Starring Leung Ka Fai, Gu Tianle, Lin Jiadong and Ren Dahua, the director Wang Jing followed the style of the previous dragon chaser, first of all because of the success of the previous one. However, the story content is very different from the previous one, and this time the villain prototype is also real, Zhang Ziqiang, who is called "The Bandit of the Century".
Zhang Ziqiang grew up in a slum, where it was chaotic and disorderly, and as a child, he faced such and such a scene all day long ago, and the so-called learning had long been lost, and he began his underworld career.
From an obscure gangster to a well-known "boss", we can't completely deny his efforts, although the direction is very wrong, and the kidnapping case created has become a "good story", which has been repeatedly adapted into a movie and put on the big screen. The eldest son of Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's richest man, was kidnapped and extorted as much as HK$1 billion, and then kidnapped the tycoon Kwok Bing-hsiang and extorted HK$600 million.
Looking at these horrific events, we can see that the time gathered in the first few years of Hong Kong's return to the motherland was how chaotic Hong Kong was, how the government did not act, and such conditions also created such a person, the small environment is the surrounding area of Zhang Ziqiang's life, and the overall environment is the entire Hong Kong region, which is an important reason for Zhang Ziqiang's lawlessness and invincibility.
Recalling the Hong Kong police films we have watched, the undercover is a very heroic character, and we as moviegoers will feel the heartbeat acceleration moments in the undercover action, and also talk about the ending of his character.
This film also uses such a character, He Tian, starring Gu Tianle, a "Mr. Bomb". Then he as the lead actor, and because of his identity, we are in contact with the real events, we can see that this is Zhang Ziqiang in the mainland to buy 800 kilograms of explosives, envisioning the case of hijacking the richest man in Macau, this is also his last "highlight moment", but he pushed himself to the end of the road, we know a little about some Hong Kong police bandit incidents can see the results of this case, after all, zhang Ziqiang incident adapted into too many movies, so the ending of this movie will not really grab the hearts of our moviegoers, this process in between, is the most critical. How to show Zhang Ziqiang's arrogance in committing a crime, the courage to cover the sky with one hand, how to show the preparation before committing the crime, and how to show the determination of being a policeman, this can really impress us moviegoers, not like telling a story, and we all know the end of the story.
Long Zhiqiang in the movie is Zhang Ziqiang, we watched Leung Ka Fai's performance and did not see as arrogant as we imagined, it seems to be very calm, not hurried, everything seems to be proceeding in an orderly manner. It's a bland movie, and while there are a lot of tensions focused on undercover, it doesn't hide that the whole movie is a bland movie. Lacking the passion between the police and the bandits, the lack of the kind of sword-rattling scenes of confrontation, the whole movie is like part of the infernal undercover. Perhaps, as Long Zhiqiang said, he has been arrogant for too long, and now he is timid, which also makes this image of him different from the arrogant image we imagine.
The first time He Tian was locked in the warehouse and asked to defuse the bomb, we felt the tension of self-salvation, the moment that directly threatened life, we all knew that the end of this incident was that He Tian would definitely save himself successfully, which is our stereotype of the movie as a moviegoer, this is the "protagonist aura", but if we understand He Tian's starting point from a profound sense, he is to arrest these bandits, restore normal Hong Kong order, and contribute to national stability, from here we can't see that this is "good" And his "retribution" naturally will not let him die easily.
But how long can such goodness last, and how long will it deteriorate? This is also a question worth thinking about, in the face of the temptation of a huge amount of money, it is difficult for everyone to stay sober, but if you can still maintain your original intention and keep calm, then is this kind of goodness great? Just as we do in real life, knowing that there are many dark sides of the world, we still keep our good eyes on the world, which is great.
Another impressive is the "Doctor", which is also a colorful figure, he is Long Zhiqiang's love general, in a conflict, the pregnant wife was used by Long Zhifei as a gun blocker, so he died, and then lurked around Long Zhiqiang, bent on revenge, so he also "helped" He Tian to deal with the case, but in the end he was also taken away by the god of death. Then we think about his process, isn't this the most direct example of good and evil? His wife is alive, and Long Zhiqiang is killing people and setting fires outside, no evil, although he looks up to his wife, but he can't avoid such a "retribution" from happening, after revenge, he thinks he will give up with peace of mind, but he has a bad intention on cash, and what awaits him in the end is death.
Both films are based on a true story by Wang Jing, and we can't help but think about the reasons for this adaptation and the meaning behind it.
Film is a collection of various art forms, but if you add content, you can extend to various fields, one of which is history, this history is not far away, but it is very vague, everyone knows lame, rich, it seems to have a righteous image in people's minds, so it is bad, people have a misunderstanding of this not far history, such adaptation based on real events, better let us see history, but also more test the level of the director, because the content is similar, its personal expression methods can be completely different, Director Wang Jing will also take this level into account.
The other is the social field, we see that compared with that era, today's peace, has long been no longer the era of fighting and killing, and with the enhancement of national strength, illegal crimes are even more severe, but people always hold a curiosity, many people are driven by this so-called curiosity, try to try, but no one tells them how serious the consequences are, so the movie is the most intuitive language, the most powerful explanation.