Burst!
It's been a long time since I've seen such an explosive cop action movie.
Fighting Evil", Xie Miao + An Zhijie.
Movie style, just highlight one word, explosion!
The last time I saw such an explosive movie, it was the two of them's Internet University, a "No One in My Eyes" the year before last, with neat plays, complete stories, and even regained the lost "martial arts" atmosphere. Starring Semyon.
A "Blind War" has played the style of the Hong Kong film ** era, and the starring actors are so handsome. Starring, An Zhijie.
Last year, the two most enjoyable action movies, one "Northeast Police Story 2", starring Semyon. A "Zero Pursuit", starring An Zhijie.
I can see that the hardest movies in Chinese action movies are not in theaters, but in online universities.
Or rather, in both of them.
When will these two be able to arrange a fight in the movie?
I'm sure more than one action movie fan has thought so about me.
This year's Spring Festival stalls have been arranged. It's a pity that it's not in theaters.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I just watched Cheng Blind sacrifice for chivalry in "No One in My Eyes 2", and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, these two finally joined forces to contribute a 4-minute fight scene in the movie. Just for these 4 minutes, I didn't just spend 9 yuan (don't ask me why I spent 18 yuan watching movies online during the New Year, just ask Xie Miao.) ）
I'd like to call it the strongest action movie of the year.
In recent years, there are also domestic action movies that have excited action fans of old Hong Kong films?
That's right. Looking at this action of playing with the chain, what comes to mind? "Naked Dragon".
Look at this long shot again: the two heroes join forces and fight until they fly. In today's Chinese film industry, how many people can complete it?
The director is still An Zhijie's old acquaintance, Huo Suiqiang, the director of "Blind Battle" and "Zero Pursuit".
If this movie can be released, I dare say that there will definitely be many theatrical movies that will have to blush!
Unbelief? Let's take a look at Douban! The comments were surprisingly unanimous.
According to the standards of the Internet University, this one really exceeded expectations. ”
I didn't expect the double tough guy combination of Xie Miao + An Zhijie to have a sense of CP".
This route should be taken, and the click is the dry ".
The reputation is not bad, but what about the popularity? After 2 hours of broadcasting, it won the second place on the soaring list, and the platform scored 94。
Violent police "Semyon" vs "The Wildest Bandit" An Zhijie, how hardcore can he fight?
If you want me to say, the two of them have joined forces, and there is no one in the Chinese film industry.
A certain city! The young chemistry professor deliberately failed the student, but he didn't expect the female student to be a ruthless person, and followed the teacher into the private laboratory without saying a word.
As soon as he came in, he was hung up by the professor.
Thriller? Don't worry, the next second, a cleaner catches the attention of the security guard.
Obedient? That's impossible, look at this arrogant face, An Zhijie.
Countdown to 3 seconds.
3. Shoot, kick quickly, and take out a security guard.
2. Turn around with a whirlwind leg and fall down again.
1, A spring-loaded knife, kill the last one.
Knocking on the door, entering the house, being hanged, has become a chemistry professor who studies the formula for the calculation of dupin.
But before anyone could get out of the laboratory, the bullet broke through the glass of the laboratory, and the entire laboratory was covered in heavy fire.
The platoon of gunmen on the opposite side was ordered, "It's best to protect the professor, you can't, you can't, you can't let him fall into the hands of someone else." ”
This tense BGM, hardcore and tense atmosphere, is very similar to the style of old Hong Kong films. As someone who has watched countless Hong Kong police movies, how can I not recognize them?
This overflowing high burning sensation on the screen, a proper old Hong Kong movie style, 1 second into the play!
Will An Zhijie sit back and wait to die? Sure enough, in the next second, the snipers in the empty building opposite were shot and fell from the building, and support arrived.
But the exit has been blocked by the gunmen, how to get out?
The smoke bomb exploded, filling the entire corridor with smoke. A chair flew out with the "Professor".
Seeing that the "professor" was safe, the gunman responded and broke into the laboratory.
At this moment, the "professor" on the chair suddenly got up, shot out with a throwing knife, and the gunfire was overflowing.
The scene was a mess, and the gunman, who had no time to react, was directly knocked down.
On the chair, of course, is An Zhijie.
From being trapped to getting out, the gunman outside the door is wiped out, 40 seconds!
The trio of people has a clear division of labor, and there is not a word of nonsense.
One, clean up the miscellaneous soldiers on the opposite side.
One, professor of house control.
An Zhijie, pretending to be a professor to clean up the gunman outside the house.
Everything seems to be under control.
However, in the next shot, the formula for making poison researched by the professor is written on the wall, and the dead professor has a mouth full of fish.
There is a professor of chemistry in his hand, but he doesn't use strange goods, and he stuffs fish into his mouth, and leads the attention of ** to the dock where the fish is sold.
Why? Obviously, Wei Yun Zhouzhi, the "mysterious man" played by An Zhijie, is not in dupin, he is waiting for someone:
Anti-narcotics captain Huang Mingjin, Xie Miao, appeared.
The story has just begun.
The story is not difficult to guess, two master police and bandits joined forces to defeat an underground drug network woven behind the scenes, King Long.
The movie is not hidden, King Long, is the mayor of an overhead city in Southeast Asia played by Lian Kai.
Holding power, black and white, this plot "Batman" series is familiar.
But for a police and bandit action movie, the city is always the surface, and whether the action movie is filmed well or not depends on only one factor: the fight.
Action is the soul of action movies.
But I don't know if you have noticed, since the development of action movies, it has been difficult to see enjoyable action scenes, and it has been won by slow motion and special effects.
But this film, of course, is directly done.
It was An Zhijie who brought the ** to the dock, and he was also the one who had been waiting for a long time with the big guy.
* When the vehicle arrives, first eat a few shuttle bullets from a long-range sniper.
waited until Xie Miao, ah no, anti-narcotics policeman Huang Mingjin's car arrived, and An Zhijie was on the end, and the guy was bright.
Boy! As soon as this heavy firepower came out, ** was immediately dizzy.
But what did Semyon do when he came? A car drove over and rushed face to face in the direction of An Zhijie's heavy machine gun.
Be tough, okay, come on!
But when you look closely, there is no one in the car.
Semyon calmly aimed at the fuel tank of the car, and hit with one shot, blowing the car into the sky.
The vehicle rolled a few times and smashed accurately on the heavy machine gun controlled by An Zhijie.
Okay, there's yours.
At the same time, the ** SWAT arrives and forms a battle matrix, and the gunmen of the drug dealers can only fight and go.
While retreating, I put Dupin on the waterway and want to transfer.
But what An Zhijie cares about is still not goods, but people.
In the next scene, the most exciting battle paragraph in the whole film is here: the battle of the ice storage hold.
An Zhijie introduced Semyon into the cargo hold just so that he could see the dupin hidden in the seafood.
But to fight, of course to fight.
In a cramped space, the two actors really went into battle and played the best fight scene of the year.
Let's look at the action first: Semyon's action style is biased towards the path of traditional domestic entertainment action stars, traditional martial arts, and hand-to-hand combat.
An Zhijie's action style will incorporate more European and American combat styles, MMA fighting, jiu-jitsu lock skills ......
If you have to compare, Xie Miao fights more like Jet Li in "Naked Dragon", and An Zhijie fights closer to Donnie Yen in "Fuse".
This is a "sledgehammer vs. short knife" contest.
All kinds of movement techniques are used.
Throwing knife whirlwind. Sledgehammer slamming.
Rabbit Kick Eagle. and this series of combos.
I have to sigh, this is a real fight.
There is still space: the legs and feet in the freezer can't be used, and the restricted legs and feet just squeeze two people together.
Hand-to-hand combat, throwing knife counters, nebula chains.
The two of them fought and extended the space vertically.
The two of them took turns tossing and turning in a small space and a slender space, fists to the flesh, and the palms of the people were sweating.
Frankly. When I watched this paragraph, I also thought of the toilet scene in "Northeast Police Story 2".
But there's a clear difference.
Northeast Police Story 2 is an all-round combat of the same type of fighting skills.
"Fighting Evil" tries to show the collision of two action styles.
In the end, An Zhijie received the call to call it a day, blew up the exit directly, and left.
I looked at the table below, and 4 minutes have passed in the movie.
Needless to say, I was already in the play.
This master duel made me see all the advantages of a good cop action movie.
Super fast plot rhythm, hardcore real kung fu master battles, clean and neat action scenes, and excellent acting skills.
Who can not feel the strong chemistry between An Zhijie and Semyon?
Heroes cherish heroes, and they all have a lot of fun.
But after the fight, how to fight evil?
Isn't that what happened?
Don't blow it, don't blow it, watch "Hunt Evil", after watching it in the first 20 minutes, I have already seen the shadow of "Bloody Heroes". The police and bandits are not needle-to-needle, but the two heroes from opposition to gradually join forces, and finally become confidants.
And their common enemy is King Long, who covers the sky with one hand in the film.
There is a scene that I am extremely impressed, An Zhijie asked Xie Miao to eat powder, ** blocked the scene, the sniper aimed remotely, as long as Xie Miao turned his head, the bullet could accurately hit An Zhijie.
But An Zhijie talked to him about how to join forces to deal with King Long.
According to the rules, Semyon, of course, should have arrested him.
But what Semyon cares about most is not rules, but justice.
is like An Zhijie said, "You really love me very much, and you don't move." ”
In the end, Semyon stood still and watched him go.
Such a scene is too familiar to Hong Kong film fans.
And the next plot development is also very Hong Kong films.
The upright cop refuses to carry out the orders of his superiors and is suspended, while the vengeful bandits find out the transportation line of King Long, the city sewer, and what follows is bound to be a bloody storm.
Compared with the fine lens language of theatrical films. Although the narrative of "Hunting Evil" seems a little rough, under the roughness, it also creates a more impactful sense of roughness, making the overall tone of the movie more hardcore and the effect more direct.
And the final showdown, of course, unfolded in King Long's den and communication line - the underground culvert.
This sewer battle is also the director's most incisive play.
Under the long shot, the two males cooperated, and in the midst of the gunfire, the camera followed An Zhijie's flying knife to the other side, and Xie Miao used people as a shield to defeat the enemy with quick fire.
flew back with the flying knife, An Zhijie shot one at a time, as fast as lightning.
It's clearly an action scene, but it's moving.
Men, justice, or something, the most romantic.
Limited by the duration, "Hunting Evil" is almost all the way, there is no emotional drama, the two heroines are offline, they are all filmed cleanly, and there is no waste scene.
Just do it. The focus of the movie is, of course, the two male protagonists who are strong and confrontational.
An Zhijie is the director's old partner, and Xie Miao's career is on par, and he is willing to live twice in the film, compared to the domestic entertainment ancient puppet dramas, which are better than the main dramas, this is the correct attitude to make a good show.
Drama is more important than the position.
But one thing to say, in the movie, An Zhijie's second role, the character design is indeed more eye-catching.
The role of the mysterious bandit gave the audience the illusion of a ruthless male and female thief at the beginning.
But the audience soon discovers that his true identity is a former Marine, and he became a bandit because his teammates were killed by King Long. From start to finish, it was an act of revenge.
It's just that he chose the righteous police officer played by Semyon as his partner.
An Zhijie's character charm has always been unparalleled among the new generation of action stars.
This time, the character is ruthless and thoughtful. It's handsome and invincible, always with an evil charm, but it's not too hot and not greasy.
In terms of fighting, An Zhijie will not lose.
Whether it is fighting firepower or fighting actions, An Zhijie is extremely eye-catching. The effect of martial arts, the moves, the fists to the flesh, and the sense of ornamentation. A hand-loaded flying knife has become a character symbol.
In contrast, Semyon's role as a police officer is more passive, it can be said that he is led by the nose by An Zhijie, and the fighting is closer to realism, without so many exaggerated action designs.
But Semyon still relies on solid acting skills to give this character a unique personality charm.
From the high-spirited opening scene, to the tangled contradiction of whether to catch An Zhijie or not, to the reporter being forced to read the press release, but the stubbornness to turn his face and tell the truth on the spot, the performance is meticulous.
In the finale, he came to the grave of his old friend, gave his old friend's favorite salmon, and whispered that King Long had been recruited, and the revenge of those dead souls had been avenged.
Then, with a relieved face, he asked his former subordinates who rushed to arrest him to handcuff him.
Semyon's literary drama is not only a top-notch existence among action stars, but also quite solid among the new generation of stars, he just lacks a good story.
When it comes to action movies, no one can deny the success of Hong Kong-made action movies.
In the past, the Hong Kong film industry swept the Asian market with action movies and occupied a place in the international film industry.
But that's in the past.
I watched an interview with Semyon before.
"There are two main reasons for the regression in the production of action movies," he said. On the one hand, the action professionals in the industry are not seen by everyone, and there are always so many action stars, resulting in a lack of freshness in this genre; On the other hand, the industry makes action movies with the mentality of small and big, but action movies need high costs to support production, which will further reduce the audience's favorability towards action movies. ”
But this is also the reason why things like "Northeast Police Story", "Blind Detective", and today's "Fighting Evil" are worth cherishing.
They are serious, and they are scarce.
Although the cost of the film cannot be compared with the blockbusters of the Spring Festival, the two leading actors are not big-name stars, at most: two Internet college brothers.
But. On the other hand.
Maybe we should be glad that at least, on a platform like the Internet University, they can still be seen.
And Hong Kong-style action movies are not only declining, but the Hong Kong stars of the once glorious generation are also gradually aging. Unconsciously, there is at most one Donnie Yen left as a Hong Kong film action superstar who can really play. Jackie Chan and Jet Li have long been unable to fight.
The style is sharp and the plot rhythm is not muddy, which is of course the foundation of Hong Kong-style action movies, but good action actors are fundamental.
Will "Naked Dragon" look good without Jet Li and Yu Rongsmyon?
It's just that who would have thought that more than 20 years later, it was the former kid Semyon who supported the last façade of Chinese action movies.
It should be noted that although "Fighting Evil" is good-looking, it also has many shortcomings. Although the battle scene between the two heroes exploded, the plot was sloppy, the character settings were thin, and a large part of the character charm was brought by Xie Miao An Zhijie.
But even though there are many shortcomings, the film still captures the essence of old Hong Kong films and does not waste the audience's time.
Compared with many large and inappropriate domestic productions, it is standard to spend a small amount of money and do a big thing!
Of course, the most important thing is that Xie Miao and An Zhijie did not disappoint.
I even hope that the two can continue to work together, because the chemistry between these two is clearly very strong, a play, how to watch enough.
Finally, please allow me to recall a line from Yu Rongguang in "Naked Dragon": I earn a few hundred yuan a month, what kind of hard work.
Yes, action movies are so sluggish, what are you fighting for? What's more, it's just a big network.
What era is it, and you are still playing real kung fu?
Silly or not? But fortunately, with this group of people, those of us who like real kung fu, can have a show to watch.
A few big online action movies, maybe the influence is just like that, save the Chinese action movie, don't even think about it.
But Semyon and An Zhijie are worthy of movies, action movies, and audiences.
It is also because of them that I am willing to believe that Chinese action movies, the faint spark, are called hope.