"One Sword Allure" has a very good reputation, which Li Yi doesn't find surprising.
Because although the movie "One Knife" does not focus on the reform and reform, it can be said that the story line of the movie is actually very simple, truly simplifying the complex.
It's very simple. Wang Wu, Tan Sitong, and Yuan Shikai came to Beijing together, and then started to walk on different paths.
Tan Sitong pledged his life to his ambition, and he had great trust in both Wang Wu and Yuan Shikai. However, he was backstabbed and betrayed by Yuan Shikai, and then Tan Sitong died generously, while Wang Wu avenged Tan Sitong.
It can be said that this is the main storyline of the entire movie.
In fact, some people think that the plot of the story is a bit too thin?
But it does not prevent this movie from receiving a score of over 8.5 on the popular film review website. Although this score is not high among Li Yi's many movies, it is definitely not low among martial arts movies.
Of course, these word-of-mouth reviews and ratings are currently only the ratings given by a small number of film critics and media people. Whether they can reach an agreement with the audience still needs to be seen in the follow-up.
Soon, "One Knife, Allure" began to expand its screenings.
From the initial 10 special screenings for media and film critics, it has expanded to 100 screenings nationwide.
What surprised many people was that after the expansion of screenings of "One Knife", its reputation not only did not decline due to the increase in the number of moviegoers, but actually increased.
"Wang Wu is not the kind of chivalrous person we are familiar with. He gives people a more real feeling. The movie not only has the chivalrous bones of a man, but also the tenderness of a man. The love between a son and a daughter is on point, and the lines are full of a sense of authenticity.
The taste is indescribable and unforgettable!"
"Suddenly I understand why we can't watch many martial arts movies nowadays, because they are not realistic enough! Although "One Sword Allure" has artistic processing and transforms historical figures into martial arts, it still adheres to a realistic logic.
For example, even a hero like Wang Wu still needs to worry about money. He needs to make a living by forging iron. This is very rare. We used to see those martial arts figures from various sects. They all robbed the rich and gave to the poor when they had no money.
There is a strong hatred of the rich, but that is really not the case in "One Knife to Fall the City"!"
"There are heroes, heroes, villains, and beauties in "One Knife, Allure". Everything you want is here, so what's the reason not to like it?"
The comments of "wait, wait, wait" also made this movie burst out with more powerful energy when it was officially released.
In fact, it’s not that Chinese people don’t like watching martial arts movies anymore. Every man has a martial arts dream, just like every young man has a dream. It’s just that reality has worn off the edges and made the dream just a dream!
"One Knife, Allure" has undoubtedly begun to succeed. According to film critics, that is, the success of this film should be welcomed by the entire Chinese film industry, including competitors, because this film has made the decline of martial arts,
It seems that we have found a path suitable for this era.
Naturally, there are many interpretations of "One Knife, Allure", especially about the lines and characters in it.
Liu Fei wrote a film review specifically for Wang Wu.
"Lao Liu, I have always had a martial arts dream. When I was a child, the first gift I received was a wooden sword cut from wood by my grandfather!
I believe that many boys had similar toys when they were young. At that time, it can be said that among the movies and TV series we watched, our favorite must be martial arts, because there were martial arts masters who could walk on snow without leaving a trace, and there were also unrestrained wanderers.
These are our childhood idols.
I just don’t know when our children started to stop playing with these things. They started to like some foreign superheroes, martial arts, etc., and they seem to have no concept of them anymore.
I still remember that back then, the boys who peeked in class were almost all martial arts novels, but what about now?
Martial arts has declined to this point and has long been forgotten. It turns out that the most special martial arts culture of our country has gradually disappeared.
In fact, I was a little hesitant about "One Knife" at the beginning. Even though I am a die-hard fan of Director Gou, the martial arts genre has really been in decline for too long.
It can be said that "One Knife, Allure" is completely going against the mainstream.
However, the result made me sigh. Sure enough, Director Dog is still Director Dog. He turned his sword and turned to historical martial arts!
Historical martial arts is my personal definition. It refers to the kind of martial arts based on real historical background. In fact, this kind of martial arts is not pleasing to the eye.
What kind of martial arts we once liked were imaginary. We will find that in many famous martial arts novels, almost the imperial court and official dynasties are not clear and clear.
But nowadays, martial arts like this are no longer popular with everyone. Why?
Because this is contrary to reality and deviates too much.
We used to watch martial arts. When we were young, we didn't have to worry about money and livelihood, so we didn't find it strange that those people in the martial arts world didn't make a living.
But now, we have entered the society, and we have begun to run for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. We already know that a world with only rules and no laws is false and a logical bug that we cannot fill!
Therefore, we would not even dream of becoming such a martial arts character.
Let’s get back to the subject, let’s talk about the characters in “One Sword, Allure the City”. In fact, in the entire movie, the only one who can truly be called a Jianghu person is the Five Kings of the Big Sword!
We admire Tan Sitong, but not many people are willing to be such a person.
According to a relatively narrow view, that is, such a person is too bitter, such a person is too naive and too stupid!
In contrast, Wang Wu really did it, drawing his sword in anger, and rejoicing in revenge!
The film mainly tells an evocative story during the reform period in the late Qing Dynasty. The protagonist should be familiar to everyone, that is, the famous "Big Sword King Wu". Although "One Sword Allures the City" is a martial arts episode based on the official history of the "1898 Reform"
The story, but the screenwriter is really good. It is different from the grievances and hatreds of ordinary martial arts. The richness of history makes the film show a magnificent era. The characters are vividly portrayed and the tragic and touching story is even more exciting. The following is through history.
Compared with the movie, let's get to know this incredible hero - Big Sword King Five.
Wang Wu, who was the captain of the "Big Sword Team" under Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army, a famous general in the late Qing Dynasty, led his brothers to attack the Japanese army at night. Although the assassination was successful, the casualties were heavy. Wang Wu felt ashamed of his brothers who sacrificed their lives, and abandoned his sword and jumped off the cliff. But the sky is clear.
Uncompromising in his ambition, Wang Wu was able to survive and became a blacksmith in the countryside of Northeast China. By chance, Wang Wu met Tan Sitong and Yuan Shikai, and the three of them went to Beijing together to achieve great things. However, due to their different personalities, their fates changed.
They have embarked on different paths due to nature and have written a majestic and tragic historical chapter.
In fact, Wang Wu has shown the image of a knight-errant from the very beginning. Why do you say that?
Let's start with the Black Flag Army Swordsman Team. This is a group of people with superb martial arts skills. They are soldiers, but they are not soldiers in the true traditional sense.
Wang Wu took them to assassinate him, which was actually more of a gangster method.
"A scholar cannot be without honour." This is the plaque presented by Kang Youwei when Wang Wu founded the "Strong Martial Arts Society" in the capital in the film. This famous saying comes from "The Analects of Confucius·Taibo Chapter", the original text is "A scholar cannot be without honour, no matter how hard it is,
"The road is heavy but the road is long" means that as a scholar or a gentleman, you must have broad and tenacious qualities, because you have a heavy responsibility and a long road.
Wang Wu is not a scholar, but he is definitely a true gentleman with a benevolent heart and a loyal man. From the fact that he saved the losers in the martial arts competition from being poisoned, we can know that he has a benevolent heart and is a common man.
He is a martial arts master who is different from the cruel and ruthless people such as Buting, the flower boxing champion, and Ao Bai, the master of martial arts among the "Four Mountains in the Capital".
Although Wang Wu did not know as many principles of governing a country and bringing peace to the world as a scholar like Tan Sitong who was well versed in poetry, this did not prevent the two from becoming sympathetic friends. With the word "righteousness", they would go through fire and water for Tan Sitong and help him achieve his goals.
The ideal of reform. He even risked his life to save Tan Sitong from prison. After Tan Yongyong died, he still did not forget to risk his life and death to avenge him. In today's world where "morality is placed on both sides and profit is in the middle", Wang Wu's chivalrous spirit is commendable.
It was enough for Tan Sitong to have this confidant in his life. No wonder he would write the final poem "I will smile to the sky with my horizontal sword, and leave the liver and gallbladder." Wang Wu of the Big Sword must be one of the "two Kunlun".
For Wang Wu, there is actually a prototype in history. In history, Wang Wu's real name is Wang Zhengyi, also named Zibin, and his ancestral home is Cangzhou, Hebei Province. Because he worshiped Li Fenggang as his teacher, he ranked fifth and was known as "Little Five Sons"; and because of his
He is proficient in swordsmanship and has noble virtues, so everyone respects him as the "Fifth King of Swordsmen".
There is another saying that Wang Wu is from the capital. His surname is Bai. He became an orphan when he was eight years old. He begged along the way to the BJ Shunxing Escort Agency. Shopkeeper Wang of the Escort Agency saw that he looked extraordinary and took him in as an adopted son.
, changed his surname to Wang. Wang Wu later opened the Yuanshun Escort Agency, and the business was very good, which made him famous. Tan Sitong came here to worship him as his martial arts teacher, and the two became close friends throughout life and death. Later, Wang Wu supported Tan Sitong's reform.
, Jing survived the national calamity and became a heroic hero praised by everyone.
Since Wang Wu appeared, his positioning has been very clear. He is a knife, a heavy and sharp knife!
This knife can cut down enemies and kill villains!
But sadly, he is just a knife!
He was a heroic figure in the world, but in Yuan Shikai's eyes, he was just a small character, a nobody.
When they first met, Yuan Shikai didn't take him seriously at all.
When did Wang Wu really come to be taken seriously by Yuan Shikai? It was when he won the first place in the martial arts competition and learned the martial arts that he became famous in one battle.
Yuan Shikai was an official, Tan Sitong was a scholar, and Wang Wu was a citizen!
This is also the reason why I say that Wang Wucai is the real Jianghu person in the whole film.
Only knights can be found in rivers and lakes, and officials and nobles can only be found in temples.
How could a knight-errant in the Jianghu lack the love of his son and daughter? In fact, he and Prince Yi’s concubine met by chance at the beginning and became close friends due to the sound of the piano.
At first glance, this paragraph actually doesn’t give people a good impression, because it is the end of the Qing Dynasty. What era is this? It is an era of salvation, and there is no talk about the love between sons and daughters?
But Director Gou gave us a big surprise, especially the close friendship between the two.
There was a vague love between the two, and the classic dialogue before farewell still echoed in my ears:
"Clouds will disperse and dreams will disappear. But memories will not disappear. In life, what you pursue is hope, but what you get are only memories."
"I hope I will have you in my memories for the rest of my life."
"I hope I can have a close friend like Mr. Wu every year."
The princess once expressed her difficulties to Yao Qin. She once said that she was "a beautiful girl with no roots and could not help herself", and also said that "the kindness of her parents was the love of flesh and blood". It can be speculated that she may have been a lady in the family, but her family suffered a sudden change, and her parents
He died, alone and helpless, and later committed himself to Prince Yi, which was not what he wanted. This was the same as the orphan Wang Wu who was born in the same situation. As the saying goes, "We are both fallen people in the world, so why should we know each other before we meet." Although they met by chance, they became close friends in the world of mortals.
The princess also helped Wang Wu when he was in trouble, and finally sent him on his last journey in front of Wang Wu's tomb, adding a touch of tenderness to this tragic heroic story.
And it is precisely this kind of restrained love between affection and etiquette that not only does not hinder the movie, but makes the movie more quaint.
In the movie "One Sword Allure", the sword king Wu fought against Yu Wanshan, the jailer of the "Four Mountains in the Capital" to save Tan Sitong, avenged Tan Sitong and killed the magic hand Ao Bai in the "Four Mountains in the Capital", severely injured Yuan Shikai, and finally died in the "Four Mountains in the Capital".
Prince Yi's musketeers were shot indiscriminately.
Such an ending would be difficult to accept if it were placed in other movies.
Because this is not “cool” at all!
But precisely because of this, this movie seems so special, so special.
Because this is history!
In history, after the reform failed and Tan Sitong was arrested and imprisoned, Wang Wu was eager to inquire about the news, contacted martial arts lofty ideals, and conspired to rescue Tan Sitong, but was resolutely rejected by Tan Sitong just like the plot in the movie. Tan Sitong died generously for his ideals, and Wang Wu
After learning about this, he was devastated and organized many assassinations against the Qing court. But unlike in the movie, he finally died under the gun of the Germans.
"I can't shed the tears of a hero, I can't forget the hatred of my family and my country, I can't drink all the wine in my glass, I can't finish singing my farewell song, I can't put down the knife in my hand, I can't kill all my enemies." Wang Wu of the Big Sword is a patriotic hero who was born in troubled times.
The indomitable hero deserves to be remembered.
But today, many years later, those people who waved their swords and sang loudly were no longer seen. Instead, they turned into piles of fans wielding fluorescent sticks and shouting the names of their idols like crazy. I remember there was some kind of talent show! With these
The so-called monster who is neither male nor female can be called a good man by spinning around and dancing.
There was a lot of entertainment and entertainment. Who still remembers the broadsword stained with green blood?"