The author of this article is @Ghost Foot Seven of the Xiaowan family
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The most anticipated crime movie of the end of the year is finally here!
Just today, the "Manslaughter 2" Wanda Cinema Screening Special was officially opened.
After the first film achieved a win-win situation at the box office (the 2019 Lunar New Year box office champion) and refreshed the record of domestic crime films, "Manslaughter 2", which returned after two years, can be said to be the "year-end feast" that many small partners want to see the most.
Today, with the opening of the screening special session, Xiao Wan will talk about what is the highlight of "Manslaughter 2", which will be officially released on Friday?
Rest assured, there are no spoilers below, and the little friends are bold to take it.
As a crime suspense genre, the most discussed and concerned about "Manslaughter" two years ago is the family relationship and the motivation to risk for love.
It is also on top of this emotional tone, whether it is the breath-taking anti-reconnaissance plan designed by the protagonist, or the civilian parents portrayed by Xiao Yang and Tan Zhuo, which have a stronger appeal.
At the same time, "Manslaughter" also broke the seemingly tacit rule that the New Year's Eve schedule is more suitable for family movies, and used a seemingly gray story to highlight a brighter emotional impact, unexpectedly becoming an annual hit.
The success of "Manslaughter" not only proves that the crime genre is not only exclusive to B-grade productions, but also opens up a new direction for domestic crime genre works.
By this year, "Manslaughter 2" also inherits the style model pioneered by the previous game, although it tells a new story from another stove, but it still brings us another story of parents desperately protecting their children with the dual line of "criminal shell + emotional impact".
At the beginning of the story, there is no delay, directly into the main topic - Lin Zhilang, played by Xiao Yang, rushed into a hospital with a gun, hijacked the doctors and patients at the scene, and formed a confrontation with the police who quickly surrounded the hospital.
On the police side, Zhang Zhengyi, a police officer played by Ren Dahua, is the on-site commander, and he quickly learns from Lin Zhilang the reason for the hijacking and the needs of the other party: a heart, a heart waiting to be transplanted in the city in two hours.
The tense atmosphere, the time of disappearing minute by minute, and the truth behind the events all form the tense rhythm of the film.
Like the first part of "Manslaughter", Xiao Yang plays a father who is forced to go to a dead end in the film, also to protect his children, after finding that the normal way cannot play its due role, the evil person grasps the voice channel, the parents decide to use their own way to fight against the darkness.
In "Manslaughter 2", Lin Zhilang raised money to save his critically ill son in the hope that he could perform a heart transplant for his son, and the reason why he hijacked the hospital was precisely because the heart that could have saved his child's life was robbed.
In the face of such an opening, the audience not only had many questions, but what happened behind the extreme approach? Will Lin Zhilang's request be fulfilled? Even if he succeeds, how will he retreat?
"Manslaughter" is a narrative that shows events and focuses on "what to do", while "Manslaughter 2" uses flashbacks, showing the results first, and then digging a little bit of "why".
As the truth unfolds little by little, the audience will not only understand the actions taken by Lin Rilang, but even find that all this is not a seemingly reckless and impulsive desperate bet, Lin Rilang has laid down more than one game in order to save his beloved son...
In terms of crime types, "Manslaughter 2" has many settings and arrangements as opposed to "Manslaughter".
For example, the first part has a large number of scene changes and character action lines, while this part is relatively fixed in the closed environment of the same location;
In the first part, the contest between the "good and evil sides" runs from the beginning to the end, ending with the father's success in protecting his daughter, but in the second part, we only see Lin Richang's side, and his "opponent" has been hidden behind the fog.
The same crime type, but different ways of structure and elements are used, allowing Manslaughter 2 to make more choices in genre experimentation.
If "Manslaughter" tells the story of how far a father can plan for his family, then "Manslaughter 2" is about how much lin Rilang can make for his son.
As the core of the film, the image of "father" has also been repeatedly strengthened and inherited in "Manslaughter" and "Manslaughter 2". On the one hand, he has a "fierce" side, and the father in the trailer who coldly says "you don't know what a father can do for his children" is somewhat chilling;
But on the other hand, he is also a loving father who loves his children, and the scene of the family of three enjoying themselves may only be a good memory in his heart, and the glimpse of the warm clip in the trailer is extremely different from the gray-hued hijacking scene under the rainstorm.
Which side is the final ending, it is not until the end of the film that the answer is known.
In terms of cast, in addition to Lin Rilang, played by Xiao Yang, the policeman Zhang Zhengyi, played by Ren Dahua, is also quite worthy of attention. Changing the heroic and capable image of the police in the previous Hong Kong film, this time the 66-year-old Ren Dahua showed his face with stubble and casual dress.
The appearance of not being "standardized" also seems to imply that this is not an "honest" policeman, what role will he play in Lin Zhilang's actions, and which side will he take in the confrontation between "police" and "bandits"?
In addition, Tan Zhuo, who played the mother in "Manslaughter", left a deep impression on the audience, and also in "Manslaughter 2", in addition to the core role of the father, the role of the mother is equally eye-catching.
Wen Yongshan plays Lin Rilang's wife Ah Ling in the film, and Wen Yongshan, who appears in the film almost the whole time, perfectly interprets the image of a strong mother who is dedicated to taking care of her children with her performance, and the scene in the film where she is driven out of the ward is even more heart-wrenching.
Lin Rilang is the "rigid" side of this story, and Ah Ling is the "soft" side, the father goes to the best of his ability, and the mother is gentle to guard, which is the family composition shown to us by "Manslaughter 2".
In "Manslaughter", the couple played by Chen Chong and Jiang Haowen askEd Li Weijie to tell the truth at the end of the film, and perhaps the friends will have some sighs when they see it, after all, they have also lost their sons, and they are also parents.
This time in "Manslaughter 2", Jiang Haowen returned, playing the mayor of the place where the story took place, and will continue to "tangle" with the father played by Xiao Yang, in addition to Yin Ziwei, Li Zhiting, Zhang Shi, Song Yang, and Chen Yucheng played the police chief, the mayor's secretary, the hospital president, the attending doctor, and the news reporter.
A set of character posters previously released are full of style, with descriptions of the child's childish handwriting, from "kind brother" to "fierce baba" police, are these descriptions really the true face of the above characters?
"Manslaughter 2" tells the story of a "best father in the world", what makes this ordinary father desperate to risk death, and what kind of "fighting for love" will the film present us again?
This weekend, the big screen is clear.
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