"Slaying the Wolf 2": A Movie That Says It Can but Can't

As a sequel to Zhuyu, the challenges the film itself encountered are very big, and the story of the previous film and the rigor of the fighting design are a classic that is very difficult to surpass, but in the face of more and more For the increasingly weak Chinese kung fu movies, the real kung fu has given people the hope and hope of a feast of action. Without hesitation, as a movie, the plot of the story can be said to be rotten. There is neither a realistic plot of bravery, nor the worldly human feelings that hover at the bottom of the society. It blindly imitates the plots and bridges of previous Hong Kong films. , lacking a kind of thinking about the real life of society, it is obvious that the design of the plot is very fragmented in the film. After selectively designing the personal story of each character, in the process of splicing, there is no story at all. The main body of expression, the whole movie is spent in a kind of randomness and hustle, where you want to play, there is no overall planning and auditing at all, and various unrelated plots are interspersed with each other in a rush. A chaotic situation. The structure created by the film makes people feel very incongruous. Even if they deliberately choose to deliberately fiddle with some so-called techniques and unique skills in the filming, it gives people the feeling of showing off and showing off, even if they want to create It produces a movie effect with a dynamic and static contrast, but the smoothness of watching the movie is greatly reduced. It is undeniable that the director wants to create a new trick in every aspect of the movie, but the effect created has changed. It has become the vulgarity and unbearableness of picking up people's teeth.

The movie turned Wu Jing from a bad guy in the last movie into a good guy in this one, and brought an earth-shaking change in the style of the movie. Although this change is determined by the fame of the individual actor, I personally feel that if this movie In it, Wu Jing continues to play the role of the bad guy, and the effect will be better. Because of the participation of many kung fu stars, the movie also imitated the fighting settings in "King of Kung Fu", so that the fighting nature of the tie is symmetrical to add a suspicion to the movie to please fans of all parties, and people will inevitably compete with each other. , let alone a kung fu star, but in the movie, while deliberately teasing the audience's emotions, it constantly suppresses the competitive desire in the audience's heart, turning the fight into a draw, and turning the opposition into unity. The situation of the same party and the different is very unpleasant to see. This is an action-oriented film, but it is mixed with all kinds of endless clues, laying out various possibilities for the development of the plot, but it is impossible to distinguish which main line is supporting and guiding the film. , in order to pursue the pattern of the film, the director did not hesitate to cross China and Thailand in the form of a co-production film, which brought a change to the internationalization of the film, and used a world language translation software to solve all the communication that can be solved with high technology. The problem, I have to say that the director is full of a little cleverness and tricks, but he can easily play the international genre. Compared with the movie "Equator" which was released two days ago, this point is obviously very niche. Although both countries are mixed, it is far beyond the problem of pattern in terms of expression and level. This also proves that Xiaoqing can't play the big turntable. The movie is too much entangled in personal issues, starting from people rather than things. This is quite different from the first movie. What the movie can grasp is always asking the characters to act in their personal interests. The choice is not to expand and excavate the greatness and selfishness of human beings from the perspective of life. The bad guys are vicious and the good guys are perfect. Compared with such an old-fashioned setting, the director's ability to perceive the market perception is too weak, and the stagnant The movie idea, combined with the old-fashioned stylized martial arts setting, although there is a hint of technical innovation, it is very obvious imitation and rigid splicing. I have to say that director Zheng Baorui's concept still lacks the creativity of the times.

As the starring Wu Jing, the Hong Kong policeman played to a large extent does not feel the same as the previous policeman. The temperament of the mainland public security in him is different from the Hong Kong police's sentiment of protecting Hong Kong in previous movies. Watch this movie , he lost a lot of that arrogance and self-confidence in him, and added a touch of unbearable fear and anxiety, and when he was finally abused by Zhang Jin, he lost more or less what he brought to the audience in the past. Feels like a personal hero, and becomes a little guy who will only be passively beaten. As a Thai action superstar, Tony Jaa, the director gave him too many emotional and psychological dramas. The more realistic performance of the action made the action star fight, and completely lost his demeanor as an action star. The value has soared all the way down, but Zhang Jin in the movie gives people a bright feeling. His almost impossible body movements create a very beautiful fighting scene, but the original realistic action style starts to change when it is his turn. Erratic.

As the reason why action movies are not good enough in recent years, kung fu movies have added a lot of slow motion and close-up shots to enhance the splendor of the fighting process, but this approach not only slows down the rhythm and atmosphere of the whole movie, but also destroys the action scenes. Apparently, director Zheng Baorui didn't realize this, and he still added various slow motions at will to increase the so-called cruelty. Because of the director's willfulness and lack of thought, a movie that brings together many kung fu stars looks no different from a movie with actors who don't know kung fu. I have to say that the movie wastes many action star resources in vain.

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