The superficial meaning of the word is to shed blood and refer to many murders. Under the circumstance that three-year-old children in China can go to the cinema, the continuous blood-spraying and killing scenes for two consecutive hours will undoubtedly give children a life-long nightmare. Later, after Wu Yusen filmed this "Blood on the Street", he went to Hollywood to develop. The few films that just arrived in Hollywood, the same bullets that can't be sprayed, the same blood dripping, but there is no doubt that the blood volume is not worth it. Half of the films made in Hong Kong, and Hollywood has also given a 17-ban limit, and minors are not allowed to watch.
Unfortunately or fortunately, our generation grew up in the mainland, and it is impossible to watch barrels of blood and gunfire on the big screen. Most Hong Kong movies are watched on videotape. In the past, my uncle opened a video room in the town, watching crime movies, police and bandit movies, martial arts movies during the day, and third-level movies at night. For a while, I even went to help watch the store, because it was the first video room in the town, and there was an endless stream of people who rented tapes, and sometimes they were taken along. Then my uncle served with tea and cigarettes.
Twenty years have passed now. Of course, Hong Kong films have declined, and even after Lao Wu left Hong Kong, they can no longer make the same level as they used to be. Although the box office looks good, on the other hand, they sacrifice themselves for the general public. style, or he himself has grown tired of that style, and has become a pure commercial filmmaker.
Therefore, many people say that this "Blood on the Street" is more like John Woo's farewell work.
Say goodbye to your hometown, say goodbye to the Hong Kong that preaches morality and grievances, say goodbye to that cold and vicissitudes of small place, and finally go to the other side except the sea.
In this film, John Woo puts these three protagonists in a turbulent Hong Kong, (many people think the Hong Kong Red Guards are a bit funny, but such a thing happened) and these three guys grew up in a corner, fighting , idle and uneasy from one's background - just like Hong Kong's colonial identity, anxious and wanting to break through. At this time, people will be divided. Some people are devastated by reality because they want to maintain innocence (Hui Tsai), some people become greedy and extinct because they have seen disasters and poverty (Xirong), and some people want to protect innocence on the one hand, and on the other hand. Still have to fight (A B).
Wu Yusen's going out is just like the three protagonists. The films he shoots in Hollywood will inevitably compromise and sacrifice. Perhaps what he loses is the most outstanding part of him, such as the morality of the rivers and lakes, the grievances and hatreds. Several well-known blockbusters in Hollywood, such as "Mission Impossible 2" and "Face Change," can't be seen. He is a qualified Hollywood director, but not an excellent John Woo who speaks chivalrous and narcissistic stories. But maybe he's still fighting, adding blood to Hollywood films, throwing pigeons in churches, and smashing icons with gunfire.
Back to "Blood on the Street". In fact, the meaning of bleeding has already been mentioned above, endless blood, endless people, in this film, casualties and bloodshed created the most violent feature of John Woo. Wu Yusen said that he hates violence and hopes for love and peace. If he implements his proposition through this bloody violence, it is obviously unreasonable, so he implants love and kindness, and attaches great importance to the fallen underworld figures. This contrast Just like Director Wu's own contradictions (hate violence but beautify violence), these characters appear tragic and real. But in Hollywood, the film will not consider whether it is right or wrong, one word is dry, you are right or wrong at a glance, there will be no contradictions and no ambiguity, so you can save a lot of time and verbose, with better weapons Could use less blood and bullets.
But in fact, people are all contradictory, and the world is also contradictory and complex. The more the times are moving forward, the more complex and disordered it will be.
Just like the three protagonists in the bloody street, they think that this port is too messy, and they have to go out and create something. Who knows that the outside is more chaotic and more unbearable, and they will lose their dignity and life at any time, so they have to come back.
Like the film, John Woo came back after going out for 20 years, but Hong Kong is no longer that Hong Kong. He went back to the mainland and made a series of films that were not very good. John Woo is no longer that Johnny Woo. His films are no longer cool, his films have become serious and mediocre, they are no longer shocking, and they are no longer soul-stirring and want to get drunk. stop.
Times have changed, so has he, and so has society and people's hearts. It is said in Two Heroes in Blood, this world is not suitable for us, because we are too nostalgic, and every word becomes a prophecy.
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