The opening of the movie "Rescue Mr. Wu"
In 2015, the crime drama film "Rescue Mr. Wu" was released, which was directed by Ding Sheng, a director who is good at hard-school action style, starring Andy Lau, Wang Qianyuan, Liu Ye, etc., and starring Zhao Xiaorui, Cai Lu, Lin Xue, Li Meng, Ma Sichun, Yu Haolei and other powerful actors, especially Wu Ruofu's special performance, and the cast is luxurious.
The film is adapted from a real kidnapping case that occurred in Beijing on February 3, 2004, the film is based on one of the main actors of this film, Wu Ruofu, this time invited to play the role of criminal police to face the "criminal" can also be regarded as a complete release of that special experience.
The story prototype Wu Ruofu was specially invited to perform
The reason why "Rescue Mr. Wu" is called the benchmark of Chinese crime films is because its script (especially the lines) is extremely solidly written, all the actors who appear on the camera have excellent acting skills, the plot is close to reality, the details are restored in place, the editing is clean and neat, the narrative structure is unique, the rhythm turns into Tension and Relaxation, and the photography, lighting, soundtrack, etc. are very exquisite... It can be said that the film combines all the elements of a good movie, and the high reputation is naturally logical, even if it is a Korean crime movie of the same type.
Wang Qianyuan plays zhang hua, a crime leader
First, the whole staff has brilliant acting skills and successful character shaping
The whole film has a large proportion of literary drama, dense lines, and a solid plot, which gives the actors the greatest space to play, and of course, it is also a huge test.
I believe that the audience who watched this film will be very impressed by the kidnapper leader Zhang Hua, cunning, brutal, a little neurotic, and has a typical antisocial personality, and these are all deduced by Wang Qianyuan after referring to many real video materials plus his own speculations, every move and a smile reveals the texture of approaching reality, fully showing the strength of a movie emperor.
Andy Lau plays Mr. Wu
As the absolute protagonist of this film, Mr. Wu- The role played by Andy Lau is actually the most difficult, not only to show the state of strain in line with the experience of the character itself, but also to show the psychological changes in the face of various life and death choices after being kidnapped, and there are large sections of subtle emotional changes in the middle, Hua Tsai has shaped this role very successfully with many years of acting career, especially in order to pursue the truth, taking the initiative to ask the kidnappers to "fake the real thing" when they are strangled, which is really dedicated.
Liu Ye plays an excellent criminal policeman
Liu Ye played the criminal police in the film gave me an excellent impression, it is completely an immersive performance, there is no trace of performance, especially in the play of lines, full of confidence, hard tone, accurate rhythm, just like watching a real criminal police officer in the interrogation, of course, Liu Ye's own temperament is also in place, Wu Ruofu naturally needless to say, playing the police so many times is from the military, with a tough guy temperament.
A number of supporting characters are outstanding
In addition to several protagonists, the supporting roles played by a number of powerful actors are also interesting, the bureau chief played by Zhao Xiaorui is powerful and not angry, the mistress played by Li Meng is willful and dedicated, the kidnapper small leader played by Yu Haolei has a lot of fierce and spicy ideas, and the little minions played by Sang Ping are responsible for adjusting the atmosphere of the film's gags, which makes people feel pitiful and hateful, lin Xue, Ma Sichun, and Na Wei's cameos are also very good, and the acting skills naturally do not steal the scene.
A number of criminal police officers skillfully cooperated in the capture of Zhang Hua
Second, the plot is close to reality, and the details of the case are restored
A large part of the reason why this movie is good is that it has a strong sense of realism, including photography style, lens color grading, lighting, empty mirror interspersed, of course, the most important thing is that the script adaptation is completely based on the real case, the line design comes from the real interrogation records, including the entire detection, investigation, arrest, rescue process, etc., are the director and the main creative team with reference to a large number of detailed image text materials and created (in addition, this is not the party in the well), which is also what I often say about the intention to create.
You can refer to the documentary on the Internet to feel a series of detective work such as criminal police investigation, police platooning, armed police special police rescue, etc., which are really hard and dangerous, and pay tribute here.
Many details of the film show the intentions of the creator
Casually looking for it in the movie can find the well-intentioned intentions of the director and screenwriter, for example, Zhang Hua will carry a grenade wherever he goes, go to the bathroom and the gun is not separated, and prepare a handcuff key to hide in the lower body early.
Another example is the red and white cooperation and step-by-step cooperation of Liu Ye and Wu Ruofu when interrogating Zhang Hua, which made the criminal suspect subconsciously expose his horse's feet.
The landline used by the friend played by Lin Xue to call the police is to prevent the kidnappers from finding the busy line when they call the mobile phone and become suspicious.
Mr. Wu comforts others in a desperate situation
Third, the narrative structure is clever, and the rhythm is first-class
In reality, criminal cases, especially kidnapping and extortion cases, pay great attention to timeliness and strategy, so how to tell a real case that is racing against the clock and successfully solved is extremely difficult to test the director's skill, especially to show different perspectives.
Here must be for the director of "Rescue Mr. Wu" Ding Sheng praise, the film does not use a linear narrative, but after throwing out the main line, through a large number of flashbacks, interludes and editing to enrich and fill the entire story, on the one hand, to enrich the character image in the play, on the one hand to increase the watchability and dramatic tension of the story, of course, the main purpose is to create a specific atmosphere of tension and a sense of urgency.
Zhang Hua then teased Mr. Wu on the cover of the calendar
If it is just blind tension, the audience does not have time to breathe The film will become monotonous, so the director personally handles the editing of this film, the rapid switching of different scenes, the slowdown of multiple branches and the reasonable arrangement of daily life, and even adds some small humor, everything makes the rhythm of this film relaxed, and the audience's emotions also have a complete process of retraction.
Mr. Wu was successfully rescued
epilogue
The success of "Rescue Mr. Wu" is actually inseparable from the hard work of every main creative staff, production, costumes, casting, sets, soundtracks, action directions, etc. I want to say that such a textbook crime theme is actually worth all filmmakers to learn from, write the script carefully, shoot with heart, strictly select actors, and sincerely engage in creation.
Again, domestic audiences are becoming more and more sober, and speaking with works is the last word.