When people reach middle age, what else do they face besides a deep sense of powerlessness?
Perhaps, the answer can be found in "Flying Life 2".
When the middle-aged man played by Shen Teng has a scruffy beard and drags a "crippled" body.
Not only was he penniless, but even the racing career that had spent the first half of his life ended in a fiasco.
It was only then that he realized the "true meaning of life".
It's not that hard work can lead to success, and life is full of "black whistles" everywhere.
But fortunately, Director Han Han's final gentleness gave this middle-aged man a happy ending.
And the bullet of the first season has passed for a long time, hitting the eyebrows of the audience.
It turns out that "I don't know the meaning of the song when I hear it at first, but I am already a person in the song when I listen to it again" is what it means.
In this year's Spring Festival, "Flying Life 2" temporarily ranked second on the box office list with a "gesture" that lived up to expectations.
5 years ago, the models of "Han Han + Racing" and "Shen Teng + Comedy" included nearly 1.8 billion box office.
5 years later, the open-ended ending that once made the audience uneasy has written a new chapter.
This time, the "fig leaf" of the world was completely torn off by this movie!
If the main tone of "Flying Spur 1" is dreams, love and dedication to life.
Then "Flying Spur 2" is to learn to accept, fight against fate and leave no regrets.
The second part continues the plot of the first part, starring Shen Teng, Yin Zheng, and Fan Chengcheng.
When the "King of Bayingbrook" becomes the "Shame of Bayingbrook".
See how Zhang Chi, who is "disabled and strong", "justifies his name".
The whole movie seems to have been designing how Zhang Chi wants to "lose".
Don't you want to try again? ”
I just kept running until I couldn't run. ”
I can't want my grades, but I can't want my innocence. ”
In the first half of the movie, the protagonist in it seems to be every ordinary person around him.
The survival, lying flat, unwillingness and powerlessness of middle-aged people are vividly portrayed.
But I have to admire Han Han, who is determined to only shoot the racing cars that he is good at and loves.
He may not be the best at storytelling, and he may not be the best at shooting.
However, he can poke the audience's softest line of defense with the purest things.
In the second half of the movie, the emotional upswing directly "burned".
At the last moment, Zhang Chi, who decided not to leave regrets, went directly to Oita.
The audience's breathing, rhythm, heartbeat, and emotions are "played with in the palm of your hand".
Even in the face of unprepared cars, there are also the worst weather.
But the tacit teammates will eventually overcome the limits and loneliness of rally cars with love and refusal to admit defeat.
The most shocking and moving thing is the plot of Zhang Chi surpassing himself.
Tested by all kinds of extreme conditions, he saw himself on the field five years ago.
He used to be desperate, and he was leading the same unyielding self to move forward.
In the end, he finally caught up with himself 5 years ago.
From looking at each other to merging the two into one, he successfully broke the "miracle" that he had created.
In the last Bayinbrook, Zhang Chi got a happy ending.
However, "Heroes from Ancient Times" and "Heroes in the Twilight" may be the original intention of the director.
Just like in the first part, Zhang Chi is a veteran, and Lin Zhendong, who is dressed in red, is radiant on the field and receives full applause is a new star.
But in the second part, Lin Zhendong is a retired veteran, and the results he desperately ran out of were only a fluttering sentence of "surpassed in the second year", which has long become a part of his memory.
And the veteran Zhang Chi of that year is already a long-standing name that has created miracles when he won the 6th place.
Now the new star is his apprentice Li Xiaohai, who is as young, confident and imposing as they were back then.
Once on the iron steps outside the rental house, Manager Ye sang "Today there are only remnants of the body".
A few years later, things have long been different, and when I recall the past, I can only smile hurriedly and "ask who can do it".
"Flying Life 2", which seems to have a happy ending, actually unveiled the "fig leaf" of how many ** worlds.
Each of us seems to be relaxed, but in fact we are not as good as him.
In the face of hardship, he dared to fight and dare to break through for his dreams, and gave up everything.
On the other hand, we in the real world are smoothed out, succumbed to reality, and habitually "lie flat".
It can be said that this movie gave such a social person a heavy blow.
Maybe admitting defeat is not in conflict with dreams, and middle-aged people don't mean that they are no longer enthusiastic.
Flying Spur 2 allows the audience to "see", in fact, there are countless similar "Zhang Chi" in this world.
In their respective industries and fields, they have worked hard to live and even dedicate their lives to love.
In addition, Han Han also really taught the film industry a lesson.
Visible to the naked eye, "Flying Life 2" does not have a twisted feeling, but is full of relaxation.
The 40-year-old said "I still like to drive" in a state of "lying flat", expressing the mentality of making movies.
Although it is a bit of a collision with "Hot and Hot" in terms of core, it is about how ordinary people realize their dreams and finally settle in sports events.
But it has opened up a new path that "breaks new ground".
As we all know, whether it is a movie or a TV series, no matter what the subject matter, there must be an emotional line.
However, "Flying Life" does not have any emotional line, and there are only less than 2 seconds of female footage in the whole play for 2 hours.
Although there is no emotional line, its story is still fascinating and exciting.
It can be said that Han Han used "Flying Life 2" to show the audience another possibility.
Not all stories have to be "added to" with emotional threads.
Correspondingly, the emotional line is not the only driving force for a good story.
The emotional line is only an auxiliary means, and the attractive core is necessary for a good story.
This movie should be called the best work of Han Han's directorial career.
A simple story, a serious funny.
But inside the coat of comedy is a hot heart.
May each of us not be a "deserter" of life.
To fight against an unjust fate, but also dare to challenge authority.
What should be remembered is always young and always hot-blooded.
I don't know if everyone who has watched the movie has caught something and ignited something?