"The True Color of Heroes" fully utilizes John Woo's "violent aesthetics", "brotherhood", "two guns" and other label-style film vocabulary, revealing the human nature that swings between good and evil. The film is not the insider exposure of Hong Kong and Taiwan gangsters, nor is it a reflection of social reality, but a re-creation of a heroic myth, which is entirely the creator's subjective wish and emotional projection. After the film was released, it was an unprecedented hit, creating a movie trend of gangster hero films. The "hero film" boom has emerged in Hong Kong movies. Among Hong Kong's top 100 films selected by Hong Kong film critics, "The True Color of Heroes" ranks first, which shows that it has a profound impact on Hong Kong-produced films.
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