Following " Wisdom Teeth " and "Homicide", director Cheng Baorui has once again exerted his efforts. The film " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege ", which is currently in theaters, is astonishing to everyone. It is the most complete, enjoyable and unique movie in the past two years. One of the Hong Kong action movies.
Stills from "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City"
In fact, the real protagonist of "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" is not the refugee Chen Luojun who regards the Walled City as his new home, nor is he the big boss "Tornado" who maintains the safety of the Walled City. This famous Asian slum that has been demolished, relied on and sheltered is the protagonist of the film. The action scenes, storyline and characterization of the film all serve to establish a monument to the Kowloon Walled City. The biggest highlight of the
film is the action scene, which is carefully designed and created based on the unique terrain features of the Kowloon Walled City. The inner passages of the walled city are narrow and congested, full of private buildings and buildings, and the atmosphere is depressing and gloomy. Logically speaking, it is not easy to use his fists, but Zheng Baorui is able to take advantage of the situation and develop the fighting in vertical space to the extreme. Going up and down stairs, tearing open windows, hanging wires, jumping off rooftops... The characters in the film rush up and down like bats, and the action design is refreshing. The spatial arrangement around the fighting scenes gradually unfolds the internal structural space of the walled city, recreating this mysterious place in the eyes of the world. To this end, the crew put a lot of effort into the scenery and art. They not only spent a lot of money to build the buildings and streets inside the walled city, but also used a large number of nostalgic props to show the details of the lives of the residents inside the walled city at that time.
The film is adapted from Yu Er's novel "Kowloon Walled City". The original work was accompanied by comics. Zheng Baorui emphasized the comic feel when designing the action scenes, and used Japanese action director Kenji Tanigaki to integrate comics into the fighting. Many of the punching, kicking, and leaping movements in the film have a strong sense of comics, and strike a balance between romance and realism. It will not make people feel exaggerated to the point of defying gravity, but it is also full of enjoyment. Sex and excitement. For the fighting scenes of different characters, the film also strives to make each person unique and use action scenes to bring out the character's background and personality traits. The leading actors represented by Raymond Lam used their dedicated and professional attitude to dedicate several wonderful and hearty fights, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
Chen Luojun, played by Raymond Lam, is a microcosm of the residents of Kowloon Walled City. As a famous "Three No Matters" zone, although the interior of the walled city is chaotic and filled with filth and evil, it has actually provided many poor people with a cost-effective shelter, providing them with a bit of peace and warmth in desperate situations. Chen Luojun mistakenly entered the Kowloon Walled City as a smuggled refugee and took root here. This reflects the history of the influx of a large number of poor people and refugees into the Kowloon Walled City. "Tornado" warned Chen Luojun that as long as you work hard, it is not difficult to make money and survive in the walled city. Chen Luojun listened, and his hard-working behavior of making fish balls and carrying gas reminded people of the best representation of Hong Kong citizens' solidarity and solidarity. The "under the Lion Rock" spirit of striving for excellence. Although the brotherhood in the
film is a signature element of Hong Kong films, it is also a nostalgia for urban life and human kindness in the walled city. Chen Luojun was lonely when he first came to the walled city, but his kind and simple personality immediately attracted a group of like-minded people such as "Tornado" and Xinyi, and he became close friends with them in life and death. As a talker in the city, "Tornado"'s behavior of cherishing the poor and the weak and striving to maintain balance infected and guided Chen Luojun. Several good friends such as Xinyi gave Chen Luojun the same warmth and sense of belonging as his family. The "Four Young Masters of the Walled City" eat together, play mahjong, and punish rape and eliminate evil. It not only reminds people of the passionate rivers and lakes in Hong Kong movies, where the word "righteousness" comes first, but it is also full of the human touch of the lower class people helping each other, helping each other, and cooperating. Kowloon Walled City has disappeared now, but "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" takes the audience to have a glimpse of the ups and downs of this legendary place and the warmth and warmth of its people.
