Years of classics, intriguing, like Leslie Cheung's acting skills, superb and natural, like Fa Ge, so many classic characters once appeared in that era, it is really a great era of blooming flowers. I think this film wins not in the plot and scenes but in the characterization. The jealous Ajie, the cynical Xiao Ma, and the empathetic Zihao all left a deep impression on people. In fact, the protagonists of this film are Ti Lung and Leslie Cheung, but their brilliance was overshadowed by Chow Yun-fat. The appearance of Brother Xiao Ma lighting up a cigarette with dollar bills and the appearance of a match in the mouth of the market all affected a generation. The image of a long windbreaker and Pony Ma wearing wide sunglasses has become a classic image that cannot be surpassed by such movies for a long time. From the performance point of view, the three protagonists are very hardworking, which makes people enjoy watching. The movie tells what is the arrogance of the rivers and lakes, all the rivers and lakes' grievances and hatreds, people cannot help themselves in the rivers and lakes. The arena, brotherhood, love, and life have become some kind of love and grievances! The soundtrack also reflects grievances, helplessness, unrestrainedness, and a sense of great ups and downs. Looking at this film from the current perspective, it may feel a bit clichéd, but at that time it did set a lot of benchmarks for police and criminal films in the future. The whole story is a good interpretation of "people can't help themselves in the arena". Of course, the most classic sentence is "I haven't been a big brother for a long time."
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