Uncle Ge (Ge You)'s new movie "Two Tigers" has become popular again.
The director of "Two Tigers", Li Fei, is a screenwriter, with "Intruder", "Evil Does Not Pressure justice", "Destiny Express" and other films, Li Fei, who is halfway out of the house, has won awards at major film festivals.
Friends who love to watch movies know that the completeness and logic of the film basically do not have to worry about the completeness and logic of the works directed by directors who have had screenwriting experience.
The same is basically true of Two Tigers.
The story begins with a kidnapping together.
The bottom-level youth Yu Kaixuan (Qiao Shan) kidnapped the successful person Zhang Chenggong (Ge You) on impulse because of the loss of love (girlfriend ran away with the rich man), and wanted to extort a million.
In the face of the trembling Yu Kaixuan, Zhang Chenggong helped him increase the ransom to two million without raising his eyelids.
The premise is that Yu Kaixuan must first help him do three things.
First, Zhang Successful asked Yu Kaixuan to help him find his ex-girlfriend Zhou Yuan (Zhao Wei) and ask her what she thought of himself.
Zhou Yuan is an actress.
When Yu Kaixuan found her, Zhou Yuan was filming the last scene of "Romeo and Juliet".
Zhou Yuan, who could not enter the play, drove Yu Kaixuan out after learning about Zhang Chenggong's recent situation and Yu Kaixuan's intentions.
After some persistence.
The next day, Yu Kaixuan went back to Zhang Chenggong with Zhou Yuan's reply.
Next, the second thing Yu Kaixuan did for Zhang Successfully was to find someone.
The person being found was named Fan Zhigang (Fan Wei), a former comrade-in-arms of Zhang Chenggong.
Many years ago, Zhang Chenggong, who was not so successful, promised Fan Zhigang to invest in opening a restaurant for him.
But it didn't take long for Zhang Chenggong, a busy man, to forget this promise beyond the clouds.
Later, Fan Zhigang, who suffered from eye diseases, took the initiative to open his mouth to Zhang Chenggong and wanted to borrow 5,000 yuan from him to treat his eyes.
Zhang Chenggong refused because he was worried that the other party would not be able to get on.
After many years, Fan Zhigang, who is blind in both eyes, has become a self-sufficient blind masseuse.
Zhang Chenggong, who was tormented by his conscience, remembered the unfulfilled promise to Fan Zhigang at this time.
So after finding Fan Zhigang, according to Zhang Chenggong's instructions, Yu Kaixuan opened his mouth and said that he would invest in two thousand stores for him.
The result, of course, was disappointment.
Two things end.
Yu Kaixuan, who was in the hope of victory, did the third thing for Zhang Chenggong: Zhang Chenggong wrote a letter and asked Yu Kaixuan to find a person named Zhang Youjin.
Excited, Yu Kaixuan inquired all the way and quickly found the address on Zhang Chenggong's envelope.
But what appeared in front of Yu Kaixuan was not Zhang Youjin, but Zhang Chenggong's first love girlfriend Cai Xia (Yan Ni).
Cai Xia did not tell Yu Kaixuan where Zhang Youjin was, but took him to the place where she and Zhang Chenggong grew up together, and let Yu Kaixuan open the letter herself.
The letter was written by Zhang Chenggong to Yu Kaixuan.
In the letter, Zhang Chenggong told Yu Kaixuan that Zhang Youjin was his father.
Many years ago, Zhang Youjin, whose dream was shattered, committed suicide in front of Zhang Chenggong and witnessed his father's tragic situation, and Zhang Chenggong has never returned to this place since.
At the end, Zhang successfully commissioned Yu Kaixuan to sing the children's song "Two Tigers" for his father, which he used to sing before.
At this point, Yu Kaixuan's task was completed, and Zhang Chenggong's wish was also fulfilled.
But will they finally get what they want and each get what they want?
Interested friends can go and watch on their own.
It is said that the core of comedy is tragedy.
"Two Tigers" as a whole is not an absolute comedy or tragedy.
Its laughter and tears are well grasped. Not too repressive, not forcibly sensationalized.
For example, the part of a video that touched me the most: the part where Zhang Chenggong and Fan Zhigang met.
Poor enough to have only money left, Zhang Chenggong faced his blind comrades-in-arms, ashamed and embarrassed, and did not dare to speak.
I can only signal Yu Kaixuan to pretend to be the boss and talk to Fan Zhigang about investment.
Because it was too refreshing and urgent, Yu Kaixuan's rich and powerful posture made Fan Zhigang suspicious, so he proposed to give the two bosses a massage first to feel the craftsmanship.
After a ghost cry wolf howl VS a silent massage experience.
The blind Fan Zhigang recognized Zhang Chenggong and also penetrated his heart knot.
Before leaving, Master Fan seemed to be talking to himself, and it was as if he said this to Zhang Chenggong, who was lying on the bed and did not dare to get up: It is good that the eyes cannot see, so that there is no need to look in the mirror, and the inside of his mind will always be the way he was when he was young. After saying that, I patted Zhang Success again, ate more, or so thin!
You see.
Many times, adult relief is not forgiveness, but forgetfulness.
In this paragraph, Yu Kaixuan's exaggeration, Master Fan's indifference, and Zhang Chenggong's repression are all portrayed and well grasped, which will make people have complex emotions of wanting to laugh and cry.
The plot structure of "Two Tigers" is a bit like "Party A and Party B", which is a main line plus several branches to string together a complete story.
The advantage of this is that the plot is simple and easy to understand, and the audience looks at it easily. The disadvantage is that if the details and preparation are not done enough, the relationship and motivation of the characters will lose their persuasiveness, resulting in a hard wound such as a stiff connection between the story and the story.
The pros and cons of "Two Tigers" are obvious. But Chinese films need to try this, but the box office is not ideal.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: No Woo Woo)