"The truth is demonstrated in words. - Tang Lei"
After " Chill 2".
Movie fans are almost collectively looking forward to it and constantly speculating when "Chilling 3" will be released.
But after waiting for eight years, "Chilling 1994" came out.
Frankly speaking, my first reaction was to complain about this name. It is hard to imagine that it actually comes from Liang Lemin, one of the screenwriters and directors of " chill " in the past.
At a second glance, the entire "Chill" series of stories has evolved from the defense of the police force, the struggle between high-level figures, and the suspense of good and evil, to the story of kidnapping a rich man, chaos in the police force, and a secret agent.
Not only does the timeline not advance but retreat, the movie style also returns to the tradition of Hong Kong-style cops and gangsters.
So after eight years of waiting, this is it?
The progress of this movie is also very fast. In terms of information,
seems to have just announced the project approval of "Cold War 1994" and "Cold War 1995", and then officially announced the first batch of cast members.
news said this, "After 8 years, the "Chilling" series returns, and the film studio announced that it will start filming a prequel story. The first wave of cast members were announced: Daniel Wu, , Wu Kangren, and Liu Junqian. The specific roles have not been revealed."
In addition, The official also left a "little tail", "Other heavyweight lineups will be exposed one after another!"
seems to have the possibility of "the original team".
So someone said, "Only some of the actors are announced this time. The big-name actors will be announced one after another. There is no need to guess who is talking about who was young." They then added, "Don't worry, everyone, the whole cast will be the best." Hong Kong lineup card. "
looks serious and confident. What about
actually?
In fact, you just need to use your brain a little bit.
We should know that the film crew is just raising suspicions.
If it is really "the best lineup in Hong Kong", why would it use words like "other blockbuster lineups will be exposed one after another" to make a false shot?
directly threw out the lineup, combined with the word "chill", it was a huge wave in an instant.
And as expected.
The follow-up news soon came out. Someone said, "The prequel to "Cold War" also stars Tse Junhao, Xia Wenxi, Liao Ziyu, Chen Jiale, and Wei Junsheng."
This news was confirmed by some actors. For example, Xia Wenxi said that she Participated in "Chill 3".
But this is certainly not a "heavy" lineup.
So some people are still speculating whether Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung will return or make guest appearances.
This possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is estimated to be difficult, and even if it is possible, it will not bring any additional value.
is like a very poignant comment, "forced life extension".
can't deny it.
This is certainly not the case, looking down on the cast outside of the original "Chills" cast.
But to be honest, from Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yang Caini, Andy Lau, Lin Jiadong and Qian Jiale, Li Zhiting, Eddie Peng and Yin Ziwei, Ma Yili, On Zhijie, to Chow Yun-fat, Janice Man, Leslie Cheung, Yang Youning and others have joined one after another, The "Chill" series of movies can almost be said to have brought together "half of the world" of three generations of Hong Kong film industry, old, middle and young.
's staffing and layering are very good.
The mutual sympathy and separateness of Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka Fai, as well as the growth history of "Director Liu", are the biggest highlights of the movie and the inner driving force of the story.
Generally speaking, Aaron Kwok held the scene calmly, while Tony Leung showed his dominance.
As for this section, some people have some objections.
For example, there is a saying that in the "Chill" series, only Tony Leung Ka Fai was nominated and won an Academy Award for Best Actor, so in terms of acting alone, Aaron Kwok is obviously not as good as Tony Leung.
What's worse is that Aaron Kwok cannot handle Tony Leung Ka Fai's role.
Is this really the case?
Everyone’s opinions aside.
If you look deeper into the movie itself, you may find some details that are overlooked when watching the movie. There are differences in the character designs of
.
Li Wenbin is similar to Qiao Feng in " Tian Long Ba Bu ". He reaches full level as soon as he appears. His courage, courage and character views have long been finalized. There is no need to polish, replace or iterate. The only thing that needs to be done is to adapt to the situation. .
Liu Jiehui is not the case. The role of
is a growth-oriented one. He has experienced the transition from civilian logistics, to temporary control of the overall situation, to failure of operations, loss of troops, and other blows. Later, after reflection and summary, after many twists and turns, he finally gained the power and assumed a high position.
So the acting methods of the two actors are not the same.
This is also the interesting part of the movie.
Liu Jiehui was only in charge of office logistics at the beginning.
Therefore, he is not familiar with front-line operations, and he does not have enough confidence. Therefore, we see that in the early stages of the story, he was restrained at every turn in the face of Li Wenbin's arbitrary and aggressive command.
But as Li Wenbin overstepped his authority and acted too hastily in command and dispatch, Liu Jiehui developed the ambition to "replace" him.
The office confrontation that followed not only had the administrative side's "close adherence to legal principles" but also the activist side's "arbitrariness". Furthermore, the two people fighting head-on showed a kind of "evenness" in terms of debate, but physically From the ups and downs of language and momentum, it can be clearly seen that although Liu Jiehui looks fierce in terms of momentum, he also lacks the confidence to "take advantage of others".
The principle is very simple. Although everyone is a deputy commissioner, according to convention, when the police commissioner is out on official business, there is no doubt that the frontline action group has the absolute say.
therefore has this section.
This kind of detailed design is also one of the charms of the movie "Chilling".
This scene is the turning point of the entire movie story.
Next, Liu Jiehui showed great momentum, but when faced with the gun handed over by his subordinate Xu Yongji, he showed hesitation, which shows that this civilian elite does not have much front-line combat experience.
Therefore, when the overpass was attacked later, he immediately called for "help".
We can infer that if it were Li Wenbin, he would most likely go it alone and fight head-on.
When it comes to the tunnel gunfight in "Cold War 2", Liu Jiehui's style becomes completely different. Faced with the surrounding fire and the unknown enemy situation, he first evades the danger and avoids the opponent's sharp edge, and then puts on a bulletproof vest and changes the magazine. , saw the opportunity, and fought back step by step. In view of the emergency, he ignored his promise to "save Li Jiajun's life" and fired several shots.
These things are particularly reasonable.
When facing colleagues and subordinates, inquiries from the Legislative Council, and even the former Commissioner of Police who made trouble, he also demonstrated the tough style of the "big brother" of the police force.
Even after discovering the identity of the gangster, Liu Jiehui showed a somewhat "scheming" attitude. Facing the menacing Li Wenbin and the traitors and traitors in the police force, he used the system and rules to, in a few words, It makes the other party constrained, but there is nothing they can do.
All these have turned into the charm of the movie.
Tony Leung Ka Fai or Aaron Kwok, who is better?
Whether it is Tony Leung Ka Fai's extraordinary stability and majestic posture, or Aaron Kwok's growth, change and ultimate authority, they can be regarded as rare figures in the history of Hong Kong film.
There is no need to start a war of words.
But when this "Cold War 1994" arrives, it means that there will be no "Cold War 3" after all.
As far as the movie itself is concerned, if "Chilling 3" can proceed smoothly, with its extremely high expectations and momentum, the film studio has no reason to turn around and make a prequel.
This will definitely disappoint fans of the original "Chill" series. After all, everyone has been waiting for many years. Of course there are clues about
.
In the past year, "Cold War 2" not only won the title again in Hong Kong after "Cold War", but also broke the box office record of Hong Kong Chinese-language films. It also surpassed the commercial box office performance of Hong Kong-style police and gangster movies in the mainland film industry. Shengsheng has been pushed up from the level of 300 million to nearly 700 million.
This is certainly a very remarkable achievement.
And if "Chills 3" is released as soon as possible, the first Hong Kong-style police movie to break a billion box office in the mainland will probably not be " Warriors ".
This is completely a reasonable inference.
At that time, there was actually news that "Chilling 3" was about to start filming.
Aaron Kwok was so proud that after the release of "Cold War 2", he held the "Dance Code" world tour concert. A group of filmmakers gathered to record a blessing video for him. Directors Lu Jianqing and Liang Lemin even said bluntly in the video, " "Director" finished the concert and quickly came back to film "Chilling 3".
This shows that the script of "Chilling 3" has actually been prepared. Everyone should remember
.
Later, a senior figure in the real-life police force called Aaron Kwok’s agent Xiaomei on social media and asked when he would be able to see "Cold War 3".
A little later, there was news that "Cold War 3" is about to be launched. Not only will all the original cast members return, but Andy Lau will also join the sequel. For a while, it seemed certain.
But later on, there was suddenly no news about the movie.
Only Liang Lemin has expressed his position. He said that the world is changing too fast and "Chilling 3" may be far away.
Combined with some real-life problems, it seems that "Cold War 3" has indeed been shelved. The two directors
have also almost disappeared.
Looking back, "Cold War" is closer to a miracle in the history of Hong Kong film. The resumes of the two directors
, one focuses on art, the other is an assistant director, and the two co-directed the first film, which shows their extraordinary aesthetic, narrative and overall control skills.
The casting is also fantastic.
The two directors were already advancing the direction of the script and characters based on their respective characteristics during the screenwriting stage.
Judging from the results of the movie, it can be called a "god-like" choice.
Because Aaron Kwok's "change" and Tony Leung Ka Fai's "power" are irreplaceable in the entire Hong Kong film industry, in other words, except Aaron Kwok, no one can accurately interpret Liu Jiehui's growth, and it is difficult to have a second Personally, I can perfectly interpret Tony Leung Ka-fai's "leading but not sending" scale.
As for public opinions, we have actually seen a lot of "replacement" words.
But this question is actually just wishful thinking.
If you want to prove it, there is only one way. List the works of other actors and compare "growth" and "momentum" separately. It will be clear at a glance whether it is feasible.
Who dares to suggest a replacement?
Solo flight and change of direction. Of course,
is actually the norm in the world.
For example, Mak Siu-fai and Chong Man-keung, after co-directing for several years, finally embarked on the journey of independent directors. One "Warrior" shocked everyone with their skills, and the other "Insider" may determine Mak Siu-fai's career. destiny.
Liang Leman and Luk Jianqing, who have co-directed three films, do not seem to be reunited.
And the current solo film "Cold War 1994". What will be the fate of
?
