In fact, before watching this movie, I was still looking forward to it.
Powerful acting school + huge money laundering case + hardcore pursuit of crime is still very interesting.
And this movie is based on the novel of the same name by public security writer Lu Zheng, and the 2020 drama version is very good.
But when I really watched this movie, I realized that the controversy caused by this movie was not unjust at all. So how exactly is this movie? Let's take a look -
Trident
The title of the film is Trident, so why is it called Trident and not called the Big Three, Three Hammers, and Three Jumpers?
In fact, these tridents refer to three people, they are the "big back" Cui Tiejun (played by Huang Zhizhong), the "big stick" Xu Guozhu (played by Jiang Wu), and the "big troll" Pan Haijiang (played by Guo Tao), the three of them cracked a major case 20 years ago and became a legend in the police world, so they were called tridents.
As the leading brother, the big back head is thoughtful and takes the overall situation into account.
The big stick is straight and strong as a gold medal fighter.
The big troll is resourceful and eloquent as a military advisor.
The three of them have different temperaments and strengths, and their cooperation is seamless.
But after all, the years are not forgiving, even if you don't admit defeat, you have to admit that you are indeed inferior to young people in many aspects, not to mention the high-risk profession of the police, so the trident has to choose to take a back seat.
However, at this time, a huge money laundering case broke out, involving tens of billions of dollars, and after investigation, it was found that this huge money laundering case was inextricably linked with the major case they handled more than 20 years ago.
Naturally, the three of them could not sit idly by, regroup, and pursue the crime in their own way.
But times are different, today's crimes are more hidden, the methods are more innovative, the amounts are larger, and the criminals are more cunning.
So can the confrontation between the three and the criminals still be won? Can all three of them continue the glory of the Trident? We'll see.
In fact, the plot of this movie is very simple, and it is basically the same as the main plot of the drama version.
It stands to reason that such a remake of a movie has a drama version with 7.5 points in front of Jin Yu, and it shouldn't be bad to draw a scoop according to the gourd, right? So why did the movie have a rating of only 5.1 and get into controversy?
In fact, the biggest problem is that the movie editing is too messy, and this movie really doesn't look like a complete, smooth, and smooth movie, but like a trailer for the drama version.
The inexplicable plot, inexplicable characters, and inexplicable editing make people look very crotch-pulling.
It's like compressing the plot and advancement of more than 40 episodes of the drama version into the movie version. As we all know, compression is lossy, so the movie version is very fragmented and not a piece.
For example, the front foot of the trident trident is still awkward by the separation, and the back foot is inexplicably reconciled and brotherly.
In the front, it was difficult to track down such a major money laundering case, and a whole container of illegal cash was found later.
Lao Ji Fu Fang is worth encouraging, no one will feel that people are worthless when they are old, after all, the experience of working as a criminal police officer for many years is priceless.
But I didn't see anything related to "experience" in the movie, I only saw three old guns babbling and solved the case quite easily.
The simplest truth, the criminal methods of other criminals have been upgraded, how can you still put this old routine to use?
Of course, I'm not saying it's bad, it's just that you're going to make the other efforts of the police worthless.
And the biggest controversy in this film is that director Gao Qunshu angrily sprayed the audience's bad reviews, and the swear words came out.
In fact, the work is there, the quality is also there, the audience's eyes are bright, and everyone knows the good and the bad.
To this day, I still think that Gao Dao's "Conquest" is the pinnacle of domestic crime dramas.
But Director Gao's recent dramas are not good to be honest, although the lineup is very good, but the evaluation is not good.
It may be that the era of old guns has passed, but Gao Dao is unwilling to believe it.
So no matter in or out of the play, there is that kind of lonely and self-appreciating old cannon flavor, this feeling is like the feeling I felt when I first watched "Lao Paoer" directed by Feng Xiaogang.
It's the kind of self-touching that moves me, but what others see is only embarrassment.
originally wanted to prove himself by making an old cannon immortal, but as a result, Chen Turin dared to shoot for the largest scale of his dedication to art in this film, and he didn't save much reputation for the movie.
also brought a lot of celebrity cameos, Ou Hao, Han Geng, Wei Chen, Bao Bell, Zhou Yunpeng, etc., but unfortunately the acting skills are more embarrassing than the other.
can only be said to have wasted the acting skills of the three old guns, and accompanied the director to perform a big drama of the old cannons.
There is such a passage in the film: "Those old butts have dominated the world for too long." ”
Indeed, the film and television industry has been occupied for too long, so it's better to save some face for yourself and give young people some opportunities, right?