At the end of the cruel history of Mazhou Street, Hyun-soo and Eun-joo met briefly on the bus and separated again. At the end of "Mean Street", Bing Dou fell down after being stabbed by the river, and looked at his former brother in despair and surprise. At the end of "Jiangnan 1970", Zhong Da fell beside the railroad track and looked at the end of the light, but he couldn't get out. It is this sad sense of fatalism that runs through the trilogy of street violence directed by Yu He. The three works tell the story of the ups and downs and blood and tears of the little people on the street in the torrent of the times.
? The story begins with the train passing through the small town and takes the audience into the dark south of the Yangtze River before the prosperity.
With the economic development of South Korea in the 1970s, the government wanted to develop Jiangnan into a second Seoul, so politicians and gangs colluded with each other to kill villagers, and opportunities and traps coexisted in the stinking vanity fair.
? Jin Da (Lee MinHo) is an orphan, living a poor life as a garbage collector with his sworn brother Bai Yongqi. Mistaken into a gang, but lost contact with Bai Yongqi in a scuffle.
? Later, Jin Da was adopted by Jiang Xianxiu, a kind gangster, and became a brother and sister relationship with his daughter Jiang Xianhui, gradually feeling the warmth of the family.
? A few years later, Jiang Xianxiu washed his hands after being injured, opened a laundry and tried to quit the Jianghu. Kim Dae-jung accidentally met Mrs. Min, became the backbone of the gang, and was involved in the crazy enclosure of the South China gang.
? Coincidentally, Kim Dae-jung and Bai Yongqi met unexpectedly, only to find that their eldest brother not only got along well with rival gangs, but also became strangers.
? Faced with the huge temptation of money, in order to make the respected adoptive father and beloved sister live better, and for the sake of brotherhood in the past, Kim Dae became more and more ruthless and decided to bet everything with his fist.
? Kim Dae-jung may not be clear about the concept of "home". After all, he is an orphan, but he always wants to have a home, a place to live and people who care about him. This desire to protect his family has also become the reason why Kim Dae-jung will join the gang in the future and cannot turn back. He thought he was strong enough to protect his family, but he didn't know that his strength was nothing to a stronger person.
? Originally, Kim Dae-jung just wanted to make some money with Mrs. Min to fill the debt owed by the laundry, but after he tasted the sweetness, he couldn't stop. He watched his sister postpone the wedding because of her poor family, and his adoptive father Jiang Xiuxiu was bullied because of poverty. Jin Da's blood washed away his last reason. He joined hands with reunited Bai Yongqi to enter a more dangerous political whirlpool, not just selling land, but killing the enemy to expand the territory and help members.
He can't turn back if he kills his red eye, even if his adoptive father repeatedly opposes it. As Zhong Da himself said, "Giving up now is death, so leave me alone". Kim Dae-jung did not know that his value might be abandoned after being squeezed dry, but took risks for money and land.
? I always feel sad when I watch Kim Dae-jung's figure slowly being swallowed up by the night. At that time, if people want to turn over successfully, they have to give everything, even their lives. Just like humble ants, even if they are strong inside, they can't resist air billow blowing from that decadent cave. Thinking of Dickens' saying, "This is the best time and this is the worst time", the light has come, but the night has not passed.
As a result, no matter how hard Kim Dae-jung tried, his fate was always unsatisfactory. However, his married sister was repeatedly subjected to domestic violence. In order to save himself, his retired adoptive father picked up an axe and cut down his opponent again, only to be targeted by triad leaders again. Only then did Kim Dae-jung realize that he had put the people he loved into a deep crisis. He wanted to quit, but it was too late.
Kim Dae hung out with gangs just to give his family and himself a comfortable living environment, because in that turbulent era, only strong strength could protect the people and things to be protected. And Bai Yongqi seems to have been poisoned by power. He just wants money and power, and he will do whatever it takes. In order to live a good life, have food and money to spend, he can keep climbing, killing people or falling in love with people he shouldn't love.
From the beginning, Zhong Da, who didn't want to make trouble, wanted to fight with his uncle who bought waste products. At last, he began to use Zhong Da, so he had to kill people. He has great ambitions and desires for money, power and women, and this role is actually very dramatic. Bai Yongqi's actor chose an introverted way to interpret it, and sometimes he even couldn't see the waves from his expression, which made his behavior seem uncontrollable, but it also made him look amazing when he broke out. The most prominent thing was two killing scenes.
In the first murder, I bowed my head and asked you what you wanted on the surface. Seemingly indefensible, my eyes are flashing: the signal that you have to get rid of so much nonsense to stab yourself to death. After killing someone, you smoke and talk calmly, just like being possessed by a demon.
Another scene is that Kim Dae-jung's adoptive father, Jiang Xianxiu, was killed by a hot iron. From pretending to talk to each other to starting to kill people with hot iron, the last look reveals cruelty, madness and a sense of guilt.
These two paragraphs are wonderful. Although I came to see this movie because of Lee MinHo, I was finally circled by the actor who played Bai Yongqi.
After watching the whole movie, I didn't cry, but there were several touching moments.
? First of all, Zhong Da's sister Xianhui was abused by her husband after she got married. Zhong Da found a virtuous husband for the first time and gave him a sum of money, saying: We can't treat virtuous people casually.
? At that moment, I can feel Zhong Da's true feelings, because I really love my sister and wish her all the best, so I will "request" each other in this way.
? When Xianhui suffered a second domestic violence, Zhong Da rushed into the casino and beat Xianhui's husband to death.
? Second, after turning over the old photo album full of memories of the adoptive father's death, I found a deed to the house with the words "Zi: Jiang" written on it.
? Zhong Da has told his adoptive father Jiang Xianxiu countless times to leave himself alone, and even told Jiang Xianxiu that even if I am no longer your relative, I will go on. At that moment, Zhong Dacai really knew that Jiang Xianxiu had regarded him as his own son, and any scolding was a heavy fatherly love.
The third scene is a hundred people fighting in the mud. It is said that in this scene, it takes 800 tons of water a week to mobilize the actors of One Happy and Fifty. Similar mud fighting scenes have appeared in "Mean Streets", but this time on a larger scale. This music is still standard. After killing the gang boss, the scene of Zhong Da and Yongqi in the heavy rain, jogging and music, is simply cruel and poetic.
? Zhong Da was kind, so when he finally learned that Bai Yongqi had killed his adoptive father, although he pointed a gun at Bai Yongqi, he still didn't shoot the last shot. He has lost so much that he doesn't want to lose it again. Maybe he can't forgive what Bai Yongqi did, but he understands what Bai Yongqi did, and Zhong Da puts down the gun. Well, from now on, we're even.
? When everyone thought the story was coming to an end, the ending was unexpected but reasonable, giving the audience a final blow. This veteran politician is always plotting behind the scenes. Even if he tries hard, ordinary people are still dispensable chess pieces and eventually abandoned.
? Bai Yongji was finally shot in the head and died happily. Kim Dae-jung collapsed beside the train track in a dark tunnel, which was simply worrying. His unwilling but sad eyes made me feel unbearable. That look, like the cry of the people at the bottom of that era, why is the fate so unfair? I intended to end everything, but I finally got lost in the maze of human nature and had to pay the price of my life. Jin Da crawled towards home, trying to go back to her sister and tell her that we had started a new life, but it was too late.
? Yu He's movies are so cruel and bloody that people feel desperate and sad but can't say a word. Young people with dreams worked hard for the people they loved, and finally lost to reality.
? At the end of the film, memories of Kim Dae-jung are interspersed. In memory, the two brothers were still collecting junk under the bridge where the train was flying. Kim Dae-jung's eyes are still full of hope for life. The night is still so cold, and the feelings between the two brothers are still so deep. Even if the light bulb is crushed, it is full of warmth. At that time, we were so good. For Kim Dae-jung, this may be the happiest thing.
Jiangnan 1970 is worth seeing. Director Yu He restored the history of the changes in the south of the Yangtze River, and also told everyone a truth. As the saying goes, when you stare into the abyss, the abyss also stares at you. People should recognize their position and choice in desire. Once they choose the wrong path in life, they can't start over. All those who mistake their desires for dreams will eventually fail! Kim Dae-jung is just a pawn trampled by politicians and businessmen for success. How many people have paved the way with blood and tears behind those successful people who raised their glasses and drank? ?