During the Spring Festival stalls, the crowd of the theater can be called the Scene of the Spring Festival.
However, even if you squeeze into thinness, there is a movie that must be seen.
Because it is not only suspenseful, but also joyful, not only serious, but also hilarious.
Yes, you must tell the seven aunts and eight aunts this "sequel" that laughs out of the pig call - "Detective Chinatown 2"
Whether it is word of mouth or box office, "Tang Detective 2" is better than the first one.
Moreover, compared to the "To Catch the Demon 2" starring Liang Chaowei and the "Daughter Country" starring Zhao Liying, which was released in the same period, it is much better.
I have to use three key words to discuss with you the intentions of director Chen Sicheng.
First, it's pandering.
It sounds like a derogatory term, but in fact it happens to be the performance of Chen Sicheng's "little cleverness". As a New Year movie, it can neither be too tall and completely detached from the people, but simply emphasize artistry.
And can not specialize in the next three roads, with a full earthy taste to feed a wider audience.
What to do?
On the basis of setting the plot requirements, Chen Sicheng also played "disguise" and "selling corruption".
I, an upright straight man of steel, was undesirable by these three "nurse outfits".
Especially your husband Liu Haoran, after brushing the psychology really can't put down, but also think of two brushes three brushes to see the fang.
And the old American driver's mouth with roses hard to pry Bao Qiang's drama, but also full of grounding -
Second, it is the combination.
The landmark New York, USA, we see in the movie Times Square running carriage, madison Avenue "naked running", has been unable to cover up the "Tang Detective 2" in the combination of Western elements of the little trick.
So that it extends to the suspense of reasoning, this combination is also everywhere, such as the "Manhattan metrology" mentioned in the process of solving the case, "Lorcad exchange principle", "Macdonald three elements", etc., almost all of which are biased towards the Western method of reasoning and solving.
However, Chen Sicheng completely left the "soul" of the film in Chinese culture.
You may not have noticed that the names of the three male protagonists, Tang Ren, Qin Feng, and Song Yi, are actually the name of the dynasty "Tang Qin Song", full of Chinese style.
Whether it is the five elements of bagua feng shui used by criminals in the process of serial killing.
Or Wang Baoqiang, although the bagua card on his chest, the left green dragon and the right white tiger, often come in handy feng shui props at critical times.
Chen Sicheng properly integrates an American drama-style detective reasoning story with traditional Chinese metaphysics, and even has a chemical reaction.
When New York, a modern international metropolis full of the atmosphere of the times, has become a chess game in the eyes of criminals who are well versed in Chinese metaphysics, the strong cultural contrast meaning makes "Tang Detective 2" have an open and uninhibited charm.
This is also the reason why the film is full of momentum.
Finally, there is the Detective IP series.
Chen Sicheng has long said that he has ambitions to make "Tang Detective" the first "detective IP movie" in China.
In the first part, Zhang Zifeng's dark girl "Si Nuo", the end of the film evil smile, leaving blank for the first time.
In the second part, the "Detective Ranking", the identity of the Great God Q, the true purpose of Song Yi, and the blank position of many dynastic surnames such as "Jin Wei Yuan Ming qing" are introduced, so that the pattern of the "Tang Detective" series is gradually laid out, and the tentacles are faintly opened.
At the end of the film, speculations about "divinity, bestiality and human nature" are thrown out.
While metaphorically illustrating the multiple possibilities of true and evil, there are still many puzzles that have not yet been solved, which really makes me have a little expectation of Chen Sicheng's ambitions.
Compared with hollywood big productions, big scenes, and large lineups of scum films, Chen Sicheng uses his little careful thinking to concentrate on making his own movies.
But in my eyes, this sincerity is worth the fare.
The first part abandons "See You in New York", and this one ends with "Tokyo" See.
Tokyo may not be able to arrive for a while and a half, so it is better to go to the cinema and relive the good times in New York.