In the film and television industry in 2024, gods are fighting. On the movie track, Zhang Yimou relied on the good tricks of the old world to compete with two rising stars, Shen Teng and Jia Ling. On the TV series track, Bai Jingting and Jin Chen took the lead in ratings. In such a grand scene as
, the Internet will naturally not be absent. The "king" of the Internet market is a Hong Kong film: " breaks down ".
In fact, "Broken War" was originally a theatrical film, but after it was released on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, it only received 16,000 box office. The producer saw that the momentum was not right, and quickly moved to the Internet market to save some face.
From the name "Broken War", it is not difficult to see that the director of this drama more or less intended to be related to the " Cold War " series produced by Hong Kong film IP.
confirmed one thing after watching this movie: apart from the starring cast including Ng Chun-yu , Simon Yam, Tang Wenlong and other Hong Kong film stars, "Broken War" has nothing to do with the Hong Kong film "Cold War".
The story of "Breaking War" is a bit similar to "City Hunter", that is, in the city, there is a "savior" of the "criminal", who promotes good and eliminates evil, and specializes in helping the "weak", which can be regarded as " Hong Kong version of Batman". A "savior" like
is certainly a good person to "ordinary people", but he is definitely not a good person to a city. To the judicial system, he is a proper "criminal", so the story revolves around this "savior" "A battle of wits and courage with the police began.
To be honest, a story like this would have been pretty good five years ago, and it would have been ahead of its time ten years ago. But in an era when "suspense mystery dramas" are popular in China, such a plot is simply too cliché. It's so cliched that even some "short drama writers" no longer write such backward plots.
It is worth mentioning that this drama is lagging behind not only in plot but also in "values".
The "Savior" loved his wife deeply and took great care of her during the five years when she was in a vegetative state. However, when the wife woke up from her slumber, she directly called the police and told the police that her husband was the "Savior."
has nothing to do with the logic of previous issues such as "worry about husbands making mistakes, conflicts between human nature and the law". In "Broken War", the wife called the police very calmly and did not get entangled. Instead, she gave the police some reason. Just like the "domestic dramas" of the 1970s, the plot is not important, but the "big principles of life" are important. A plot like
, coupled with the fact that the director is not a professional director, but an editor, further leads to over-editing of the plot, making the already clichéd story thin and fragmented.
In the end, this "police film" co-starred by three powerful male actors in Hong Kong movies, Simon Yam, Francis Ng and Tang Wenlong, received a low score of 3.3 points.
Audiences who have watched this drama all complained: Did this screenwriter travel through time 20 years ago?
In fact, I am not very satisfied with these comments. After all, 20 years ago, in 2004, Hong Kong movies at that time still had masterpieces such as "Infernal Affairs". After that, Wu Zhenyu and Simon Yam even had " " Revenge ", the last part of the "Gunfire Trilogy", although "Revenge" cannot be compared with "Gunfire" and "Exile", it can be regarded as a rare masterpiece. The "brotherhood" in the play "The discussion with "human heart" is far greater than the so-called "big principles of life."
So, the director of "Broken War" didn't come here 20 years ago, but came here 40 years ago. It's so bad that the audience can't empathize with it at all. The 3.3 points are already given to Wu Zhenyu He and Simon Yam are in the same frame again and are "in the same group".
It is worth mentioning that although this "Breaking War" has been extremely bad, not even powerful actors like Wu Zhenyu and Simon Yam can save it.
But the charm of Wu Zhenyu and Simon Yam in the same frame is still good. Even though
was so bad, a large number of viewers still paid for it, ranking first at the box office, and continuing to dominate the "Japanese Crown" list.
I can only say that the "filters" of older Hong Kong stars are still good.
This is just a plot manipulation of "Broken War". It really makes the audience feel numb. It's too outrageous.
