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If you want to choose one of the best Chinese action movies in history (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), then Wang Yu, Ti Lung, David Chiang, Bruce Lee , Jackie Chan , Jet Li , Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing and others will do it. Is a very strong competitor.
Among them, Bruce Lee can be said to be the first person in Chinese action movies to fight hard and fight hard. He also ushered in the peak era of Chinese action movies. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Yuen Woo-Ping, Liu Jialiang, Cheng Xiaodong and others have brought Chinese action films directly to the peak of the era, and have become China's most influential business card in the world.
After the peak, Donnie Yen was unable to survive alone, and Wu Jing, Wang Baoqiang, suddenly emerged, but they still lived up to the grandeur of the year, and Chinese action films almost fell into silence.
From the beginning of Shaw Brothers martial arts movies to the present, countless very classic action movies have been produced in these decades. However, judging from Luo Xue’s personal preferences, traditional martial arts films are too elegant and graceful in their movements and focus more on routines and body skills, such as "Once Upon a Time in the Series", " New Shaolin Five Ancestors ", " New Dragon Gate Inn ", etc.; While Bruce Lee's action movies are slightly less enjoyable to watch, Jackie Chan's action movies focus more on the concept of kung fu comedy and are very close to life, but they don't feel like people are worshiping them. In addition, Sammo Hung and Jet Li's action movies are very good, but they don't have a fierce and cruel sense of life.
In contrast, in " Sha Po Lang 2 ", "suited thug" Zhang Jin can still win the battle scene in one versus two, with hard bridges and hard horses, punches to the flesh, strong punches, sharp moves, and rhythm Excellent, it can be said to be the best action scene in Luoxue's heart. Therefore, "Sha Po Lang 2" is also the best Chinese action movie in Luoxue's heart.
"Slaying the Wolf 2" is jointly produced by Sun Entertainment, Yindu Organization, and Bona, directed by Zheng Baorui, starring Wu Jing, Tony Jia, and Zhang Jin. It was released in 2015 with a cost of 180 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately 166 million yuan) , achieved a domestic box office of 559 million yuan, and the global box office reached 81.273 million US dollars. At the same time, also won the Best Action Design Award at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards, but lost to "Master" at the Golden Horse Awards.
On Douban, 190,000 people gave it a rating of 7.5, which is slightly lower than the 7.6 rating of "Sha Po Lang 1". A total of 7.6k people rated it 6.7 on imdb.
Based on Luoxue's personal perception, there are some loopholes in the plot of this film. At first glance, the film seems fine, but after careful consideration, you will find many unreasonable places. However, if you only look at the "origin and transition" of the story, it is much better than " fuse ". It is a relatively qualified Hong Kong police and gangster film, but compared with "Slaying the Wolf 1", this film is far inferior in terms of story core, twists, fatalism and other forms. Therefore, if we look at it overall, this film is not as good as "Slaying the Wolf 1", and Douban's score of 7.5 is considered satisfactory.
But the one-on-two action design of Zhang Jin, the "suited thug" in this film, is very punchy, powerful, and deadly. It is an action scene that can be watched over and over again. is more entertaining and more fierce than traditional action movies. I like it very much! Therefore, I personally think this film is one of the best Chinese action films.
The following contains serious spoilers. I suggest friends who haven’t seen it to watch the movie first and then read Luoxue’s recommendations! (Remember to turn off the barrage)
. Mediocre foreplay
There is no doubt that Hong Kong movies were once the ceiling of action movies! It has experienced the trappings of the Shaw Brothers era, the simplicity of the Bruce Lee era, and the elegance and agility of the Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Jet Li eras. After the decline of Hong Kong movies, Hong Kong action movies also began to be influenced by other movies from around the world, and began to add deadly ferocity.
and Although "Sha Po Lang 2" is not as ferocious as the first one, it has reached a new peak in terms of move design, power presentation and camera switching.
It can be said unceremoniously that the martial arts in "Slaying the Wolf 2" may not be able to beat Bruce Lee, Jet Li and others in actual combat, but In terms of visual enjoyment and the pleasure presented by the camera, "Slaying the Wolf 2" 2》There is no doubt that it is a sure win.
In the movie, there are about 7 martial arts action scenes in the whole film. Basically, there is a wonderful martial arts scene every 17 minutes, and this does not include gun battles, chases, etc. In other words, basically every 10 minutes there will be a relatively intense scene that can stimulate the audience's senses and stimulate adrenaline.
Among these 7 action scenes, especially the martial arts action scene during the prison riot and the martial arts scene at the end of the movie where Zhang Jin single-handedly challenges Wu Jing and Tony Jaa are the most exciting and adrenaline-filled scenes.
Therefore, some netizens commented highly on Douban and said: " brings a new level of fighting scenes in Chinese-language movies, the Chinese version of "The Raid" and "Mad Max" , R-level can't run, fast, fierce, fast, cold weapon tactics The moves are deadly and the moves are bloody, and the long shot of the prison riot scene is completely explosive! "
In the prison riot scene, two long shots of more than 2 minutes each, coupled with the violent music and chaotic scene environment, All make the movie full of exciting effects. Especially in Zhang Jin's first real action, his crisp suit looked particularly eye-catching in the messy prison environment.
However, if the movie only had this section, it would obviously not be possible for Luo Xue to rank it first in Chinese action.
In this section, the action designs of Tony Jia, Wu Jing and Zhang Jin are obviously messy, with very obvious signs of trickery. What's more important is that there is never a "brutal intensity" in the battle, and there is no feeling that every punch and every kick is exhausted, trying to kill the opponent directly.
However, fortunately, the climax action scene in the last section of the movie, which is the battle between the three main protagonists, is extremely eye-catching. It combines strength and beauty at the same time.
. Stunning climax
In the last battle, put aside the gun battle and minions time. The entire battle started at 1 hour, 43 minutes and 30 seconds and ended at 1 hour and 53 minutes. The fighting time was a full 9 and a half minutes, and the one-on-one and two-on-one action scenes made the audience extremely satisfied.
Zhang Jin, Wu Jing, and Tony Jia are all very experienced action actors, so the entire martial arts action design of looks smooth, extremely clean and capable, and every move and style is full of power, and you can see the actors The outbreak of allows the audience to feel the intensity of the scene through the screen.
More importantly, through the action in the movie, we can clearly see the "ruthlessness" of each actor's punches, and it feels like every punch and every blow will destroy the opponent. Just like the previous prison riots, the mood and atmosphere were all in place, but the overall action was soft. The battle at this time is obviously more powerful.
And it is different from traditional action movies that try to use long shots, long shots, panoramic shots, and medium shots to show the actors' real skills as much as possible. The director of this film obviously cares more about visual stimulation and enjoyment.
constantly uses multiple camera switches throughout the film, including panoramic, close-up, close-up, and even the now-criticized slow motion. It can be said that the lens language of this last action scene is very rich. In addition, the director also used fast editing, constantly switching shots while ensuring that the audience could clearly see every action. uses lens language to let the audience feel the horror and ferocity of the action scenes in the movie.
This skillful use of lens language can be said to be the biggest difference between director Zheng Baorui and all previous action film directors! Others want to show reality as much as possible, but Zheng Baorui tries his best to make the actions more realistic and look better.
Therefore, at the 35th Hong Kong Film Awards, this film was actually nominated for the Best Editing Award.
However, compared with action films like "The Bourne Supremacy" and "The Raid" that are accustomed to using lens language, the basic martial arts skills of domestic action film actors are obviously much better in "Slaying the Wolf 2". Therefore, we can see that although the lens language of movies is rich, there is basically no shaking photography.
In addition to photography, the film's martial arts setting is also quite romantic in the heyday of Hong Kong action movies. It combines reality and romance very well . On the one hand, it obeys gravity and there is no flying battle; but it does not fully respect it, so whether it is flying or flying kicking, it is obvious that it does not fully follow the logic of reality. This makes the action scenes of the entire movie exaggerated based on reality, and makes it more beautiful! Similar to the fight in "Letter to Dad".
and Zhang Jin’s one-on-two fighting power is really cool! Especially the contrasting suits and leather shoes earned him the reputation of "suited thug".
Although the last action scene of this film is very eye-catching. However, the overall quality of this film is much worse than that of Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung and other films from the heyday of action films.
. The Tired Story
Like "The Fuse", the story of this film is also extremely dull, and there are even many unreasonable bugs. Even compared with "Sha Po Lang 1", "Sha Po Lang 2" is very different at the story level, and it can even be said to be a "dog's tail" work.
There is not a single scene in the entire film that can be compared with the scene in "The Wolf 1" in which Sammo Hung suddenly pushed Donnie Yen downstairs and killed his wife and child, let alone the classic Hong Kong films from the past.
Even if you put aside the connotation, just tell it as a story. A Hong Kong undercover agent matched the bone marrow of a Thai leukemia patient. This setting is extremely ridiculous. In the movie, Wu Jing had never been to Thailand before being arrested, but the Hong Kong volunteer information was found in a small clinic in Thailand. Is it possible?
It can be said that the movie is forcibly connecting the two places. In addition, during the shootout at the airport, Wu Jing was already seen by his boss that there was something wrong with him, but he still followed his boss and was eventually arrested and sent to a Thai prison. It can be said that the screenwriter really tried his best to forcefully make up the story.
In the end, in order to increase the tension by forcing a two-line narrative, the little girl met a wolf in a park in a Thai city. Even if it was an illusion, it made people feel that it was not too deliberate.
Generally speaking, if compares with the overall effect, "Slaying the Wolf 2" cannot even make it into the top 20 Chinese action movies. However, as Luoxue said before, in traditional action movies, because the protagonists have a very solid martial arts foundation, they can either defeat the enemy within a few moves like Bruce Lee, or minimize camera switching to highlight the protagonist's martial arts skills. Either it will add a lot of elegant and romantic elements, making the action movie feel incomplete, and no matter how intense the fighting is, it will never give people a "sense of cruelty".
Chinese-language action movies are like a competition between masters, and it ends at the click; but Luo Xue prefers the fight between killers, fierce and surly.
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