"A Company of Three" directed by Johnnie To, starring Louis Koo, Zhao Wei, and Chung Han-liang, and starring Lam Suet, Lu Haipeng, Xie Tianhua, Zhang Siu-fai, Hong Tianming, Gong Ci'en, Huang Haoran, Au Jintang, etc. is now in theaters. Facing the attack from two major Hollywood blockbusters, "Independence Day" and "Now You See Me", "Three's Company" did not change its schedule and faced the attack head-on, which shows its fierce strength.
"Three People" is another razor-edge peak walk completed by Johnnie To after moving north to the mainland. "Drug War" breaks the black-and-white concept of police and gangster fighting, which can be said to be the first of its kind in mainland police movies. Its large-scale, heavy-flavored, marginalized, and dark-style video recording can pass strict review, which is unique in the mainland. . The feedback from movie fans to Johnnie To's experimental innovation spirit and execution ability has been a good box office and reputation, and "Drug War" also deservedly won many awards. "Gorgeous Office Worker" is a new subversion of Johnnie To in both form and content, with workplace scheming and singing and dancing throughout the film. Although it has received mixed reviews, this dedication to innovation and innovation cannot be ignored.
Although "Three's Company" returns to the police and gangster theme that Johnnie To is most familiar with, it also has many breakthroughs in content and presentation. Between the policemen played by Louis Koo and Chung Han-liang, Johnnie To joins a female character, a doctor played by Zhao Wei. In the film, no matter the police, gangsters, or doctors, they all have flaws in their personality, rather than a simple black and white.
In the film, the anti-narcotics policeman Chen Weile, played by Louis Koo, is still just, courageous, and wise as before. However, in order to solve the case, he is eager to solve the case. He not only uses illegal means to obtain evidence, but also loses his courage in dealing with people. The police should be calm and rational. For example, in his treatment of the policeman played by Lin Xue, or in his entanglement with the doctor Tong Qian played by Zhao Wei, his paranoia is more or less revealed.
Tong Qian, played by Zhao Wei, is a surgeon, and saving lives and healing the wounded is her life obsession. However, between the despair and hope shown when facing the patient's life and death, her choices always have personalized paranoia, and in serious cases, they are even a little shrewd. She wants to succeed so much, she wants to complete all surgeries, she wants to save every patient who is on the verge of life and death. Under the pressure, Tong Qian's inner demons begin to appear, and everything is in chaos. And this has also become a key factor in intensifying the fierce battle between Louis Koo and Chung Han-liang, policemen and gangsters, and the excitement index of the plot continues to rise.
Zhang Lixin, played by Chung Han-liang, is a tough gangster. In the film, he spends 95% of the time lying on the bed due to illness (some netizens jokingly call it a "bed scene"), and the space for performance can only be displayed in his square-inch face. But this did not hinder Zhong Hanliang's outstanding performance, but provided him with a good opportunity to use his acting skills to shake off his idol hat. Zhang Lixin is not only a highly intelligent gangster, but also has unfathomable literary qualities and philosophical accomplishments, and his proficiency in psychology is also eye-catching. This is a gangster who can "read minds", and because of this, he can masterly control the human weaknesses of Louis Koo and Zhao Wei, and amplify them little by little for his own use, and then control the police and doctors in the palm of his hand. , playing around.
Zhong Hanliang's grasp of Zhang Lixin's crazy and evil psychological world and personality characteristics is relatively accurate and thorough. When he blurts out a lot of famous and heart-warming aphorisms from ancient Greece to ancient Rome, from philosophy to literature to dramatic psychology, the subtle changes in his facial expressions and the subtlety of his acting skills in his eyes, It is also progressive. When these long lines and dialogues lose the dullness and tedium of recitation, and with the cadence of Tian's voice and the delicate and rich moods, the inner world of the characters is fully revealed.
Personally, I feel that Zhang Lixin is the most successful character among the "threesome" of police, gangsters and doctors in "Three's Company". And Chung Han-liang's performance is also the one with the most obvious improvement. At the Shanghai Film Festival Film Channel Media Attention Unit Award Ceremony held not long ago, Chung Han-liang won the first prize in his acting career for his outstanding portrayal and interpretation of Zhang Lixin's arrogant, evil, cunning and cunning character in "A Company of Three". Best Actor - The Most Attracted Actor Award in the Media Attention Unit. Winning the award for his "sex scene" with a perfect score for difficulty, Chung Han-liang deserves it.
As a film with Johnnie To's obvious label, "Three's Company" changes the routine of previous police films where police and gangsters fight and kill each other whenever they disagree. The film takes place in a hospital with a confined space and a small space, and plays "scheming" throughout the whole process. The atmosphere is tense and the style is solemn, which has never been seen before. The three forces of the police, doctors, and gangsters guess, read, attack, and kill each other's minds, which in turn makes the plot climax one after another. The "burst, burst, burst" shootout between police and criminals that the audience is used to seeing only appears briefly in the second half of the film, and the presentation style is also eccentric and eclectic. The eye-popping visual feast and the delicacy of the heart are enough to be recorded in the history of Chinese films.