Hong Kong film for a century, has gone through vicissitudes.
Because of its unique geographic location, Hong Kong has been colonized by the British for a long time, but this small piece of land is still descended from the descendants of the Chinese Emperor and the Chinese Dragon. Although Hong Kong's culture is deeply influenced by foreign cultures, when it comes to the main body of culture, it is still a Chinese culture. Hong Kong films are an indispensable part of Hong Kong culture and an important part of Chinese-language films. Relying on its achievements in the field of film, Hong Kong was once known internationally as "Oriental Hollywood".
But this "Oriental Hollywood" can't reach American Hollywood after all. Around 1995, Hong Kong movie tycoons left American Hollywood one after another, including: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Chow Yun-fat, and behind-the-scenes figures like Wu Yusen and Yuan Heping . During this period, Hong Kong movies began to decline from prosperity.
Heroes make times, and times make heroes. During this period, many representative directors emerged in Hong Kong. Among them is today's protagonist, Johnny To, the head of Galaxy Image. Qifeng To started doing miscellaneous work in Hong Kong wireless, and also trained in artist training courses in the middle, and later ran through the tricks, and finally started to be a film director in 1980.
It is worth mentioning that Du Qifeng can become a director, thanks to Wang Jing’s father Wang Tianlin, who is Du Qifeng’s teacher. Later, Wang Tianlin made guest appearances in Du Qifeng's "Underworld" and "Gunfire", which shows that the two masters and apprentices are deeply attached.
Before the founding of Galaxy Image, when Johnnie To was the director, there were already several high-profile and high-quality works, including "A Lang's Story" starring Chow Yun-fat and "The Trial Officer" starring Stephen Chow. To a certain extent, these early works also have the black and fatal shadow of the later galaxy image. These outstanding works are not only the recognition of Johnnie To by the Hong Kong film circle, but also the display of Johnnie To his talent.
Around 1995, with the departure of a large number of excellent filmmakers, Hong Kong films entered a period of weakness and vacuum. At this time, Hong Kong films urgently need new themes to fill. Therefore, during this period, the Hong Kong film industry, including Johnnie To, a group of film directors with new concepts, created their own Hong Kong film era.
Among them are Wong Kar Wai, who became famous earlier, Liu Weiqiang, director of the "Young and Dangerous" series, and Mak Siu Fai, the screenwriter of "Infernal Affairs". These directors have their own characteristics, opening up new depth and direction for Hong Kong films.
Among them, the strongest personal styles are Wong Kar-wai and Tony To, but unlike Wong Kar-wai, Tony is also shooting many commercial films in addition to personal genres. Among them is the "One Hundred Thousand Urgency" that the Galaxy Imaging team has initially formed.
Objectively speaking, this movie is far from the galaxy image at its peak. In terms of genre features, it can be described as not outstanding or outstanding. But this does not prevent this film from still being a film with strong Hong Kong characteristics.
20 years later, this movie is still praised by fans as the best firefighting movie in Chinese. In addition to being directed by Johnnie To, this film brought together almost all the key personnel of the Galaxy image. Including director Du Qifeng, executive director You Dazhi, producer Wei Jiahui, screenwriter You Naihai, etc. In terms of actors, this movie also features Liu Qingyun, one of Johnnie To's queen actor, and the heroine Li Ruotong.
It is worth mentioning that Li Ruotong, who rarely involves the big screen, has cooperated many times with Yinhe Image. The classic degree of the screen couple she and Liu Qingyun partner with can be compared with the other couples Zheng Xiuwen and Andy Lau on the screen. Comparable.
"One Hundred Thousand Urgent" is somewhat stable. It is estimated that it is related to the team's just establishment. They need a work above the pass line to be recognized by film colleagues and audiences in order to accumulate strength and make new progress in their career.
If this is the case, "One Hundred Thousand Hundred Thousand Urgent" definitely achieved the staged goal. This film organically connects the stories of firefighters saving lives through several mainline personnel. On the premise of ensuring the comfort of most viewers and watching movies, it appropriately analyzes the inner entanglement of the firefighters in the process of saving people, the heroes and mortals, and the struggles and choices between the regulations and saving people. The brilliance of the
film is that in the process of saving people, the personal lives of several firefighters are interspersed. Showed, behind the firefighter’s hero pictogramNot only do they have, but they also experience an emotional life indistinguishable from ordinary people. For example, Liu Qingyun played the "CEO" and fell in love with the doctor played by Li Ruotong. The leader of the fire brigade played by Fang Zhongxin's special indifference to his subordinates has a lot to do with his family life with his wife and daughter.
Because of their ordinary human emotions, they have more feelings when they experience rescue incidents, and this feeling also affects their state of saving lives. In the film, emotional and rational disputes, entanglements between saving people and self-help, the different angles between the rescuer and the rescued, the sparks of human nature collide at all times.
When watching this movie, Zhou Youjun has been looking forward to Director Du's signature Diablo. It is a pity that throughout the entire film, even if the front shots have been prepared, the back turns to the warm picture. The
film ended with the rescue of a super fire. The entire movie scene also sublimated the film from the previous Hong Kong TV series to the visual sense of Hollywood. In the climax of this film, the plot is twists and turns, but in terms of the degree of fit between the plot and the picture, it is a little bit underwhelming, and it's a bit too dramatic. In the polish of the plot and the design of the dialogue, some details are less vigorous. But as a film with the main theme, this film is absolutely superb.
Soon after the film was released, Johnnie To led the entire galaxy image with "Gun Fire". Later, they launched the "PTU" series, the "Underworld" series, and "The Detective", which are both hits and reputed works. Johnnie To has also brought Hong Kong's police and criminal films to a new level in depth.
And these are not the heights that Johnnie To can reach alone, this is the credit of the entire Milky Way image. Especially Wei Jiahui and You Dazhi contributed. In terms of actors, Liu Qingyun and Andy Lau are also the ace male protagonists of Galaxy Image. Two of them, one is responsible for acting and the other is responsible for commercial performance. The success of
galaxy image marks the emergence of a mature new genre movie in Hong Kong movies following kung fu, martial arts, gunfight and other movies. This movie genre features black, ruthless, cold, and cool as its main features. The film of the galaxy image contains multiple elements such as gun battles, reasoning, gangsters, and police. In these elements, Du Qifeng and other creators have integrated into the darkest side of human nature. After seeing their later works, fans can't imagine that they started with such a positive work.
But as a generation of fans who grew up watching Hong Kong movies, the editor is very happy that Johnnie To has appeared in Hong Kong movies, allowing him to continue to write a strong note for Hong Kong movies in new genres. In recent years, besides Wong Kar-wai, he is another director who represents the highest artistic achievement of Hong Kong film. I believe that many years later, the film of Milky Way led by Qifeng To will become the same as Kung Fu films, martial arts films, and Wuli top films. The logo of Hong Kong movie. The "fire" 22 years ago opened a new chapter in Hong Kong movies.
