As soon as the Spring Festival comes, major shopping malls will ring Andy Lau's "Gong Xi Fa Cai", Hua Zai is also a national idol, handsome for a lifetime, personally think that his most handsome movie is "Dark War", it is the peak of appearance, it is time Revisit it again!
In 1999, Johnnie To made three consecutive films for the livelihood of Galaxy Imaging, all of which became classics in the future: "Dark War", "Gunfire" and "Goodbye Alang". Among them, "Dark War" has the best box office, reaching 14.65 million and ranking 9th in the annual box office list of Hong Kong films.
Hong Kong films at the time were in a difficult situation, lack of funds, and the audience did not buy it. Du Qifeng mentioned in the interview behind the scenes that Andy Lau and Liu Qingyun's combination of popularity and strength is a major reason for the success of the film.
"Dark War" is produced by China Star Group and co-produced by China Star, Yongsheng and Yinhe Image. In 1999, Johnnie To brought the image of the Milky Way into the China Star. After that, the other two members of the Galaxy Triangle, You Dazhi and Wei Jiahui, left one after another, perhaps because of the conflict of business philosophy.
At that time, Andy Lau, who was once questioned about his acting skills, won the first Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor with his "Dark War". This is also the first time that Hua has won the actor. In 1989, "Carmen in Mong Kok", "The Story of 500 Million Inspector Lei Luo" in 1992, and "Chariot of Fire" in 1996 were all nominated three times. In the end, Johnnie To became his lucky star.
Although Du Qifeng also believes that Andy Lau's acting skills are not as good as Liu Qingyun, he did not shy away from the media in the behind-the-scenes interview of "Dark War". But in 2003, Johnnie To once again assisted Andy Lau to win the actor with "Big Brother", Tou Qifeng deserved to be one of the directors who can train actors.
"Dark War" is directed by Johnnie To, but this film is not the cold and anxious realistic style familiar to galaxy fans. It is close to the romantic style, and even brings a little comedy element. This time
is not a group of ordinary people struggling to survive hysterical, but a very special pair of "knights", high IQ thieves and police officers sympathize with each other, it is a typical duo film.
Liu Qingyun, played by the inspector, is a negotiator, workaholic, interpersonal idiot, and is forced to do a clerical job.
Andy Lau, a high-IQ jewelry thief, is a terminal cancer patient. He is determined to use the police to kill his father and enemy, the bald-headed jewelry smuggler played by Li Zixiong.
But his purpose is not only here, he wants to find someone who is well matched to play the last game, it happened that Liu Qingyun was selected by him. In the
film, there are 3 duels between the two. One party makes a move and the other takes it. Each time they can play a different idea.
For the first time, Liu Qingyun stood by and waited. Andy Lau cleverly used his identity as a police officer to not shoot casually for fear of accidentally injuring the people and escaped smoothly.
changed positions for the second time, and it was Andy Lau's turn to drive. Liu Qingyun thought he had a chance to win, but didn't know that Andy Lau fought the car and escaped again.
The previous two confrontations were also for the third time. Although Liu Qingyun could bring him to justice, he didn't know whether he was attracted by the women's elder Andy Lau or the heroic sympathy. Liu Qingyun finally chose the story to let him go.
This film does not have the sense of despair of the previous galaxy movies, it is the most laughable one in the galaxy police film.
Chief Inspector Huang Qifa, played by Xu Shaoxiong, is responsible for the joke of the film. The famous "Huang Qifa" stem is from this film: every time he pops out and shouts "I am Chief Inspector Huang Qifa of the crime team...", there is no deterrent. Power, often untimely bad events, hilarious.
He was timid and unresolute. He was toyed with by Andy Lau's Gan Dazi fake bomb. Liu Qingyun helplessly yelled "Gan Dazi!" is the scene from the title.
Other comedy scenes, such as Huang Qiqihar, saw Andy Lau's medicine and thought that Liu Qingyun had cancer, and his attitude improved instantly. In addition, Huang Qifa feels that Liu Qingyun, who is addicted to work and not female, likes men and so on, which is dumbfounding.
However, the most romantic scene in the film is not the two heroes plot, but the lace in the movie, which seems to have nothing to do with the main line: Andy Lau and a girl on the bus for a short time in love.
Andy Lau met Meng Jiahui twice on the bus while escaping. For the first time, Andy Lau met the police to stop the car for inspection, threatened her with a pistol, and pretended to be a couple with her, one wearing headphones and the other wearing sunglasses. sense.
The second encounter was after Andy Lau took the jewellery. The girl took the initiative to pretend to be a couple with him to cope with the inspection, and the two sat until the terminal.
They got off the car and went to the restaurant together, but Andy Lau was vomiting blood on the table and became sick. He knew that he was running out of time and said to her "no time".
At the end of the film, Liu Qingyun met a girl on the bus, and he recognized this gem. The girl said that the gem was given by a friend, and she never showed up since she gave it to her.
Liu Qingyun said, be careful one day when he suddenly appears to startle you. Here again brings the usual flavor of Johnny To: fate is impermanent, fleeting, and has a shadow of realism in the overall romantic style.
The fleeting things are the most beautiful, and the fruitless love is the most memorable. When Andy Lau and the girl met, it was the salvation of Andy Lau, whose life was about to come to an end. In fact, it strongly promoted the development of the plot.
In addition, the soundtrack of this film is different from the usual black and dynamic style of the Galaxy image. It is melodious and comfortable, and has a strong sense of immersion, which greatly helps to promote the plot. The soundtrack style of
fits the film very well and is not desperate, full of human touch, showing another possibility of the police film soundtrack.
In 1999, the Milky Way image was added to China Star. Many fans think that the Milky Way has changed its flavor. But this film shows the opportunity to become a galaxy this year. This film and the later Galaxy films even took into account both business and art, and came from behind in the sluggish Hong Kong film market at that time.
Finally, I want to say, "Dark War" can be called the pinnacle of Andy Lau's acting and appearance. What do you think? (Author: Mankei Wu)
