The 63-year-old Andy Lau is becoming more and more active on the big screen.
On last month’s National Day episode, I fought bravely against gangsters at an altitude of 10,000 meters. A month later, he shouldered the mission of "saving all of Hong Kong" and appeared in the cinema.
originally thought that he had become a professional in a certain type of role. Unexpectedly, in the new film, he changed his past personal heroism.
Taking advantage of the popularity, I watched this new film twice, which is known as "the first Chinese radioactive disaster movie". I was moved but also a little surprised. After watching "Burning City", one thought in my mind was: Who said "Hong Kong films" and "co-productions" are finished?
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"The Burning City" is a fictional story.
Simply put, it tells the story of what happened within 24 hours after a disaster struck, but in this fictional event, we can see a familiar feeling.
Fan Weili (played by Andy Lau) was originally the Minister of Finance. During the investigation of the Kwai Chung fire case ten years ago, he lost his official position and was sentenced to prison. After
was released from prison, he learned radiation-related knowledge and became an expert in environmental protection-related fields.
Fan Weili's wife, a firefighter, died in the Kwai Chung fire. His brother-in-law Li Jiefeng ( Bai Yu), who was also a firefighter, witnessed his sister's death.
html In the past 2 years, Li Jiefeng has witnessed countless fire disasters and reached the position of fire captain. However, the hatred for his brother-in-law has never been eradicated in his heart.
On an originally peaceful day, a fire alarm call connected the fate of millions of Hong Kong people.
When the firefighters rushed to the scene of the fire, they thought it was the waste garbage in the garbage dump that caught fire. One fire brigade police force was enough to put out the fire.
But the area where the fire occurred was the electronic garbage dump of the Doe Group. The internal situation of the entire garbage dump was complicated, and the types of garbage stored were also strange.
In addition to mountains of garbage on the ground, there was also a huge explosion source hidden underground, which directly caused the fire to escalate from a relatively easy-to-handle situation to a disaster level.
Even more unfortunately, firefighters discovered radiation at the fire scene.
Fan Weili had to accept the invitation of the SAR government to participate in the crisis management of this disaster as a radiation expert. The Chief Executive was on a business trip abroad at this time and appointed Financial Secretary Cecilia (played by Karen Mok ) to preside over the meeting to discuss rescue matters. .
The government, fire fighters, and experts gathered together, and the rescue, which affected the lives of millions of people, officially began.
At the disaster scene, after the fire escalated into a complex case, all the firefighters could do in a short period of time was to rescue as many trapped people as possible and organize medical staff on site to conduct preliminary rescue of the injured people.
Inside the government building, there was a heated negotiation scene. The government forces, led by Cecilia, shut down the water permission for the fire front line because the radiation source found at the scene was soluble in water.
At the same time, they hope to conceal the specific situation of radiation and carry out rescue operations simultaneously to avoid disturbing public sentiment.
Fan Weili, who is on the other side, believes that water is the key to putting out the fire. If the scene is handled properly, it will not cause a large-scale radiation crisis. As for this accident, the Hong Kong people have the right to know, and the government also needs to let the people know. Evacuated within a short period of time.
When we are racing against time, it is not only a matter of personal life-saving and self-rescue, but also a major social event that affects the whole body.
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There are three story lines in the whole film, the government line, the rescue line, and the family line. The early stage of the film took a long time to explain the intricate relationships between the characters.
Fan Weili puts aside his status in the halo, but his proportion in the family line is equally important: he is both the widower of the deceased firefighter and the father of a child who is about to study abroad.
Under such a family background, in addition to having to judge his own heart, he also had to be condemned by Li Jiefeng.
For Li Jiefeng, he saw his sister's death with his own eyes, and the pain was comparable to that of Fan Weili. What's more, the Kwai Chung fire was a major case that occurred when Fan Weili was in office. The originally happy family, especially for his mother, He said that the entire burden rests on Li Jiefeng.
The fire made Fan Weili and Li Jiefeng become enemies who came to the same destination by different paths. One side was filled with guilt and the other side was full of complaints.
Another very key figure, Cecilia, is also a figure with a special status. As the current Minister of Finance, she was appointed at the critical moment. All decisions are related to her official position, family and the fate of Hong Kong.
For Fan Weili, from Cecilia’s perspective, official position is more important than anything else. To a great extent, Cecilia needs to sacrifice her own future to face this fire with him.
Therefore, the story of burning the city is not so much about the disaster, but rather depicts the changes in human nature through this disaster.
Several important turning points in the film are worth discussing.
After the radiation index soared, Fan Weili decided to personally lead the team into the core area to search for radiation sources. For the firefighters, this was actually not their professional field. Team members headed by Li Jiefeng stepped forward and applied to go to the scene.
Prior to this, Li Jiefeng wanted to go to the fire scene alone to rescue the team members trapped in an unknown area. His girlfriend Chen Meien (played by Wang Danni) persuaded him to think twice before doing so, because in her view, family is very important to Li Jiefeng.
After Fan Weili’s lecture, Li Jiefeng decided to join the team after struggling with his own thoughts.
After their joint mission of entering the scene to stop the radiation source failed, he and Fan Weili completed a reconciliation in the face of this helpless disaster. Faced with the fact that it was almost impossible to save the day, all Li Jiefeng could do was to face it hand in hand with Fan Weili. This ending.
Just as his mother said to Li Jiefeng on the phone: "Do what you want to do."
After the only turning point in the matter, Fan Weili turned to the game with Cecilia.
From the status point of view, there is an insurmountable gap between the two people's identities. When different values appear, but they have to face the same problem, both of them are in a dilemma, and what they have to solve together is Work together with various departments to find the optimal solution to a disaster.
Fan Weili, with the assistance of Wang Mingshi ( Wang Yunzhi ), obtained the investigation report of the Kwai Chung fire and revealed the truth ten years ago.
doe Group’s huge business layout has led to the death of countless innocent lives, and Cecilia’s husband Peter was also involved in an affair. For Cecilia, this was a mental breakdown. She originally wanted her husband to take their son away and fly away.
At Fan Weili’s insistence, she did not choose to indulge.
cecilia As a decision-maker in the government, her early composure turned into determination to fight against the evil enterprises to the end almost at this moment. After seeing the true face of the people around her, she was left with only determination and courage.
【3】
The last half hour of the film amplifies this pull of human nature to the extreme.
The government is no longer that small, aloof group. It sympathizes with every victim of this disaster and, with limited manpower, minimizes the harm as much as possible.
The sacrifice of the firefighters solved the originally unsolvable explosion problem. The whistle blowing underground also became a swan song between the emotions of this group.
Fan Weili plays an important role both as an official and as a citizen. Even in the face of imprisonment, he must make the truth of the matter public.
This is Andy Lau's best-performing film in theaters this year. Not only does this work have humanistic care, but its level from the storytelling to the presentation of the pictures is among the best among this year's works.
The creation of various explosions is shocking enough. Although it fictionalizes a non-existent story, it has an overall "rebellious" attitude. This "rebellion" comes from breaking the routines of Hong Kong movies that we think of, both There is no personal hero who saves the world, and there is no family reunion where everyone is happy.
It is closer to our understanding of the end of the disaster. Although it retains a trace of beautiful vision, the real ending is truly shocking.
In the original ending of the story, all the rescuers who came to the scene were greatly affected by radiation, and the shocking scene was not shown to the public on the screen.
As mentioned at the beginning, although this work is set against the background of fire and radiation, we can still vaguely see the shadow of some works in the post-epidemic era.
In other words, I think its typicality is very strong.
Hong Kong films or co-productions have disappointed the audience countless times, but "Burning City" still brings a strong mark under such afterglow. In the first half of the year, there was " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " The thrill of hand-to-hand combat in the game, and the shock of natural and man-made disasters in "Burning City" in the second half.
As a commercial film, "Burning City" was released in an unpopular time, and of course it carried hope. Fortunately, this film did not disappoint the audience. The 63-year-old Andy Lau is becoming more and more active on the big screen. On last month’s National Day episode, I fought bravely against gangsters at an altitude of 10,000 meters. A month later, he shouldered the mission of "saving all of Hong Kong" and appeared in the cinema. originally thought that he had become a professional in a certain type of role. Unexpectedly, in the new film, he changed his past personal heroism. Taking advantage of the popularity, I watched this new film twice, which is known as "the first Chinese radioactive disaster movie". I was moved but also a little surprised. After watching "Burning City", one thought in my mind was: Who said "Hong Kong films" and "co-productions" are finished? 【1】 "The Burning City" is a fictional story. Simply put, it tells the story of what happened within 24 hours after a disaster struck, but in this fictional event, we can see a familiar feeling. Fan Weili (played by Andy Lau) was originally the Minister of Finance. During the investigation of the Kwai Chung fire case ten years ago, he lost his official position and was sentenced to prison. After was released from prison, he learned radiation-related knowledge and became an expert in environmental protection-related fields. Fan Weili's wife, a firefighter, died in the Kwai Chung fire. His brother-in-law Li Jiefeng ( Bai Yu), who was also a firefighter, witnessed his sister's death. html In the past 2 years, Li Jiefeng has witnessed countless fire disasters and reached the position of fire captain. However, the hatred for his brother-in-law has never been eradicated in his heart. On an originally peaceful day, a fire alarm call connected the fate of millions of Hong Kong people. When the firefighters rushed to the scene of the fire, they thought it was the waste garbage in the garbage dump that caught fire. One fire brigade police force was enough to put out the fire. But the area where the fire occurred was the electronic garbage dump of the Doe Group. The internal situation of the entire garbage dump was complicated, and the types of garbage stored were also strange. In addition to mountains of garbage on the ground, there was also a huge explosion source hidden underground, which directly caused the fire to escalate from a relatively easy-to-handle situation to a disaster level. Even more unfortunately, firefighters discovered radiation at the fire scene. Fan Weili had to accept the invitation of the SAR government to participate in the crisis management of this disaster as a radiation expert. The Chief Executive was on a business trip abroad at this time and appointed Financial Secretary Cecilia (played by Karen Mok ) to preside over the meeting to discuss rescue matters. . The government, fire fighters, and experts gathered together, and the rescue, which affected the lives of millions of people, officially began. At the disaster scene, after the fire escalated into a complex case, all the firefighters could do in a short period of time was to rescue as many trapped people as possible and organize medical staff on site to conduct preliminary rescue of the injured people. Inside the government building, there was a heated negotiation scene. The government forces, led by Cecilia, shut down the water permission for the fire front line because the radiation source found at the scene was soluble in water. At the same time, they hope to conceal the specific situation of radiation and carry out rescue operations simultaneously to avoid disturbing public sentiment. Fan Weili, who is on the other side, believes that water is the key to putting out the fire. If the scene is handled properly, it will not cause a large-scale radiation crisis. As for this accident, the Hong Kong people have the right to know, and the government also needs to let the people know. Evacuated within a short period of time. When we are racing against time, it is not only a matter of personal life-saving and self-rescue, but also a major social event that affects the whole body. [2] There are three story lines in the whole film, the government line, the rescue line, and the family line. The early stage of the film took a long time to explain the intricate relationships between the characters. Fan Weili puts aside his status in the halo, but his proportion in the family line is equally important: he is both the widower of the deceased firefighter and the father of a child who is about to study abroad. Under such a family background, in addition to having to judge his own heart, he also had to be condemned by Li Jiefeng. For Li Jiefeng, he saw his sister's death with his own eyes, and the pain was comparable to that of Fan Weili. What's more, the Kwai Chung fire was a major case that occurred when Fan Weili was in office. The originally happy family, especially for his mother, He said that the entire burden rests on Li Jiefeng. The fire made Fan Weili and Li Jiefeng become enemies who came to the same destination by different paths. One side was filled with guilt and the other side was full of complaints. Another very key figure, Cecilia, is also a figure with a special status. As the current Minister of Finance, she was appointed at the critical moment. All decisions are related to her official position, family and the fate of Hong Kong. For Fan Weili, from Cecilia’s perspective, official position is more important than anything else. To a great extent, Cecilia needs to sacrifice her own future to face this fire with him. Therefore, the story of burning the city is not so much about the disaster, but rather depicts the changes in human nature through this disaster. Several important turning points in the film are worth discussing. After the radiation index soared, Fan Weili decided to personally lead the team into the core area to search for radiation sources. For the firefighters, this was actually not their professional field. Team members headed by Li Jiefeng stepped forward and applied to go to the scene. Prior to this, Li Jiefeng wanted to go to the fire scene alone to rescue the team members trapped in an unknown area. His girlfriend Chen Meien (played by Wang Danni) persuaded him to think twice before doing so, because in her view, family is very important to Li Jiefeng. After Fan Weili’s lecture, Li Jiefeng decided to join the team after struggling with his own thoughts. After their joint mission of entering the scene to stop the radiation source failed, he and Fan Weili completed a reconciliation in the face of this helpless disaster. Faced with the fact that it was almost impossible to save the day, all Li Jiefeng could do was to face it hand in hand with Fan Weili. This ending. Just as his mother said to Li Jiefeng on the phone: "Do what you want to do." After the only turning point in the matter, Fan Weili turned to the game with Cecilia. From the status point of view, there is an insurmountable gap between the two people's identities. When different values appear, but they have to face the same problem, both of them are in a dilemma, and what they have to solve together is Work together with various departments to find the optimal solution to a disaster. Fan Weili, with the assistance of Wang Mingshi ( Wang Yunzhi ), obtained the investigation report of the Kwai Chung fire and revealed the truth ten years ago. doe Group’s huge business layout has led to the death of countless innocent lives, and Cecilia’s husband Peter was also involved in an affair. For Cecilia, this was a mental breakdown. She originally wanted her husband to take their son away and fly away. At Fan Weili’s insistence, she did not choose to indulge. cecilia As a decision-maker in the government, her early composure turned into determination to fight against the evil enterprises to the end almost at this moment. After seeing the true face of the people around her, she was left with only determination and courage. 【3】 The last half hour of the film amplifies this pull of human nature to the extreme. The government is no longer that small, aloof group. It sympathizes with every victim of this disaster and, with limited manpower, minimizes the harm as much as possible. The sacrifice of the firefighters solved the originally unsolvable explosion problem. The whistle blowing underground also became a swan song between the emotions of this group. Fan Weili plays an important role both as an official and as a citizen. Even in the face of imprisonment, he must make the truth of the matter public. This is Andy Lau's best-performing film in theaters this year. Not only does this work have humanistic care, but its level from the storytelling to the presentation of the pictures is among the best among this year's works. The creation of various explosions is shocking enough. Although it fictionalizes a non-existent story, it has an overall "rebellious" attitude. This "rebellion" comes from breaking the routines of Hong Kong movies that we think of, both There is no personal hero who saves the world, and there is no family reunion where everyone is happy. It is closer to our understanding of the end of the disaster. Although it retains a trace of beautiful vision, the real ending is truly shocking. In the original ending of the story, all the rescuers who came to the scene were greatly affected by radiation, and the shocking scene was not shown to the public on the screen. As mentioned at the beginning, although this work is set against the background of fire and radiation, we can still vaguely see the shadow of some works in the post-epidemic era. In other words, I think its typicality is very strong. Hong Kong films or co-productions have disappointed the audience countless times, but "Burning City" still brings a strong mark under such afterglow. In the first half of the year, there was " Kowloon Walled City: The Siege " The thrill of hand-to-hand combat in the game, and the shock of natural and man-made disasters in "Burning City" in the second half. As a commercial film, "Burning City" was released in an unpopular time, and of course it carried hope. Fortunately, this film did not disappoint the audience.
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