top of ten thousand people's heads, and ten thousand people fell down blindly. His eyes were facing the audience, and it was shocking to see.
Such a death method at such an end is reminiscent of Zhang Che's films, and the death of the character has always been a topic of discussion.
In fact, to this day, how to make a person die is still a topic of contention for film creators, because death not only attracts the attention of the audience, but also can greatly improve a film on an aesthetic and technical level. If this is the case, then the meaning of killing Liu Jingtian should not be to kill people but to kill people.
In this way, perhaps the intention of increasing the clue of self-theft needs to be explored again. If the foreshadowing is so deep that it is only for the end of the ten thousand people to cut, then the long-term vision of Gui Zhihong's means is enough to make people throw themselves to the ground. But in terms of personal experience watching Shaw's films, this is extremely unlikely. In any case, ask questions and personal opinions for the sake of the viewer's opinions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > explore the dignity of life</h1>
Whether it is nature or unspeakable secrets, the ten thousand people are really too much this time, and the discussion of whether he has the right to kill at will is raised again.
Staying in the wilderness hut overnight, in the flickering light of the fire, Ziyi couldn't help but say his opinion: Whoever commits evil is the most heinous, and does the catcher really have the right to dispose of them at will? I'm afraid this is also the question of all viewers.
Although we are not law enforcers, a little knowledge will question that the actions of ten thousand people are obviously beyond the authority of the fast catcher, he cuts first and then plays all the way, who gives him this power! Where is the dignity of life? It's the director's negligence, whether the film can do it either logically or as a catcher.
As these questions continue to be raised, we will find that the focus of the film is not on the behavior of a famous person, but on the discussion of whether it is right to suppress violence with violence. It's an unanswered question that people have debated for thousands of years, but it's an obvious fact that the world can't be without law. Or in order to reduce violence, suppressing violence is the only eternal means.
In addition to Ziyi, it is also true that ten thousand people behead other subordinates to worship him. In their hearts, Wan Ye is an iron man's character, never dragging mud and water to people who do wrong, and his iron face selflessness is exactly the quality that a good catcher should have. They will think that Ziyi's thoughts are very strange, Ziyi's benevolence, Ziyi thinks too much, as long as he follows ten thousand people to do things, he is a rare good boss.
But the more people are willing to follow the ten thousand people, and the more people identify with him, the more precious the existence of the son of righteousness. Although Wanren Chop is the first male protagonist, but in the character shaping, Ziyi and he have the same important position, without Ziyi, the film is made well, but it is an ordinary commercial film. With Ziyi, the film has a thoughtful nature, and a good commercial film should be like this.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="45" > the taste of the movie</h1>
"Ten Thousand People Cut" is a rare Shaw film, with a noble atmosphere and a deep and solemn taste.
Dark and bleak tones, the day is always gloomy, and the firelight at night brings not warmth but mystery. There are many scenes of fights on rainy nights, heavy rain pouring, everyone rolling in the muddy water, unable to tell who is who, and the air is filled with the smell of death. In addition, the restoration of the jianghu in "Ten Thousand People Chop" is very close to Xu Ke's "Knife", which is the return of dust to dust.