Afterthought

Holden 2022-01-11 08:02:30

The third Bruce Lee. Li Kun was called Akun, and later this name was "inherited" by Emperor Jin in the Raptors Crossing the River; Liu Yong, who fought side by side in the Raptors Crossing the River, became the villain; the heroine was Yiyi instead of Miao Kexiu, who only had two scenes. The beginning of the cooperation between Lin Zhengying and Bruce Lee.

The soundtrack has a strong sense of existence, and every key node that needs to highlight emotion and plot will appear (confrontation, chaos, rush, dangerous, arrogant, full of emotions, tenderness... all kinds of music. Take it. The warm music when the pendant is released, the rush piano music before the storm, the wind + keyboard triplet during the fight or after the victory are repeated many times), it is an aid to the narrative and Bruce Lee who is not good at acting in the role modeling Supplement... the effect is good.

Plasma is not very real. Everyone was able to indulge in the joy of victory, Jing Yiyi asked to remember that the missing four people are still there... Bruce Lee can repeat the same mistakes and lose everyone's trust... Brother Tangshan is literally chestless... Relying on porn scenes + previous boss The meeting at home paved the way for the crucial turning point that led to Bruce Lee’s suspicion of his boss. I can’t say it’s bad, but I always feel a bit lighthearted...

The script is still very bad and rough, but I think it’s better than the Jingwumen Raptors crossing the river... At least it’s a bit human, at least there has been a change from ignorance to perceiving the truth, from indecision to resolute revenge, although this It’s not convincing to make the transition purely based on external cues and inner monologues... It’s not convincing until the 67min dodging scene, (relatively speaking) fast editing + a lot of medium and close shots + hand-held close-ups that bite the arm at the end. Almost all jumps are take-off + ground upside-down air attitude + landing. Breaking into the warehouse in the middle of the night represents the dangerous red light, the jump scare of the corpse. The last ten minutes are very classic. Like Jingwumen, violence cannot solve the problem, and it is not advisable to use violence to control violence. Perhaps it is an implicit discipline. But thinking about it from another angle is helpless and discouraged.

Maybe we can think about it in the past, is the contradiction between hitting workers and capitalists irreconcilable? Brother Tangshan (roughly equivalent to the chairman of the labor union?) What are the roles and responsibilities of this status, and what selection criteria should be adopted? Didn't the migrant workers even think about the possibility of their own being eroded by sugar-coated shells and alienated by power? The police did not show up until Bruce Lee finally came to the door (or was the heroine reporting the police?). It was the absence of normal legal procedures and social order after the collusion between officials and businessmen. What's more terrifying is that the beating workers seemed to regard it as justified, of course. One of the factors leading directly to bloody and merciless revenge.

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Extended Reading
  • Allan 2022-03-20 09:02:24

    This is the most tragic one of Bruce Lee's movies. So desperate.

  • Novella 2022-03-27 09:01:15

    Bruce Lee's movies to watch one less one

The Big Boss quotes

  • Cheng Chao-an: Beat it or I'll kill you right now.

  • Hsiu Chen: Why Cheng, you're a pretty good fighter.

    Cheng Chao-an: A few tricks from back home. You know I broke a promise. Never to fight again.