The Last Dawn of the Martial Arts Movie: Zhang zhen, a Royal Guards, wearing a flight suit and holding an embroidered spring knife.

Looking at the domestic martial arts movies released in theaters in the past ten years, no one can be as sensational as the martial arts movies around the Millennium. As an audience, we have to admit that martial arts movies have declined, and the market for martial arts movies has long been divided by fantasy, magic and science fiction movies.

These days, watching a decent martial arts movie has become a luxury. How extravagant is it? For example, on July 3rd, 20654381day, martial arts fans finally ushered in a' top production' martial arts movie "bride with white hair".

However, when the fans walked into the cinema, they found that the function of the new version was to let everyone go back and relive the old version of Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin! Because the new version of "bride with white hair" is full of plots, 3D fake, bad special effects, sparse stories, and the overall level is so poor that there are no friends!

However, the martial arts films still ushered in a glimmer of light before their death, because the passionate directors insisted on offering excellent quality martial arts films to everyone. The new director is Yang Lu.

In fact, director Yang Lu's film debut is not a martial arts film, but he personally witnessed the glory and decline of martial arts films. To be sure, Yang Lu, the director, has a very warm feeling for martial arts movies.

What I'm going to talk about today is the film Embroidered Spring Knife directed by Yang Lu. This is a movie that will become a series. Now two films have been filmed and released, namely "Embroidered Spring Knife" and "Embroidered Spring Knife 2: Shura Battlefield". Today, let's take a look at three clips from the first album "Embroidered Spring Knife".

The film tells a suspenseful story about three brothers, Royal Guards, who were ordered to assassinate Wei Zhongxian during the Chongzhen period in the late Ming Dynasty, but were eventually involved in a court plot.

Segment 1: Three brothers (Wang Qianyuan as Lu Jianxing, Zhang zhen as Shen Lian and Ethan as Jin Yichuan) chase after the hidden inn in Wei Zhongxian. When Huei-fang, Wei Zhongxian's adopted daughter, found out, the roof of the three brothers collapsed. Huei-fang called, "Who's here?"

At this time, the camera turned to the three brothers. In the night, the three brothers took off their black cloaks, and the flying fish suits were exposed along the cloaks. At this moment, Denton feels the coolness of the Royal Guards. The next moment, he will throw his head and shed his blood.

This film is different from Donnie Yen's A Royal Guard. Donnie Yen's version of the Royal Guards is full of heroic light and majestic spirit, but the depth of this film is more restrained and forbearing. Although the three brothers have superb martial arts, they always feel that they are the "chess pieces" of the imperial rulers. Of course, they are not completely passive, and the director controls the words and deeds of their little people very well.

Segment 2: The three men got into the conspiracy set by Baijia surname and Zhao Gonggong, and finally killed all the soldiers in Yanfu after a desperate fight. At that time, the gate of Yanfu opened, and three people stood proudly in front of all the royal guards. Even if the face is stained with blood, it can't hide the momentum of the three brothers at that moment.

This is not a gesture, a gesture of being proud of all beings but not above them. The three brothers not only showed superb martial arts, but also showed us constant brotherhood. Who is not moved at this moment?

Segment 3: Father Zhao (played by Nie Yuan) pays the ronin (played by Zhou Yiwei) to assassinate his younger brother. The ronin shouted: What? You want me to kill him? ! Don't you know that he is my brother? This is my own flesh and blood. Then he paused and said, you need more money.

In fact, this clip is a little small compared with the first two clips, but I have to push this one, because the personal charm of Zhou Yiwei in this movie is really unforgettable. He doesn't have many plays, but his contribution is absolutely second only to that of the three brothers.

To tell the truth, the story of embroidered spring knife is not complicated and the plot is simple, but why can you get such a high evaluation? I think one of the reasons may be the audience's desire for a martial arts film with excellent quality, and another reason is that the film is really serious. Whether it's prop scenery or dress photography, every detail can be seen that the director has made great efforts, whether it's men's official clothes and casual clothes, or women's clothes in different status occasions, even if they are finally exposed.

But to my disgust, this film was released almost at the same time as Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing's bride with white hair (one week apart). The White-haired Witch grossed nearly 400 million at the box office, while Embroidered Spring Knife only earned 90 million, which is a kind of sadness. Fortunately, the second part of the "Shura Battlefield" series won 270 million box office, which made this series full of vitality.

It is rumored that "Embroidered Spring Knife 3" will also be released in the future, so you can wait and see.