Author of this article: Li Xiaotian
Entering 2024, the film and television industry has begun to have surprises, especially in the Internet field. First, the action movie "Thugs in Suits" was very enjoyable, and the martial arts film "The Face" also has surprises. This is "Files" produced by Wu Yue. Blocking the Horse and Seizing the Sword" is well worth watching.
Martial arts films and action films are actually different. The last good martial arts film among Chinese films was "Xiu Chun Dao 2", which was released in 2017, and it was already 7 years ago. Martial arts movies are hard to find on the big screen, but in the Internet field, many martial arts movies are released every year, and there are some good ones, such as " Thousand Miles Away ", " Defiant ", " Snow Mountain Flying Fox in the North Sea" "Treasure ", " Qimen Dunjia ", etc., are all pretty good.
As the Spring Festival approaches, there is a film shortage in movie theaters. At this time, "Standing in the Way" was released in time, which is really good.
What really interests me is that "Blocking the Horse to Seize the Sword" is adapted from the classic drama "Blocking the Horse". Various dramas from Kunqu Opera to Peking Opera to Henan Opera and Cantonese Opera have arias. It is a classic Wusheng opera.
The story of "Blocking the Horse" comes from "The Romance of the Generals of the Yang Family" ("The Chronicles of the Northern Song Dynasty"), but it is not a true story, it is equivalent to a separate story, or a fanfic. It is a story compiled by folk artists based on the well-known Yang family story. Similar to "Fishing and Killing the Family" other than "Water Margin", it tells the story of the elderly Ruan Xiaoqi (Xiao En) fighting against the fishing tyrants and cracking down on excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. It has nothing to do with "Water Margin".
The story of "Blocking the Horse" is about Jiao Guangpu, the cousin of Yang Liulang's general Jiao Zan, who was originally Yang Ye's servant. He once accompanied Yang Linggong to conquer Liao. After Yang Linggong died in the battle, he lived in Liao territory. Later, he wanted to return to the territory of the Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Due to lack of waist cards, he could not pass the border, so he had to open a restaurant in a place called Liuye Town to make a living and find a way to return to the Southern Dynasty. On the other side, Yang Ye's son Yang Liulang and Yang Yanzhao led troops to conquer Liao again, but were trapped. So Liulang's sister, Yang Bajie, Yang Yanqi, went to find out the news. She disguised herself as a man and entered Liao State. Later, she passed by a wine shop, which was owned by Jiao Guangpu.
Jiao Guangpu saw that Yang Bajie had Daliao's waistband on her body, and she was wearing the uniform of a general, so he blocked her horse and planned to snatch the waistband so that he could use it back to the south. As a result, after a fight, the two discovered that there was a misunderstanding and it turned out that they were all Yang Jiajun. The latter two returned to Song Dynasty together.
"Blocking the Horse" is a classic martial arts drama, because the usual fighting scenes are about life and death, but in this drama, Sister Yang's identity was revealed by Jiao Guangpu after a few tricks, so the Eight Sisters fought with all their strength to death, As for Jiao Guangpu, since he had identified Sister Yang, his main purpose was to avoid and protect Sister Yang. This kind of exchange distinguishes the martial arts drama "Blocking the Horse" from other martial arts dramas. It is different from " Sanchakou ", which was also produced in "The Romance of the Yang Family". The latter also had a fight between two people due to a misunderstanding. Yang Liulang ordered Ren Tanghui to secretly protect Jiao Zan. As a result, when he stayed at Sanchakou at night, he and the shopkeeper Liu Lihua had a fight due to misunderstanding. Because Yam Tang Hui and Liu Lihua didn't know each other's details, they tried various things and carefully made the fight scene full of comedy and laughter, becoming another classic martial arts drama.
Wu Yue was able to adapt "Blocking the Horse" into "Blocking the Horse to Seize the Sword", and he still put in a lot of effort and was very careful in patching up the story. Although there are many flaws in the details, the story frame is not wrong.
From "Blocking the Horse" to "Blocking the Horse to Seize the Sword", the "Seizing the Knife" was added because the simple "Blocking the Horse" story is relatively weak and not enough to support a movie, so an additional one was added. A clue. Sister Yang Ba went deep into the Liao territory, not to help Yang Liulang find out the news, but to "seize the sword".
Whose sword will you take?
Golden Sword Yang Linggong's sword.
According to the setting of the film, after Yang Linggong died in battle, his golden ring sword was collected by Zhang Hua, the Prime Minister of the Liao Dynasty, as a show of force and he was proud of it.As a general of the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Ye's sword was displayed as a trophy by his enemies, which of course made the Northern Song Dynasty lose face. For the Yang family, this is even more true. They simply cannot hold their heads high.
Therefore, if the Yang family wants to continue to exist and grow, they must seize the sword and take back Yang Linggong's sword. Moreover, the person who goes to seize the sword should preferably be a member of the Yang family.
Who is better?
Among the seven men and eight tigers of the Yang family, the men died in battles and led the troops. There was no one left to take on such a task. So Yang Yanqi, the eighth sister of Yang, volunteered to go. And Yang Jiumei and Yang Yanying also want to accompany them.
In this way, Jiao Guangpu's horse blocking was no longer blocking Sister Yang's horse, but blocking the horses of Eight Sister Yang and Ninth Sister.
Yang Linggong's golden sword was taken away by the Song Dynasty people. It was actually stolen. Naturally, Prime Minister Zhang Hua refused to agree, so he sent people to chase him. The two groups were the Khitan Yelu Tuohan and the Han surrendered general Liu Jianshang.
The setting of "Standing in the Way to Seize the Sword" is that there is also a conflict between Yelu Tuhan and Liu Jianshang, and even Liu Jianshang, who arrived later, directly killed Yelu Tuhan. Because although Liu Jianshang was a Han nationality, he was not a Song general, but a member of the royal family of the fallen Northern Han Dynasty.
Yang Ye was also a general in the Northern Han Dynasty, and later he was demoted to the Song Dynasty. Liu Jianshang surrendered to Daliao just to accumulate strength and restore the Northern Han Dynasty. Holding Yang Linggong's golden sword can greatly increase his force and help him restore his country. Although this point is very funny, the idea that Liu Jianshang is not Song Chen is still quite good, and his ambition can also be explained. Therefore, the story of "Standing in the Way to Seize the Sword" has no problem with the framework and is completely tenable.
As a martial arts film, there are also many exciting action scenes in the film, such as the grass chase sequence, the chase scene composed of arrow arrays, which is very exciting. In addition, some of the settings of Sister Yang’s golden gun action are also very exciting.
However, Yang Liulang, as the representative of the "Yang Family Spear", has always made folk storytellers talk about how he uses the "Returning Spear". It is a big mistake that the "Returning Spear" was not well designed in "Blocking the Horse and Seizing the Sword". unwise.
Furthermore, the film also explains why Yang Linggong wields a big sword since the "Yang family's marksmanship" is so powerful. Moreover, Yang Wulang and Yang Yande's weapon was a golden flower axe, Yang Paifeng used an iron rod, and not all Yang family guns were used by the Yang family generals. That's because the founder of what became known as the "Yang Family Marksmanship" was actually Yang Miaozhen, the wife of Li Quan, the leader of the Red Coat Army in the late Southern Song Dynasty. The Yang Family Spear, especially Yang Ye, was from the early Northern Song Dynasty and has nothing to do with the later "Yang Family Spear Technique".
"Yang Family Marksmanship" was created by Yang Miaozhen and then passed into the hands of Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty and was carried forward. Then came the storytellers in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty and the late Ming Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The cultural level of these storytelling artists was not high. They knew that the Yang family generals did not know about the Red Coat Army and Yang Miaozhen, so they put the "Yang Family Gun" on Yang. The generals were spreading rumors, which became more and more chaotic.
Also, according to "The Romance of the Yang Family", Jiao Zan was originally a mountain king, but was later recovered by Yang Liulang and Yang Yanzhao, and became Yang Liulang's general. Ordinarily, there was no relationship between Jiao Zan and Yang Ye, the father of Yang Liulang, and they had never interacted with each other. However, Jiao Guangpu in "Blocking the Horse", as Jiao Zan's cousin, is Yang Ye's servant and has already served in the Yang family. Moreover, when Jiao Guangpu fought against Sister Yang, he recognized the Yang family's marksmanship in just a few strokes, and then learned that she was Sister Yang. In fact, this makes no sense at all. But no one looked into it, it just happened. It has also become a classic aria.
So, when we watch "Hold the Horse and Seize the Sword", we should not delve too deeply into the story, because there are too many flaws. It was originally a rendition of the novel, a joke about the Yang family generals, just to watch the excitement.
As the producer and producer, Wu Yue was able to discover the traditional drama "Blocking Horses" and then adapted it into a martial arts film. This is already a very good act and should be greatly encouraged. In the
film, Yang Ye, played by Wu Yue, also performed well in action scenes. The sword is played with great force and full of momentum.
The overall action scenes in the film are quite good. As a martial arts film, the martial arts part is passable. The film even uses a dramatic form to recreate classic fighting scenes on stage, which is a big surprise.
In addition, the film also highlights Guankou in the scene "Blocking the Horse". It has been performed repeatedly and repeated several times, and it is quite exciting. Paying tribute to the classics, the film did it.
The film also strives to be suspenseful, like going the way of "A River in Red", or even copying the excitement of "New Dragon Inn", but after all, it is a big network, and its capabilities are far insufficient, and the details cannot stand up. On reflection, there are too many flaws. Especially the existence of You Xianchao is simply a super joke, making the story very clumsy. It would be better if he was eliminated. You Xianchao's cross talk is not very good, and his acting skills are even worse. Not only is it not acting, it is also completely nonsense. It's not funny, it's not serious enough, and it doesn't know how to play, it's completely random.
Many people came for Jiao Guangpu, played by the male protagonist Song Tianshuo, but his performance was not very good, and he could not act like the leading male hero at all. Although he worked hard and exerted all his energy, I really feel tired for him. I clearly feel that he is acting and trying hard, but he just can't get into the role and show the charm of the character. The same goes for the two heroines. Apart from being able to pose and act cool, the rest of their acting was a complete mess.
is obviously still a major internet player. The story is good, the action and scenes are good, let's ignore the acting. Amen!
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