With the box office success of "Infernal Affairs", its reputation has been fermented.
The film's influence is also growing.
Although "Infernal Affairs" only received 120 million box office on the first day of its opening, due to its overwhelming reputation, the subsequent daily box office in the first week did not fall below this figure.
At the end of the first week of release, the box office in Hong Kong Island alone was 30 million, and it took the first week to win the annual box office championship in Hong Kong Island.
And this is only the first week.
In the Mainland, the box office in the first week was even more exaggerated, directly breaking the 1 billion mark!
It also set a box office record for Hong Kong films.
The key is that more than 800,000 people have participated in the rating on Popular Film Critics Online, and the rating is still 9.2. In fact, the movie dropped to 9.1 before, but with the subsequent emergence of various interpretation posts, various interpretations of the film have appeared
, as related topics increased, the result score unexpectedly increased unexpectedly.
However, it began to stabilize after 9.2 points.
However, this kind of box office and such good reputation have caused countless media to shout the slogan of "Renaissance of Hong Kong Films"!
At the same time, many Hong Kong film directors have begun preparing for new Hong Kong police and gangster films.
Seeing the results of "Infernal Affairs", capital began to tilt towards projects of the Hong Kong Island police and gangster film type.
The Hong Kong media even exaggeratedly called "Infernal Affairs" Li Yi's true "god-making" work!
In fact, this cannot be said to be an exaggeration. If Li Yi continues to be successful, if Hong Kong Island police and gangster movies are really revived because of this, and the former glory is not to say restored, but just continued, then in the Hong Kong Island film circle, Li Yi is a real actor.
Become a god!
Chen Han, one of the founders of the Hong Kong Island Film Awards Organizing Committee and the most respected veteran director in Hong Kong, wrote a film review specifically for "Infernal Affairs".
It can be said that to a certain extent, "Infernal Affairs" can be regarded as the official rectification of Li Yi's real name.
"The pinnacle of Hong Kong movies! - "Infernal Affairs"!"
"I watched "Infernal Affairs" over and over again, and the more I watched it, the more I liked it. I was very happy, excited, and excited to be able to see something like this in this era when media fans are shouting that Hong Kong movies are dead.
A wonderful video full of Hong Kong flavor.
The vivid and full characters, the superb acting skills of the actors, the ups and downs of the plot, the ethereal and sensational soundtrack, the pure and full pictures...
It is no exaggeration to say that "Infernal Affairs" is a movie that made people all over the world look at Hong Kong movies with admiration. It directly explores human nature from a philosophical perspective and feels the suffocation and feeling of being involuntarily.
Greed and selfishness, and so-called good and evil.
The black-and-white undercover character creation of the entire movie "Infernal Affairs" still adheres to the pattern of Hong Kong police and gangster movies and undercovers, but its modeling of the characters and the layout of the plot are indeed better than similar movies, especially
The ambiguity between black and white raises a thought-provoking question. Liu Jianming, played by Chen Weijie, and Chen Yongren, played by Liang Feng, are a pair of black and white undercovers, symbolizing the homogeneity and disparity of twin brothers. They are both undercover, so
Destined to constantly wander between the disguised role and the real role. The overall driving force of the movie is the battle of wits between the two as police/undercover, loyal and traitor, and even implicated in the police superintendent/gangster. Liu Jianming's cold appearance and calm demeanor
His attitude made it unclear to the audience in the end whether he fit into the model of loyal and traitorous policemen and gangsters.
What delights me most about "Infernal Affairs" is that the film is different from the previous Hong Kong police and gangster films. It abandons the problem of details and pays more attention to details!
There are only a few scenes in the movie where Liu Jianming's doubts about his identity are shown through details:
One scene was in a flashback scene. When Liu Jianming saw Chen Yongren being expelled from the police academy by the police force, his voiceover said: "I want to change with him!"!
But the question is, does Liu Jianming want to leave his disguised identity and return to the club's Young and Dangerous identity? Or does he want to leave the club, restore himself and become a good person? In another scene, after Superintendent Huang was killed, Liu Jianming looked at the photo of his work permit left behind.
At that moment, there was hesitation in his eyes. Did he regret that Superintendent Huang was forced to die by the underworld, or did he understand that sooner or later he would also cause misfortune?
In another scene, when Liu Jianming was stroking his new police ID card, he felt confused again. It seemed to tell the audience that he was having a great struggle with being a policeman or an undercover agent, and seemed to be considering his change from traitor to loyalty. This kind of mentality
Changes have always led the audience to have expectations for Liu's behavior. However, when Liu Jianming shot Brother Chen and another fellow undercover agent, the movie clearly showed that Liu Jianming used his true identity to kill people and silence them.
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It can be said that from the plot point of view, the movie misleads the audience's perception, making the audience think that Liu Jianming is struggling with the direction of good and evil. In fact, he just wants to eliminate the evidence of disguised identity. He has always implemented his "treacherous" premise of profit.
character.
Even in the most pressing moments of character and self-decision, his behavior is entirely determined by the situation.
On the contrary, Chen Yongren's character was full of grievances at the beginning. He did not work voluntarily as an undercover agent. His nearly ten years of undercover career forced him to see a psychiatrist to balance himself. Returning to the police identity is equivalent to becoming a normal person, and his nature is also consistent with his real role.
In agreement, he became independent of good and evil, just for work. His psychological struggle was just to continue to pretend, without the ambiguity of disguise and self. In the end, there was no chance to restore his identity.
The opposition and creation of the movie characters are still a struggle between external factors and free will. The mirror-like character setting is also the most outstanding part of the movie. Chen Yongren is forced to work as an undercover agent. On the surface, he is a "traitor", but on the inside he is a "loyalty".
”. Liu Jianming is “loyal” on the surface, but inside he is both good and evil.
Just as Han Chen said to the young and Dangerous boys who are about to join the police force: "This path is yours to choose!" But these people have never made their own choices since they entered society. From the beginning of the movie, "Choose this path"
"It's almost a kind of irony. Liu Jianming's selection into the police force was a choice without choice, just like Chen Yongren's selection as an undercover agent. On the surface, Chen and Liu had the choice of whether to do it or not, and whether to pretend or not, but
Reality does not allow individuals to choose. Just as Liu Jianming said after killing Brother Chen: "It was your choice!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Jianming’s inevitable choice to kill Brother Chen happened to force Liu to kill and silence him when he had no choice but to turn back. This was also Han Chen’s choice
If you are a big boss, you will inevitably encounter disaster one day.
It seems that the four characters in the movie - Liu Jianming, Chen Yongren, Han Chen and Huang Sir - have no choice. The only one who can choose is Liu Jianming, but the audience can also vaguely feel that he chose to "rape".
It seems that the situation is forced. Through the simultaneous intrigues and wits of the two characters Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren, the carefully calculated and balanced editing techniques, and the superb acting skills of each actor, it has indeed made Hong Kong Island and even mainland audiences pay more attention to Hong Kong films.
Gain confidence. The film uses a gloomy blue tone to highlight the tragic effect of the black and white world with no way out. The hard-working performances of the powerful Hong Kong actors are just the finishing touch.
The characters work hard to interpret the Buddha's saying: the body is eternal and will never die, and longevity is the great calamity in the endless hell. As the name suggests, the suffering here will never stop and never end, which is called "infinite". The whole story
Due to the relationship between the two protagonists, the plot is very solid and symmetrical, often giving people a deeper and infinite space for imagination. However, whether the surviving Liu Jianming really survives as said at the end of the movie is the real
Suffering? Perhaps this can be imagined from the way Liu Jianming pays tribute to Chen Yongren’s tombstone at the end of the movie.
The deeper aspect of "Infernal Affairs" is the handling of double undercovers. The cops and thieves have to fight, and they feel helpless that today is no longer what they were yesterday. In the past, white roads always saw ordinary people, but this time the talented police officers are actually undercover agents infiltrated by gangs.
, the same tragedy; "Infernal Affairs" tells a very Hong Kong story, but the story is still difficult to explain, because Hong Kong people are originally a different kind of sneaky weak, who have to endure the lack of glory and rootlessness, but are confident and work hard, always trying to prove
own identity.
In fact, the most rare thing is that "Infernal Affairs" does not have the stupid tricks and showoffs of previous Hong Kong films where one man is in charge and is invincible. The gun bangs, the person falls down, and there is only vagueness and uneasiness in the panic. Huang SIR sleeps
In the smashed car, his mouth was bloodshot, and his still body showed stubbornness in the blood, making people believe that he was a former friend and a serious boss. Han Chen's sinister and cruel look is reflected in the first few glances of the film
He had already drawn it. And he fled to the fire corridor with staggering steps, the panic and despair in his heart, until he was shot and died silently. As life tells us, the difference between a real boss and a dead person is actually very small.
Undercover, after all, I still like the brightness of the rooftop. The forgotten yesterday has really hit the heart of Hong Kong people, but that forgotten time will return to our hearts slightly. Just like the last scene of "Infernal Affairs",
Chen Yongren was still clean-shaven and smiling at the audience, but Liu Jianming, who had been promoted and made a fortune, had helpless tears in his eyes, as if he was confessing to Chen Yongren: "I'm sorry, I am an undercover, but I want to be a good person!"
Police and gangster films have always been the strong point of Hong Kong films. Two-hero dramas are also a genre of many successful films. Coupled with the idea of two undercover agents, Li Yi's "Infernal Affairs" has indeed won a good battle for the Hong Kong film industry once again.
In addition to being an unprecedented success at the box office, it was also a "savior" for Hong Kong films, because it allowed Hong Kong filmmakers to see the future of Hong Kong police and gangster films.
Good films often have many interpretations, and you have to watch and feel them in person to understand them. I hope everyone can go to the cinema and watch "Infernal Affairs" again. This is definitely the pinnacle of Hong Kong movies!"
