I would like to recommend some Hong Kong movies of this style that I personally like:
1, the true colors of heroes
Douban score: 8.6
Synopsis: The story of friendship and sacrifice between two underworld bosses and a policeman. Song Zihao, a gangster, and Mark, his good friend, are struggling in the Jianghu, but they are in trouble because of a mission being betrayed. Song Zihao was arrested and imprisoned, and Mark was disabled. Three years later, Song Zihao was released from prison and determined to turn over a new leaf, only to find that he had lost everything. His younger brother Song Zijie is an honest policeman and hates his brother's identity. Their once loyal boss was also replaced by another gangster, Tan Cheng. Tan Cheng wanted to use Song Zihao's connections to force him to engage in criminal activities again and threatened to kill Song Zijie. In order to protect his younger brother and his new life, Song Zihao can only join hands with Mark again and fight to the death with Tan Cheng.
Highlight: I think The True Color of Heroes is a popular movie in China, and it was the box office champion of Hong Kong movies that year. It triggered the upsurge of shooting hero films, and Mark became famous in one fell swoop (Brothers has no afterlife in this life), and even attracted a large number of foreign fans. This film was a turning point in his directing career and also laid the foundation for John Woo's "violent aesthetics" film style. . And Mark showed people with the image of a long trench coat and sunglasses, bangs scattered, cigarettes lit with banknotes, and thus a handsome, biting and affectionate Jianghu elder brother came out. 1 The scene where Song Zihao, the male owner, delivered goods to Taiwan Province, was full of gun battles and violent and bloody scenes, but it gave me the feeling that a hero was dying. When Mark revenges Song Zihao, when the bright red blood splashes on the bright white suit in the picture, the enchanting blood echoes the momentum of Mark's whole body boiling with blood. These violent images in the film not only promote the development of the story, but also drive our mood as spectators, which is the charm of the so-called violent aesthetics.
2. artillery fire
Douban score: 8.8
Synopsis: The protagonist of the story is five Jianghu people who work as bodyguards for the gangster Godwin. They are Gui, Mei, Fei and Mike. They protected Brother Wen in gun battles again and again, and at the same time established a deep brotherhood. However, when they found out that Govin's wife was having an affair with A Xin, and Govin's cousin Nan Ge (Yam Tat-wah) asked A Gui to enforce the family law, their relationship broke down. Finally, they decided each other's fate in a small restaurant.
Highlight: With a hint of Kurosawa's style, the gunfight scene in the film is cruel and real, showing a black aesthetic style. The scene of ambush in the shopping mall fully shows Du Dao's ability to control the film atmosphere and conveys subtle tension through "static braking".
3. Bloody duo
Douban score: 8.5
Synopsis: Heizai Yazhuang (Chow Yun Fat) and Detective Li Ying (Li Xiuxian). Yazhuang accidentally injured the singer Jenny in an assassination attempt, making her almost blind. From then on, he began to secretly protect and help Jenny, hoping to raise some money to send her abroad for treatment before her eyes were completely blind. Therefore, Yazhuang took risks and became a killer again. He didn't want to get the money after the task was completed, but Hai Wang, who was hired to kill her, sent someone to kill her. Detective Li Ying, who was ordered to investigate related murders, knew that there were other things hidden in the investigation. Yazhuang was not cold-blooded killer, and he began to appreciate the Communist Party with him. In order to cope with the pursuit of Hai Wang troops, the two became friends of life and death. However, the fate of Yazhuang seems doomed.
Recommended reason: John Woo+Chow Yun Fat, the film shows the cruelty and helplessness of the gangster world in Hong Kong with simple and tense shots, and then the gun battle scene is also very wonderful, especially the two gun battles in Tsuen Wan Square and a small restaurant, which is considered as a model of violent aesthetics. The integrity of the whole story structure and the seriousness of the story theme should be matured in The True Color of Heroes. You can regard this film as a martial arts film under the background of modern society, but the interpretation of the spirit of martial arts in the film is tragic.