Who is the real protagonist

Adelbert 2022-09-23 13:45:07

It's a pity that the movie wasn't supported in theaters. It's an excuse: I thought that Du Qifeng would fall under the mainland's film review system. After reading the results PPTV. I have the urge to go to the cinema to support this movie. It was another time after Seediq Bale that there was such a tendency.
No blood fog, no logo shot handling. Some are just stories. The mainland director's storytelling ability seemed so vulnerable in front of To Qifeng.
Several actors are in no particular order.
Sun Honglei: Cool, no matter if you smell it, you can quickly decide. Then set up a follow up. Or drug addiction. Or a rapid role change in a hotel. All show the foundation of this person's performance. But somewhat flat. It may also be that Du Qifeng did not give Sun more space. It will take time for the actors sent by the academy and the Hong Kong directors trained by Galaxy Imaging to create a very beautiful spark.
Huang Yi: It's quite normal. The supporting roles are far less powerful than the seven people. Therefore, it is not easy to perform such a situation.
Gu Tianle: Well, the brutality of picking up a scalpel in the early stage, the battle of wits and courage with the police in the middle stage, the insidiousness of framing all drug dealers in the late stage, and the cowardice of injecting death in the end. Excessive is very natural, of course, the promotion of the plot gave Louis a lot of room to play. However, as far as acting is concerned. Gu Tianle is undoubtedly one of the fastest growing actors in recent years.
Mainland male escort: It's a big trick, and I hardly have any impression.
Seven people: I like these masters from the galaxy. The acting isn't great, but it's enough.
This is the view of the actor.
Then there are stories. As far as a single story is concerned, it is in line with John To's consistent style. The imprint of fatalism is deeply etched in the story. The real poison is neither the character nor the human heart. but fate.
A little spoiler. If Cai Tianming started out just to survive, the arrangement in the later stage is far more than that. He knows the tunnel, and he should know that the two apprentices can run out. It can even be explained. These two people are very important, and we will rely on them to organize factories in the future. Next is the design of the seven people, who began to take them to escape in order to survive. Later, the car stopped there to lead them out, and many people said it was a delay. In fact, if you delay time, it is not better to put it there. It was resolved quickly. Cai Tianming simply used the hands of the police to kill these survivors. Haha was arrested, seven people were killed, and the two who escaped were apprentices. This is Cai Tianming's real choice.
Where is the joke of fate? Just in that car accident. If the apprentice was not designed to escape, there would be no car accident. If it wasn't for the gunfight, there would be no siren. If the siren didn't think about it, the two apprentices wouldn't run away. If they didn't run away, there would be no car accident that stopped Cai Tianming. If not for that car accident. Maybe Cai Tianming really completed the design step by step. In fact, when the car accident happened, Cai Tianming already realized what the ending was. In the end, Cai Tianming was desperate. What is revealed on the death row has no value. In fact, if Cai Tianming had just been an undercover agent at that time, maybe he would have survived. Unfortunately, he wants to fight with his life. To Qifeng can tell stories. And it speaks very well.
In the end, it was such a film that the police used drugs for undercover, the scenes of drug use showed so naked, killed so many police officers, China's lethal injection, and even a movie whose ending was not great, glorious and correct was actually tried. It feels amazing. But it is very difficult to review such a story, and someone can actually review it. presented to the audience. A high score should be given for these.
Finally, answer, who is the real protagonist of this movie. is destiny.

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Extended Reading
  • Bryana 2022-04-19 09:02:44

    The acting is exaggerated, such as Gu Tianle's encounter with a grandiose emperor like Sun Honglei, and it becomes fresh and natural in an instant. . . . If every actor has a type of role that he is naturally good at, Gu Tianle's role is "the anti-bone boy + phoenix man who is willing to work hard and not be poisonous and not husband". . . It's a pity that Guo Tao has to play with Sun Honglei

  • Dillon 2022-04-20 09:02:24

    A positive example of how Hong Kong directors can "go north" decently.