First, the main plot of the movie
Black Second Generation Ah Hao (Fa Ge), who studied abroad and settled in M Country, has a successful career abroad and enjoys the comfortable life of his wife and children.
At the same time in Hong Kong, Ah Hao's father, Uncle Khun, the head of the Hung Hing Society, took a boat to Lamma Island to negotiate with shrimp wool after holding a traditional ceremony in a secret stronghold.
Because Shrimp Hair did not talk about the morality of the jianghu, secretly calculating Uncle Kun, Brother Sheng (Chen Huimin) and Ah Qiang (Chen Kui'an) and his party, Uncle Kun was stabbed with a black knife and seriously injured. Uncle Kun left a last word before he died, not to let Ah Hao join the society.
During Ah Hao's return to Hong Kong for mourning, the uncles led by Uncle Bing and Brother Sheng persuaded his son to inherit his father's business and become the community clerk (the leader boss), but Ah Hao hated the underworld and refused many times.
However, the father's bones are not cold, the Hongxing community is leaderless, other gangs are looking at the tiger, and constantly creating friction in an attempt to seize the opportunity to seize the territory and business of the Hongxing Society, the People of the Hongxing Society are panicked and chaotic, forced to helplessly, Li Marriott temporarily takes over the society.
In order to protect Ah Hao, ah gang (zhang yaoyang) of the society was seriously injured himself, made a great contribution, and successfully ascended to the throne.
After taking over the boss of Hongxing Dragon Head, Ah Hao tries to quickly legalize the community business, and with the secret help of the police (Zeng Jiang), legally leases the business at hand to other associations, and although the members of the society are reluctant, they are also implemented one by one according to Ah Hao's words. In the process of business leasing, Ah Hao and the leader of another society, the same as the traditional community leader boss Uncle Biao does not fight and does not know each other, Uncle Biao and Ah Hao appreciate each other, in the future exchanges, Uncle Biao and give Ahao a lot of guidance.
But with the coffin board (played), it formed a hatred. The coffin board hacked HongXing's younger brother to death, and Ah Gang and the others grabbed the coffin board and prepared to kill him to avenge his brother, but Ah Hao did not want to kill people, shaved off the eyebrows of the coffin board as a warning, and then released the coffin board, leaving a trouble.
In the "firecracker grabbing" in the Tianhou curse, Ah Gang (Zhang Yaoyang) led Hongxing's brothers to successfully grab the "fireworks", and the Hongxing Society was full of joy, but in fact, this was just a return to the light before the Hongxing Society went to the end.
After the "firecracker grabbing" and before the feast began, the Hongxing Society held a ceremony, and Ah Hao decided to give the position of the leader of the society to Ah Sheng and return to the United States himself. Ah Sheng was reluctant to accept it, but he had to accept it.
At the same time, Ah Gang felt that the position of the dragon head was handed over to the guys, and Hong Xing would fall sooner or later, and his heart was full of resentment. Ah Hao advised Ah Gang to take advantage of his youth and take the right path. However, Ah Gang said that he had been mixed with the underworld since he was a child and had no way back.
At the scene of the Tianhou Bao's birthday banquet, Ah Gang was resentful and looked for stubble everywhere, which angered other community members who came to the scene. Ah Sheng lectured Ah Gang as an errand boy, but Ah Gang did not buy Ah Sheng's account, clashed with Ah Sheng, and was finally pulled away by everyone.
Uncle Biao warned Ah Hao that this was rebellion. But Ahao did not pay attention to it, but only blindly struggled with the question of whether to return to the United States immediately
Ah Gang left the banquet scene and went to Uncle Biao's nightclub to buy a drunk. Uncle Biao advised Ah Gang to take care of the face of the whole community, and if he was dissatisfied with Ah Sheng, he could find Ah Sheng to single out.
In Ah Sheng's family, Sheng's sister-in-law Ah Juan was very worried about Ah Sheng taking over the office, because the young people now did not pay attention to morality, afraid that Ah Sheng would be too eye-catching and prone to accidents. Ah Sheng is caught in the contradiction between morality and family happiness.
When Sheng's sister-in-law and Ah Sheng were angry, Ah Gang found Ah Sheng's family and Ah Sheng's head-to-head with Ah Sheng through the strength of wine.
Hindered by Sheng's sister-in-law and Ah Sheng's daughter, Ah Gang calmed down, indicated the contradiction between the brothers, and a fight was resolved, and then left Ah Sheng's house.
After Ah Gang left, Ah Sheng and his wife reconciled. Sister-in-law Sheng took the opportunity to persuade Ah Sheng to quit, and said that if Ah Sheng repented that she would die, Ah Sheng agreed.
However, the coffin board people followed close behind, found Ah Sheng's house, and during the fight, Sheng's sister-in-law was brutally killed in order to protect Ah Sheng, and Ah Sheng was also seriously injured.
Ah Qiang mistakenly believes that Ah Gang killed Sheng Sister-in-law and seeks revenge on Ah Gang, but is killed by mistake.
For the sake of the development of the community and the future of the individual, Ah Gang found the cooperation of the five uncles of the rival gang. Uncle Five can be described as a model of the old gangster, the shrimp hair that does not talk about the morality of the jianghu at the beginning, and the coffin board that is shaved off his eyebrows for evil in the film, are all recruited by uncle Five to prepare to develop and expand the improper business at the same time, destroy Hongxing.
Under the design of the fifth uncle, Ah Gang fell into the trap and was found by the police in the car for drugs.
Ah Hao saw that Ah Gang was framed, but he could not do anything, and asked Uncle Five to intercede, and Uncle Five not only did not appreciate it, but also stimulated Ah Hao on the side, saying that the shrimp hair around him was the murderer of Uncle Kun.
In order to save Ah Gang, and also to repay the shrimp hair for killing his father, Ah Hao drove with Ah Gang and killed the fifth uncle, as well as the shrimp hair and the coffin board.
In order to protect Ah Hao, Ah Gang knocked Ah Hao unconscious, got out of the cab himself, and was caught by the police. Before being taken away by the police, Ah Gang said a very fair word to Ah Hao, "You are a good big brother, but not a good boss." "
The film ends with Ah Hao setting fire to the community stronghold where the ceremony was held (which also hints at the disintegration of the community), and goes to the United States with his wife and son, and takes Ah Sheng in a wheelchair and Ah Sheng's daughter, and the short underworld days end.
Second, the highlights of the film
(1) The mainstream ideas reflected in the story
As the soundtrack of the movie "Flying Sand wind turns" sings, "People in the storm, helpless to whirling, like wind and sand, tired must also go around." "The community culture in the film, and its staunch inheritors, such as Uncle Kun, Ah Sheng, Ah Qiang, and Ah Gang, are no longer out of place in the new era. The film begins with a direct contrast between the old and new models, with traditional rituals on the one hand and small family life in Europe and the United States on the other. The traditional jianghu is gradually dying out.
(2) Character shaping
The most brilliant thing in the film is Ah Gang, who is really the central character in this whirlpool, a strong man, but the reality is helpless, there is no culture, there are many shortcomings, but also a distinct personality, has its own values, therefore, this role is very plump, but also a more tragic character.
Uncle Biao, a benevolent and wise man, a traditional jianghu figure, can stand firm in the deceitful jianghu, and can give help and guidance to young people like Ahao, and is a figure who stands tall in the sky.
The family of Ah Sheng and Sheng Sister-in-law is also not seen in traditional underworld movies. On the one hand, Ah Sheng inherits the traditions of the underworld; on the other hand, Ah Sheng also looks forward to ah hao's family life. Especially after Sheng's sister-in-law was killed and her hands and feet were broken, a conversation with Ah Hao in the hospital bed made people sigh.
Third, the inadequacy of the film
From the perspective of story alone, the plot of "My Days in the Underworld" is not meticulous enough, and the main line of conflict is not obvious enough. The main conflicts in the film are: 1. The conflict between Hong Xingshe and other societies, which directly led to the tragic deaths of Uncle Kun and Sister-in-law Sheng, Ah Sheng was seriously injured and disabled, Ah Gang was imprisoned, and Hong Xingshe was forced to perish. 2. The conflicts within the Hongxing Society, mainly Ahao as the legitimate heir, unwilling to take over the society, Ah Sheng can not serve the public after taking over, causing a contradiction between Ah Sheng and Ah Gang, resulting in Ah Qiang being killed by mistake, and Ah Gang is also falling deeper and deeper on the wrong road. 3. The conflict between the family and the community, the most typical is the victory brother and sister-in-law.
However, the external contradictions that should be used as the main line do not have a strong logic. For example, at the beginning of the movie, after Uncle Kun was secretly calculated by shrimp hair, Hong Xingshe did not carry out revenge actions according to the normal underworld plot; although Uncle Five appeared on the scene, he brought his own old gangster's personality, which is also with the role of the role player - Mr. Bao Hanlin in movies such as "God of Gamblers", there are preconceived notions, but what layouts and which routines are not well displayed, which also leads to less ups and downs of the story, which is a pity.
Fourth, write at the end
Many film critics believe that Ah Hao, played by Fa Ge, has no sense of existence in the movie and is incompatible with the whole. In fact, the movie is to enter the community as a third person, watching the community and the rolling tide of the unsuitable, this third person or not, the community is facing the same "flying sand wind turn", and finally annihilated in the rivers and lakes.