the afternoon ... "Story" and "Shinjuku Incident" basically abandoned the genre of kung fu comedy he was good at, and devoted himself to creating a more calm movie style, and the justice elements of the characters have also been greatly increased. This can be considered as Jackie Chan's attempt to transform and make Jackie Chan's films more diversified. This time, Jackie Chan returned to action comedy and played an "old fritters" in "Little Soldier". The film tells the story of Liang Bing (played by Jackie Chan), who is greedy for life and fear of death, and encounters a wounded enemy general (played by Wang Leehom), captures him and takes him back to his home country to receive a reward. The story unfolds along their itinerary, so "Little Soldier" is essentially a costume road movie. The theme of the film is obvious, namely peace. In the expression of this theme, the film does not fall into the stereotype of rigid preaching, nor does it float on the surface of creating comedy effects. It does an excellent job of conveying the grand theme of peace to the audience through a comedy shell, and truly achieves entertaining. Yule. Among them, Jackie Chan has always been good at kung fu comedy elements. In "Little Soldier", several fights bring the humorous effect of humorous action into full play: the fight when Wei Jiang tries to escape Liang Bing, the cooperation between Liang Bing and Wei Jiang to escape Lou Fan's enslavement, Liang Bing and Wei Jiang The three-way confrontation between , Wei Guozi and Lou Fanren, one after another, made people laugh, and the enduring charm of Jackie Chan's kung fu comedy made the audience laugh from time to time. What is rare and valuable is that the role of humorous fighting in the film is not limited to making jokes, providing the audience with a relaxed viewing atmosphere. More importantly, it participates in the expression of the film's theme. For example, Liang Bing and the generals agreed to represent their own countries in a fair confrontation. Liang Bing, due to the difference in strength, poked the wounds of the generals with all his might. General Wei despised his incompetence, calling him a rogue and saying it was unfair. Liang Guobing retorted: "A war is a war, and there is no fairness or injustice." When they fought against Lou Fan, the guards who were disdainful of using "little people" tactics also learned to poke the enemy's wounds hard. The caring of the two scenes before and after, on the one hand, reflects the difference between "big people" and "little people" that is repeatedly emphasized in the film, and on the other hand, it gives us a thought, is war for the purpose of achieving fairness or winning or losing?
As a big man, Wei Jiang's understanding of these aspects is not as profound and direct as that of ordinary people. For him, war was a way to achieve ambition and prestige. For ordinary people, war means death and parting, and the loss of the most basic living guarantee. So the general Wei thought: "Only if the victors dominate the world, will there really be no wars, and you will have crops." Liang Bing immediately retorted: "If you Wei Guo did not attack our Liang Guo, I would have crops now." Obviously , Wei will take the war as the only way to end the war. However, the war will not be fair and just because of this seemingly noble motive. Just as Liang Guobing said: "A war is a war, and there is no fairness or injustice."
The journey of Liang Bing leading the guards back to receive the reward is also a process of mutual influence between the little man and the big man. Liang Guobing started out as a greedy person who was afraid of death just for the sake of reward. However, in the end, he could give up the chance to get the reward and let the Wei general. When he found out that Liang was occupied by Qin, he bravely shouted: "The whole army is not wiped out, there is still me!" Until the end of his life, he did not let Liang Qi fall. What he gained was the dignity of a Liang Bing, just as he said before his death: "I didn't embarrass Liang Guo!" As for the generals, he was influenced bit by bit by the Liang Bing he despised at the beginning. Such as the victory mentioned above. For example, at first he wanted to commit suicide because he was captured, but later he thought, "It's good to be alive." The biggest change was his attitude towards ambition and war: at the beginning, he had the lofty ambition to conquer the Quartet and expand the territory, and finally to avoid the common people. Suffering, he surrendered without taking possession, and surrendered to Qin.
Of course, the film also has flaws. One of them is that it is too sculpted. "My father said" and "little people" became Liang Bing and Wei Jiang's most frequently used lines. Originally, it emphasized the common wisdom of "my father" and the characteristics of small people. This is the meaning of the title of the film, but the repeated emphasis on the lines makes people feel It feels blunt. From time to time, the film tells the audience the message of "peace" nakedly: the only function of Liang Bing's map is to tell the audience that it has the word "peace" on the back, and the same is true for the Shenshu brand. In fact, the director can show it in a softer and more natural way.
Several movies I watched recently are also dedicated to conveying the themes of "peace" and "non-attack", such as Andy Lau's "Ink Attack" and Jet Li's "Huo Yuanjia". After all, a quiet and peaceful day is the yearning of every little person. Just like what Liang Guobing sang in the film: A road leads to my house/My family lives at the foot of Liangshan Mountain/Five acres of soil and fertile land at the foot of the mountain/Five acres of fertile land, so you can plant something.
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