science fiction in Hong Kong

Kiana 2022-04-09 08:01:04

Don't talk about the story of the script, just talk about the movie setting. Regarding the description of man and machine or human and AI intelligence, the movie is still relatively shallow, focusing more on "emotion". The setting of Xu Xi's role is worth pondering. After escaping from the base, he worked in the library and lived in an abandoned factory, representing his future and past - knowledge, emotion and machinery, and cold blood. At the same time, the female staff member he met in the library, the policeman and the lover and head of the original base were opposed in terms of emotion and character. One pursued love and justice, while the other committed crimes for maximum benefit, and was eventually killed by a drug dealer. meet in the event. The whole film is dominated by blue, highlighting the fantasy and surrealism of science and technology. Except for the library scene at the beginning, Karen Mok's red dress has long been doomed to her role as the fate of breaking into Xu Xi's fate violently. Of course, it is obvious that the special effects of this film failed to keep up with the sci-fi feel brought by the blue tone, but some of the processing of the film is still worthy of recognition, such as the scenes of multiple severed heads and broken arms, and finally the burning head of the leader who was blown to death. , are constantly telling the audience that they are transforming people, this is a movie with a sci-fi color. The film uses a lot of irregular composition and oblique shots to create a cinematic world where an insecure society and distorted characters coexist. Another story that shows a sense of science fiction is that Unit 701 used a computer virus to invade the police station’s information database. The police blindly believed in the protection of the data of drug dealers by the computer protection system. They were passively handed over to technology, otherwise the police wouldn't even be able to detect the underground 701 unit base, the 701 underground unit was also deceived by the wrong reading of the thermal scanner, and the leader would not wait for the data theft to be completed. Instead, he was killed by Xu Xi. It is true that success is also technology and technology is also technology. Make a bold prediction, whether this is an indirect prediction of the director and the producer for the present and the future - now people use technology to fulfill their desires, and in the future, artificial AI will use technology to rule mankind with highly advanced technology. Yuan Hepingwu pointed out that the action design in charge of the film is more about the explosive power of the "robot", the bloody and fierce actions, a large number of actions combined with firearms, bullets and blood flying everywhere, and the villains all died under the metal weapons. - Bullets, Frisbees, grenades, bombs. A large number of action scenes are located in industrial scenes-abandoned factories and underground pipelines, implying that the 701 troops are secretive. At the same time, they are the product of industrial technology. The last 701 troops were eliminated in the underground pipeline base, which is full of The tone of fatalism - the expansion of desire will eventually be swallowed up by desire, and technology will destroy technology.

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Extended Reading
  • Levi 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    A generation of fashion, Jet Li's various knight identities (from ancient times to modern times to modern times) have almost been played out.

  • Carmine 2022-04-12 09:01:11

    Nothing to see except fighting, characters are vague

Black Mask quotes

  • Cailyn: I knew you'd find me if I let myself be caught. I'm so glad you've come back to join us.

    Michael: [smiles] Come back? No Cailyn.

    Cailyn: It's your fate. No matter what, you're still one of us.

    Michael: [watching the children play at the park] If I told you there was a place for us outside of death, without all the killing... that you and I could leave it all behind, just by walking away... would you do it?

    Cailyn: [skeptically] Look Michael, let's not pretend we're like these people. We're killers.

    Michael: But not machines. Even a killer can choose not to kill.

  • Cailyn: [after stabbing Michael with a knife] That's from the Commander. He sent me to murder you...

    [holds out her hand to him]

    Cailyn: but this time, I can save you, if you'll just come back with me.

    Michael: There's more to life than just survival. I'd rather die than go back.

    Cailyn: We can start over when this is done, just like you said.

    Michael: I've got news for you Cailyn... it's never done.

    Cailyn: Michael, it is done, when we've made them pay.

    Michael: And just how do you propose doing that? By killing them all?

    Cailyn: Once we have the Crimewatch files, they will do whatever we want them to.

    Michael: I guess I was wrong. We thought we could help each other. Looks like we're both out of luck.

    [Michael flees from Cailyn]