must be Nicholas Tse +Jacky Cheung.
The new summer film " Customs Front " has just finished its premiere. Not only has it ranked first in the box office in a single day, but it has also caused a stir among movie fans in just a few hours.
Looking at the audience's comments after watching the movie, almost all point to one point, "super burning".
The subject matter and story alone are innovative, "a customs theme rarely seen in Hong Kong films", and "it can be played all over the world".
As expected, the acting skills of Nicholas Tse, the first action director, and Jacky Cheung, who returned to the film industry after an absence of 8 years, were the most discussed by the audience.
Even without watching the movie itself, "Customs Front" has reached the top of Hong Kong movies in terms of lineup.
Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung are in charge, with Carrie Lam, Arthur Liu, , Ng Chun-yu , Guan Zhibin helping out.
After watching the movie for the first time, I was still immersed in it and couldn't extricate myself. In one word -
"cool".
117 minutes without any peeing spots, the various fighting scenes were enjoyable to watch, the sea, land and air action scenes opened my eyes, and the audience in the theater was dumbfounded.
No one left after watching it, because the audience was obsessed with the ending song - "A Place Far Far Away" composed by Nicholas Tse and sung by Jacky Cheung.
The summer action blockbuster is all about being well shot and enjoyable to watch! And "Customs Front" also contributes an original Hong Kong-style action flavor.
There is no doubt that as long as this genre is well shot, it will definitely be far ahead among mainland cinemas.
The entire video can be summed up in three words. The code for the hottest item in the summer season is hidden in it.
01, "Broken", after the fusion of genres, Hong Kong-style action movies have embarked on another road
Hong Kong-style action movies, the advantage is that the genre has obvious advantages, but the disadvantage is that too many classics have been filmed, and the story can easily fall into a routine.
However, "Customs Front" first used the theme of customs to break the gap, and then used genre fusion to inject new ideas into the story, changing the routines and models of Hong Kong films.
The movie opens with an unregistered cargo ship losing control in a storm and drifting into Hong Kong waters. Customs officers boarded the ship for inspection, but accidentally discovered a large amount of black market arms, and all the crew members on board had been silenced.
In order to trace the truth of the smuggling, Zhang Yunnan (played by Jacky Cheung) sent his subordinate Zhou Zhengli (played by Nicholas Tse) and Thai intelligence agent Ying (played by Liu Yase), together with Interpol, to launch an investigation.
Up to this point, it’s all normal action movie routines.
The crisis began -
A group of overseas mercenaries suddenly broke into the customs and robbed the arms, causing a large number of casualties among customs personnel.
Why can mercenaries accurately find the location of arms?
Could it be that they also have moles inside the customs?
The entry of Zhang Yunnan's immediate superior, Assistant Commissioner Guo Ziqiang (Francis Ng), and the powerful intelligence department supervisor Shao Yaying (Lin Jiaxin), made the situation more complicated.
117 minutes long, various character branches are complicated.
The story is like a high-speed train, racing all the way to the end, and even the main character unexpectedly goes offline...
all kinds of twists and turns and twists. The four plot lines are fully packed by director Qiu Litao.
The first line is the arms investigation line.
Customs discovered that the stolen arms came from Thailand.
As a customs investigator, Zhou Zhengli and Interpol, played by Liu Yase, pretended to be reporters and went to the Middle East to interview warlords who purchased arms, hoping to follow the clues and dig out the boss behind the arms smuggling.
unexpectedly discovered that there was a spy inside Hong Kong Customs.
Who is the hidden arms smuggler boss? Who leaked the location of the arms seized by customs? The second line of
detects the ghost line.
High-level customs officials ordered the establishment of an inter-departmental task force. Guo Ziqiang and Shao Yaying, who were most likely to be promoted to deputy commissioner, directly faced off at the meeting.
But what if the mole is between them?
The senior management is arguing endlessly, while the middle management is more passive.
Zhang Yunnan is frustrated by his boss PUA, but is it possible that the inner ghost is him suffering from manic depression?
Although the mole plot is a standard feature in Hong Kong movies, it is rare to be able to prevent people from guessing the mole.
The third line is the psychological front.
Everyone knows the great conflict between police and robbers, the confrontation between good and evil.
But every ripple caused by a major conflict is like a huge wave to the individuals deep inside.
In the play, Shao and Guo, two high-level customs officers, are competing for the upper hand, and the arms case is the key.
And Zhang Yunnan became the focus of competition between the two sides.
As Zhang's direct supervisor, Guo asked him to report directly to him if he found out anything. He also did not forget to make a big deal, "I am your direct supervisor, I am good, hello."
Shao is Zhang's secret girlfriend, Zhang even took the initiative to send the investigation information, and held it sweetly with his little hand?
But is there another possibility? When the girlfriend also becomes the object of suspicion, this is also a high-end game for mutual testing.
However, at the same time, the price Zhang Yunnan had to pay was far beyond his imagination.
The fourth line is the battle line between master and disciple.
During the execution of the mission, the relationship between Zhou Zhengli and Zhang Yunnan became deeper and deeper. Like master and apprentice, and like father and son.
As the investigation progressed, Zhou Zhengli had just made progress, and changes came from Hong Kong. Is
incompetent and furious, or should we continue to investigate?
Here, I will not give any more spoilers about the fate of the characters, leaving everyone to go to the cinema to find out.
But you can see that each character has a deep obsession.
At this point in the video, a complicated decisive battle is about to be presented to the audience.
is not just an action scene or finding a mole, but also psychological warfare and interpersonal warfare that are intertwined. The hidden connections between the characters laid out in the past are all foreshadowing in the second half of the movie.
This style of fusion of multiple genres has also found a new way out for Hong Kong-style action movies.
02, "Fight", the four fight scenes directed by Nicholas Tse are enough to be written into the textbook
The action director of the movie is Nicholas Tse.
If I had to use one word to describe Nicholas Tse's action coaching style, it would be: fierce. Two words, it’s Hong Kong flavor. There are many action scenes in the
movie. From beginning to end, there are fight scenes, gun battles, drag racing, and various scenes of fierce battles on land, sea, and air.
When the explosion scene in the film suddenly came, dust suddenly flew everywhere and debris rushed straight into the screen. I could feel the heat wave coming through the screen.
And when the out-of-control large freighter crashed directly into Victoria Harbor, the huge impact and the panicked crowds made me feel as if I was actually there.
The impact process was so real that the audience around them couldn't help but exclaimed. In addition to the fierceness of
, what impressed me most was the action scenes full of Hong Kong style. The action scenes and explosion scenes in the movie did not rely on special effects or post-production, but were real and explosive.
When the explosion occurred less than one meter behind Nicholas Tse, the tension shown on the actor's face definitely did not need to be acted. It was the most instinctive reaction of human beings.
This is Nicholas Tse's action style.
Everyone knows what director Chen Musheng means to Nicholas Tse, and letting the action scenes go to the end is exactly the action style of Chen Musheng's movies. Chen Musheng is no longer here, but the heart-wrenching action style of Hong Kong movies has been replaced by Nicholas Tse. Completely passed down.
I lamented my lack of language after watching the movie. I watched Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung fight from "in the fire" to "under the sea" in the film. Various scenes of bombing, gun battles, and repeated disco dancing at the climax of the audience were perfect. Explains what is truly "thrilling".
Simply saying "punch to the flesh" is not enough to describe the intense close-quarters combat scenes, including fighting on the ground, in cars, and at sea. Pain can be felt every second.In the four important fight scenes in the
movie, Nicholas Tse deliberately blurred the boundaries between land, sea and air, allowing the actors to fight in real ways, highlighting the beauty of close combat and movements from the sky to the sea.
The first scene is a one-on-one grappling scene in a rubber boat.
The first action scene shortly after the opening of the movie is when Hong Kong Customs discovered a smuggling ship. Zhou Zhengli discovered that a suspect escaped from the ship on a rubber boat and jumped onto the rubber boat without saying a word.
This fight scene is very different from traditional ground hand-to-hand combat, but a fight on a boat that is half on the ground and half in the water.
In a small area, we strive for balance and stability. I was like Sir Zhang watching the whole process.
watched with fear. Every punch of Nicholas Tse hit my heart.
The second scene is a container truck air battle.
Based on the insider's intelligence, overseas mercenaries drove into the customs to seize the detained arms and started a battle with the customs officers.
In order to transport the arms, the enemy armed helicopters were dispatched and directly lifted the shipping container containing the arms. The mercenaries opened fire from the container truck, and the container truck picked up another vehicle.
Nicholas Tse climbed onto a container that was hoisted dozens of meters by a helicopter with one hand. He was caught in the air by a helicopter and eventually fell down due to being unable to maintain his balance.
Fortunately, he hit the car and hit him close to the falling car.
For such a difficult and high-risk action shot, Nicholas Tse, as the action director and lead actor, personally took part in the action, creating a sense of tension that cannot be compared with special effects production.
Chen Musheng is really right about Nicholas Tse. This is the most authentic and life-threatening Hong Kong action style.
Actors risk their lives.
The third game is a one-minute long action shot of one versus five.
In this scene, Zhou Zhengli rushed into the mercenary's territory and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the mercenary in a small space.
This scene fully demonstrates Nicholas Tse's skills, his professional fists and kicks, and his agility like the wind.
Not to mention the strong impact, as if it was about to fly out of the screen, and the physical collision and pain of punches and kicks could be felt through the screen.
Faced with the disadvantage of being outnumbered by one, Zhou Zhengli needed a weapon that could defeat the enemy with one blow and save as little lives as possible, and the twin sticks fit the bill.
Nicholas Tse's every shot was fast, accurate, and ruthless. The stick hit the vital point directly. Coupled with the long lens, my blood boiled when I saw him hitting my thigh directly.
Who dares to say that there will be no successor to Hong Kong-style action movies?
The fourth game is a life and death showdown of submarines.
When the mercenary submarine sank into the deep sea in the film, Zhou Zhengli also had a one-on-one showdown with the enemy's strongest combat force.
Seawater continued to seep in. The two of them went from stepping on the floor of the submarine to completely sinking into the water, and they continued to fight.
Let me give you a hint here... The most oppressive fight scene in the whole film is this scene.
In the dim cabin, Zhou Zhengli bit the opponent tightly, and finally tied himself and the opponent together, risking his life not to let any Chinese things fall into the enemy's hands.
This fight scene between trapped animals is really tense and passionate.
After several fighting scenes, everything was really overdone and crazy. It brought back the long-lost feeling of watching Hong Kong action movies.
That kind of punching and hearty feeling is the most authentic Hong Kong style action flavor.
Action scenes are the soul of Hong Kong-style action movies, and these four visual feasts are enough to be worth the price of admission.
03, "Hot", Jacky Cheung played Three Faces, and it was amazing
Jacky Cheung has always been a very special actor in the Hong Kong film industry. Although he has never won the Academy Award for Best Actor, all Hong Kong film fans agree that he is the Best Actor.
Before "Customs Front", Jacky Cheung had two classic faces. A picture of
is the crowfly in " Mong Kok Carmen ". He is a gangster who specializes in making emoticons.
Another picture is of Lin Yaoguo in " Man Forty ". He is a silent and frustrated Chinese teacher.
But since "Customs Front", Jacky Cheung has a third face, Zhang Yunnan.
This is a very special and complex role. Apart from Jacky Cheung, I really didn’t expect anyone to play it better.
In order to portray this character well, Jacky Cheung used three explosive performances to show the character's entanglement and complexity, with three sides in one body.
When I walked out of the theater, I am still thinking about Sir Zhang, and my heart aches. The first part of
is about a depressed and aggrieved migrant worker.
As a middle-level member of the customs, Zhang Yunnan is responsible for his work, caring for his subordinates, and silently responding to the pie drawn by his superiors.
Faced with the endless pressure from his superiors, his face shows the humility of a beaten worker. It is really too delicate.
Jacky Cheung fully performed Zhang Yunnan's forbearance, depression, tragedy, unwillingness and ambition.
The apparent pressure from his boss, the invisible pressure from his girlfriend, and the fierce infighting of his colleagues. Such a good old man who was originally a Buddhist and just wanted to find a sunny place to retire could only let the pressure crush him step by step.
This reveals the second side of the character -
a patient with "high-functioning bipolar disorder" who is sometimes calm and sometimes manic.
Jacky Cheung used a very restrained approach to play Zhang Yunnan's manic depression, but the effect was surprisingly good.
It is precisely because of the calmness of the good gentleman in front of others that the sudden explosion of the characters is more impactful.
The first time I saw him burning himself with an iron when no one was around, I was completely shocked.
But when he, who has always been a model boyfriend, suddenly danced and said manically, "I don't understand why I have to accommodate your plans."
I knew that the character had reached the edge of collapse.
Jacky Cheung's performance repeatedly switched between calm and madness. The fragmented state was like an emotional tightrope, which made me jump with fear. The third side of
's character is not surprising -
is a poor man overwhelmed by emotions.
What I love most is the complexity of Jacky Cheung's role.
In Hong Kong-style action movies, for decent characters, even if there is some foreshadowing in the beginning, it is basically a reversal of justice in the end.
However, Jacky Cheung's performance allowed the character to swing to the extreme between gentle, affectionate, calm and restrained, and dark, crazy, violent and out of control.
The final explosive scene brought out an extreme sense of sadness, which made people shiver down the spine and feel a faint pain.
Even in this scene, Jacky Cheung's acting skills are still very restrained.
It is almost impossible to see any major body movements or language on his part, but the instantaneous change of expression tells the audience that the beast deep in the character's heart has been completely released.
also gave Zhang Yunnan’s character depth and breadth.
If Nicholas Tse has contracted the martial arts drama, then Jacky Cheung is the star of the literary drama.
This role should at least bring Jacky Cheung an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination.
There is another surprise in the film, that is Lin Jiaxin. In "Man 40", Lin Jiaxin is a rebellious female student who has a crush on her teacher. This time on the customs front, she is already a strong woman with gray hair on her temples. Lin Jiaxin's performance is calm and calm. , people can’t see the true face of the character, and the grasp of the character is still at the level of a movie queen.
The only thing I am dissatisfied with is that when she partners with Jacky Cheung, it is not B.
As for Liu Yase, she has gradually become an action figure in Hong Kong action films. She accidentally injured her eye but insisted on insisting on filming. She still has roles in Hong Kong action films.
But the most outstanding character in the film is Wu Zhenyu, who doesn't have many roles, but he amazes everyone every time he appears.
is the boss in the film who focuses on making cakes but never delivers. Watching his role as Sir Zhang, I was brought into the painful memories of my boss being mad at me throughout the whole movie. This acting is amazing.
General action movies will please the audience with the version of "good will defeat evil".
But "Customs Front" can break through dimensions and raise a dimension, allowing you to see beyond the duel between good and evil and feel the complexity of human nature. This is very Qiu Litao.
04. Where are the exports of Hong Kong-style action movies? "Customs Front" found
. In recent years, there has been no shortage of arguments against Hong Kong-made action movies.
But this does not mean that the outstanding characteristics of Hong Kong films are really gone.
In "Customs Front", we see the soul of Hong Kong movies ignited.
First of all, it is the innovation in the story and the courage to strive for change.
"Customs Front" breaks out of the conventions of Hong Kong-style action movie creation in terms of story, plot and characters.
Watching movies on the big screen is a completely different viewing experience from other Hong Kong movies.
Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung's martial arts and writings made me feel angry and sad. This kind of courage to seek change is not easy.
Secondly, it is the breakthrough and inheritance of actors.
When I saw the end of the film, Jacky Cheung and Nicholas Tse were sitting on the beach chatting. They were both seniors and juniors in and out of the movie. The sense of inheritance in Hong Kong movies really made people cry.
It’s not scary that Hong Kong stars are getting old. What’s scary is that Hong Kong movies are getting old, that is, lying down and no longer breaking boundaries and no longer innovating.
But "Customs Front" proves that Hong Kong movies are still fighting.
Finally, it’s about regaining the passion of Hong Kong films.
We often say that Hong Kong films have a certain energy that distinguishes them from films from other regions, but few people can sum up what this energy is.
After watching "Customs Front", I want to say two words: anger.
What a rage.
clearly shows that the audience and public opinion environment are completely different.
But the director still shot it like this, working really hard and pushing the tension of the action to a high level.
Even the characters in the film are all over the top and crazy.
For the audience, the film is like a glass of strong wine, vigorous and exciting.
But behind the violent explosion, the film is also a warm tribute.
Careful viewers will find that the treasure food shop in the movie flashes by, the Hong Kong movie landmark that often appears in classic Hong Kong movies such as "神神", like an almost tragic and affectionate look back at Hong Kong movies.
But the story of Hong Kong movies is not over yet.
Hong Kong films will not die that easily, and the fire in the hearts of Hong Kong filmmakers will not be extinguished.
"Customs Front" is like a front line for Hong Kong movies. There is always a next step for the Hong Kong movies we love.
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