In 1986, Kwan Kam Peng's Hong Kong film Underground Love starred Leung Chao-wai (Cheung Shu-tung), Chow Yun-fat (Lan Sir), Wen Bixia (Ruan Xiaobei), Cai Qin (Zhao Shuzhen) and Jin Yanling (Liao Yuping). Cai Qin has only acted in two films, this is the second, the first is in 1985 starring in "Green Plum Bamboo Horse".
Liang Chaowei played a young master of the rice shop in it, his father drove a "Mao Yilong rice shop", he studied in Canada, after his mother died, he did not want to go back to Canada to study, and ran the rice shop with his father.
Zhang Shudong's father had a right-hand man who had followed him for eight years but fell in love with the young master Zhang Shudong, and his father told him that if he was not sincere, it would hurt the little girl, and he would also lose a right-hand man, but Zhang Shudong did not think so, often outside the flowers and grass, the little girl finally left the rice shop because of Zhang Shudong's abuse.
Zhang Shudong threw up ruan Xiaobei (Wen Bixia) at the next table after getting drunk on KTV, and met three of their best friends at the same time, Zhao Shuzhen (Cai Qin), who sang in the bar, and Liao Yuping (Jin Yanling), a young actor.
Ruan Xiaobei, who had just returned to China, wanted to become famous in the show business circle, but at this stage, he had no money to rent a house, and after knowing Zhang Shudong, he took him to rent a house with him, and borrowed six thousand yuan from him by the way.
Zhang Shudong often plays with Ruan Xiaobei's three friends, Liao Yuping's 30th birthday they partyed at her home, Zhao Shuzhen has just lost love and is depressed, after eating, she closed her room to record what she wanted to say to her boyfriend, and recorded a song she sang.
Zhao Shuzhen and Liao Yuping met in Taiwan, Zhao Shuzhen just came to Hong Kong for a year, singing in a singing bar, saving 200,000 yuan in a year, the house was bought by Liao Yuping, and Zhao Shuzhen paid 2,000 yuan of rent to Liao Yuping every month. Zhao Shuzhen came to Hong Kong for five years, only filmed three plays, and bought this suite.
Ruan Xiaobei and the two of them met only because she and Liao Yuping had a common ex-boyfriend, and later met Zhao Shuzhen, and the three became good friends.
However, one day Liao Yuping returned home after work and saw the blood on the wall and Zhao Shuzhen lying in the living room covered in blood, and the two Canadian maple leaf gold coins in Zhao Shuzhen's room, one Fugreen gold coin, were missing. Liao Yuping had only lost three hundred yuan, and all her valuables were in the bank safe.
The police investigated the three people related to Liao Yuping, suspecting that the thief entered the house to steal and was found by Zhao Shuzhen and killed. Police officer Lan Sir (Zhou Runfa) often intervened in the daily life of the three of them on the grounds of investigating the case, went to Zhang Shudong's rice shop to inquire about the investigation, sometimes appeared in the singing bar where the three people gathered, and sometimes suddenly went to Liao Yuping's house, or ruan Xiaobei's rented house, his reason was very simple, not to investigate the case, but to make friends with them.
Zhao Shuzhen's house had a bloody case, temporarily living in Ruan Xiaobei's home, Zhang Shudong accompanied Liao Yuping home to pack up his things, Liao Yuping was comforted by Zhang Shudong under extreme sadness, the two could not help but have a relationship, this scene was just met by Lan Sir who came to the scene to investigate the case.
He knew the relationship between Zhang Shudong and Ruan Xiaobei, went to the rice shop to learn about the ambiguity with the rice shop girl, and bumped into his and Liao Yuping's abusive love. Lan Sir didn't say a word, only to ask the three of them to go to his house for a drink at night.
Blue Sir was divorced, the home was almost empty, there was a bed in the living room, there was no furniture, only an empty freezer, he said it was left by his wife, he missed his wife very much.
Liao Yuping, Ruan Xiaobei and Zhang Shudong sent Zhao Shuzhen's ashes back to her hometown in Taiwan, and at this time Liao Yuping discovered the fact that she was pregnant, how can the three of them solve this chaotic relationship between men and women?
Zhang Shudong, the cynical young master, is just merciful everywhere, with young passion never knows how to cherish feelings, Liao Yuping saw Zhang Shudong's irresponsibility and attitude, chose to beat up the child, continue to act and fight for his career. And Ruan Xiaobei will not continue with Zhang Shudong, because Ruan Xiaobei and Zhang Shudong are the same kind of people, and they are squandering their youth through their own youth.
Returning from Taiwan, they found the news that Lan Sir was hospitalized, he already knew that he had cancer, the reason why he wanted to be friends with these young people who lived a ridiculous life, Lan Sir said: "I want to see how you waste your life and feelings, I am only 35 years old, I don't remember how many cases I have solved, I have seen 28 dead bodies, I have been married, divorced, I don't know why all of a sudden feelings are gone."
Lan Sir's words inspired Zhang Shudong to repent of his past absurd actions. Zhang Shudong said: "I was 25 years old, when I was studying in Canada, I used to smoke marijuana for a week, I didn't even take the test, I went to many places, don't ask me how many girlfriends I know, I was drunk many times, I also watched my mother die of illness, she didn't want to die." ...... I've hurt three women, I've killed a child, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, and I've done it for 25 years. ”
This film is regarded as absurd by many viewers, I don't know where the meaning of the whole film is, I only see the chaotic relationship between men and women, and the question that everyone asks the most after watching it is: "Who killed Zhao Shuzhen?" ”
In fact, Lan Sir analyzed the case when investigating the case, Zhao Shuzhen was killed when the thief entered the house to steal things, the reason why he has been using the investigation as an excuse, it seems that he is making friends with the three of them to suspect the suspect of committing the crime, in fact, all three of them are just chaotic private life, and there is no motive for committing the crime.
Zhao Shuzhen's death was shocking to the three of them, not only made the relationship between these four people from inseparable to running apart, Liao Yuping went to Singapore to sing, Ruan Xiaobei and Zhang Shudong also returned to their own circles of life, they finally woke up from zhao Shuzhen's incident and from Lan Sir's words before his death, and finally woke up the absurd life of the first half of his life, as well as the confusion about his future life.
In the 6th Academy Awards, Liang Chaowei was nominated for Best Actor, and Chow Yun-fat and Cai Qin were nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
The biggest highlight of this film is Cai Qin's singing voice in it, the director arranged a singer role for her, but also in line with her actual personality, her song accompanied by the plot and the youthful faces of several actors, is the biggest enjoyment of watching this film.
Youth is difficult not to be confused and understand the meaning of life, squandering and passion, is the "privilege" of youth, but it is also easy to make mistakes and get lost, who is not from the "confusion" of youth to the "soberness" of middle age. Life, always in step by step "personal experience" to understand a lot of life principles, to understand how to spend a lifetime. Just as Lan Sir realized at the end of his life that he had wasted his youth and feelings.
After watching this film, the line that impressed me the most was the conversation between Lan Sir and Ruan Xiaobei at the police station.
Blues: You don't mind taking off your sunglasses, do you?
Ruan Xiaobei: If you ask me, I will say mind.
Blue Sir: What if I command you?
Ruan Xiaobei: I am not a suspect.
Blue Sir: Then I ask you.
Ruan Xiaobei: Mind.
Blues: Why do you like to wear sunglasses so much?
Ruan Xiaobei: Mei Yanfang also likes to wear it, and Michael Jackson also likes to wear it.
This dialogue is very interesting, which can show Ruan Xiaobei's independent thinking and self-innocence without fear, as well as Lan Sir's humor and judgment of wanting to become friends with them.
This old Hong Kong movie from 36 years ago also has his unique taste of old Hong Kong, as well as Wen Bixia's rare pure dress and Cai Qin's rare role in film and television dramas.
The seemingly absurd story, in fact, it tells in the "absurdity" about those young people who go to Hong Kong to "pan for gold" and "break in", do not lose their future under the neon lights, do not squander their youth and feelings, how to go on the road, a person's choice is much more important than hard work. Between fame and fortune, money and feelings, and life, how to choose? Everyone has their own choice of answers and the cost of choosing a good path.