Goody, promise me! Even if there is a fourth part in this series, let’s not play it.

Special feature of 1905 film network The production cost of "Anti-Corruption Storm" series is not high, but the return on investment has always been very good.

The first mainland box office grossed more than 95 million yuan, and the second one quadrupled directly, breaking through 200 million yuan. After the opening of the third Hong Kong painting, it won the box office every day.

Investors are happy and update every two years.

In the past two weeks, the mainland film market has stood out, and the whole market has become more and more deserted. As soon as this kind of police action film is released, it will inevitably take the lead and temporarily rank first.

However, for this series, the audience’s evaluation is mediocre. Douban scores are 5.6 and 5.3, that is to say, no reactive power, no fault, passing the edge of the line.

The latest film, the first day of release, scored 5.7 with Douban, which played very stably.

Speaking of this new film, we must first mention Hong Kong’s clean government film, more precisely, it is a Hong Kong-made "lean film" which was popular in the 1990s.

At the turn of the sixties and seventies in Hong Kong, the police were in cahoots with the underworld, and corruption was extremely serious. At that time, there was a saying that more than 70% of the news reported by the British media about Hong Kong was related to corruption.

There is also a popular saying: "The police are in charge of the underworld and the underworld is in charge of public security."

Today, Hong Kong can be recognized as one of the cleanest regions in the world, thanks to the order of the British Hong Kong Government to set up the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to fight corruption and promote honesty and safeguard social justice.

　“Hong Kong’s success lies in having you and ICAC."The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) is already a belief of Hong Kong people.

In 1975, directed by Wu Siyuan came into being.Around 90′ s, the screen of "Hero Film" rose.

Biography of 500 million Detective Mayor, Biography of Blue River Against Flying Tigers … From the famous underworld bosses such as Wu Xihao and Lv Le in that era, the Ministry tells the anecdotes of police and bandits at the time of the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption.

And, after the new century, Jing Wong has also released lean films one after another, nostalgic for history.

Urban crime, conflagration of streets and lanes, opposition between good and evil, duel between two heroes. Hong Kong police system is imbued with fairness, justice and dark corruption, and the underworld world coexists with romantic legends and Jianghu friendship.

The "heroic film" actually follows the routine of the genre of "gangster film" in the classical Hollywood period.

Lin Delu, director of the series "Anti-Corruption Storm", worked in the ICAC in his early years. With this experience, he has filmed the TV series "Anti-Corruption Action", movies and. From lean films to incorruptible films, he has been the helm of Hong Kong in this field.

"Anti-Corruption Storm" has a mafia, but it doesn’t get close to the mafia. Instead, it really takes the Independent Commission Against Corruption as the protagonist and makes a lot of ink.

The ending line of the first part is "Where there is corruption, there is the Independent Commission Against Corruption.Yes, every episode of this series will start with a corruption case: from fund, Jockey Club gambling to money laundering this time.

The plot of Anti-Corruption Storm 3 is that Lu Zhilian (Louis Koo) of ICAC and Liu Baoqiang (Chilam) of JFIU (Joint Financial Intelligence Unit) investigate corruption and money laundering cases respectively.

On the one hand, Zhao Meixin, the mistress of a senior official in the Mainland, went to Hong Kong to launder 10 billion yuan, and was finally helped by You Zixin (Tian Tian Nan), the bank director of the evil group.

On the one hand, Lu Zhilian was investigated by Cheng Deming (Kevin Cheng) in Group L (Internal Discipline Investigation Team) of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. Finally, Cheng Deming understood that Lu Zhilian had been misunderstood and joined hands with him to resist the enemy.

The series of scripts of "Anti-Corruption Storm" have always been CTRL+C and CTRL+V on the basis of the previous works, and then slightly rewritten.

This template is roughly:

The opening directly appeared in the case and revealed the suspect;All the wars were led by a woman;There will be a handsome young villain;Competitors will eventually become partners in the process of handling cases;The murderer will eventually be executed on the spot, and everything will be happy.

This part is also an upgrade on the series of templates.

Chinese teachers in primary schools often say that the composition should not be written as a "running account"! But even in this seemingly multi-line structure, the whole film is still telling stories with the rhythm of "running account".

"Anti-Corruption Storm 3" originally had two highlights:

One is to join corruption cases in the Mainland, and also to invite actors from in the name of people to participate.

Ding Haifeng, the "Director of the Public Security Bureau", became the Director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the Mainland in the movie; "Zhang Baobao" Li Xinyue continued to love vanity, and promoted the official mistress to recruit Meixin; Feng Lei, the "ultimate BOSS Zhao Ruilong", became the core of the whole incident: a deputy ministerial cadre in the Mainland.

But in the movie, they are more of a cursory tour. There are not many plays, and all of them are functional roles.

Only when the corrupt officials are arrested at the end, Feng Lei rolls down the window. The scene that can’t be determined can be reluctantly associated with the classic scene of "Secretary Dakang" rolling down the window in in the name of people.

Second, how to combine the expression of the main theme with the action type film of police and bandits in creation, but the film is not here either.

In Lin Delu’s early work "The First Strike against Corruption", there is a line that "people in the Anti-Corruption Bureau will be more corrupt". This time, he added this point in "Anti-Corruption Storm 3".

"If it is a person who investigates corruption, what about his own corruption?" Cheng Deming asked Lu Zhilian like this.

I thought this design would strengthen the character arc of Louis Koo.,Just like Bourne, Bond in 007, he constructed his unknown complex face in constant misunderstanding and reversal.

And "Anti-Corruption Storm 3", from the beginning, the audience knew that Lu Zhilian was being calculated. The film is just trying to create a scene in which two actors confront each other. However, the whole confrontation is more like a low-profile version of Tony Leung Ka Fai VS Aaron Kwok.

Reality is life, and movies are creation. There are almost no narrative techniques in the whole film.

Although it is paved, it is not likely to create suspense.When Liu Baoqiang saw the newly dropped medicine bottle, we soon knew that it was him who was the BOSS behind the scenes.

It is no longer required to have the complicated process of solving crimes and reasoning. Even if there is no ridiculous bridge, there are many unknown so in logical details.

Youzi Xin pretended to be Lu Zhilian’s friend in England to transfer money to him, and Lu didn’t recognize his friend’s voice at all?

Later, Lu was investigated by Group L, and Cheng Deming was directly convicted and tortured without first checking the flow of funds in his account. His aggressive attitude was completely like jealousy.

Later, he realized that Lu had been misunderstood, and immediately turned his attitude 180 degrees and became a good partner in an instant. The character and position of the characters changed and he was caught off guard.

You can also ignore the fate of the characters in the previous work.Liu Baoqiang has been shot in the heart and fell to the ground in the park. By this time, he has become the head of the highly effective joint wealth intelligence group without any explanation.

The role of Deng Lixin can be brilliant,First, Lu Zhilian was deceived and reported, and then he had an emotional connection with Lu, but he was helpless and anticlimactic. Finally, the film went to wave after wave of action scenes.

Lu Zhilian, played by Louis Koo, is always running around in a suit and tie.The role he faces is not a "cold-faced agent", but more like a "humanoid tool."

Lu Zhilian’s excitement, depression, hesitation and doubt … All of them have been dissolved under the facelift of the characters. Therefore, in this series, we can only see Louis Koo’s deadpan forever.

Thought it was inscrutable, but in fact it showed nothing.

The production level of "Anti-Corruption Storm 3" seems to remain in the rough stage of short time, low cost and fast film loading of the old Hong Kong films in the last century.

If I didn’t realize it was a movie, I really thought I had watched a large TVB police series.

Tom cruise of Mission Impossible 6 showed five dangerous stunts. This time, the film also featured action scenes: street shootouts, speeding cars, speedboat chases, hand-to-hand combat on yachts and so on.

Even Louis Koo jumped off the roof like Tom cruise.

However, watching these action scenes, the whole feeling is:No orgasm.

I’m afraid that the main creators have fallen into a fascination and misunderstanding of "big scenes".

For example, street fighting is a big scene, but what age is it?I would rather not spend the money on blasting, but also replace it with a dramatic special effect of 50 cents.

No rhythm, no design, no details. It’s not that the more forms and patterns there are, the more thrilling the scene will be.

Lin Delu, the director, said during the roadshow to promote the film, "If you are not satisfied, I will refund your money.". After watching the movie, I really want to say to the director:Forget the refund. I really don’t watch it.