The premiere received rave reviews! Can such a vigorous China film be cut without a knife?

These days, one of the most lively events in Hong Kong entertainment circle is the war between Xiao Ruoyuan and Neo Yau.

One is a 7 1 year-old doyen who was born in the TV circle in the 1970s and made numerous classic movies. One is a cutting-edge actor who is famous for movies such as One Day We Can Fly in recent years.

The debate started at Clubhouse and spread to YouTube. The focus is "Is the Hong Kong film dead?" ? The young and old exchanged fire, which was very lively.

Xiao Ruoyuan said, "Hong Kong's film industry has no future".

Neo Yau hit back on YouTube: "We can't repeat the so-called prosperous times 1980. Because the world has changed, the situation and timing are different, but is it possible to find a future with a future? 」

Just at this time, Wisdom Teeth, which is being specially shown at this Berlin Film Festival, may be a footnote or citation of this debate.

After three years of sharpening the knife, Zheng Baorui finally returned to his best film noir "Wisdom Teeth" after watching three box office blockbusters, The Journey to the West.

After the premiere in Berlin these two days, the mainland media colleagues who took the lead in watching the film received rave reviews.

The conclusion may be as follows:

This is indeed the darkest, most desperate and brightest Hong Kong film in recent years.

But at the same time, this film, which was invested by the mainland and shot in all Hong Kong scenes, may also point out a way for the future "Hong Kong film".

In a word, you must not miss this new port film except LAM Raymond Volcano.

When you are born, you will rip out your heart.

Wisdom tooth was released as early as 20 18, and was jointly produced by Sun Entertainment, Erdong Film, Bona and Yindu. The Iron Triangle was directed by Zheng Baorui and co-produced by Ye Weixin and Paco Wong Pak Go.

On the line-up, except for the heroine Liu Yase, who is from the mainland, all the local actors are from Hong Kong. Oscar winner Lin Jiadong collaborates with Mason Lee, the son of Ang Lee. Although adapted from the works of mainland writer Remy, the whole story is set and shot in Hong Kong.

This is a whole "Hong Kong-style" team, but in this movie, you can see a Hong Kong that you have never seen before.

Speaking of Hong Kong, in the past, either Victoria Harbour was brightly lit or Central was brightly lit and full of modern city feeling.

Hong Kong in wisdom teeth has become a little strange.

Next to skyscrapers and urban high-speed trains, it is a place where shabby and dirty street sleepers gather;

As the car passed by, the old house that was demolished in the East District seemed to be abandoned.

Officer Liu (played), an untidy policeman, has long hair and often washes it for several days. He is unkempt, greasy and depressed.

In most scenes, he and Ren Kai (played by Mason Lee), a young man who just graduated from the police academy, either walked through the muddy, dirty and narrow streets, or searched in the garbage dump where flies were flying around and could smell the stench through the screen, unwilling to miss every clue.

This is not Hong Kong, but the Pearl of the Orient in people's minds, a bright and sleepless metropolis.

Especially in the whole black-and-white image, the city has lost its color, beauty, ugliness, charm and decay have all been erased, and it is impossible to tell whether this is a world or a hell.

Zheng Baorui once explained why the whole movie was shot in black and white photos:

Everyone seems to have lost hope in this humid city where bacteria and evil are everywhere.

When Liu Sir's wife was pregnant a few years ago, she was accidentally knocked down by the gangster Wang Tao (played), who was at the bottom of society and was rescued by the Social Welfare Department. His wife has been lying in the intensive care unit and her baby's life is in danger.

After that, the old policeman with rich investigation experience began to let himself go. He dealt with the suspect rudely and directly, without mercy. He fell into his own depression.

Wang Tao, whom he has been staring at, is an orphan. She was adopted by Baoliang Bureau. She has been stealing stolen jobs, such as helping gangsters steal cars and hanging out with drug dealers in Yau Tsim Mong.

It is common to be beaten by colleagues when you enter a cell.

However, there is still something in her heart that has not completely collapsed. She has been paying close attention to the incident that Sir Liu's wife was hit and injured. In her mobile phone notebook, Sir Liu's name is "Sorry Sir".

In this decadent city, what is kindness, what is justice, what is conscience and what is morality are all vague.

Especially in the dark underground world, drug abuse, drug trafficking, murder and revenge are commonplace, and everyone is used to it.

Perhaps only Ren Kai, who just graduated and joined the police force, is full of hope for the city and the future.

He doesn't agree with Sir Liu's rude way of handling cases, and advocates going through procedures when handling cases.

When he saw that Sir Liu had cornered Wang Tao, he thought that Sir Liu was out of control.

He thinks that the police are not ordinary people and should not have emotions.

However, there have been cases of dismemberment in this city. With the deepening of the case, he seems to be able to put himself in Sir Liu's shoes. ...

On the surface, Wisdom Teeth is a crime film, which revolves around a series of murders.

Three cases of dismemberment suddenly occurred in this city.

The deceased is:

A prostitute, a bad girl in the name of social welfare department, and a female "Taoist friend" who takes drugs.

* * * The same feature is that the left hands of these victims were all cut off by blunt instruments and discarded everywhere.

You can sketch * * * sex: young women are all bottom people.

Even the murderer who appeared very early gradually surfaced: the murderer was also a poor man who had never been anywhere.

The highlight of wisdom teeth lies not only in presenting the results of solving crimes, but also in the relationship between people and cities in the process of solving crimes (otherwise, why did the murderer show his true colors so early).

As Sir Liu said to the fledgling: Solve the case? "They all walk with their feet. 」

So the audience followed the two detectives and went deep into every hinterland of the city.

In this glamorous city, a small person who is not qualified to have a name, a street forgotten by the world, is like a ukiyo-e painting in the footsteps of two detectives.

It is easy to think of Kurosawa's 1949 "Wild Dog".

After World War II, everything in Japan was in ruins and the market was in ruins. In the lower class, evil is everywhere.

"Wild Dog" is about the police's "losing guns". In order to find the "lost gun", two policemen traveled all over postwar Tokyo.

"Looking for a gun" is not the ultimate meaning. What moved me most about this film was the process of finding it and seeing the sufferings of the Japanese people after the war.

There is also a metaphor of "gun" in wisdom teeth. In the era of world collapse, "gun" is more specifically manifested in the distribution of power.

At this point, wisdom tooth's ambition was "exposed".

This is not only a crime film, but also a fable about the city.

About darkness, about despair, the occasional light, although fleeting, but no one can grasp their own destiny.

Back to the question raised at the beginning, "Hong Kong film is dead"?

It's hard to believe that Zheng Baorui, who has made money in the North for many years, will use the funds from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macao to make such an atypical "Hong Kong film".

People can't always look back. The glory of "Hong Kong movies" belongs to the past, that era and that place.

Cannot copy.

However, the future of Hong Kong films is not always limited to the glory of the 1980s and 1990s. People can't always look at the glory of the past.

Will there be a new kind of "Hong Kong-made film" in the future?

Wisdom teeth may be a good example. Of course, it can also be predicted that the legendary setting is 1 1, and the violent pornographic scenes involved in it will definitely be deleted.

However, spring has come. "Although they cut down trees and drive away birds and animals, the spring in the city is still spring. (The Resurrection of Tolstoy)

It should also be mentioned that the main screenwriter of Wisdom Teeth is Kin Yee Au, who, like Zheng Baorui, comes from the Galaxy Image Department.

There is even more reason not to expect wisdom teeth to be released on the big screen.

Please don't cut it.

This article first appeared in the adventure movie cinematik.