Hey...how to say it?
Hong Kong movie! Hong Kong movie! Why is
the story of the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" again?
In my impression, in recent years, there have been several Hong Kong films related to the "Independent Commission Against Corruption".
For example, "Integrity", "Anti-Corruption Storm", "Empire of Money", "Chasing the Dragon", "Chasing the Tiger and Capturing the Dragon", "When the Wind Rises Again"...
No matter how good the subject matter is, it cannot withstand such repetitions. Take, for example, the incident of the Independent Commission Against Corruption being smashed. I have seen it in several movies, and it is really nothing new at all.
This film, from the story level, can be regarded as the Hong Kong version of "Kursing":
The big boss Cheng Yiyan, played by Tony Leung, is like Gao Qiqiang in "Kursing", who has gradually grown from a low-level person to a wealthy businessman with hands and eyes.
The ICAC agent played by Andy Lau is like An Xin in "Hurry Up". For more than ten years, he has been keeping an eye on Cheng Yiyan, who is suspected of fraud and bribery, and finally brought him to justice.
This involves the Hong Kong stock market crash in the late 1980s. The culprit was Cheng Yiyan, who had the Midas touch and was crazy about stock trading.
The business war part was pretty good, such as buying off the young masters of the five major families and speculating on stocks to build momentum for the acquisition of Jinshan Tower. It had the flavor of a TVB Hong Kong drama.
There are also various legends about Cheng Yiyan, including his acquaintance with foreign dignitaries, the Golden Triangle guerrillas, and the mafia; through a series of video flashbacks + witness accounts, the character of Cheng Yiyan is created in a more three-dimensional way.
However, the investigation part is a bit thin. Because it is an economic crime, it involves a lot of professional terms and the criminal methods are also very complicated.
In addition to using interrogation + recall techniques, the director seems to be unable to find a more effective way to restore the entire criminal process.
The performance of the Independent Commission Against Corruption agent played by Andy Lau is also lackluster. In addition to leading a bunch of people to surround Boss Cheng's building, finding a bunch of accountants to audit the accounts and finding out stacks of problematic files, there are also several scenes where Andy Lau and Tony Leung face each other. , the psychological warfare rivalry is pretty exciting, and there’s not much else.
Therefore, to a certain extent, the audience will feel that the ICAC is very weak. For example, when a large amount of evidence has been discovered, Cheng Yiyan expressed his willingness to cooperate, but on the condition that other witnesses are allowed to leave. At this time, the Independent Commission Against Corruption was obedient and let the witnesses go. However, these witnesses were subsequently killed one by one and silenced. As a result, the first prosecution failed and Cheng Yiyan was released on bail.
Including the last one, Cheng Yiyan was arrested eight times. Cheng Yiyan was finally sentenced by the court, but he was only sentenced to 3 years. This was too unreasonable and a bit discouraging!
Therefore, this film has the appearance of Hong Kong films in the past, and has a lot of experience in showing the "crime" part of "crime films"; but as for the "cops and robbers battle" part of "cop and robber films", it is really not as good as some of our domestic detectives. The show is wonderful.
I guess that this major case was such a sensation at the time and lasted for many years. The agents of the Independent Commission Against Corruption must have encountered a lot of setbacks and hardships. Their hardships and sufferings are far more exciting than the movie, but I don’t know that it is because of the director’s limited ability. , either because of the censorship system, or because I was afraid of not being able to publish it, anyway, it gave the audience the impression that it was understated and passed over in one stroke. The story that was supposed to be exciting turned out to be boring.
Bai Zhi, who plays the trader Xiao Pang, looks like Xiao Yueyue. The sister-in-law played by Asa is quite interesting and has a slight breakthrough in character creation.
Author: Lanyu Xingcheng
