In people's inherent thoughts, the wicked are often the cancer of society, the scum of human beings, who do evil and hurt others by violence. In a word, I can't get on the stage.
But the movie "The Legend of the Magic Man" made a biography of the Magic Man with great fanfare. This almost "anti-human" title, at first glance, can not help but make people embarrassed, but think back carefully. It is more manifested in people's more open understanding of the "distinction between good and evil": in this world, good and evil are inseparable, no good person dares to say that he has no dark side at all, and no bad person is willing to admit that he has never done a good thing in his life.
Do extremely evil people (people who have never done good deeds) really exist? I think the issue discussed in the film is not a narrow distinction between the extremely good and the extremely evil, but more a reflection on the redemption of human nature. This is the purpose of taking the biography of the wicked as the topic.
The end of the film simply expresses the state of "revenge" of the wicked. Things between the wicked will eventually be solved in their own way.
The film tells the story of Zheng Taixi, a police officer who hates it and is called a "madman", and Zhang Dongxiu, the leader of a criminal organization and a gangster who was killed by a serial killer, joining hands to hunt down a perverted serial killer.
The rhythm of the whole film is well controlled, and the artistic conception and atmosphere are carefully created. In the second half, I was very nervous from the beginning of looking for killers everywhere. The specific events of character movements and story progress were mostly fierce car chases and fist-to-flesh fights.
There are three villains. Who should be criticized, punished and spared. How to define good and evil in the world? There is a saying that the devil is on earth. Where the world is, where people are, and where evil is. Most movies depict the opposition between good and evil, and show evil with good. Evil forces will eventually be eliminated by justice, and superheroes will come forward in times of crisis.
Although the two protagonists in the film belong to the black-and-white camp, they all have a gray side, that is, the good guys are not so good and the bad guys are not so bad. When they chase the devil together, they should be mentally and emotionally compatible, pity each other and repel each other, which is very interesting.
The characterization of the characters is also very one-sided. The boss of the black society sent umbrellas to female students in the rain, which meant that evil was rewarded with good. The murderer argued in court that there was no evidence to sentence him to death is also a kind of murder, which means speculation. Perhaps the greatest educational significance of movies is that the most pleasant revenge is to fight violence with violence.
Finally, teach us to obey the law! !
Let me put it this way! Simply put, gangs only make people feel bad, while psychopaths kill people. Gangsters, profiteers, ordinary people, students. However, they seldom kill people because they have to consider long-term interests. Being bullied by gangs may be hard and sad, but at least you're alive. Psychopaths are different. He wants you to die for no reason. This is why the police finally cooperated with him. One only involves civil law, and the other is a representative of the death penalty. In addition, Tong-Seok Ma's characters only regard gangs as a profession, and he is not bored enough to oppress and abuse ordinary people. The villain is different. There is no point in killing everyone.
Perhaps Parasites, the historical darling of the Palme d 'Or in Cannes, attracted too many people's attention, but the biography of the wicked, which was selected as the midnight screening unit (non-competition unit) in Cannes, was rarely mentioned.
For a Korean film that focuses on crime and action, getting the high score of Douban 7.6 is not only the big hit Tong-Seok Ma's shirtless return to his old job, but also the cooperation between police and bandits and judicial loopholes that make the audience more shocked and thoughtful.
A word against the black government, some things are nothing more than sensational. Many viewers know that Korean movies pee. However, it is rare to see a gangster and a hot-blooded detective so blatantly tied together to deal with a serial pervert killer who has never seen a dragon or a tail.
This wonderful combination has created many scenes, and also criticized the weakness of the Korean judicial system intentionally or unintentionally.
As the saying goes, no one is perfect. There are no good guys and bad guys in the biography of the wicked. Everyone lives in a gray area, busy and struggling for selfish desires. In the film, gang boss Zhang Dongxiu, gray detective Zheng Taixi and bloody killer Jiang form a strange "iron triangle" that uses and restricts each other.
Zhang Dongxiu, a gangster played by Tong-Seok Ma, combines business acumen with ferocity. He strictly controlled the local slot machine business, which made him rich, but it also made the police and business partners more afraid.
After being stabbed by a mysterious killer, he used the police to find the killer and killed his business partner. It can be said that the authorities did their best and showed no mercy. He is naturally a villain in the traditional sense.
Zheng Taixi (Jin Wulie), a wandering detective, is a thorn in the side of this system and tries to solve the case at all costs. Dealing with crime every day, making him not be surprised by evil, abusing lynching, deliberately finding fault, and joining hands to form gangs, of course, is the price that "justice" must pay.
When the serial killer could not be punished by law, he thought about the loss of letting He Gang's boss surrender himself, and took advantage of his position to give Zhang Dongxiu a chance to get revenge.
Jiang is an ordinary person hiding in the crowd. Under the appearance that people and animals are harmless, the pleasure of killing at will and the sense of accomplishment at large are so addictive that he is more and more crazy about killing. I didn't expect to meet the mob boss and the police. Under great stimulation and pressure from the other side, Jiang was arrested in a hurry, but he faced a light sentence because of the lack of direct evidence (the evidence such as murder weapon and car was provided by the gang and the court could not accept it).
"Two bad guys catch a worse guy", a line in the film, tells the essence of all villains in The Legend of the Evil Man.
At the end of the film, it seems that everyone has achieved his goal.
Zhang Dongxiu achieved the goal of revenge. In order to pay off the blood debt of his stabbing and assistant's murder, he lynched the serial killer Jiang in prison. Ginger gets a strong sense of satisfaction from killing people at will. His hands were covered with innocent blood, but he almost escaped the punishment of the law. After Zheng Taixi cracked a big case, smashed gangs and promoted to the rank, it was a prosperous time.
Killing and setting fire to the golden belt, building bridges and roads without corpses, this line in Infernal Affairs 2 is particularly suitable for describing the world view in The Legend of the Magic Man. It seems that the case was solved, the bad guys went to prison, and the good guys got their rewards. Jiang, Zhang Dongxiu and Zheng Taixi, who killed people at will, all fought for their own "justice". However, those who were directly or indirectly killed and injured by them did not get the "justice" they deserved.
Originally, the biography of the wicked can be said to be profound, but the life experience and motivation of serial killer Jiang were not deeply explored, and the "iron triangle" of character relationship eventually became "a heavy head"; It is undoubtedly a great irony for a modern society that emphasizes fairness and justice to follow the forest law of "fighting violence with violence" for its own self-interest. However, the whole film does not strongly support this cooperation from the logic and connotation, and stays on the "appearance" of glamorous and refreshing action movies.
The Legend of the Wicked is a Korean film that combines the actions of police and serial killers. Through the story of the gang boss and the small police jointly chasing the abnormal killer, two completely different identities are fresh and effective. The performances of the two protagonists scored too many points, and the thrilling atmosphere and action scenes were excellent. This is a very interesting work.
Biography of the wicked describes a serial killer in a small town who kills his victims every time after a car accident. One day, gang boss Zhang Dongxiu drove home and was lucky to meet the killer. Zheng Taixi, a policeman who happened to be investigating the case, also wanted to catch the murderer, so he joined hands to deal with the murderer in different ways.
This film is a combination of two types: the action of the police and bandits and the serial killer of the silent lamb. As early as 2003, Fritzlang filmed a similar story. The killer in the town affected the life of the gang, so the gang helped catch the killer. The atmosphere in the film is not bad. Compared with gangsters, ghost killers are more frightening in the dark. The film arranged for the killer to kill the victim after the car accident, but it was very casual. Most of them are men, not women, which has a considerable relationship with the murderer's childhood.
The rhythm of the film is quite compact, and the arrangement of Zhang Dongxiu fighting with another boss complicates the story. At this time, Ma Dongshi was assassinated, and the news leaked out to embarrass the boss, trying to dismember the murderer into ten thousand pieces. And Zheng Taixi, played by Jin Wulie, a policeman who actually has the ability to handle affairs but is not valued by the top management, finally got a chance to solve a big case, so he joined hands to catch the murderer. However, the victims of this film, including Tong-Seok Ma's gangster Zhang Dongxiu, are all tall men. Because of this, these murders are not regarded as serial killings. Even if they cross the jurisdiction, even if the police suspect them, they will be overturned, making the cases undetected.
It was not until this case touched the life and death of two gang bosses that it attracted the attention of the police, and the critical power of Korean films reappeared. But the most attractive thing about this movie is not only that it has no ice, but the confrontation between the police, the underworld and the serial killer. The prestige of the gangster was greatly damaged by the attempted assassination, and other black forces took the opportunity to divide the territory with him. In order to save the situation, Zhang Dongxiu investigated the case more actively than the police; It involves the interests of real estate and casinos, which is quite similar to the story tension of gang confrontation in Hong Kong films in the past, and also brings out the human description of gangs. In front of strangers, Tong-Seok Ma played his double-faced character of fear, helplessness and helpfulness just right.
On the police structure, they hold each other back, and the policeman played by Jin Wulie does not hesitate to cooperate with the underworld to get credit. Although it is clear, it is all human nature with unknown good and evil. Among them, Jin, who plays the murderer, is also eye-catching, with few lines and a strong sense of existence at the expression level. This film doesn't want to excuse the murderer, he plays pure evil.
The relationship between the two heroes is quite subtle, being enemies or friends. The gangster has been looking for opportunities to deal with many illegal things. In fact, the boss secretly sheltered him. It can be seen that the underworld has certain hidden rules and different intentions to treat prisoners. One resorted to the law, and the other was sanctioned by private law. In the second half, looking for the murderer everywhere, I was very nervous from the beginning. The car chase and confrontation with the murderer in the second half seem old-fashioned and preaching, but in fact there are.
The above is the author's comment on the movie The Legend of the Magic Man. As an entertaining film, it is still very good. However, compared with Tong-Seok Ma's previous films, there is still a lack of connotation, such as Walking with God series, Champion and A Trip to Busan. I still want to see Tong-Seok Ma's movies. He is big and cute.
Don Lee, the criminal leader of Evil Legend, survived a violent attack by a mysterious serial killer and formed a wonderful partnership with local police detective Kim Moo Yul to catch the sadistic killer known as "K". This year's Cannes Film Festival, Korean films shine brilliantly. Director Bong Joon ho won the Palme d 'Or at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for his new work Parasites, which is the first time that a Korean film has won the Palme d 'Or.
Feng Junhao himself said that the Palme d 'Or award was a gift from Cannes, and it was also a Korean film, which sounded really enviable. In fact, besides this parasite, there are traces of Han Ying in Cannes this year, that is, the biography of the wicked in the midnight screening unit.
Most movies in the midnight screening unit of The Legend of the Magic Man are a little bloody and violent, and this one is no exception.
The story is about a serial killer who takes pleasure in killing people and is extremely cruel. Generally, the driver takes the initiative to hit a car first. When the owner gets off the bus for inspection, the killer takes the opportunity to stab the owner with a knife. No hatred, no resentment, the killer randomly selected the target, and the means were extremely cruel.
Because I want to catch him, two diametrically opposite life trajectories gradually intersect:
One is a hot-blooded detective who doesn't follow the rules. He is not liked by his superiors in the police force, but he has a strong sense of justice and can do anything to catch thieves.
One is a gangster, with many younger brothers behind him and a hot temper. He once knocked out two front teeth of his opponent's younger brother with his bare hands. He is also very strong and can fight very well.
In this way, two people who were originally incompatible with each other developed a subtle brotherhood because of serial killings.
It is naturally within the duty of police officer Zheng Taishuo to catch the murderer. Even if the case is not under his control, he will investigate it for the sake of justice.
Gangster boss Zhang Dongzhu wants to catch the murderer because he is the only survivor of several crimes committed by the murderer. The killer randomly selected the target, and the first miss was Zhang Dongzhu. Instead of killing him, Zhang Dongzhu stabbed him himself.
Although Zhang Dongzhu's life was safe, he was seriously injured because of an ambush. During his recovery, he was laughed at by his opponent and went into a rage when he was down. He vowed to catch him before the police and Lynch himself.
One wants to investigate the case secretly without manpower, and the other wants to arrest people on a large scale without basis. The two decided to cooperate this time, the police provided the direction of investigation, and the gang made efforts.
This duel mode is very similar to John Woo's Hot Blood Hero. One is right and the other is evil. Although the identity is wrong, they can always show the kindness of men in mutual appreciation. Such two people always wander on the edge of morality and law. Although the means are unjust, the purpose is just after all.
With such emotions as the basis, it is impossible for the audience to hate the two protagonists. What's more, this role is blessed by Zhang Dongzhu and Tong-Seok Ma, no matter how vicious it is, it can also give people an air of MengMeng.
Therefore, "The Legend of the Evil Man" is still fluent in perception, and there are also some wonderful bridges. But after reading it, I think there are many problems.
The rise of Korean genre films is obvious to all, especially gangster films. Before the Yellow Sea and the Tracker, after the New World and the City of Crime, the genre elements were used quite skillfully.
However, this type of film also has shortcomings, especially in the biography of the wicked. It does not grasp the proportion of violence and bloody display well, and almost all the space is spent on these, thus ignoring the logic of the detective film itself. From case to case, there is no reasoning progress, and all breakthroughs are accidental events.
And in terms of the degree of blood and violence, it is not enough. Almost all of them fought each other with one punch, and there was nothing new. Moreover, because it is already a movie shown in the midnight unit, the blood spatter is not high enough.
In the movie, Zheng Taishuo and Zhang Dongzhu have such a dialogue:
-So he's a bad guy. Do you want to catch a worse person?
-No, it's two bad guys who catch a worse guy!
The director tried to create a feeling of "all villains" in the film. The police don't use proper means, the gangs vent their personal anger, and the killers are cruel and tyrannical, but they are still too superficial. Evil is embodied, but Zhuan is missing.
The film gave the audience a close-up of an old photo of the killer. He once had a happy family, so what caused him to become a Leng Xue killer? What experience made him enjoy killing people? The movie is silent.
The characterization of the characters is also very one-sided. The boss of the black society sent umbrellas to female students in the rain, which meant that evil was rewarded with good. The murderer pleaded a few words in court and was sentenced to death without evidence, which also represents speculation. The director's idea is good, but the picture is too weak.
Most importantly, as a duel mode, movies have not shown enough progress in the relationship between black and white. I want to see the struggle when the police tend to be violent because of the weakness of the law, and I also want to see the mental journey when a gang leader really reconciles with the police.
When good and evil are intertwined, what kind of choices people make is the expression that the legend of evil should make.
As for the reversal of the ending, it's very interesting. Gangs and police teamed up to make cold-blooded killer accept legal sanctions, but in the end things returned to the state of "revenge" in prison, and things between villains would eventually be solved in their own way.
Many movies about violence will end with the point that "violence can't really solve the problem, but it will breed hatred repeatedly". The legend of the wicked ends with "fighting violence with violence", which is a bit interesting. However, the film as a whole is still hot and has insufficient aftertaste. The coolness that appeared when I watched it also disappeared in the subsequent thinking.
The film successfully created three villains.
1, pervert killer
This is the saddest and most terrible character. He can't get wealth, power, or status and fame. He can only masturbate through the pleasure of killing. His serial killing nature is no different from a poor guy who is addicted to drugs or gets pleasure from the internet, but it is more harmful. The film doesn't even explain the historical reason of his abnormal condition, because he is just a loser who can't control his inner direction. A killer who might have been a little handsome when he was young.
2. False police
He has the talent of being a policeman, is meticulous and sensitive, and is a policeman with courage, ability, pursuit and ambition. In order to become a qualified law enforcer, he did not hesitate to cooperate with gangs. There is only one condition, that the murderer is punished by law, not by gang rules. However, when he broke his promise to kill the mob boss by car in order to snatch the killer from the mob boss, when he colluded with the black boss to plant the killer in order to successfully convict the killer, and when he finally used the killer to kill people in prison (implied by the open ending of the film), we had already seen through the fig leaf he used to deceive and comfort himself. He is just a hypocrite who will do anything for promotion and status. His persistent legal trial, the banner of justice, is just a fig leaf he used to deceive his conscience. A policeman who didn't even realize he was a bad guy.
3, bloodthirsty gang boss
At the beginning of the film, the black boss surprised me by pouring a blood gourd man out of the sandbag after five minutes of fitness, and then broke off the other two front teeth with his bare hands in the black-black negotiation and conquered me. Proper savage five-star boss! But as the film progresses, you will find that he is actually a leader with high communication skills, leadership skills and emotional intelligence. He will not be violent at will. The reason for the violence is that the other party has crossed the line and needs to give the other party a warning. Even if the younger brother is beaten into a bloody gourd, he will not take his life at will. He will tell you the rules in a pleasant manner. If you are too unreasonable, I will knock out two of your front teeth and continue our friendly cooperation. After the car was rear-ended for no reason, he would say generously and gently, it doesn't matter, you go. When he was waiting for someone at the station, he would see a female high school student get wet without an umbrella, so he gave her his umbrella (with ulterior motives). The most classic thing is that when the police warned female high school students not to accept other people's things casually, this is the boss of the underworld, the female high school students said, I think you are more like the boss of the underworld than him (inadvertently telling the truth), and he was injured and unconscious in hospital, and his younger brother spontaneously organized revenge, and he was jailed, and his younger brother lined up to meet him in prison, all of which showed that he was a very successful leader and had no means and ability. He is just a predator of the laws of nature, stressing rules, morality and honesty, unlike a killer who kills people without a purpose, or a policeman with a false banner. But in the end, he is still a villain, because he murdered another gangster who worked with him for many years, because the other party wanted to redraw the power map with him when he was weak. As long as you don't touch my cake, I can be gentle
Conclusion: As the name implies, movies are all villains.
In the face of Jiang's murder, it is always random, but it is not irregular. For example, a strange man called his family and was indifferent. He chose to kill people mercilessly. Although the next second film admits that strangers bought cakes for their families, which proves that Jiang is ruthless, Jiang's motive for killing is not untraceable. There is good in evil, even a little good, which is also a thoughtful consideration of the relationship between good and evil in human nature.
There is an interesting scene in the film: the team led by Zheng Taixi and a group of gangsters led by Zhang Dongxiu have dinner together to be collectively heroic for the upcoming "feat" of chasing Jiang. At this point, the distinction between good and evil has reached an almost completely blurred state. Between black and white, it is very harmonious. During the dinner, many policemen wanted to join the underworld, and some gangsters whispered to each other and wanted to turn over a new leaf. Although it is a joke, this kind of detail design makes each character more real and closer to real life. Everyone tries to distinguish between good and evil, but as everyone knows, no one can clearly draw an accurate dividing line and can only be eager to try on the edge of good and evil.
When Jiang killed Zhang Dongxiu, a girl who borrowed an umbrella from a bus stop on a rainy day, the film temporarily divided good from evil. This marks the boundary between good and evil in the "bipolar" state. At this point, Jiang's evil reached the extreme, and even the beautiful girl could not escape its chaotic killing, which completely inspired the good thoughts in Zheng Taixi and Zhang Dongxiu's hearts. They led a "team" and worked hard from top to bottom, vowing to catch the murderer and safeguard the goodness in their hearts, so the largest-scale arrest operation began, and finally the big devil Jiang was captured. At this point, the movie plot has reached its climax.
In the last two scenes of the film, a meritorious police officer headed by Zheng Taixi stood on the podium and was awarded a medal, and the other was Zhang Dongxiu who smiled strangely and walked towards Jiang angrily with a suspicious face. At this time, the screen dropped, leaving a suspense. Zheng Taixi, who should be punished for the ending of the three villains, seems to have been rewarded and promoted instead of being punished, while Zhang Dongxiu and Jiang seem to have an ultimate confrontation between good and evil, whether they are alive or dead, which is unknown. At the last moment, good and evil can't tell the difference between victory and defeat. This is the final interpretation that this film brings to everyone: there is no eternal goodness, and there is no eternal evil. Good and evil are only in an instant.
Legend of the wicked can be said to be the highly anticipated action film in South Korea this year. The handsome uncle Tong-Seok Ma plays the actor. The film is based on real events. Criminals are cruel and bloodthirsty, and the most heinous thing is their random killing. The fighting scene in this movie is so bloody that it covers your eyes. Those who like action movies will probably be very enjoyable.
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