On New Year's Day, I drove from my hometown to the county seat and finished watching Detective Chinatown 2.
Directed by Chen Sicheng, this film, formerly known as Dark Horse in 20 15, was a double success at the box office. Knowing that a sequel will be made, I feel uneasy, just like a boyfriend like a little girl in love, afraid that he will not come and he will mess around.
Because there are too many surprises in the previous work, I am worried that the sequel is just to make money. After all, there are often stories of blind cats killing mice, but it is impossible for a newcomer to kill his master with one punch.
It was not until the end of the film that such worries vanished, even slightly better than the first film. Sure enough, I should have said, "Some people are just blessed with food and can't envy them."
This time, Chen Sicheng skillfully put the crime scene in new york, an international metropolis, giving people a feeling of shining at the moment. Moreover, the story also presents more traditional cultural elements of China, such as temples, kung fu, geomantic omen, Tai Chi five lines of gossip and so on.
As the lunar new year file shows, the comedy elements in the second part have been added a lot. However, the "investigation" part is still brilliant, the case is confusing, the reasoning is exquisite, the details are flawless, and several seemingly flawed plots are cleverly designed with ulterior motives, interlocking and relaxing.
In the last half hour, when the detectives began to seriously examine the case, the previously buried explosion point exploded with fireworks.
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Chinatown Detective 2 keeps the combination of Wang and Wang. Wang plays the Tang Dynasty as a rogue Feng Shui master, and Qin Feng as a clumsy and stuttering detective, a funny idiot, a young genius with a wonderful chemical reaction.
In today's China film industry, Wang's box office appeal should not be underestimated. Most of his comedies are very popular at the box office. In particular, the successive success of the "embarrassing series" has greatly increased his social status, and his talent for comedy performance has also been widely recognized.
Liu Haoran's performance in this film is enough to show that the post-1995 actor's progress is rapid. Although he is still young, the dramatic tension shown in the subtleties makes people look askance, and the beauty of the teenager is fully revealed in him.
The previous work was about "Murder in the Chamber of Secrets", and this time it was about "Serial Murder", with a reversal of "Hitchhiking Killing".
The grandson of the godfather of Chinatown died, and detectives from all over the world gathered in new york to launch a detective competition. Whoever catches the real murderer will get a reward of $5 million, and they also have their own rankings on an App called "CRIMASTER".
Qin Feng ranks second in the world and is always neck and neck with a Japanese detective. Competing for 5 million, there are also Q, the hacker girl detective, the violent military detective, and the mysterious detective with the stick of God.
Although it is a routine similar to tracing, it can dig out new tricks, sprout new paragraphs, stimulate new feelings, and make you laugh my head off, which is worth the fare.
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As the first China film to cooperate with American trade unions, Detective Chinatown 2 has won support from many places in new york.
It is reported that in addition to more than 20 core China staff, the cast of more than 300 people are all American staff, and the cast that appears from the lens can also be understood.
The film also runs through several important geographical coordinates of new york, the way of killing at a specific time and place, and it also integrates the case with the city of new york more smoothly.
Madison Avenue, which is brightly lit during the day, new york Park, which is deserted at night, underground passages and alleys full of tramps, new york Library, which is neat and quiet, and even the train station have all become indispensable "detective" tracks.
In addition, the jokes in the movie are also different from the domestic third-rate comedy movies, but set a specific context.
For example, "A Xiang Po got a tan in Sanya", "Can you pat yourself on the ass" and "If I lose, I'll go out with you". These contents are closely related to the plot, and the audience will not play.
Another big change is that the Tang people finally learned to laugh heartily, which also played a key role in solving the case. Even if Qin Feng has superhuman memory and reasoning ability, he needs Feng Shui knowledge of the Tang Dynasty to fill his position.
Chen Sicheng once said in an interview: "I don't want to be just the Tang people and Qin Feng in the movie. I want a detective universe similar to Marvel comics. "
In Detective Chinatown 2, Chen Sicheng's Exploring the Universe in the Tang Dynasty has already begun to be built with the participation of detectives from all over the world.
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I like Chinatown Detective 2, because Qin Feng's social reasoning focuses on social criticism and description of human nature, emphasizing more attention to social problems, exploring criminal motives and analyzing the dark side of human nature.
The forensic doctor said: "I have saved thousands of people, and I can save thousands more in the future. I am God. Isn't it right to exchange the lives of several people for the lives of God? "
It is selfish of him to deprive others of his life and save himself. But he can save hundreds of people. He is selfless. For patients, he is the kindest God. For innocent victims, he is the most cruel devil.
When Qin Feng was about to fall from a tall building, Yi Song instinctively grabbed his hand and saved his life, but he found that Yi Song was left-handed. He said, "Your sacred behavior reveals the secret of your animal nature."
Yi Song asked him, "That's what you thought when I saved you. Are you an animal? "
Qin Feng couldn't answer, because human nature can't stand torture. We can't go to heaven or go to hell, so there is a world. Our divinity cannot beat the beast, so there is an abyss.
When you see evil, you know what evil is, so you plant a seed in your heart. When you see the darkness, you have been contaminated with it, so you are no longer afraid of it.
Do you have the desire to use violence when you read violent information every day? When you watch some horror movies every day, will your heart become twisted with horror? When you are curious about drugs, do you want to try them?
"Those who fight the devil should be careful not to become the devil. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares at you. "
The easiest way to defeat the devil is to become a stronger or more evil devil. The most intuitive feeling of staring at the abyss is never to fall.
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The devil who likes to eat people the most is often turned from a hero. Fighting with dragons is the most feared thing, and it has become a dragon. Has lost the original intention of winning the so-called victory at the expense of assimilation.
In wartime, killing civilians is the easiest way to destroy guerrillas. But if you really fight for justice, protecting civilians is the purpose.
People born in poverty are often more extreme in order to avoid falling back into poverty. Among the people who ridicule the poor and despise the weak, many people have not washed the mud on their legs.
Understand the difference, there will be differences in the heart, there is no good or evil, this is just a constraint imposed by human beings. However, it is precisely because people distinguish between good and evil that they pursue good and produce evil.
People will change if they stay in any environment for a long time. The key point is that some people can go back to their hometown to continue their lives after killing dragons in "Don't forget your initiative", although they may be shaken when facing the treasure.
Can you hold yourself tight at any time, not let the environment devour you, not get lost in the abyss, and not be killed by yourself?