"Temporary robbery": Waste team, bitter madness.
Temporary Robbery: A peculiar Hong Kong film that revolves around the whereabouts of a bag of money. It uses humor to mediate a serial robbery caused by the butterfly effect, which makes people feel a full sense of absurd banter.
The gangsters, stupid thieves, gangsters, and police forces in the film are brought together because of several rounds of robbery and confrontation, and the gun chariot scene is raging, in fact, they are just a group of "waste" little people who are hopeless struggling.
Er Dongsheng served as the producer, Mak Qiguang directed, and Aaron Kwok, Lin Jiadong, Ren Xianqi, Zhang Keyi and other powerful actors starred, making this movie a "hard bone" from the cast to the storyline.
Mak Kai-kwong is Johnny To's long-term assistant director partner since the 80s, and his independent directing style is also deeply influenced by Johnny To. In this intricate crime story, the reversal of robbery and robbery often occurs, which makes people feel confused.
The "Three Movie Emperors United" in the propaganda formed a mixed "Waste Bandit Alliance". With their own unique characters, they show us a unique story of robbery.
On the poster of the movie "Temporary Robbery", the taxi driver played by Lin Jiadong is busy picking up customers, but also has to deal with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship in the family.
The shouting on his phone reveals the family's plight — they live in a subdivided unit with no privacy, and a new life is about to be ushered in in the cramped space.
And one person in this family has already been squeezed out - their father-in-law was arranged by Ah Yi to the nursing home of the social worker "Wuyong Hui" because he couldn't live there. There are a large number of elderly people who have been abandoned by their children and have no money to pay rent and food, who are suffering from various underlying diseases, eating "generic drugs", and are at risk of dissolution at any time.
Ah Yi (played by Lin Jiadong), the image of buckteeth appears, and there is a funny temperament in **. The sentence "I robbed, you robbed me" ran through his fate of constantly being "pitted" by various forces.
He is ambitious, sharp-shot, and seems to be arrogant, but he is actually a bad guy who "helps others".
Temporary Robbery: A Rhapsody for a Group of Little People The film tells the story of a group of little people who come from different backgrounds but all face a variety of pressures.
Some people's wives try to stage a bitter drama in public, fantasizing that they will let the relevant authorities see their plight and lend a helping hand by touching their own family members; Some people's sons tried to "Hong Kong-style gnawing at the old", but they ended up getting involved in a chaotic situation of thieves and bandits.
The plot of the film is cleverly designed, and several twists are unexpected. The characters who originally had no intersection were woven into the same web in a series of unfortunate events, with not only a tense and exciting plot, but also a deep-rooted emotional expression and social insight.
"Temporary Robbery" presents a sense of powerlessness of all employees, and even the policeman Sister Jiang is a grassroots employee who is about to retire and is distressed that she has not caught a thief.
The bad guys in the movie are all crushed by the pressure of family, work, etc., and they are going to rob the jar. Everyone is dancing with their teeth and claws, and everyone is powerless.
But in this dark world, they cherish each other in the persuasion of "they are all men" and form a unique friendship.
Congratulations to Guo Tianwang for creating an unforgettable image of a gangster in "Temporary Robbery", his robbery action is steady and ruthless, but after the robbery is over, he has become a civilized and polite person.
He would hit the meter to pay the taxi fare, and even if he accidentally killed someone, he would say sorry. He always talks about "thank you", and will also pay "settling-in money" to his sacrificial brother.
Although he seems to be serious and unsmiling, and kills like a hemp, when he hears the plight of others, he will even ask: "I ask you to rob." "The first half of his image is very bluffing, but in the second half he is dragged down by his own Madonna heart.
He went from not hesitating to replenish the guns of his accomplices who were shot, to his "kindness" to passers-by along the way, and finally even to the absurd charity of all kinds of thieves who cherished each other.
These behaviors make people see an inexplicable romance in him. Ren Xianqi and Lin Jiadong's performances in this movie are also very good. Their performances are full of remarkable highlights.
Their roles have both the characteristics of "good people can't do it, bad people can't do it", as well as their own humility, cowardice and selfishness. This is very different from the brotherhood in traditional Hong Kong films.
In this movie, the brotherhood between ordinary people is real, the trust between them is real, but their greed and selfishness are also real.
Although the movie "Murong Hui" (played by Ren Xianqi) is full of new ideas and deep meanings, the director's performance in presenting these ideas is somewhat unsatisfactory.
The film is a multi-threaded story, but with too many characters and a complex plot, the narrative appears messy, and other important threads become cumbersome. In terms of plot development, the director tries to promote the plot through coincidence, but this way makes the plot appear light and thin, lacking in subtlety and thoroughness.
The blessing of the protagonist's aura also makes the plot logically unreasonable. Although the dilemmas of the characters in the film show the thinking of humanity and fate to a certain extent, the portrayal of these characters is not sufficient, making it difficult for the audience to resonate.
Still, Temporary Heist is a movie worth watching. As Johnny To's old partner, Mak Kai-kwong's shooting style has many similarities with his early Galaxy Imaging works, such as the depiction of the background color of small people, the display of characters' reactions and choices in difficult situations, and his reflections on human nature and fate.
Among the many Hong Kong films, the appearance of "Temporary Robbery" has undoubtedly brought some new ideas and thoughts to the audience, although it is still lacking in a sense of power, but in the upcoming Spring Festival, it is still a movie worth looking forward to.