Because I saw the creative team of this film at that time, I felt very stable, because the black absurd humorous film "Two Thumbs Up" directed by Ho Leung Lau had a good reputation, and I was surprised when I saw this film that year. The film "Eliminating Violence" was written and directed by Ho Leung Lau, and the theme of the story was based on the real cases in mainland China in 1990s.
The biggest theme comes from Zhang Jun, who robbed the gold jewelry cabinet in Wuhan Square, Wuhan City, Hubei Province at gunpoint on June 4, 1999, causing 1 death, 3 serious injuries and 3 minor injuries. * * * Robbed more than 30,000 yuan worth of gold ornaments, 1 taxi. During that time, one of my classmates happened to be shopping in the sporting goods store upstairs, and the gold jewelry counter was on the first floor. He really witnessed all the scenes after the robbery.
By the way, a short story: Before Zhang Jun was successfully arrested in September 2000, police cars often patrolled near Wu Guang at night, and there was a street called Wansongyuan Road opposite Wu Guang. At that time in 2000, Internet cafes were very popular, and several classmates and I went to Jianghan Road to find an Internet cafe all night. As a result, the Internet cafes on Jianghan Road were full, so I ran to Wansongyuan Road. Because my hukou was in Wansongyuan, the four of us took a taxi and got off at the intersection of Wansongyuan, just opposite Wu Guang. We are going to the Internet cafe to see if there is a computer.
After waiting for three months, the film was finally released. I saw the movie Eliminating Violence for the first time. Maybe my expectations are too high, so I am disappointed, because the movie is far from what I expected. The plot of Eliminating Violence is mediocre, and it doesn't look particularly bad or amazing. Now that the soundtrack has come out, I think it is the real soundtrack of this movie. The official propaganda language is: the only police film of the year. Large-scale, dare to shoot, hormones burst.
Let's talk about the plot first. In fact, there is nothing to say about the plot of this kind of police film. It's nothing more than a few minutes before the bandits commit a crazy crime, a few minutes in the middle, the police investigate and arrest, and the last ten minutes are successful, and the movie is over. This is also one of the reasons why I evaluate the mediocrity of "eliminating violence". Compared with the films made in Hong Kong before, it is much worse. Even compared with Two Thumbs Up directed by Ho Leung Lau, Eliminating Violence is not as good as Two Thumbs Up, and it is also a gangster film. There are many inversions between the two thumbs, which makes people feel bright at the moment, and Eliminating Violence is more like a realistic documentary.
Wang Qianyuan plays the captain named Zhong Cheng, and his character is almost the same as the captain Zhang Haifeng in Sisyphus. The difference between the two lies in their different hairstyles. Since Mr. Save Me became famous, he has played many types of police roles. In addition to the comic color in Lobster Interpol, there are also characters in Big Man, which is almost a pattern, just like the broken game played by Aaron Kwok.
Because this film is co-produced with the mainland, there are many purposeful acts in the play, especially tearing up the details of small advertisements on police billboards, which appeared twice before and after. The purpose is to explain that after a period of time, the players began to really accept the newly transferred captain Zhong Cheng, who was moved by him, because the players who were blown off their palms were very disdainful of this behavior for the first time.
There are no problems in the first film, robbery scenes and various blasting scenes. On the contrary, in the process of arresting Zhang Ying's gang, the scene in the hotel fell apart, and there were great problems in both the viewing experience and the behavior logic.
Everyone surrounded the hotel. A dozen policemen were arrested in the room, and all the prisoners ran out. One of them jumped from the upstairs, followed by the policewoman played by Wei Shiya. In the process of jumping down, the trace of steel wire is very obvious. The two of them rocked back and forth in the air. You know, this is the work of a Hong Kong director. Even if you go to see a Hong Kong film in the 1980s, this will not happen, and the floor is not high, only 2-3 floors.
There were many stalks before, saying that Daniel Wu has finally turned into a red mud. In fact, sometimes it's really the shooting angle. Look at this photo of the launching ceremony of "Eliminating Violence", except that the hairline moves up, Daniel Wu's face value has not changed. The so-called ugliness in this movie is just that the characters need makeup. On the contrary, I think his style is quite handsome this time, which once again proves the aesthetic difference between men and women.
It seems that director Ho Leung Lau really likes to pay tribute to his predecessors. Give two thumbs up to pay tribute to Chow Yun Fat, Du Qifeng, Lin Lingdong and Dong Shengyi, and this time pay tribute to John Woo. Heroes and hot-blooded men appear many times in the film, and watch the classic shots of hot-blooded men in the same video hall.
So I say the highlight of this movie is Daniel Wu. I believe that without Daniel Wu, the number of people going to the cinema would be less than half. Many people say that Daniel Wu is just handsome and has no acting skills at all, but in fact, he is the best actor in the late 1970s, and it is precisely because of his handsome appearance that many people ignore his acting skills. If he had no acting skills, I believe Dongsheng instrument would not have asked him to star in Night in Mong Kok, Disciples and Eavesdropping.