They are all gangster movies, only watching Johnny To and Takeshi Kitano

Lynn 2022-01-23 08:04:28

I have always had a soft spot for gang-type movies, because the underworld is the existence with the greatest tension of human greed and distortion of order at the margins of society. I just watched Du Qifeng's "Drug War", but I had to admire the underworld under the lens of Takeshi Kitano that shocked me more intensely.

The vast majority of people watching movies have nothing to do with the gang field. We can only guess based on our imagination, and then watch the movie and how much our own ideas match. In comparison, the gangster under Du Qifeng's guide tube is showing the jumping of human nature in extreme situations, more like the ancient knights living in modern times. Delightful arena. The underworld in the eyes of Takeshi Kitano is a real person who works hard in order but cannot change the trend.

"Gunfire" is the most distinctive feature of Johnnie To in my eyes. At that time, the shots were not so thoughtful, and the lines were very finely divided. Wu Zhenyu and Huang Qiusheng were still young, and they lost their eyes at the camera. But at the last moment, Huang Qiusheng shot Lu Songxian down, and when Wu Zhenyu frantically scanned the dishes, you could feel that it was a black dream carefully managed by Du Qifeng. He wanted Liu Qingyun to throw a pinball in prison with his bald head. He wanted a crowd of men in trench coats. In the attic and in the desert, he kept walking like a model. He asked Ren Dahua to whisper to the caged Chinese bird in the camera. In the difficult story of "Underworld", there are also people and godfathers who pose for a photo of a family portrait. Sing with Leung Ka Fai on the top of the building. This is Du Qifeng, man drama is right, coolness and man temperament also need to be full. Fighting requires an angle and a windbreaker. Dreams need to be playful and stylish.

In addition to "Heavenly Evil 2", the casting alone is like a documentary, except for the dead brothers of Maki Village and Ishihara, no key figures are in their early 20s. The uncles all raised their hands and frowned. This kind of play is not done, it's a long life. This modification is very convincing. The role of Detective Kataoka is also refreshing. He wandered between black and white, the money from the underworld had to be collected, the police was also doing his job, and he wanted to appreciate it. He was bald every day and was finally shot and killed in angrily by a big friend who was thrown into the pastoral village after being played on. Yes, he thought well, he provoked a family war between Hualing and Sanye. He used the game that has been playing since ancient times that both loses and hurts the fisherman's profit, but he didn't play a new idea, because he forgot that no matter how neat or neat the suit is, or how neat they are, they are all underworld. And the core of their Tao is not profit, but loyalty after forgetting life and death. The reason why underworld movies can survive, and the reason why underworld can survive, is because people are animals. It is believed that even if our social laws are broken, the bonds of the underworld will not collapse.

The Otomo played by Takeshi Kitano is really the most realistic one after I have seen so many actors. No matter how much Ren Dahua modifies, his gentleness cannot be hidden, and "The Thief of the Moon" is his most brilliant appearance. Because there is still light in his eyes. That kind of light is available to everyone in the comfort of life. After too long, there will be no light in the eyes. There was no gleam of hope in Kitano Takeshi's asymmetrical tired eyes. He had seen the depth of the black hole that only the "rascal" who had been sitting in the bottom of the prison could have. Watching too much, not crying, not happy.

The Japanese attitude towards order and hierarchy revealed in "Heavenly Evil 2" also impressed me deeply. Whenever they are in front of their seniors, you can feel their awe of the advancement of power. Ishihara, who was even more presumptuous, also whispered in front of Kato. Kitano Takeshi's exposure to the order of the underworld also makes people see that whether it is a whitewashed running racetrack hedge fund or drug trafficking and a casino, the deteriorating core is still the only option for extreme methods in extreme situations.

Kitano's personal color is clear. The choice of gunshots. The gunshots in the film are something I have never heard before. They are very jerky and hard, and take away life mercilessly.

There are also those two passionate hybrids that can't be forgotten. They may be the reason why everyone entered the underworld in the first place.

[I wrote a so-called film review for the first time, just to share my thoughts about watching movies~]

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