"Crime Scene" is Louis Koo's fifth film work in 2019. It can be said to be very successful commercially, with a box office of 253 million. Regardless of the box office that is not worth mentioning the National Day stalls with more than 1 billion yuan at every turn, but for the low-cost Hong Kong-produced films, they have already made a lot of money. Douban scored 6.4, slightly higher than 6.0 in "Anti-Corruption Storm 4", so it is also known as Koo Tianle's best of the year. The original story of the movie
is actually interesting. It tells a mystery that a criminal gang robbed a jewelry store, wounded civilians, shot and killed a police undercover, and received revenge from the police and civilians. A criminal was cut to death and a bag of jewelry was missing. The police investigating the case were at a loss. Where should they start? The story of
has enough suspense, but frankly speaking, when telling this story, the depiction of human nature is still too superficial. It could have been filmed into Infernal Affairs, but in the end it fell into a cliché. Although the story has been reversed many times, the lack of deep human support makes this reversal too childish. So overall, the film's 6.4 rating is relatively objective.
Although the film evaluation is average, there are some issues that are worthy of our discussion:
Hong Kong-produced movies always seem to be unable to get rid of the werewolf mode. It always turns between police, judge, criminal and civilian characters.
"Crime Scene" is special It was like a werewolf killed by a judge who cheated. The judge was angry. He secretly told the civilians who were werewolves and asked the civilians to kill the werewolves one by one. The police were still investigating innocently and found that the suspects had been killed one by one before the referendum, and they were dizzy. What may be more innovative in "Crime Scene" is that this time civilians have become a dominant player.
But what about a Hong Kong-produced police movie? In fact, these are the elements, the superior judges or superintendents, the policemen who have been played around by power and crime, the criminals who are sentient and righteous and deserved, civilians may be victims, co-criminals, or informants.
is not only the element repetition, the actors are also constantly repeating. The same cast has arranged almost all Hong Kong-produced police and criminal films. The same actor is a policeman in this film, and that film may be a criminal. In the next film, it is an undercover. , I watched too much, to be honest, the audience really feels a little jumpy.
Louis Koo is a prolific model worker and his acting skills are also leveraged, but there are so many consecutive movies with similar themes that really make people visually fatigued. Sometimes when I shake God, I really forget whether he is a policeman or a gangster in the movie. For example, in "Crime Scene", when he went to investigate a private club, he was treated as a police officer, which was very interesting.
Take "Crime Scene" as an example, is it possible to break the game?
mentioned above, I think the biggest problem of this film is actually the lack of character description. Every character is clicked to the end, and the information is insufficient, so that when the reversal occurs, there is no feeling of vertical hair. .
1, refer to the best reversal crime movie of the year "Tuner"
The Indian movie "Tuner" is obviously the best crime movie of 2019. In the movie, there have been many plot reversals, and each reversal makes people think about it. Why? It is because the humanity of each character in it is extremely clear and angular. For example, the small gang that sells human organs. Everyone's appearance, personality, and motives are vividly visible, and the time to appear is not too much, but the characters The portrayal is very full.
turned to look at "Crime Scene" and closed my eyes and imagined that apart from the four criminals who played Wang Xinyuan, how many other three criminals do you remember? What kind of person was Ouyang played by Li Cansen, who was bombed to death as soon as he appeared? There was almost no explanation, but Ouyang was once a suspect for murder and fortune. Police officer
Ye Shouzheng's motive is to avenge the undercover police officer? Why is He Zhaodong played by An Zhijie so extreme? Why did Yao Sheng, played by Tan Yaowen, kill the police officer?
is because the portrayals of these key characters are relatively superficial, so when the plot is reversed, the story is not thrilling, and the audience will only say a little, oh, it is not him.
2. The reason for the decline of Hong Kong-produced films is that the pattern is getting smaller and smaller, and it begins to be distorted. If the story of "Crime Scene" is placed in the past, it is a masterpiece, because the world is really like that.Especially Hong Kong before and after the reunification. But now we are stepping into the 2020s, and this story has begun to distort. Due to the distortion, the ingenuity of the meaning of ants eating spiders in the movie, the witness of parrots, etc. becomes meaningless.
Just imagine this kind of story will be established in the Mainland? It was too difficult. From the moment when Gu Tianle set off the opening set in Jindian, the Sky Eye system basically made him invisible.
When the first robber had his throat cut, the forensic doctor didn't seem to have much information on the scene. He Zhaodong who cut his throat was a soldier, so his method of cutting his throat should be standard. Can ordinary civilians cut their throats professionally?
A police officer was so stupid that he was cooperating with three civilians to commit a crime, just looking for death. Because these three are civilians, not professional criminals, just think about it and you will know that they will be full of flaws, and in the end they can only be brought to justice. When the second criminal and the pregnant woman were bombed together, no one checked and monitored who placed the bomb. The
policeman was always too mentally retarded in this case and was played around by the criminals.
crime films actually need rigorous logic. Only reasonable can it be true. The routines that Hong Kong-produced films have been using have already begun to drift away from reality.
3. In fact, Hong Kong-produced police and criminal films still have their own advantages, but they have not seen their advantage of
Hong Kong-produced films. In fact, as a special region, Hong Kong, the extent of crimes and internationalization will be more obvious. We all know that the mainland has a complete security system and is a forbidden area for foreign mercenaries. Gun control is strict. Many stories still have obvious limitations. Therefore, the most popular films in recent years have occurred on the border and abroad.
is completely different from Hong Kong. It is a relatively independent area with a relatively high degree of international integration. On the contrary, it is more suitable for shooting some cross-border international crime subjects.
Hong Kong is just that big. If you shoot a policeman with a 38-point revolver every day, there are still those few policemen and gangsters in action. It's really nothing to see.
The integration of the Hong Kong film market and the mainland market is a win-win trend.
Some people say that "Hong Kong films" are dead. This is too absolute, but the trend is indeed unsatisfactory. The reason for the decline of Hong Kong films is actually the change of the times. As a result, not only Hong Kong-produced movies, but to be precise, the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry has declined. This is due to the shrinking of the market and competition in the market. The shrinkage of the
market: The Hong Kong market is a completely open market. Young people nowadays tend to lean towards Western culture. They only watch European and American film and television products, and start to watch mainland films and televisions. The originally small market has been further improved. Subdivision. Competition in the
market: With the emergence of surrounding markets, mainland movies, Korean movies and even Indian movies have begun to develop relatively rapidly, and the leading role of the Hong Kong movie market has been much lower than before. Under competition, Hong Kong films will retreat if they do not advance.
However, Hong Kong obviously still has a big advantage. It was originally a whole with the mainland, and integration is only a matter of time. Take "Crime Scene" as an example, the mainland market has a box office of 253 million, and Hong Kong has a box office of less than 7 million. It is clear to investors which market is more important.
The integration of Hong Kong films and the mainland has obvious advantages:
1, solving the resource problem of actors
The mainland market is large, and a large number of outstanding mainland actors are developing northward. If Hong Kong movies are not fully integrated, it will lead to the phenomenon of unavailable actors. The same-face phenomenon in Hong Kong police films is a good reflection.
2. Solve the feasibility of shooting and give more space to art.
Hong Kong films have always been commercialized. In recent years, there have been few literary and artistic films because they cannot afford to lose money. But merging into the mainland market, many things that could not have been imagined can be achieved, which is undoubtedly a very big temptation for people who really love movies.
For example, Liu Weiqiang, the director who filmed the Chinese captain, once lamented that all airports and related departments cooperated with his shooting, and he didn't dare to think about it before. If he is still living in Hong Kong, he may not be able to produce a work like "Captain of China" in his life. Such a work has rigid requirements for resources.
makes a hypothesis. If "Crime Scene" were filmed in the mainland, if the director of "Scorching Sun" Cao Baoping came to film, what kind of work would it produce? It’s not an exaggeration. If you shoot like that, I think Koo Tianle canIt's not far from being able to win awards from the mainland actor. He has such potential, but he is still stuck in that circle.
Conclusion
Back to the movie itself, "Crime Scene" is indeed a masterpiece in this year's Hong Kong films, and it is indeed Louis Koo's best of the year. But frankly speaking, there is still a certain distance between film and excellence. I look forward to greater changes in Hong Kong films and reappearing the glory of that Hong Kong film era.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-