South Korea has produced a blockbuster police film "New World", which has been praised as the "Korean version of Infernal Affairs".
Huang Zhengmin plays the black boss Ding Qing, and Lee Jeong-jae plays the undercover Li Zicheng.
Unlike the routine ending of previous undercover movies, the black boss and the undercover in "New World" have formed a deep brotherhood.
At the end of the film, the undercover Li Zicheng finally "survived", but he did not choose to return to the police circle, but became the heir to the gang.
This "unexpected, reasonable" ending also cast "New World" into a classic.
And the call to urge the original team to shoot a sequel has never stopped.
After seven years, fans did not wait for "New World 2", but waited for "Ding Qing" and "Li Zicheng" to join hands again.
But this time, they are no longer brothers who have died, but enemies who have fought for their lives!
Save Me from Evil
Rennan, played by Huang Zhengmin, is a top killer.
He was once a secret agent of the South Korean military, and because he did too much "dirty work", he eventually became an outcast, and he finally embarked on the killer road when he was cornered.
He dares to kill people who dare not move, and he dares to take over the work that others do not want to do.
Reno is in the killer world, but he plans to complete the last task and wash his hands.
The target this time is the Tokyo master of the Yamaguchi Group.
Ren Nan lives up to the title of King of Killers.
After assassinating a younger brother of the Yamaguchi group, he eventually quietly strangled his target.
However, just when RenNan was about to retire from the jianghu, he suddenly received a message from his ex-girlfriend Jinzhu.
After Reno defected from the secret service organization, he broke off contact with Jinzhu. But what RenNan didn't know was that his girlfriend was pregnant at the time.
Later, Jinzhu quietly gave birth to an illegitimate daughter and moved to Thailand with the child.
When Ren Nan learned about the past, bad news also came.
His ex-girlfriend JinZhu was tortured and killed by Thai gangsters, and his daughter, whom he had never met, was also abducted and sold.
In order to redeem himself, Reno travels to Bangkok alone to prepare to stage a Korean-Thai version of "Hurricane Rescue".
However, what Ren Nan couldn't imagine was that his last task was in big trouble!
The younger brother of the assassinated Yamaguchi group master prepares to avenge the death of the eldest brother, and he is Ray, played by Lee Jeong-jae.
Ray is also a gangster and a full-fledged perverted killer.
As a master of knife use, he would torture his enemies to death every time before venting his anger.
In order to avenge his brother, Ray quickly mobilizes the resources of yamaguchi's group to track down the murderer.
Soon, Rennan's contacts and old bosses are dug up by Ray, and the crazy avenger even follows the clues to Bangkok.
Two killing gods, one seeking a woman and one seeking revenge, they have a fierce chase and entanglement in Thailand.
Reno likes to use a gun, and Aresan makes a knife;
Ren Nan directly pounded the abduction and selling dens, and Aleiping went to the local gang;
The former is a murderous agent killer, and the latter is a murderous perverted gangster.
Although the two male protagonists had several "encounters" in the process of chasing, after experiencing short hand-to-hand combat, they all ended in a draw.
Although the two men fought in a tie, the local police and gangsters in Thailand suffered.
In the process of confrontation between the two gods, a large number of Thai police and gang members became cannon fodder, and the entire Thai underground world was also turned upside down by the two.
However, Reno and Ray's chase is far from over.
On the one hand, the woman-seeking Rennan finally found his daughter with the help of a local guide.
The little girl was almost killed by organ trafficking, and if It were not for Reno's timely arrival, she would probably have been dissected.
Ren's next plan is to flee to Panama with his daughter through a smuggling boat.
Ray, on the other hand, relied on the yamaguchi group's background to win the support of local Thai gangsters.
Bangkok's land snake sent a large number of troops throughout the city to search for the whereabouts of Rennan, and soon helped Ray find the target's hiding place.
Can a benevolent man who is bent on saving his daughter achieve his long-cherished wish?
How will the unscrupulous Ray fight back?
The hand of the horned deer between the demons is still unknown, and the interested tubes should reveal the answer as soon as possible.
"Save Me from Evil", Douban score 7.2.
Looking at this year's Korean thriller action films, it really disappointed Tomato a bit.
"Busan Line 2" space, "Iron Rain 2" Taiping, and really thanks to this so-called "New World 2" can make fans shine.
Now for Korean thriller movies, the setting of a villain has long been unable to satisfy the appetite of movie fans.
On the contrary, the dance of the crowd of demons is what the audience expects.
For example, "Seeing the Devil", which was banned in South Korea at that time, became a rival play between "Crazy Agent" and "Serial Murderer". The two males have long ceased to be popular, and the setting of the double demons is the king.
For example, last year's highly talked about "The Legend of the Wicked", the director crammed into the triangle confrontation of "gangster gangster + belly black police + perverted killer" in one breath, and the plot of all the evil people won a double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.
Stills from The Legend of the Wicked
In "Save Me from Evil", the crazy play of the two gods of acting in the film also made fans addicted.
Hwang Jung-min, the successor to chungmuro's "troika" (the three carriages are Choi Min-sik, Han Seok-gyu, and Song Kang-ho), has become a leading figure among South Korean actors.
His acting skills are extremely tense, and each different role can bring the greatest emotional resonance to fans.
The terminally ill, loveless in When a Man Is in Love; the black and evil mayor who has hands and eyes in Asura and is extremely bad; and the South Korean spy who lies down and tastes courage and endures without sending hair in Secret Agent.
With realistic and slender acting skills, Huang Zhengmin perfectly mastered various roles and conquered the discerning audience.
The benevolent man in this film is a killer image who is both good and evil, going to die to redeem. His sadness, bitterness, fierceness and spiciness can be described as vividly interpreted by Huang Zhengmin.
Lee Jung-jae is a Korean national treasure male entertainer.
Because of his cold face and difficult to distinguish between good and evil temperament, he was praised by fans as a "silent samurai".
Lee Jeong-jae officially entered the first line after collaborating with Jeon Do-yeon in 2010 on "The Next Girl". Especially in recent years, Lee's film rate is quite high and acclaimed.
A series of masterpieces such as "New World", "Guan Xiang", "Assassination", "Walking with God", and "Auxiliary Officer" have consolidated his position in the industry.
Frankly speaking, Lee Jung-jae's acting path and role span are not as wide as Huang Zhengmin's. However, he is especially good at interpreting male figures with cold personalities and superior strength.
And this time starring as a cold-blooded perverted gangster butcher, Lee Jeong-jae once again handed over a high-scoring answer.
On the whole, the characters of the two male protagonists in this film dare not say that there is an absolute breakthrough, but it can be called a mastery.
The director of this film is also a thriller action movie master - Hong Yuancan.
As a screenwriter, he has created n classic divine dramas, and the scripts of "Yellow Sea", "The Chaser" and "I Am a Murderer" are all written by him.
This time, Hong Yuancan himself became the director, and naturally added some familiar thriller elements to this movie.
Fellow fraud and organ trading in "Yellow Sea";
Murderous dismemberment and demonic fighting in The Chaser;
These bridges were pieced together on the highly industrialized assembly line of Korean cinema, and immediately became a gimmick-filled horror blockbuster.
But the director's ambitions were not aimed at creating an adrenaline-pumping action movie.
You can see this from the title of the film, which is quite literary.
The title of "Deliver Me from Evil" is based on the biblical prayer: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, which translates to "do not let us meet temptation, but save us from evil."
And the film focuses on the redemption completed by Rennan as a father.
In order to survive, the former benevolent man can only abandon his lover;
And today, for the sake of his daughter, he is willing to die.
I have to say that the crying scenes of politicians and people Oba are more skilled than action scenes. In other scenes with his daughter, the fierce emotions are deliberately suppressed by the male protagonist, but it is more touching.
The main villain in the film, Butcher Ray, is also a poor man who was persecuted by his father in his childhood and left a shadow.
The abused villain pursues a loving father who saves his daughter.
The plot of the film forms a closed loop, once again highlighting the redemption completed by Rennan, a father with a special identity.
Like the popular Hurricane Rescue, Save Me from Evil uses this setting to further enrich the characters and plot, rather than a brainless film that simply shows off the action scenes.
Overall, Save Me from Evil is definitely one of the most noteworthy recent titles.
If you're a die-hard fan of Korean thriller action movies, or a die-hard Oba of Jungmin and Jeong-jae, this "Save Me from Evil" must not be missed.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Ji Ou)