How about 20 18?

There is always a lot of controversy about the selection of the greatest movies, but when it comes to China's heroic movies, standing at the top of the pyramid, no one will disagree that they should be "heroic".

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The classic of "The True Color of Heroes" lies not only in its opening of the golden age of Chinese-language hero films and gangster films, but also in the fact that it completed the god-making ceremony for us with irresistible heroic feelings during the film's career in wyndell dichinson: the roles played by Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung, Tommy Tam and Li Zixiong have already surpassed their personal images and become unparalleled gods in Chinese-language gangster films.

It is rare that a film can create so many images that are difficult to surpass at the same time. It is precisely because of the godlike significance of The True Color of Heroes that it is extremely difficult and thankless to adapt.

There is no doubt that you will be scolded. Sheng Ding, director of The True Color of Heroes 20 18, said in an interview.

What I want to talk about today is Sheng Ding's remake of The True Color of Heroes 20 18, which will be released on June 5438+ 10/8. It's been 32 years since John Woo's version of The True Color of Heroes was released at 5438+0986 in June. Just last June, 1 1, the original version of "The True Color of Heroes" was re-released, which was a bit like Sheng Ding's adaptation.

Remaking "The True Color of Heroes" is bound to meet with a lot of criticism, and Sheng Ding is obviously aware of this. At that time, when this project came to him, it had both the right to remake and the right to adapt. In other words, he either recreated it according to John Woo's version of The True Color of Heroes, or completely changed it into an anecdote.

Both are obviously not ideal styles.

Sheng Ding chose the road of adaptation. In his words, he still used the relationship between the characters in the original work. I pay tribute to director John Woo in my heart, but since it's called restart, I want to show some new styles. After all, it's been more than 30 years since this movie, and the audience is no longer the audience of that year. I have to make some new attempts in values and aesthetics. Of course, it is necessary to pursue the aesthetics of violence.

The film follows the relationship between the previous three heroes.

It is appropriate to describe "The True Color of Heroes 20 18" with modernization, because it is a completely different "The True Color of Heroes" by Sheng Ding, and it shows a kind of.

You can see this new attempt at modernization in every detail of the film. The background of the story became Qingdao, the hometown of Sheng Ding; The counterfeit money group in the original book has become a maritime smuggling that is more in line with the contemporary context; The setting of driving a taxi after eldest brother was released from prison also conformed to the new era and regional background and became a seafood dealer who went to the dock to purchase goods.

At the actor level, it is the most direct place to show this modernization. Zhou Kai played by Wang Kai is Tommy Tam's brother. His image, like Tommy Tam's lonely eldest brother, is completely different.

In this film, Zhou Kai appears as a tough guy. He is introverted, forbearing and charming. Compared with the image of frustrated eldest brother, which not only borrowed from Tommy Tam's own situation more than 30 years ago, but also coincided with the background of the times at that time, it is obviously a hero in the hearts of modern audiences, especially modern young audiences.

Wang Kai plays Zhou Kai.

The horse played by Darren Wang is Mark of Chow Yun Fat, and it is also a completely different image of Mark who lit cigarettes with banknotes. You can even say that the role is wild. In the film, his lines are dry, and his heart to protect Zhou Kai is exposed. He has been chasing Zhou Kai, saying that he wants to become sworn brothers.

The novelty and ferocity of Wang Mainland itself gave Kyle a sudden sense of explosiveness and ferocity. This is the initial mark, and people in that era will not have the characteristics of cross-border Kyle's background in Taiwan Province Province is also mentioned many times in the film, and this role is the epitome of the contemporary youth gangster film monga.

Zhou Chao played by Ray Ma is Song Zijie of Leslie Cheung. He really has that kind of innocence. He grew up in pain.

What's important is that under the arrangement of Sheng Ding, there is a wonderful tension between the three actors. You can feel the relationship between them and characters similar to John Woo's version; But obviously, they are not heroes who came out from the 1980s, but a story of brotherhood that will make you believe, and also have a core that can really touch you.

Ray Ma plays Zhou Chao.

The key to this impression lies in Sheng Ding's keen replacement of the anxiety of the times change in John Woo's version of The True Color of Heroes into the present life. In "True colors of heroes" 20 18, there are not only actions and violence, but also a feeling of brotherhood abandoned by the mainstream of the city and the new era.

These men express their feelings and violence in a more direct and exposed way; They also have an unshakable attitude towards what they insist on, which is the core of their communication; At the same time, they are all men wandering on the edge of modern cities, and there is an indelible gap and distance between them and the city.

Lin Xue is the villain in this movie.

This kind of marginality can be seen from some basic settings of the film. As I said before, this is a story about a coastal city. The subtlety is that the eldest brother Zhou Kai doesn't live in the city, but he owns a boat. Whether you are engaged in shipping business before or selling sea goods later, it is related to the sea. Zhou Kai has no residence in the city and floats on the sea on the edge of the city forever.

He is a marginal person in this city.

Correspondingly, the film also sets a female role for Zhou Kai, who is also a marginal person, with Li Meng as Mei Lin.

Li Meng plays Mei Lin, Zhou Kai's girlfriend.

Merlin loved Zhou Kai with all his heart. Since Zhou Kai went to prison, she has been waiting for him on the boat in Zhou Kai. Even if she is spoiled by bad people, she has no regrets. In fact, this role is also a kind of heterosexual brotherhood. Mei Lin is the mirror image of Zhou Kai's role. No matter her character or fate, she has completed the emotional integrity of Zhou Kai's role.

Many protagonists who have cooperated with Ding Sheng, such as wuyue, Yu Ailei and Lin Xue, also show this marginalization.

Wuyue and Yu Ailei both played impressive villains.

However, as a woman, Mei Lin was obviously more aware of the rules of this world, especially when Zhou Kai was released from prison and she met Zhou Kai again. In a scene where things are different, Li Meng's performance accurately interprets this sense of sobriety, and it is also a hint to the fate of Zhou Kai and others.

To some extent, Merlin was destroyed by Zhou Kai. But Zhou Kai actually destroyed most people around him: indirectly led to the death of his father, and the relationship with Zhou Chao deteriorated, which made Kyle avenge him and become a cripple. His role setting, the key word is guilt. Wang Kai's awkward silence is a reflection of his inner guilt.

Besides Zhou Kai and Merlin, Zhou Chao and Kyle also have women who meet their personality characteristics. Zhou Chao is a family man, so he followed the previous version. His girlfriend is a gentle and lovely nurse with a small family. Kyle is bohemian and unrestrained, so his relationship with his girlfriend is almost a naked marriage.

Zhou Chao and his nurse girlfriend.

This is also the difference between The True Color of Heroes 20 18 and the classic version of The True Color of Heroes. The latter has no female role except Zhu Baoyi, who plays Song Zijie's girlfriend, which is the character state that we can agree with in gangster films in the 1980s.

But now, it is obviously not enough to talk about brotherhood and contemporary feelings in "The True Color of Heroes 20 18". The addition of female characters not only strengthens the protagonist's character and destiny, but also enriches the emotional level of the film. Besides brotherhood, there is also love.

The transformation of film modernization is also reflected in the upgrading of action scenes and violent aesthetics. Ding Sheng, who once filmed Tough Guy and Save My Husband, created action scenes in a rather stylized way. There is a hearty action scene at the beginning of the film, and the war at the end also strengthens the violent aesthetics of gun and fire with a lot of high-speed photography.

However, the double guns that everyone likes are not copied, just a little tribute in the film.

The most classic scene of Mark's revenge by hiding a gun was also combined with Japanese elements by Sheng Ding. Although it was not as popular as the original, it made a completely different style.

Maybe some people don't know that John Woo's version of "The True Color of Heroes" actually originated from the film of the same name made by Hong Kong film director Kong Lung in 1967, and the former was also remake by Korea as "Unregistered". In many later stories, movies like Brothers in Heroes tell the stories of two heroes and three heroes over and over again.

The original intention of the film is not necessarily transcendence. Those that have become classics, let them stand there in a classic way. The story told by later generations is really another story.

This is the charm of legends, and only legends can be infinitely restated and transformed, so as to pass on its charm from generation to generation.

Hero 20 18 Classic Edition is actually too picky, but what's the point? We might as well look at it from the perspective of a modern audience. This is a heroic story that belongs to the younger generation. Times are changing, and newcomers should also enter the legend.