On November 1st, I finally watched "Burning City", which was rated as "shocking" by Gwo Fan and "filling the gap in Hong Kong's large-scale disaster films" by Zhang Yimou. It must be said that in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, Andy Lau is currently the only veteran wh

On November 1, I finally watched "Burning City", which was rated as "shocking" by Guo Fan and "filling the gap in Hong Kong's large-scale disaster films" by Zhang Yimou .

It must be said that in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, Andy Lau is currently the only established star who is successful in both mainland and Hong Kong movies.

And he also has a sense of responsibility. He relies on his popularity resources to try his best to boost the already declining Hong Kong movies. This time "Burning City" is a co-production produced by him.

1. First of all, "Burning City" captures a rare movie theme.

Andy Lau, who has been in the Hong Kong entertainment industry for decades, should have understood the dissatisfaction of movie fans with Hong Kong's outdated themes in recent years, so he has been trying different movie types in recent years.

For example, " Crisis Route " in the National Day release is a rare high-altitude crime movie, and the current "Burning City" is the first Chinese radiation disaster movie.

The story of "Burning City" starts from foreign garbage , radiation, and man-made disasters. The plot is generally divided into two lines.

is an indoor story about the confrontation between government officials and experts who dominate the overall situation. The origin is a recycling yard filled with foreign garbage. There are countless chemicals here that are unmanaged. The risk factor is high and fires are easy to occur.

The reason why Hong Kong has had similar unsafe recycling sites for so long is because it is driven by many interests.

For example, the heroine Cecilia’s husband, a high-level executive, has colluded with black dealers in smuggling foreign garbage; another example is the huge profit drive of "the harmless treatment of a ton of electronic waste costs US$700, while recycling only costs US$25 per ton" and so on.

So even though we know that e-waste has many potential pollution risks, such recycling plants still exist.

What’s even more terrible is that even if such a radioactive fire occurs, which may even endanger the lives of 7 million urban residents within 24 hours, government officials, mainly female senior officials, still righteously rejected the evacuation recommendations put forward by the expert group.

euphemistically called it "avoiding causing panic among citizens", but in fact they arranged for their own family members to run faster than anyone else.

The other line is an outdoor plot based on the fire brigade and ordinary people. Because fires have pollution sources, water cannot be used to extinguish fires. In addition, heavy rain is approaching. If there is no way to solve the fire and pollution sources in a short time, then the entire city will be destroyed. If you fall into danger, the consequences will be disastrous.

In this way, the literary drama in the conference room of "Burning City", combined with the special effects drama at the fire-fighting scene, form the unique urgency movie atmosphere of disaster movies. It has the exhilaration of commercial movies and a certain depth of movie background, which can satisfy many people. The viewing needs of movie fans.

2, "Burning City" actor score is particularly high

Andy Lau played a role that is not often involved this time, Fan Weili. He used to be a politician, but now he is an environmental protection research and protection expert.

When he was a politician 10 years ago, his wife died in a fire, which also made his wife's brother, who is now the fire chief, very hostile to him.

Fan Weili also felt guilty for what he did 10 years ago, so when handling this accident, he was firm and decisive and put people first.

In order to outline the role of this politician and expert, Andy Lau did a lot of character details. For example, the assistant was unfamiliar with the "business" at the beginning and did not open the door for him to swipe his card. The look in his eyes made him feel oppressive.

Faced with the hostility of the female senior executive Cecilia, he did not have a facial expression of anger, and dealt with it expressionlessly according to the other party's request. The undercurrent was surging, and the rivalry between the two was very enjoyable to watch.

Cecilia, played by Karen Mok , has a strong aura. She has the face of a tit-for-tat bureaucrat in the office, but also has the helplessness of facing life after returning home. She is a character whose good or bad is difficult to define.

Personally, I think Mok Wenwei's interpretation is very good. It is also her cooperation with Andy Lau that makes the office drama more beautiful.

Bai Yu plays firefighter Li Jiefeng and Fan Weili were once "family members", but since his sister died in the fire, he has become particularly hostile to his brother-in-law Fan Weili.

Li Jiefeng plays more of a savior role in this movie. When he learned that his two firefighter brothers were trapped at the fire scene.

And knowing that the storm was coming soon and the radiation would leak anyway, he decisively decided to use water to put out the fire. It would only save one person.

At the end, Li Jiefeng and several companions met a team calling for help, so they went to help detonate the reservoir. However, because the exit was blocked, if they went to detonate the bomb inside the reservoir, they would have to die together with the reservoir.

In the end, in the face of group interests, Li Jiefeng and the other three firefighters chose to sacrifice. This is also the most exciting role of the frontline firefighters in this movie. Bai Yu's acting skills have improved again.

There are also veteran actors Wu Yanshu, and young actors Tse Junhao and Wang Danni all performed very well. The main creator handled the issue of the integration of mainland actors and Hong Kong actors in the entire co-production very well, without any sense of disharmony.

At present, "Burning City" has a good reputation. Both the storyline and character settings are very rational, getting rid of the previous black and white story mode, so I hope that movie fans can also see the progress of this kind of Hong Kong-style movies. Give "Burning City" some encouragement.