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Chapter 666 Recreate the forgotten time
As "Infernal Affairs" sold well at the box office, word of mouth fermented.

The film's influence is also growing.

"Infernal Affairs" only received 1.2 million box office on the first day of its opening, but it was overwhelming because of word of mouth, and the subsequent daily box office in the first week did not fall below this figure.

At the end of the first week of the show, the Hong Kong Island area alone has won a box office of 3000 million, and won the annual box office champion of Hong Kong Island in just one week.

And that's only the first week.

In the mainland, the box office in the first week was even more exaggerated, directly breaking the 10 billion mark!
It also set a box office record for Hong Kong-produced films.

The point is, there have been more than 9.2 people participating in ratings on the popular movie review website, and the rating is still at 9.1 points. In fact, the movie dropped to [-] points before, but with the subsequent postings of various interpretations, various interpretations of film reviews appeared. , with the increase of related topics, the result score unexpectedly rose unconventionally.

However, after 9.2 points, it began to stabilize.

However, such a box office and such word-of-mouth have already caused countless media to shout the slogan of "Hong Kong film revival"!

At the same time, many Hong Kong Island film directors have begun to prepare new Hong Kong Island gangster films.

And seeing the results of "Infernal Affairs", the capital also began to tilt towards Hong Kong Island police and gangster films.

And the media in Hong Kong even exaggeratedly called "Infernal Affairs" Li Yi's true "God-confessed" 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 films are really revived because of this, and the previous glory, not to mention reappearance, is just continued, then in the Hong Kong Island film circle, Li Yi is the real one. It's a godsend!
One of the founders of the Hong Kong Island Film Awards Organizing Committee and the most respected old director on Hong Kong Island, Chen Han wrote a film review for "Infernal Affairs".

It can be said that to a certain extent, "Infernal Affairs" can be regarded as officially rectifying Li Yi's real name.

"The pinnacle of Hong Kong Island movies! - "Infernal Affairs"!"

"Watching "Infernal Affairs" over and over again, the more I watch it, the more I like it. I am very happy, very excited, very excited. In this era-this era when media fans shout that Hong Kong films are dead, I can still see such Wonderful Hong Kong-flavored film.

The vividness and fullness of the characters, the superb acting skills of the actors, the ups and downs of the plot, the ethereal and sensational soundtrack, and the pure and full pictures
It is no exaggeration to say that "Infernal Affairs" is a movie that makes people all over the world look at Hong Kong movies with admiration. Greed and selfishness, and so-called good and evil.

The black and white undercover characters shape the plot of the whole movie "Infernal Affairs". Although it still does not break away from the pattern of Hong Kong police and gangster movies and undercover agents, its modeling of each character and the layout of the plot are indeed better than similar movies. The ambiguity of the boundaries between black and white brings out a thought-provoking question.Liu Jianming, played by Chen Weijie, and Chen Yongren, played by Liang Feng, are black and white undercover agents, which symbolize the homogeneity and difference of twin brothers.The two are also undercover, so they are destined to constantly wander between the disguised role and the real role.The overall impetus of the movie is the struggle of wits between the two as the police/undercover, the loyal and the traitor, and even the superintendent/underworld.Liu Jianming's stern appearance and calm attitude make the audience confused in the end, whether he conforms to the loyal and traitorous behavior in the police and gangster model?
What delights me the most about "Infernal Affairs" is that the film is different from the previous Hong Kong police and gangster films. It abandons the faults 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 is in the flashback scene, when Liu Jianming saw Chen Yongren being expelled from the police academy by the police force, the voice-over said: "I want to change with him!"!
But the problem is that Liu Jianming wants to leave his disguised identity and return to the identity of the young and Dangerous boy in the society?Or do you want to leave the society, restore yourself and want to be a good person?The other scene was after Superintendent Huang was killed, when Liu Jianming looked at the photo of his work permit left behind, hesitation appeared in his eyes.Does he feel sorry for Superintendent Huang being forced to death by the underworld, or does he understand that sooner or later he will also bring disaster?
In the other scene, when Liu Jianming touched his new police ID work card, he felt a kind of confusion again.It seems to be telling the audience that he struggled a lot with being a policeman or an undercover agent, and he seems to be considering his change from traitor to loyalty.This psychological change has always guided the audience to have expectations for Liu's behavior.However, when Liu Jianming shot and killed brother Chen and another undercover fellow, the film clearly showed that Liu Jianming used his true identity to kill people.

It can be said that from the perspective of the plot, the movie misleads the audience's cognition, making the audience think that Liu Jianming is struggling with good and evil. In fact, he only wants to eliminate the evidence of his disguised identity. character.

Even in the most urgent moments of role and self-determination, the situation dictates his actions entirely.

On the contrary, Chen Yongren's role was full of grievances at the beginning. He did not do it voluntarily. His undercover career for nearly ten years forced him to see a psychiatrist to balance himself.Reverting to the status of a policeman is equivalent to being a normal person, and his nature is consistent with the real role. He has become a man who does not distinguish between good and evil, just for work, and his psychological struggle is just whether to continue to pretend, without the ambiguity of disguise and self.In the end, he had no chance to recover his identity.

The confrontation and creation of movie characters is still a struggle between external factors and free will.The mirror-like character setting is also the most brilliant part of this movie. Chen Yongren is forced to be an undercover agent. On the surface, he is "treacherous", but inside he is "loyal".On the surface, Liu Jianming is "loyal", but inside he is a variable of both good and evil.

Just as Han Chen said to the young and Dangerous boys who are about to join the police force: "You choose this path yourself!" But these people have never chosen independently since they set foot in the society.From the very beginning of the movie, "Choose This Road" is almost a satire.Liu Jianming's selection to join the police force is a choice without choice, just like Chen Yongren's selection as an undercover agent.On the surface, Chen and Liu have the choice of whether to do it or not, to pretend or not to pretend, but the reality does not allow individual choices.As Liu Jianming said after killing Brother Chen: "You chose it!"

Liu Jianming's inevitable choice to kill Brother Chen happened to force Liu to kill him when he had no choice but to kill him.

It seems that the four characters in the movie-Liu Jianming, Chen Yongren, Han Chen, and Huang Sir have no choice.Liu Jianming may be the only one who has a choice, but the audience can also vaguely feel that his choice of "rape" seems to be forced.Through Liu Jianming and Chen Yongren's intriguing battle of wits, the carefully calculated and balanced editing techniques, and the superb acting skills of the actors, the audience on Hong Kong Island and even the mainland has indeed regained confidence in Hong Kong films.The film chooses a gloomy blue tone to accentuate the tragic effect of black and white rivers and lakes with no way out.Among them, the hard-working performances of the powerful Hong Kong Island actors are simply like the finishing touch.

The interpretation of the role of the Buddha said: the body is eternal and never dies, and longevity is the catastrophe in the endless hell.As the name suggests, the suffering here is uninterrupted and endless, which is called "continuous".Due to the relationship between the two protagonists, the whole story is very solid and symmetrical, which often gives people a deeper and infinite imagination space.However, is the surviving Liu Jianming really suffering as said at the end of the movie, surviving is the real suffering?This may be able to use imagination from the eyes of Liu Jianming paying tribute to Chen Yongren's tombstone at the end of the movie.

The deeper part of "Infernal Affairs" is the handling of double undercover agents. To fight against police and thieves, I feel helpless. "Infernal Affairs" tells a very Hong Kong story, but the story is still difficult to explain, because Hong Kong people are all kind of sneaky weak people who have to bear the lack of light and root, but they are confident and hardworking, always wanting to prove own identity.

In fact, the most rare thing is that "Infernal Affairs" does not have the stupid tricks and ostentation of previous Hong Kong films.The gun slammed, and the person collapsed, only vague and restless in the panic.Huang SIR was sleeping on the flattened car, with bloodshot eyes hanging from the corner of his mouth, his still body showing stubbornness in the blood, making people believe that he was a former friend and serious boss.Han Chen's viciousness and cruelty are already drawn in the first few eyes of the film.And he fled to the firefighting corridor and staggered, panic and despair in his heart, until he was shot and died silently.As far as life is concerned, the difference between the real boss and the dead is actually very small.

Undercover, in the final analysis, I still like the light of the rooftop.The forgotten yesterday has indeed knocked on the hearts of Hong Kong people, but that forgotten time will return to our hearts a little bit.Just like in the last scene of "Infernal Affairs", Chen Yongren still shaved his beard and smiled at the audience, while Liu Jianming, who was promoted and made a fortune, had helpless tears in his eyes, as if he was confessing to Chen Yongren: "I'm sorry, I am Undercover, but I want to be a good guy!"

Gangster films have always been the strengths of Hong Kong films.Shuangxiong drama is also the genre of many successful movies. Coupled with the idea of ​​double undercover agents, Li Yi's "Infernal Affairs" has indeed won a good battle for the Hong Kong film industry again. It is a "salvation" work for film production, because it allows Hong Kong island filmmakers to see the future of Hong Kong island gangster films.

Good movies often have many interpretations, and you have to see and feel it in person to understand. I hope everyone can go to the cinema to watch "Infernal Affairs" again. This is definitely the pinnacle of Hong Kong Island movies! "

(End of this chapter)