On April 14, 2024, all the awards were awarded at the 42nd Hong Kong Film Awards: "The Vengeful Lawyer" stayed with me all night, and basically failed in 10 nominations. It only won the Best Picture Award and no individual awards. Tony Leung won the Best Actor Award for the sixth time for "Goldfinger". The previous five were "Chungking Express", "Happy Together", "In the Mood for Love", "Infernal Affairs" and "2046".
Tony Leung himself did not expect to win the award again, so he did not attend the award ceremony, but his wife Carina Lau accepted the award on his behalf. The actors competing with Tony Leung for the best actor title this time include Dapeng from "The Eighth Suspect", Lin Baoyi from "Under the Sun", Lu Zhenye from "Diary of a Young Man", and Huang Zihua from "The Vengeful Lawyer". Tony Leung won the Best Actor. These four people are all victims, but they are not the biggest victims.
The biggest victim was Wu Zhenyu’s son Feynman. He bet with others that Huang Zihua would win the Best Actor, but ended up losing his own worth - two guitars. Of course, this is just a joke. In fact, the biggest victim is Huang Zihua. Among the five nominated actors, only Dapeng is a mainland actor, while the others are Hong Kong actors. The Hong Kong film industry is really in turmoil. Among these four Hong Kong actors: Lu Zhenye was born in 1986, Lam Baoyi was born in 1965, Tony Leung was born in 1962, and Huang Zihua was born in 1960.
Lu Zhenye and Dapeng are the people with the least hope of winning this year's best actor: Lu Zhenye's performance is average, while Dapeng is a mainland actor. Non-famous entertainment critic Wu Qinggong pointed out: In the previous 51 editions, the Hong Kong Film Awards had never awarded the "Best Actor" to a mainland actor. But the nomination was affirmative, so Dapeng attended the award ceremony in person. When he walked on the red carpet, he was very excited. He jumped high many times and cooperated with the photographers to take pictures.
Dapeng played a villain in "The Eighth Suspect" and won unanimous praise from the audience for his excellent acting skills and crying scenes. The audience said that Dapeng's performance made them feel as if they were actually there, especially the crying scenes, which vividly demonstrated the character's inner struggle and helplessness. Different from his previous comedy image, Dapeng's performance this time can be said to be a bold breakthrough in his acting career, showing his versatility as an actor and his profound acting skills.
But as I just said, it is normal for Dapeng not to win, but it is abnormal for Huang Zihua not to win. In "The Vengeful Lawyer", Lin Liangshui, played by Huang Zihua, has a unique image of a lawyer. Not only does he have a sharp tongue and a sharp tongue, but he is also wrapped in a layer of depression. Huang Zihua's acting skills have been fully demonstrated in this role. From Lin Liangshui's idleness to his accumulation of knowledge, to his blatant contempt for the powerful and bad guys in court, Huang Zihua's personality at every stage has been accurately interpreted by Huang Zihua.
The most important thing is: "The Vengeful Lawyer" broke a series of box office records. It is the first Chinese-language film in the century-old Hong Kong film history to have a box office of over 100 million. It is also the Chinese-language film with the highest box office so far. The organizers of the Hong Kong Film Awards should give Huang Zihua an encouragement. If the organizer gave Lu Zhenye the Best Actor Award, it would be understandable and encourage newcomers. But there is no need to give Tony Leung the Best Actor Award, and he does not need any more encouragement. Since newcomers are not encouraged, then old people are encouraged. Huang Zihua needs this Best Actor trophy. Moreover, Huang Zihua's acting skills are worthy of the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actor.
