A pair of wrong hands, a wind listening knife, and a move Loulan slash. After two years, the sequel to the big online movie "No One in My Eyes" (also known as "Blind Man") starring Semyon ——"No One in Sight 2: An Eye for an Eye".landed in the Spring Festival file, and came out of the comedy on the first day of the Lunar New Year, bringing a slightly "alternative" martial arts movie to the audience, becoming a "clear stream" in the New Year film. 
When Shen Teng became a "tough guy", Jia Ling began to be inspirational, Zhang Yimou returned to comedy, Andy Lau went to the countryside to "experience life", but Xie Miao still "adhered to his true colors" and starred in a not very likable kung fu film, and it was not a "happy ending".
"Nobody in My Eyes 2" also planned to be among the theaters of the Spring Festival file in 2024, but considering the tragic degree of the Spring Festival file fight under the capital operation, the filmmaker was worried that he would not be able to get the ideal film schedule, so he simply continued to go on the online platform.
Even if you haven't watched the first part, it won't affect the audience to watch the second part.
In the sequel, the Tang Dynasty version of the 'bounty hunter' (called "knife catcher" in the film) named Cheng Blind (played by Xie Miao) , after helping the restaurant girl Ni Yan (played by Gao Weiman) to destroy the door**, and the confidante Qin Niang (played by Zhang Di) after ten thousand arrows pierced the heart to avenge the hatred, this time began the journey of revenge again, but this time the heroine is a girl named Zhang Xiaoyu (played by Yang Enyou).
If the first part of "No One in My Eyes" is the martial arts version of "Wu Ji presses wine to call guests to taste" (left in the picture), and the kung fu version of "Half covering the pipa again" (left in the picture), then "No One in My Eyes 2" is the Tang Dynasty version of "This killer is not too cold". Yang Eun-you-cha (pictured above right) was only 10 years old when he starred in the film, two years younger than Natalie Portman (pictured below right) when she played Matilda.
Uncle and Child Group".Revenge hitchhiker"Although it is one of the highlights of the film, the rather attractive part of the film is the same as the first oneVisual Style。The martial arts films starring Xie Miao in recent years have a trend of "literati". The simple story uses the "slow narrative" of still water flowing deep and a large number of blank lens language to organically unify the freehand landscape and the inner environment of the characters. It has the style of Hu Jinquan, the grandmaster of martial arts films. 
In "Nobody in My Eyes 2", a large number of empty shots and blank spaces are mixed into the "new martial arts" movies of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the sixties and seventies of the last century, which is not contrary to harmony.
Of course, in addition to the slow-paced environmental picture narrative, such as the fast-paced character fight scene in the first film, it uses Marvel-style black and white imagery, as well as a "laser sword" similar to "Star Wars" visual sense. to the second part,The use of the "flame knife" and the optical "Tyndall effect" is ingenious
The use of light effects in the first part of "Nobody in Sight" (Pictures 1 and 2) and the sequel (Pictures 3 and 4) are all ingenious. In terms of sound effects, "Nobody in My Eyes 2" combines the whistle elements commonly used in Italian Westerns (Sergio Leone's "Dart Trilogy"), the Western musical instrument Hu Ji, and the traditional Chinese musical instrument GuqinIt not only shows the open and inclusive multicultural characteristics of the Tang Dynasty, but also jumps out of the context of the times, showing that this is a modern film with Western elements。It is worth mentioning that the singing clips and lyrics of the movie are adapted from famous poems of the Tang Dynasty, such as Du Fu's "Gift to the Eight Priests", Chen Ziang's "Song of Dengyouzhou", etc., which set off the sad and cold atmosphere of the film to be simple and harmonious. uses the soundtrack of works from the era in the play, such as Hu Jinquan, who has studied a lot of Ming history, and in his "Chivalrous Girl" (1971), which is set in the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty, the ancient song "Pingsha Falling Geese" is used, and the instruments are guqin and flute. 
In the first part of "No One in My Eyes", elements of the Western Regions such as the Yueqin (pictured) appeared; In "No One in My Eyes 2", Du Fu's "Gift to the Eight Guards" is sung by the horse breeding friend of the "blind man" played by Xie Miao; The ending song of the film invited folk singer Mo Xizishi to sing Chen Ziang's "Song of Dengyouzhou". The director's ingenuity in the details can also see the sincerity of making movies seriously. Of course, with the development of martial arts films to this day, the predecessors have tried all kinds of styles, and it is not easy for later generations to innovate even locally. There are martial arts films in the East, as well as sword and halberd films. The "uncle and child" combination of "Nobody in My Eyes 2" had a preliminary attempt in the Japanese "Belt Wolf" series of movies in the 70s of the last century. 
Part of the posters of the Japanese sword halberd film "Ribbon Wolf" series, six were filmed in the 70s of the last century alone, and there are still remakes in the 90s, adapted from the comic of the same name. It brings together a number of powerful celebrities such as Tomizaburo Wakayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Fumio Watanabe. The biggest difference between Japanese sword and halberd films and Chinese martial arts films is that there are no complicated moves, but emphasizes "one move to defeat the enemy".Domestic audiences are often uncomfortable and can't enjoy it. And, the protagonist of "Tape Wolf" "Bai Yidao" (played by Tomizaburo Wakayama in the 60s) is the genre of "Water Gull School Chopping Sword" (Japanese Chopping Sword originated in my country). The one who worshiped the knife was originally the executioner of the Tokugawa shogunate, and was later framed by the Yagyu family. So he became a ronin assassin, taking people's money to "do tasks", and revenge for himself, similar to the bounty hunters in the West, and the Tang Dynasty "knife catcher" in "No One in Sight". The difference is that the "blind man" played by Semyon takes a little girl who is not related to him, while "Bai Yidao" brings his own son. 
In the sword and halberd film "Ribbon Wolf" series (pictured above) and the martial arts film "No One in Sight" series (bottom), the image of fire with similar composition reflects the similar wandering sense of uncertainty of life and the state of mind of loneliness and self-defense of the ronin assassin and the knife catcher. It reflects the same oriental aesthetics.
The second part of the "Male Wolf with Belt" series (above) and the second part of the "No One in Sight" series (below) both have scenes of father and son or "father and daughter" crossing the desert Gobi, which is an externalized symbol of the characters' suffering and mental journey.
The "Male Wolf with Belt" series (above) and the "No One in Sight" series (below) have scenes of father and son or "father and daughter" passing by the reeds, reflecting the rare warm moments in the difficult times of the characters, and also a rare touch of bright color in the turbulent life.
As a series of swords, halberd films and martial arts films, the commonalities of story structure and sound and painting symbolism are not enumerated. Finally, let's talk about a phenomenon worth being wary of in some martial arts films (some costume dramas).and chemical(Replace China with Wa). In the first part of "No One in Sight", some netizens criticized that in the duel between "Cheng Blind" and the villain Yuwen Ying, as a Chinese (Tang Dynasty) villain's family, there was a pattern similar to the "Japanese family crest", as well as a bushido scene singing "Kusa Sasa - Kusa Sasa". And in the second part, in "No One in My Eyes 2", the hairstyles of the characters are basically the hairstyles of the samurai in the Japanese sword and halberd films. I don't know if the movie's service is strictly based on Tang Dynasty historical materials, or if it is for some reason. 
the "Japanese Family Crest" in the first part of "No One in My Eyes" (pictured above); The samurai hairstyle in the second part (in the picture). Picture 3 is Tsui Hark's martial arts film, a still from "Butterfly Change" in 1979, with a hairstyle similar to Tsukasa Hojo's comics. In fact, as early as the end of the 70s of the last century, the "New Wave" of Hong Kong martial arts films began to appear "harmonious", and in the 70s, a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan cultures "cloned" Japan). is different from the older generation of martial arts masters such as Hu Jinquan, Chu Yuan, and Zhang Che, who strictly abide by historical materials (all experienced the War of Resistance Against Japan). Hu Jinquan himself is an expert in Ming history. The "New Wave" generation in Hong Kong and Taiwan was mostly influenced by Japanese, European and American cultures.
The picture shows stills from Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Gate Inn" (1967), Zhang Che's "One-Armed Knife" (1967), and Chu Yuan's "Meteor Butterfly Sword" (1976) below. Zhang Che was born in 1924, Hu Jinquan was born in 1932, and Chu Yuan, the youngest of the three, was also born in 1933. The generation that experienced the Anti-Japanese War also has a greater sense of national responsibility in their works of art.
Finally, if the filmmaker didn't do it intentionally, pay attention to the historical evidence, and the flaws will not be hidden. After all, in today's decline of martial arts films, there are not many people who can tell stories seriously. Moreover, what makes netizens unsatisfied is that in the second part of this "No One in My Eyes" series, "Becoming Blind" was written and sacrificed, if the "Blind Man" series can become a series of dramas like the "Strap Wolf" series, it will also be a blessing in the post-martial arts film era.