In the ups and downs of the plot, the most important thread is the gossip of Yin and Yang in China culture, coupled with the shaping of China Kung Fu and the music combining Chinese and Western, which makes the play a model of cultural output.
Detective Chinatown, which was filmed in the United States this time, is rooted in the concept of Chinatown, which not only makes the audience from Bangkok to new york laugh, but also makes the film have many elements such as Tao Te Ching, Yi Xue, Yin and Yang, Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams, China Kung Fu and so on, no matter which city it is set in. China's traditional culture has become an indispensable part of Tang detective series, and it is not difficult to see the director's awe of traditional culture in his original intention.
Plot ups and downs: the internal logic of traditional culture
The story takes place in new york, USA. There is a reward of 5 million for the death of the seventh uncle's grandson, hoping to catch the murderer within a week. There are many world-famous detectives such as twins, witches and big shots gathered together.
Qin Feng, who stutters and has a strong memory, and Wang, who knows a little about Feng Shui and has big gold teeth, cheated to the United States on the grounds of attending the wedding, thus forming "Tang Tanduo". In order to get huge bonuses, they compete with detective experts from all over the world.
In the investigation of another case, everyone found that the modus operandi was very similar. The originally locked murderer has an alibi, and Qin Feng has doubts about his own reasoning. In the third case, a series of cases have occurred. They got rid of all kinds of entanglements, fell out with new york and tried to get close to the truth. Fourth, I missed the murderer, and the trick was ready. The real murderer was brought to justice, and the motive was chilling.
Yi Song's role setting is equivalent to Lori, the criminal in the last movie. This person is a China wanderer in the United States, and he is a black account with an expired visa. He was suspected of being wanted by the police because he appeared at the murder scene twice. In order to clear his name, he had to cooperate with Tang people and Qin Feng.
Chinatown Detective 2 is the same as the first one, except for a murderer who will be caught, there is also a murderer who can't be caught. Originally, it was determined that the murderer was Yi Song, but in the process of arrest, Tang people in Qin Feng found that Yi Song was not the murderer. This case is not a simple homicide, but a serial homicide according to the five elements. In the ups and downs of the plot, the most important internal clue is: Yin and Yang gossip in China traditional culture.
What puzzled the audience was that Qin Feng and Tang people were also wanted by the police because they were with the suspects, and they were also chased by Lu, the adopted son of his seventh uncle. Liu Guofu is anxious to find the murderer, otherwise he can't inherit his seventh uncle's property. When many people suspected the murderer, he became the fourth person to die.
Finally, it was found that the murderer of the serial murder case was James, a doctor of the American police, and the ending was very unexpected. But what is even more surprising is that there is more than one murderer in this case. Liu Guofu was not killed by James, but by Yi Song's "hitchhiking"-Lu was engaged in the business of buying and selling people, and his sister was betrayed or killed by Lu, so he used James's serial killing to cover up the fact of his murder.
The film adopts the most classic type of serial killing in American movies, but boldly combines China's geomantic omen, Yin-Yang and Five Elements and other oriental theories in solving crimes, giving people a brand-new feeling.
In the film, director Chen Sicheng applied China elements to the "forefront", and did not use several online jokes or examples that have been used countless times to reflect "oriental exclusivity".
Taoism is also fully used in the film. For example, the villain James' motive for killing people is "Tao Sheng Yi Er San Sheng" in Tao Te Ching. The combination of eastern culture and western criminal psychology finally reveals the discussion of human nature.
Many symbols of oriental culture have also appeared many times, such as the town curse left by the murderer at the scene, the dragon ruler used by the Tang People's Hospital to kill the murderer, and the big altar at the end of the film.