Talk about the sequel to "Double Flag Town KnifeMan", "Sunshine Canyon", directed by He Ping, starring Zhang Fengyi, Yang Guimei, Sun Haiying, Gu Feng, Wang Xuexi, etc., released in Hong Kong in 1996, with a pitiful box office of only 83,000 Hong Kong dollars. As a sequel to the Knife Rider series, this work is far less popular and box office than the previous one, but it does not prevent it from becoming a classic.
The film tells the story of an adult knifeman who comes to Nikko Canyon to seek revenge on his enemies, and the whole film looks depressed, dark, and the tone is gray, giving people a very heavy feeling. This is a story about the redemption of men, and the sorrows and joys of adults are vividly interpreted.
1. The vendetta of the seeker
The Revenge Seeker (played by Zhang Fengyi) grew up witnessing a family being killed by a murderer, and the bloody killing left a lingering shadow and root of illness in his young mind. When his mother died, the blood flowed all over his body, which made him feel a sense of fear of blood, as long as he saw blood, his spirit would be strongly stimulated, and the heart to kill would be born.
After the revenge seekers were slaughtered at the door, he found a knife master to learn sword skills. The master saw that he was eager for revenge, so he refused to teach him true kung fu. When the seeker was eighteen years old, the master drove him down the mountain. In order to improve the sword skill, the revenge seekers participated in hundreds of knife battles after coming down from the mountain, and the sword skills of the seekers in actual combat were pure.
For twenty years he had traveled all over the place, but he had never found the enemy he was looking for. Frustrated and helpless, the revenge seeker decides to try his luck at Nikko Canyon. Nikko Canyon is the only place in the interior and the western tongsai, and if the enemy appears here, the seeker will surely encounter it. So after coming to Nikko Canyon, he stayed at The Red Willow Sister-in-law's inn.
For twenty years, he would do nothing but take revenge. For twenty years, he had lived in hatred and pain all day, and he was desperate to find his enemy. Even when I go to sleep at night, I will dream of encountering enemies and be awakened many times in my dreams. However, the enemy never appeared, but he killed several innocent people in succession.
In order to overcome the fear of blood by the seekers, Hongliu Sister-in-law attacked the poison with poison and used sheep blood to finally make the seekers no longer fear blood. The revenge seeker felt warm and peaceful in the gradual relationship with the red willow sister-in-law. So he decided to put down the butcher knife and stop taking revenge. However, when he was making love to Red Willow's sister-in-law, he inadvertently saw the ghost head knife at the head of Red Willow's bed, that is, the sapphire-encrusted ghost head knife that killed his entire family.
At this time, the seeker realized that the husband who died in the red willow sister-in-law was the enemy who killed his entire family. The enemy is dead, and there are still wives and children left. The seeker faces hatred and widows, and his heart is entangled in pain. After a sleepless night, he still decided to let go of his hatred, let go of the widow of the enemy, and left the Nikko Canyon alone.
Twenty years of hesitation, twenty years of suffering, and in the end the enemy is dead, which has to be said to be very tragic. Even more tragic than the death of the enemy is that the seeker falls in love with the wife of the enemy. Such a love mixed with hatred cannot be together after all. Whether the seeker really let go of hatred or can't bear it, they are inseparable after all.
2, the love of the red willow sister-in-law
Sister-in-law Hongliu (played by Yang Guimei) is the innkeeper lady of Nikko Canyon, and after her husband's death, she and her son Sha Ju are dependent on each other. With warm and thoughtful service, the business of the inn is very good.
She knew very little about her husband, only that he was a knifeman before marrying her and liked to dance knives and guns. Since marrying her into the door, her husband has washed his hands in the golden basin, stopped making knives, and devoted himself to living with his sister-in-law. The husband is very good, deeply praised by the neighbors around him, and is a good person who is charitable and courageous.
Unfortunately, not long after giving birth to her son, Sha Ju, her husband died. Sister-in-law Hongliu put the knife used by her husband in her life as a souvenir, which shows that Sister-in-law Hongliu loves her husband very much. It is precisely because the husband has something to hide, this knife that is left behind has become the key to uncovering the husband's secret.
It turned out that Hongliu's husband had done a lot of things that hurt Heaven and Nature before marrying Hongliu's sister-in-law, and he had killed the revenge-seeking family. Sister-in-law Hongliu couldn't imagine that her husband was a murderous demon. Faced with the seeker, she was both frightened and worried. Fortunately, the seekers have let go of their hatred before they know the truth. It is The red willow sister-in-law's meticulous care and kind love for the revenge seeker that melts the cold heart of the revenge seeker. Otherwise, the seeker would not be merciful to Hongliu's sister-in-law.
The transformation of the seeker from a person full of hatred and hostility to a person who lets go of hatred and resentment is all thanks to the help of Sister-in-law Hongliu. More than twenty years of wandering life, there is not a single day to live in peace, like a tired bird lonely. At this time, he spent a short but most peaceful period of time in the inn of Hongliu Sister-in-law, and the heart of the seeker was warm and calm.
The seeker put down the knife in his hand and helped Hongliu sister-in-law to do some things within her power, and the two gradually developed a male-female relationship, and finally naturally became together. It can be seen that love can move people and can eliminate hatred. The name "Sunshine Canyon" looks very literary, but like a warm day on a sunny day, it can warm the heart of the knifeman's hatred and make the knifeman's dark heart full of sunshine.
3, a knife flow
The action design of this film still continues the "Knife Rider of Double Flag Town", and there is only one move to fight, and only one move is used. One move to see the high and low, one move to determine life and death. There is no ambiguity, and there is no dragging mud and water. This kind of trick, the ancient dragon is full of taste, very enjoyable, so that the audience can really appreciate the beauty and pleasure of a knife flow.
In the film, the revenge seeker killed a lot of people with a knife, as long as the knife is sheathed, it will definitely see blood sealing the throat. A dream battle with an enemy (played by Sun Haiying) is still full of poetry. Violent beauty, bloody shots, because of the poetic editing techniques make people addicted. The seeker sheathed his knife and slashed at the enemy. I saw the enemy's body flicker slightly, and then he sheathed the knife and continued to gnaw on the bone. However, the white towel in front of him was dripping with a lot of blood, and everyone thought that the enemy would die. As soon as the camera pans, it is found that the knife is the seeker. This kind of action design is more appetizing and eye-catching than straightforward martial arts fighting, and it is eye-catching.
There is also a duel between the seeker and the black bull (played by Wang Xuexi), who is a businessman, because he met the red willow sister-in-law and the revenge seeker in a room, and he was jealous and wanted to fight with the revenge seeker to the death. The seeker was not ashamed and did not want to hurt the black bull, so in the duel with the black bull, he did not draw the knife, but only resisted with the sheath of the sword. After a few rounds of two people, they suddenly stopped, and it turned out that the revenge seeker had been stabbed, and just when everyone thought that the black bull was more powerful than the seeker, the camera turned to the neck of the black bull, and the original revenge seeker's knife was already on the neck of the black bull, but it did not kill him. Such a knife flow is really a kind of violent aesthetic enjoyment.
4. Good acting skills
The acting skills of the actors in this movie are very good, and Wang Xuexi, Gu Feng, Zhang Fengyi, and Yang Guimei interpret what is called drama bone. Zhang Fengyi has a handsome appearance and has always appeared on the screen with a masculine image, and the revenge seeker played this time has a lot of inner drama, which is a test of acting skills. This is not a knifeman who is happy to take revenge, drinks in a big bowl and eats meat, but a knifeman who struggles and suffers from pain. How to interpret the role of a good seeker, Zhang Fengyi gave the answer with superb acting skills. At the moment of seeing the blood of the sheep, the tension, fear, uneasiness, anger, restraint, and various emotions in this expression were vividly expressed.
Yang Guimei played by Hongliu Sister-in-law is also an acting skill, Yang Guimei is a Taiwanese actor, acting in such a movie with northwest style, playing an ordinary northwestern woman, which is a test of acting skills. But Yang Guimei still conquered the audience with her own understanding and acting skills. Yang Guimei's red willow sister-in-law is enthusiastic and generous, delicate in thought, and her maternal love for her son, her love for the seeker, and her love for the black bull are all outstanding, at this time a woman with a story.
Gu Feng and Wang Xuexi did not need to say, and the old drama bone naturally acted at his fingertips. The fast knife madman played by Gu Feng is old and sophisticated, and the world is insightful. The black bull played by Wang Xuexi, with dashing in debauchery, is a very classic role.
In short, this is a widow saving the story of the knifeman, the film, whether it is the depth of thought or the torture of human nature, is very deep and delicate, a rare masterpiece, only "Double Flag Town Knifeman" can match. Unfortunately, the popularity is too low, and not many people even know, and good films are buried.