Most adults are no longer willing to say dream.
Because in the eyes of others, your dream may be "crazy".
"Are you crazy enough, I really don't understand why you still want to fight?"
"When you and I reach this age, is there anything else that others need to understand?"
Yes, he doesn't need others to understand it or not, he's 48 years old and still has to go to MMA.
Because he just wanted to do something for himself.
- "Guild Wars"
Over the years, we have all been paying attention to domestic science fiction films, because in Chinese films, it is too scarce.
But the lack of genre films in Chinese films, why not just science fiction movies? There are also inspirational films.
If you subdivide it in inspirational films, there are only a few excellent Chinese sports inspirational movies.
And "Guild Wars" is definitely one of the best inspirational films in Chinese films.
It does not bring an invincible aura to the protagonist, does not sell people's feelings of chasing dreams, and some just make us feel the encounter and buried fighting spirit in our hearts.
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The protagonist of the film, Cheng Hui (Zhang Jiahui), is 48 years old, and he was a mixed martial arts boxer more than twenty years ago, but he was discredited because of a fake punch.
For more than twenty years, he was in debt and hid in hiding every day.
With the help of his brothers, he finally had a more stable career - playing in boxing clubs.
On the one hand, Cheng Hui's life is the emotion between him and the same tenant mother, Queen Mingjun and Liang Peidan (Mei Ting, Li Xinqiao), on the other hand, he helps Lin Siqi (Peng Yuyan) "chase dreams" in the club.
As a former rich second generation, Lin Siqi only wants to do one thing is to regain confidence in his father, who was devastated after bankruptcy.
Cheng Hui helped Lin Siqi not to be touched by his filial piety, nor just for money, but to be impressed by the courage of this young man to "do something for himself".
Lin Siqi won the first battle and won two consecutive games, but he ushered in his biggest opponent and regretted defeat.
But he has succeeded, because his purpose is not to give a prize, not an honor, but only to convince his father through his own efforts that as long as he dares to do it, the impossible can also become possible.
"Afraid, you've lost for the rest of your life"
The words were said by Cheng Hui, but they were first presented in Lin Siqi.
Perhaps at this moment we have been conquered by Peng Yuyan's muscles and the persistence of the character, but the story is not over.
The former boxing champion has not done a good job for himself for more than twenty years.
Until he met Wang Mingjun's mother and daughter, he felt the warmth and learned to live a real life, so in the face of their mother-daughter encounter, he had to fight for it.
And it was Lin Siqi who gave him confidence.
The two seemingly unrelated narratives overlap at this moment in terms of character emotion and rhythm.
The 48-year-old Cheng Hui, who has been away from the boxing world for more than 20 years, wants to return to the stage.
He practiced arm strength until he dislocated many times, ran until he vomited, and he did not stop.
In the face of a strong opponent, Cheng Hui's final victory tells everyone that even if age and physical fitness are the biggest enemies of a boxer, will is the most powerful way to win, and he can give everything just to win the game.
"Guild Wars" goes hand in hand in terms of narrative, and the 121-minute version released in the mainland has more scenes of Peng Yuyan and Li Fei'er than the 116-minute Hong Kong version.
After watching Lin Chaoxian's "Mekong Action" and "Red Sea Action", we will find that Lin Chaoxian's films, the shortcomings are literary dramas. However, in fact, many of the literary dramas set up by Lin Chaoxian in "Guild Wars" support the whole story.
The flaw of multiple lines is that the story is not superimposed, and a little carelessness will cause the framework to be scattered. But its benefits are also obvious, because the stories do not interfere with each other, which avoids a lot of cross-logical troubles in the story and better serves the characters.
In addition, the actor's performance also largely allows the multi-line parallel approach to not have a clear crack.
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Perhaps many people's eyes stay more on Peng Yuyan's body, but Zhang Jiahui is the protagonist inside and outside the play.
The real Zhang Jiahui is far more inspirational than Cheng Hui in the movie.
In 2012, when filming "Guild Wars", Zhang Jiahui was 46 years old, but he was closer to the character, spending 9 months before and after shaping his body, and finally showing a very ornamental muscle.
For Zhang Jiahui, he himself is endorsing his dreams.
The 46-year-old body, never specialized in fitness, but for a role, to challenge the seemingly impossible things and succeed, in the movie did not fully convey the willpower, outside the movie, Zhang Jiahui interpreted it well.
Zhang Jiahui's fight is more than that.
In the movie, there is a scene in which a loan shark breaks into Zhang Jiahui's shared house, and during the filming, Zhang Jiahui's left little thumb is kicked and seriously deformed.
At that time, the media report used similar headlines such as "Zhang Jiahui broke his finger to frighten the doctor", and later Zhang Jiahui recalled the scene at that time and said: "At that time, I felt pain as soon as it happened, and then I couldn't see my fingers at that time.
At that time, Zhang Jiahui said in front of the media that this was the worst accident since the film, and bluntly said that it was too terrible to hope that it would not happen again.
But even so, Zhang Jiahui did not end shooting or complete the play with a stand-in.
In order not to delay the shooting progress, Zhang Jiahui continued to shoot the film after the broken finger was simply connected, but the pain of the broken finger affected Zhang Jiahui's shooting, he had to take a lot of painkillers, and try to avoid using his left hand.
After the film was made, when Zhang Jiahui picked up several film emperor trophies with his role, people may not remember how much the actor paid for the role or even broke his finger, but everyone will say that it is deserved.
"Actually, I'm scared every time I go on stage, but every time I tell myself, I can do it."
In the film, this is said by Cheng Hui, and outside the film, this word is interpreted by Zhang Jiahui.
A film called a good movie is often not only the story in the film or the story that moves or inspires or entertains us, but also the stories that move us more after the film.
"Guild Wars" can be called one of the best inspirational films in Chinese films, and it is not only Lin Siqi, who dares to fight and Cheng Hui, who dares to fight, but also Zhang Jiahui, who is still speaking for his dreams at the age of 46!