After scanning the two "Underworld", it is regarded as one of the best gangster films in Hong Kong, and even the ambition of "The Godfather" is overstated. "Underworld" and "The Godfather" are still one river and lake away.
The first English title of "Underworld" is called elections. It is very focused, and barely describes the relationship between the underworld and society, and the operating principles. "The underworld is doing paid parking, etc., to a certain extent, it is one of the order of social operation", "two years The election of elders in the first election is earlier than the election of the Hong Kong government”, including the revealing at the end of “Underworld” II, that the mainland police’s control over the gangs has a deep foreshadowing.
However, the overall focus is on the competition between gangs. "Underworld" I focuses on the competition for leading sticks and the seizure under the existing order; "Underworld" II is obviously out of order, and the appearance of more bloody scenes is more intuitive. It reveals the brutality of the internal struggle of the underworld, but it is also a gang competition, especially the scene of chopping hands and feeding dogs, which is slightly deliberate, and does not help in revealing the deep rules of characterization and society. On the other hand, the Godfather, from the beginning of the dance, sees the big from the small, and people from all walks of life have turned to the Godfather. They can see the relationship between the Mafia and the operation of society, handle a few affairs, and see the gears of the social machine. for deep.
The specific writing, the godfather is also more old-fashioned. Both films have talked about "meetings" many times. Compared with reality, meetings are indeed very important. Whether it is the layout before the meeting, lobbying, confrontation during the meeting, conspiracy or conspiracy after the meeting, a meeting is a battlefield without gunpowder smoke. .
Underworld II resorts to violence in more space, and I will not mention it. The negotiation between Ale and Da D in "Underworld" I is also a classic. You can see the layout of Ale's city government and the interests of all parties; Lyon's refusal to join the negotiation of the drug business hides it even deeper. On the surface, it is because the godfather loses the relationship with the "big men" in the political arena because of the drug business. Behind it, the godfather sees it, and behind it is the bureau set up by several big families. The political connections the godfather has will be shared, and eventually he will be out. Xizhong's eldest son's stupid question led to the assassination of his godfather and his own murder. The layout is classic. On the other hand, in "Underworld", there are also many negotiations (meetings), whether it is Deng Bo's open-mindedness, his elaboration of the elders' discussion system, or the strategy of dealing with people in order to balance the words, they are all slightly straightforward.
Of course, there are many similarities between the two, such as the handling of brutal scenes through calm lenses, which increasingly shows the cruelty of the bottom-level operation. The most typical example is the underworld Ale suddenly holding a huge stone and directly smashing it at the ignorant Big D. The original, the lens is calm, the picture is clean, and I don't feel cold. This is the only time Ah Le does anything in the whole film, and one hit must hit the nail on the head. Previously, the treatment of "Blowing Chicken" and his sons has already demonstrated its means and has already laid the groundwork. In The Godfather, similar scenes, such as "the bloody horse's head in the bed", in The Godfather II, the young Corleone returns to Sicily and cuts the enemy's throat with a knife.
Perhaps due to space limitations, the underworld did not explain a few things: a few elders seem to have no power, help or financial resources of their own, especially Deng Bo, who can be seen living in an apartment in the second part, without a bodyguard, basically a lonely old man , but why can he have the power to decide who is the speaker? Ale, as a speaker for two years, also lives in a tube building, dressed like a middle-aged man who has done nothing, his son goes to a normal school, and his cowardly son gets involved In the underworld, my father was also taught by the teacher and ordered to transfer to another school. The assassination of Jimmy Zai also borrowed Dongguan Zai's subordinates, and his only brother was instantly killed by Jimmy. As well as the killer plane, it was a little sloppy to finally let go of a few meters and other treatments.
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