This group of children who were admitted to the club by Teng Hui (played by Wang) to learn fighting were orphans at first, and later they were mostly poor children from poor families. Before there was a fight club, they had no meat to eat, no new clothes to wear and no soft beds to sleep in. If they don't get good grades, when they grow up, they can only be trapped in the mountains, earning some living expenses by herding cattle and moving stones.
In the setting of the film, when the orphans first met Xiang Tenghui, they were engaged in highway robbery. Their life background is dim, and their hope for the future is based on a punch. Sumu's battle on the field is equivalent to fighting for his own life until the victory of the contest, and the picture changes from black and white to color, which means that his life has turned over.
Causes of black and white bottom of octagonal cage
First of all, the fighting scene is too bloody, and the black-and-white tone can be a filter on the cruel picture as a buffer for watching. Wang hopes that the audience of this film can cover the whole world, that is, from old people to children, so the most cruel game at the end is black and white to cover up the bloody scene and reduce the discomfort of watching the movie.
The second is to maintain a sense of strength while covering blood. Cruel pictures need buffering, but for the visual effect of the film, we still need to keep a sense of impact. Black-and-white processing can just render the power of the actor's punching, and also make up for the shortcomings of Shi Pengyuan, an actor in Sumu, who is not professional in fighting and has a thin figure.