Outside of the casinos of the late Tang Dynasty.
Dry vines, old trees, dim crows.
The interior of the casino.
People who gamble, people who have knives, and people who grab knives.
When the knife catchers tried to use the portrait to find the thieves, the shopkeeper stated that there were no such people.
When the wrist touches the air, the person who grabs the knife immediately takes action.
A hand of the wrong bones, another a knife that listens to the wind. Loulan chop, he is not qualified enough.
As soon as the sword is drawn from its sheath, the person will die. The portrait reads that the thief has a scar on his wrist.
I can't bet anymore, I'm going to copy that guy.
There are crises in all directions-
The knife catchers who lick the blood with their knives and the outlaws on the bounty list will surely start a big conflict once they hit each other.
The space in the gambling house is limited, but the skill of the knife catcher is as smooth and vivid as an ink painting.
Blocked the void with a knife, and then spun around again, killing a person.
Immediately afterward, he suddenly unleashed a move, like a swift wind, and quickly and accurately choked the enemy's throat, leaving only one person left.
Using the strength of the other party, he used the dexterity of his wrist to overturn an eight-foot strong man, and then turned around and swung a knife, and then another person appeared.
After only a few moments, the thieves standing there were left alone, and he stopped fighting and chose to flee.
Want to escape? The man who grabbed the knife listened to the sound to determine the position and stabbed through the door, only the last person.
Even drops of blood have become extremely dangerous.
The camera switches to a panoramic view, and several eye-catching large letters read: "Nobody in Sight 2: An Eye for an Eye".
During this Spring Festival, the atmosphere is extremely warm.
In the two works "Hot and Hot" and "Flying Life 2", the competition is extremely fierce, and on the first day of the new year, the total market value reached 136.6 billion. Before two o'clock in the afternoon on the second day of junior high school, the entrance of the movie theater was crowded, and there was an unprecedented hot scene. Second-year students crossed the 600 million mark before 2 p.m.
However, there is one big movie that did not appear in the Spring Festival schedule, and that is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" directed by Tsui Hark.
This work is the only martial arts blockbuster that is considered to be a theater-level after "Embroidered Spring Knife 2".
In the upper paragraph, this modern martial arts movie directed by Lu Yang chose the temple conspiracy as an alternative to the traditional rivers and lakes, and the images and combat skills in the film all use modern fighting methods, giving people a very novel visual experience. The plot is intricate, but it fails to resonate with the audience, perhaps because of the lack of emotional traction of traditional martial arts feelings. The film was widely acclaimed, but it only grossed 22.3 billion.
The world of martial arts is gone? No one is discussing it anymore.
Starting from "The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple" in 1928, China's martial arts culture has a history of nearly a century, and Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan and Chu Yuan are committed to further promoting and carrying it forward.
In the 90s, Tsui Hark used advanced technology to show the audience the infinite possibilities of martial arts, such as flying cornices and walking walls. His works "Huang Feihong" series and "New Dragon Gate Inn" have made those real chivalrous warriors deeply rooted in people's hearts.
It is no exaggeration to say that martial arts do have a glorious history.
Still, it did experience a decline.
There is a lack of martial arts actors with combat ability, the cost is insufficient, and there is no good story with chivalrous bones.
Can martial arts movies still find a new direction for development?
On the Dragon Boat Festival in 2022, a blade of flame in the snow lit up the spark in the martial arts world.
Semyon's work "No One in My Eyes".
This 5 million martial arts movie was released on the Internet in a low-key manner, but it brought new hope for martial arts fans to martial arts movies.
The next part, naturally, needs to be filmed.
There was a time when I was thinking about going to the cinema.
Despite this, the film was released on the first day of the Spring Festival this year and continues to be screened on the Internet. After the film was released, it immediately aroused heated discussions among the audience. "No One in My Eyes 2".
After only one day of broadcasting, it won the first place on the platform's soaring list, with 230,000 people played a 97 points.
Although the production cost of the movie increased by millions, it did not blindly increase the action scenes, on the contrary, a lot of effort was invested in the plot design, and finally produced the late Tang Dynasty with a male wolf, martial arts style "This Killer Is Not Too Cold".
This action drama shows the elements of solidity, ruthlessness, sharpness, refreshment, blood and regret. The whole play is 90 minutes long, and from the beginning to the end, I feel the chivalrous spirit that I have not seen on the screen for a long time.
At the end of the story, the protagonist has passed away, and this film marks the end of the entire series.
However, Semyon held a knife to listen to the wind, creating a new hope for domestic martial arts.
01Started to participate in theatrical performances.
This story follows the previous one.
After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty's system of social etiquette was dismantled.
The rebellion has been successfully suppressed. However, this is as if it is a world engulfed in flames, a chaotic place, and the people of ** act recklessly.
The Knife Catcher's mission is to arrest criminals on behalf of the authorities and provide them with financial support.
Cheng Blind was originally a lieutenant in the army, but he was blind on the battlefield and could only rely on this way to make a living.
Drinking when you were drunk, waking up and arresting people, the original life was not bad.
In the previous work, in order to give the strange Ni Yan a fair treatment, he risked his life, but in the end, the Qin Niang, who loved him deeply, died for him.
Since then, he has remembered the lessons of the past because he paid for it.
However, he accidentally rescued the little girl Zhang Xiaoyu.
Zhang Xiaoyu saw his friend directly, but during the entertainment of the second generation of officials, his horse's hooves were trampled and unfortunately died.
Stalking, staying next to the blind man to learn the art of killing, wanting to avenge his friends personally.
Since then, Uncle Chivalry and Little Lori have embarked on a journey together.
As a blind person, I don't want to dwell too much, but in this world, the path to justice is always full of challenges.
The little girl's enemy is Li Jiulang, whose father has great influence in the capital. The little girl vows to avenge her mother, and she trains her martial arts in the countryside and secretly contacts the rebels. Despite being exiled here for his insane behavior, the murder committed by his family's 300 thugs was nothing of a big deal for him.
Therefore, the righteous journey to protect little Lori has become a battle for survival with his life, and the blind man who decided not to meddle in other people's affairs anymore ended up meddling in other people's affairs.
This story is not the kind of fictional martial arts that "has deep feelings and short of heroic breath", but a real martial arts story.
02's martial arts scene.
In the final analysis, the fundamental reason why "No One in My Eyes" has won so much praise is that it accurately captures the core elements of domestic martial arts films.
The first is "wu", which is a domestic martial arts style whose core value lies in actual combat experience, with a special focus on achieving a quick victory.
The second point is "chivalry", only with a chivalrous spirit, can the rivers and lakes exist.
We'll talk about the part about chivalry, so let's talk about martial arts.
Playing the blind man and turning blind is Semyon, who is known as the "Lian Jiazi".
He began to "hit people" on the big screen when he was 9 years old, and won more than a dozen martial arts competitions from elementary school until he graduated from high school, no matter how big or small. This is my father - the famous martial artist Zhang Baoshun. If there is a real master in charge, then the fight scenes will naturally look very attractive.
However, the action part of "No One in Sight" also has its own uniqueness.
In the past, martial arts movies were either realistic or exaggerated.
Or in a freehand way, expressed through the cornices and walls.
However, the series "No One in Sight" focuses on the fusion of the virtual and the real.
The realistic style does exist.
A pair of wrong bones, a move Loulan slash, each move accurately hits the target, and then grabs, folds the wrist, and the wrong bone, all in one go, one word: cool.
Freehandism, it does exist.
From the creation of the surrounding environment, to the clear and powerful battles at close range, the tension between the virtual and the real reaches the extreme, giving people a profound sensory experience.
In the second part, we see the original team and that familiar atmosphere.
The blind man's stunt "Wrong Bone Hand" is still extremely sharp.
Identify the position by sound, accurately block the opponent's knife that is about to be unsheathed, and then grasp the opponent's throat tightly, so as to firmly grasp the opponent's life.
In Semyon's action scenes, his moves are as smooth as a cloud, and if he didn't have so many years of experience in action movies, he might not be so attractive.
The fight scenes in this movie are eye-catching from the beginning, and the middle part is a duel with the assassins sent by Li Jiulang, combining the background** and rapid editing technology, making the whole scene full of killing intent, and the killing intent in the picture is particularly eye-catching.
That's just part of the appetizer.
In the second half of the movie, every action scene of the Blind Man is considered unparalleled.
In martial arts, the scene is neat and orderly, the knife and shadow are intertwined, every move can be quickly cracked, and the movements are sharp, giving people a very satisfying feeling.
Accelerate when you should accelerate, slow down when you should slow down, there is no superfluous pause screen, and you will not force the action to slow down in order to show handsomeness.
However, martial arts movies focus on encountering opponents in a chess game.
In the second work, my favorite action scene is undoubtedly the showdown between Semyon and Liu Fengchao, the national martial arts champion.
Cheng Blind walked over according to the official portrait, and what he wanted to arrest was the killer couple who were killing for money.
The other party lives on a small boat and is about to escape.
Cheng Blind walked in, and they said calmly: "The knife catcher is right, he uses money to do things." It's all silver, and what do you use to fight for it? ”
As he spoke, he poured wine for the blind man, and said, "Come, let's drink a bowl of wine first." ”
There was silence all around, and near the boat, there were four people in total: the killer couple, the blind man, and the little Lori.
Although the scene seems peaceful on the surface, the killing intent is actually obvious.
The male killer quietly took a knife under the table.
A female killer is approaching the little Lori.
No more pretending, start striking.
Open the table, take out the knife, and the blind man first pushed the little Lori ten meters with the handle of the knife, so as not to cause any trouble.
Subsequently, Wind Knife began to fight the two men.
The other party is indeed a master.
The key to the superb knife skills of these two people lies in their tacit cooperation.
One person is responsible for attacking the left side of the road, and the other is responsible for attacking the right side of the road. The fishing boat was so cramped that it blocked almost all views and could only barely cope.
The film also adds two additional props, water and a boat.
The protagonist of the story is a blind man who judges the location by his sense of smell alone, and is easily affected by water.
Since the fishing boat is confined and can only be located by sound, it is prone to errors.
The fight scenes on the fishing boat, mixed with different percussion instruments and the soft whispering of strings, are faintly heard all around, making the tension reach its peak.
Cheng was blind and did not gain an advantage against two people with only one person.
Then let's separate them.
Cheng Blind managed to break through the fishing boat and kick the male killer into the water with a single move.
A female killer is alone. In a one-on-one way, fight from the bow to the stern, listening to the sound of the wind knife, passing through the chamber.
A male killer is hiding in the water and suddenly attacks, but Cheng Blind is reminded by a little Lori, immediately dodges, and swings the knife again.
Fighting alone, the opponent has lost the upper hand. But when he fell to the ground, he said: Captain Chengdu, I didn't admit my mistake, kill Huling, I was your soldier.
What did we gain? I only killed a few people and took some of the belongings that should have belonged to me.
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly drew his knife and drew it like a blind man, striking a fatal blow.
After all the work is done, what you get is the lives of your comrades on the battlefield in the past. Cheng was blind and felt unhappy in his heart.
However, this frustrating era turned excellent soldiers into thieves.
A real martial arts scene, in addition to the visual beauty and pleasant feeling.
There are still some stories.
Only such a martial arts scene can be called a real "martial arts".
Those slow shots and constant movements, which rely entirely on the ancient puppet shows of Wu Ti, are not among them.
The chivalrous soul of No. 03.
In the "No One in My Eyes" series, in addition to the eye-catching "martial arts" fighting link, the unique chivalrous spirit is even more fascinating.
Although there are many reasons for the current downturn in martial arts movies, there is also a problem: the shell of excessive pursuit of action has lost the soul of martial arts.
The value of an excellent martial arts movie lies not only in the novelty of your visual effects and form, but more importantly, whether you can truly bring the audience into that martial arts world full of chivalrous spirit.
True martial arts first need to have a chivalrous heart.
The storyline of "Nobody in My Eyes 2" is quite concise, although the character design is very distinctive, but the portrayal of the core characters is very full.
Semyon's first work succeeded in portraying the blind man, and this one is a continuation of his follow-up.
To the surprise of the audience, the young actor Yang Enyou, who played Wu Xiaowen in the movie "Life Events".
Despite his young age, his eyes are full of drama, which can bring both joy and deep pathos.
At first, Cheng Blind didn't want to say anything more to Zhang Xiaoyu, but as time went on, he was taken in by a little girl. Although he was not very skilled in killing people, he still took Zhang Xiaoyu to meet Zhang Xiaoyu's horse.
Those who know this series know that those who are taken by the blind to see the horses are actually members of our team.
In this play, the two characters stand on the grassland at night, **Uncle Ma's singing, the whole scene seems to be a blank space in Chinese ink painting, although there are many words, but the artistic conception is far-reaching.
Semyon's role as "blind" comes across as aloof, he is neither an impartial man nor a true savior.
Back then, Dongshan Wolf suddenly emerged and became an invincible plague god on the battlefield, killing countless people.
Despite his cold appearance, he always hides a chivalrous feeling deep down. Although he is blind in both eyes, his heart is still as bright as snow.
Whether it was Ni Yan in the past or Xiao Yu this time, they actually evoked his past memories and that innocent heart.
Ten years is like ice, and it is difficult to cool the blood.
In a domestic martial arts movie, I haven't seen a protagonist with such complex colors for a long time.
However, martial arts movies not only need characters, but also a shocking element, that is, the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes.
The production cost of "Nobody in Sight 2" is only 10 million, and even ancient idols worth hundreds of millions are no longer filmed on location.
Whether it's a mountain stream in winter, a horseback ride in the wilderness or a bonfire at night, the beauty of ink painting is displayed everywhere, and the classical charm and deep friendship complement each other.
This is exactly the pure martial arts atmosphere.
In the film, numerous backlit silhouette shots foreshadow the snowflakes of the finale falling, which has shaped the series' unique art style. In the shadow of the sword and sword, the snow is like a dream. Show people the figure in the rivers and lakes.
In the whole film, the most artistic part is the finale, a blind man carrying a little Lori on his back and 300 thugs have a fierce heads-up.
The action design here actually has its limitations, it adopts the style of Gu Long**, showing the breakthrough of the master and the free and easy freehand, so that the overall atmosphere has reached the extreme, full of a sense of ceremony.
After Zhang Xiaoyu assassinated the enemy, he became a blind man and rushed to the rescue, but the 300 thugs surrounded him tightly in the pavilion.
Cheng Blind walked out of the house with his cute baby, and the crowd outside the door was surging.
So, **join us.
Before the audience could see clearly, they saw him swing his sword incessantly, his blade rushing at his enemy.
300 people came in waves.
In terms of the style of action, it shows the characteristics of simplicity, sharpness and few words, and is full of strong atmosphere.
The blind man attacked from the inside, and the heavy staircase fence narrowed the already enclosed space, while naturally isolating the two sides of the hostile side.
In the fierce battle, the thugs fought with all their might with their eyes full of fear, and the blind fighters fought with all their might, and their blood was as white as snow, gradually pushing the tense atmosphere to the top.
When the atmosphere becomes tense, the real confrontation becomes a breeze, and after a fierce battle, the winner is decided, which is exciting.
300 thugs, all turned into corpses.
However, it was Li Jiulang's sudden attack, but in the end it led to the fate of blindness.
In the cold winter, the blind man took a deep breath, and then said to Zhang Xiaoyu: "I have fulfilled your request, I have done it, and you must also fulfill the promise you made to me!" ”
He instructed Zhang Xiaoyu to cherish life and visit his hometown of Chang'an on his behalf.
Become blind and always make loss-making trades.
In the previous work, Ni Yan tried her best for a bowl of wine.
This time they had nothing, and after a fierce battle, they lost their lives.
What is this? This is the so-called chivalrous spirit.
Every bowl of wine is just. Even insignificant people have chivalrous spirits.
In Chinese martial arts films, the pursuit of justice has always been regarded as the "soul".
It is no exaggeration to say that when I finished reading "No One in My Eyes 2", my mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.
Martial arts movies, we have watched countless classics, and their tastes have long been picky.
In contrast, "No One in Sight 2" is obviously slightly deficient in content.
Compared to the first part, the storyline of this work is more complex, but its refreshing feeling seems to have diminished. Although the fight scenes are carefully planned, it always feels like the shock and passion of the previous one is missing.
In a word, it is inferior to the first work.
However, in the modern society where martial arts culture is decreasing, the series "No One in Sight" has shaped a creative martial arts world under the production standards of the Internet.
The post-90s directors and Semyon have gone beyond the boundaries of traditional martial arts, and they have paid more attention to the various emotional reactions of the ordinary man who became blind, hoping to have a deeper resonance with contemporary young audiences.
From the first wave of martial arts movies in the 1970s to the present, Zhang Che, Hu Jinquan and Chu Yuan have passed away, and the stars of this generation of martial arts films have gradually declined.
Only Tsui Hark, a legendary master, has the opportunity to get a lot of money to make martial arts movies. Tsui Hark conquered the audience with his legendary and charismatic acting skills. However, Jet Li, who once showed a personable demeanor in his film works, has now disappeared without a trace.
Will the ** era of martial arts movies start again? Deep down in our hearts, we all know that this is impossible.
That piece of rivers and lakes has disappeared without a trace.
However, the series "No One in Sight" is still a work in progress.
Xie Miao, the warrior who emerged from "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin", after years of training, finally completed his role transformation and stood on the last line of defense in the martial arts world.
A few hundred yuan a month has to work hard", this is because in the world of martial arts, those who really pay are needed.
After ten years of polishing, this frost blade has never been tried on, and today I want to show you who can do injustice."
Cheng Blind has passed away, and this series, which may have been part of the domestic martial arts movie "Zatoichi", has now ended.
Although his eyes are empty, his heart is full of justice.
The distance between the rivers and lakes is already very far.