Rave reviews, real rave reviews.
As for popular film critics, although the ratings of "Infernal Affairs" are not large, they are exaggerated and scary.
9.8 points!
Of course, this rating is definitely watery, but it also proves how good this movie is!
The key is that movies with the theme of police movies never receive particularly high ratings.
Because they are all commercial and entertainment films, this is the first time they have seen a police film, and it is a Hong Kong police film, receive such a high rating.
But this made the fans who were looking forward to this movie even more depressed.
Because this movie is so awesome that it doesn’t even have a midnight screening. If you want to see it, wait until tomorrow!
Although many people have already booked movie tickets for tomorrow, after all, they still have to wait one day.
So of course I had to read the movie reviews first to enjoy myself.
But the more I read the short reviews, the more uncomfortable they become. Everyone agrees, but what’s so good about Te Miao?
Also, is he really that awesome?
The word classic is actually used by many people in short reviews.
You know, there are many movies that have received rave reviews, especially since they just premiered.
But even if it is a compliment, most people will rarely use top-notch words like classic to comment on a movie.
Words like classic are usually rarely used when a movie is released, but this time, the word classic appeared many times in these few short reviews.
You must know that even though Li Yi has made so many movies, all of which have very good reputations and are all well-received and popular works, even so, there are not many movies that can be called classics.
Is "Mom Love Me Again" tear-jerking enough? It made countless movie fans burst into tears at first, but few fans call this movie a classic!
"War Meridian" has a good reputation and a high box office, right?
But similarly, few people use words like classic to describe it.
It doesn't mean that the movie has high ratings or that the movie is a box office hit, it can be called a classic.
Time passed quickly, and three hours had passed since the premiere of "Infernal Affairs" ended.
The first person to issue a film review was the famous Hong Kong film critic and writer He Si.
The title of his film review shocked countless people: "Li Yi recreates a classic, the pinnacle of Hong Kong police movies "Infernal Affairs", it should be difficult to surpass it in the future!"
"The most glorious era of Hong Kong film was that although it could be regarded as a frequent production of excellent films, one of its attributes also restricted its development to a certain extent. Due to excessive following in the footsteps of Hollywood, the Hong Kong film market was A purely commercial film system. Therefore, everything from production to release of Hong Kong films is driven by the pursuit of profit.
Such works often only pursue gimmicks and ignore the artistic achievements of the film. So when we watch Hong Kong movies, we find that although many of the works are shot very well to please the audience, they lack content. So when we look back at mainstream Hong Kong movies, many of the more popular series have not become timeless classics. These works often perform well in the market of a certain era, but after the environment changes, it is difficult for these works to attract audiences.
This is especially true for police and gangster films. As one of the genres with the highest production rate in Hong Kong films, police and gangster films have many popular and popular films, but there are still very few that can be called classics.
At first, I was skeptical about Li Yi's Hong Kong police and gangster films, because although he is a Hong Kong film director, his specialty has never been in police and gangster films, but in sensationalism and tear-jerking!
This is undoubtedly contrary to the themes of most police and gangster movies. In the movies directed by Li Yi, you rarely see any intense gunfight scenes or action scenes.
In my initial impression, these should be the essential features of a Hong Kong police film.
However, at the premiere, I was completely shocked.
We all know that it is difficult to make a movie that has the flavor of old Hong Kong movies while also needing to innovate.
Judging from the structure of the story, "Infernal Affairs" is based on the classic police and criminal themes of Hong Kong Island, but the final theme of this work is not only the confrontation between justice and evil, but the exploration of the meaning of life.
And when I watch "Infernal Affairs", I will find that the rhythm followed by the whole film is still the flavor of old Hong Kong films. It's just that in terms of the grasp of the plot and the sublimation of the entire story, "Infernal Affairs" is very mature, and its maturity is entirely due to its gestation in the Hong Kong film system.
What's even more rare is that the core element is that the entire film has an excellent inheritance of the Hong Kong film system. The film's subject matter, creative methods, and creative concepts are all responses to traditional Hong Kong films. On this basis, Director Li Yi further sublimated the theme that has remained unchanged for many years in Hong Kong films.
The characters in "Infernal Affairs" are actually somewhat martial arts-like. Although the content of the entire work revolves around the conflict between police and robbers, the director cleverly sublimated the theme of the film through the story structure of undercover agents.
This seemingly simple symmetrical narrative structure cleverly glimpses the essence of human destiny in a simple story of confrontation between police and criminals. Everyone has their own destiny, just like Chen Yongren played by Liang Feng and Liu Jianming played by Chen Weijie in the film. Although they are nominally young and Dangerous boys or policemen, when they return to their actual identities, they have their own destiny. He had no choice but to persist.
Just like Liu Jianming wanted to choose to be a good person, but the real situation has already doomed his final outcome, and although Chen Yongren lost his nominal identity, deep in his heart, he still couldn't get rid of the fact that he was a policeman. responsibility. Therefore, even if he had no chance to continue to be a police officer, Chen Yongren still insisted on bringing Liu Jianming to justice, even at the cost of his own life in the end. As for Liu Jianming, although he longs to be a good person, he still does illegal things secretly to cover up his sinful past.
Through the exchange of spaces, the exchange of identities, the rotation of time, and in a seemingly tense game of confrontation between police and criminals, the film sends out the low growls and sobs of life itself to the audience. The duel between Liang Feng and Chen Weijie in the film is a classic. These two actor-level figures inspire each other to perform better. Their low-pitched and restrained performance style more fully demonstrates the texture of life.
This kind of movie is so amazing. It is a police movie and has the flavor of a Hong Kong movie, but it is different from our previous understanding of Hong Kong police and gangster movies. It makes the movie give people an endless aftertaste!
Especially the handling of details in the film has made the film sublimated, making people unable to help but watch it a second or third time.
However, the current situation in Hong Kong Island is that actors are in short supply. It is too difficult to recreate such a lineup. Therefore, except for director Li Yi himself, I think it is difficult for others to have the opportunity to create a classic Hong Kong film like "Infernal Affairs". works.
Of course, if this film really brings about a revival of police and gangster films in Hong Kong, then perhaps one day such a classic will be reproduced! "
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