The Serious Case of Anger was directed by Chen Musheng and starred by Nicholas Tse and Donnie Yen. The main story revolves around the struggle between Qiu Gangao, starring Nicholas Tse, and Zhang Chongbang, starring Donnie Yen. Qiu Gang 'ao, as the embodiment of "fighting righteousness", made mistakes in order to help the police complete the "secret" task of the superior's tough orders, and also laid the groundwork for his own self-destruction. As the embodiment of "justice", Zhang Chongbang upholds justice and pursues truth in every police task, and also sets up a personal design for his belief "Don't forget your initiative". The flashback is used many times in the whole film, which makes the plot interlocking and has certain logical leap and rigor. Flashback is also a wonderful part of the film and an indispensable foreshadowing. It eloquently explains the change of characters in the film. The story line has depth and connotation, and the overall performance is excellent. In the end, it ended in evil instead of justice. As a commercial film, the performance of Anger is definitely above average. Several leading actors performed the role of one good and one evil vividly. The action scene is hot and exciting, and the play is fierce, vigorous and real, which makes the audience feel the coolness of returning to the peak of Hong Kong films.
0 1 Identity change-Qiu Gangao
Four years ago, Qiu Gang 'ao made mistakes in the task of carrying out tough orders from his superiors in the police force, which led him to the abyss. Qiu Gang 'ao and Zhang Chongbang were not only the main captains of the police force four years ago, but also good brothers who risked their lives. Once, they received a secret task ordered by their superiors (kidnapping wealthy businessmen) and began to lead the team separately. Qiu Gangao led a team to find the kidnapper's accomplice Coke, forcing him to tell the exact location where the Coke merchant was kidnapped, and let Zhang Chongbang lead a team to the kidnapping site to carry out rescue work. However, under torture and coercion, Coke refused to spit, and Qiu Gangao had no choice but to call the police boss for help. However, the boss of the police station ordered and threatened Qiu Gangao to pry open Coke's mouth by any means for his own self-interest and to curry favor with the wealthy businessmen, and he must rescue the wealthy businessmen tonight, otherwise all the police officers on duty will take the blame. Qiu Gangao tortured the local ruffian Coke in order to fulfill the tough orders of his superiors, and finally learned the kidnapping location of the wealthy businessman. But just when he called Zhang Chongbang, Coke, who was deeply hurt by the police, bit a player hard and wouldn't let go. In desperation, in order to save the police officer, Qiu Gangao killed Coke with an iron bar in the rain. When Zhang Chongbang came to support Qiu Gangao in the rain, he saw that he had killed Coke. He denounced Qiu Gangao for violating police discipline, which was a big mistake. In court, the kidnapper Wang Kun is still at large, but all the charges point to Qiu Gangao's police force, because Coke died. Timid wealthy businessmen dare not admit it, and even the selfish heartless police station owner denies that he has given an order to rescue wealthy businessmen by hook or by crook. Desperate Qiu Gangao can only pin his last hope on his good brother Zhang Chongde. As long as Zhang Chongde denies seeing Qiu Gangao's police beating Coca-Cola, they will be released on bail. Unfortunately, after experiencing an inner struggle, Zhang Chongde honestly told the truth that Coke was beaten to death by the police in Qiu, Hong Kong and Macao that night. In the close-up, Qiu Gangao smiled meaningfully, full of despair and hatred. They were sentenced to four years in prison, and one of the policemen committed suicide in despair. Overnight, Qiu Gangao and his members of the police force changed from an excellent policeman to a heinous criminal. They were beaten and retaliated by prisoners in prison. This not only left incurable scars on their faces and bodies, but also engraved unforgettable hatred in their hearts. From then on, Qiu Gangao's world was shrouded in hatred and went to the abyss of revenge on kidnappers, police and wealthy businessmen.
02 Extreme Revenge-Qiu Gangao
After Qiu Gang 'ao and his former team members were released from prison, they secretly planned and implemented a series of extremely vicious revenge robberies and murders. Qiu Gangao robbed and killed the kidnapper Wang Kun four years ago. At the same time, the police captain who went to the trading place to attack Wang Kun confronted Qiu Gangao head-on. Qiu Gangao took off their masks and smiled at the police. The captain was surprised to find that the policeman who risked his life in the past turned out to be a killer after he was released from prison. When Zhang Chongbang rushed to the scene, he found the body of the police captain who was brutally killed. He was in great pain and vowed to bring the masked murderer to justice. Another year in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Qiu Gangao and the team members went to the grave of the police officer who committed suicide four years ago in the early morning, and then Zhang Chongbang came slowly with flowers. In fact, Zhang Chongbang visited Qiu Gangao in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, but he was rejected by Qiu Gangao with hatred. After talking with Qiu Gangao, Zhang Chongbang smelled a strong smell of gunpowder. Qiu Gangao sold Wang Kun's drugs to Meng Gui, telling Meng Gui to bulk slowly, otherwise he would be targeted. As expected, this batch of goods soon dispersed, and Zhang Chongbang found it and traced it to the lair of the fierce ghost. The police wanted to catch the masked murderer from the fierce ghost, but the fierce ghost was deliberately killed by Qiu Gangao's vehicle on the way to escape. The clue of nightmare is broken, but the clue of Qiu Gangao's team is bright. Playboy is one of Qiu Gangao's gangs. He is careless, impatient, irritable, incompetent and greedy for petty advantages. After being scolded by Qiu Gang for the noise in the walkie-talkie, he simply went to pick up girls and gave the expensive watch stolen during the robbery to the young lady. Later, because the young lady called him impotence, she killed her in a rage and threw her body into the river, and this watch also exposed the gang. Because his son violated the discipline set by Qiu Gangao and betrayed the gang, he finally had to be silenced by Qiu Gangao. The disappearance of his son became an excuse for Qiu Gangao and his gang to report the case to the police. On the one hand, they provoke the police's incompetence in investigating the case, on the other hand, they divert the police's attention and make full preparations for their ultimate revenge and murder.
03 Cruel Confrontation-Zhang Chongbang and Qiu Gangao
The revenge duel entered the final stage, and the confrontation between one right and one evil was thrilling and suffocating, and finally the evil prevailed. When Zhang Chongbang interrogated Qiu Gangao at the police station, he received a phone call from his wife who was kidnapped and flew away angrily. After four years in prison, Qiu Gangao lost his sense of reason and justice. Before he went to the police station to report the case, he made a list of explosives on this once selfish and heartless old boss in advance and ordered him to kidnap and kill Zhang Chongbang's pregnant wife. After Zhang Chongbang rushed to the scene where his wife was kidnapped, Qiu Gangao remotely ordered their old boss to tell the truth about framing himself and his team members. Zhang Chongbang was very unhappy when he learned the truth. He advised Qiu Gangao to stop at an early date and not to hurt more innocent lives. But Qiu Gangao has already fallen into the abyss of hatred and cannot turn back. He chose to detonate the bomb. In the end, there was only one enemy left, that is, the rich businessman who was desperately saved by them. Qiu Gang 'ao and his team members disguised themselves, sneaked into the press conference of wealthy businessmen and successfully kidnapped and killed them. After he was released from prison, Qiu Gangao not only killed his enemies, but also killed countless innocent lives. He is no longer the righteous Qiu Gangao who was wearing a police uniform. Finally, it's time for Qiu Gangao and Zhang Chongbang to confront each other. How sad it is that the two brothers who fought for the police force in those days are now on the opposite side of one right and one evil. At the end of the film, Qiu Gangao asked Zhang Chongbang, "If you were the one who got the coke at that time, would our lives be reversed?" Zhang Chongbang didn't speak, leaving only a heavy back and slowly leaving, while Qiu Gangao ended his life and hatred by committing suicide. Qiu Gangao was very upset that Zhang Chongbang told the truth in court, but he didn't know that Zhang Chongbang was not a cold-blooded person. He is a police officer who values affection and righteousness. He can't perjure himself in court. He doesn't tolerate his own mistakes, nor does he cover up the mistakes of his colleagues.
The reason why a dragon is a dragon is that his behavior breaks through the moral bottom line and the principle of justice. All these will make his attack more unscrupulous and vicious. If we want to defeat the dragon, we often have to use the means of the dragon. Over time, even if we win, we will become the kind of people we hate to some extent. The warrior who killed the dragon looked at the gold coins under the throne and grew his armor.
The serious case of anger shows us that the world is not black and white, and also makes us sigh that good and evil are often only between thoughts. And we understand Nietzsche's philosophy that when you stare at the abyss from a distance, the abyss is staring at you.