The police and gangster theme has always been a very important part of the Hong Kong film landscape. In the golden age, there were excellent works such as "Infernal Affairs", "Detective", and "Anti-Drug", among which Andy Lau , Daniel Wu , Zhang Jingchu , Louis Koo 's anti-drug masterpiece " disciple " can be called the pinnacle of taking a different approach.
Different from other works, "The Disciples" does not focus on describing how hard the police are and how cruel drug dealers are. Instead, it shows everyone that whether they are drug addicts, drug dealers or police officers, they are just ordinary people of flesh and blood. Human nature is vulnerable to temptation. Looking back now, some details in "The Disciples" are equally intriguing.
Who became addicted first, Ah Fen or her husband?
In contact with Ali (played by Daniel Wu), Ah Fen, played by Zhang Jingchu, revealed the reason for his drug abuse.
She cried and said that she fell in love with a drug addict. She said that she persuaded her husband not to take drugs anymore, but he didn't listen, so in order to prove that drugs can be quit, she started taking drugs herself.
Later, she cried in despair: "It turns out it's really hard to quit."
Ah Fen
And Ah Fen's husband, played by Louis Koo, said that the woman took the drug first, and he got addicted to drugs to help her.
"I really love her, you can see it, so she has been smoking for a long time and still refuses to quit."
The husband continued with a look of helplessness: "I thought to myself, how can it be so difficult to quit? So I started smoking too”
“Wow, it turns out that drugs are really hard to quit”
The same excuse came from both of them, and Afen’s performance was sympathetic, which is why Ali chose to help her many times.
Judging from the performance in the movie, Ah Fen wanted to quit from the beginning to the end, and even ran away with her children to avoid her husband. It is obvious that this drug addict has been pestering his wife endlessly and tempting her to take drugs.
However, if you pay attention to the details in the movie, you will find that her husband did not lie. The first person to take drugs was actually Ah Fen. She was lying to win Ali's sympathy.
At the beginning of the shot, Afen had already been injected at the root of the thigh. The reason why the injection was not in the arm was because no blood vessels could be found elsewhere.
In the subsequent plot, Louis Koo was about to inject Ah Fen, but he couldn't get it in. He said strangely: "Wow, why can't your blood vessels bounce back?"
Because people who inject drugs always inject drugs into their blood vessels. , leading to hardening of blood vessels, so she can only hit other places until there is nowhere left to hit, but more people will die before there is nowhere to hit. Judging from Louis Koo's performance, he obviously doesn't know this, which shows that his smoking time is shorter than A Fen.
Brother Kun suddenly got angry after eating caviar
In the film, Brother Kun, played by Andy Lau, has always been a hidden boss who is easy-going and easy-going. Except for the time when he got angry when he took a risk to ship goods, he rarely lost his temper at other times. However, the one time that Brother Kun made the audience puzzled the most The incident happened when Brother Kun and his family were dining in a high-end restaurant in Thailand. Faced with the waiter's behavior of weighing caviar by the gram, Brother Kun flew into a rage. He showed unprecedented irritability and scolded the waiter bloody. This There is also the famous scene of "one person, one can".
"Is there any mistake?! I asked the foreigner next door to see it and think I can't afford it."
"Who can eat such a small amount? One more can, one for each person!"
Why did Brother Kun post about the small can of caviar? Such a big hit?
Many people have mentioned the first reason - the caviar is weighed by the gram, which reminds the sensitive brother Kun of his true face, a white powder seller who will never be on the market.
Indeed, Brother Kun tried his best to take care of his family's feelings during the meal, and led everyone to taste fine wine and have a feast. When the waiter put the weighing on the table, Brother Kun's smile began to solidify. This was really too similar. He looked like he was making poison in the factory, and the ingredients that were so expensive that they could be called luxuries were carefully weighed.
It’s just that the “luxury goods” sold by Brother Kun are even more addictive. The bad memories brought back by Brother Kun were completely unbearable when the waiter started weighing, and that’s when he angrily scolded the waiter.
In addition to the first reason, I think the reason why Brother Kun was so emotional was also related to the fact that he had been hiding from the public in Hong Kong for a long time and suppressed his desire to consume.
Underground Emperor Lin Kun
Brother Kun, as the leader of the drug trafficking chain, although he does not control the entire underworld powder industry like lame , he can be regarded as a billionaire in terms of financial resources. Brother Kun controls most of Hong Kong The market's monthly turnover reaches 30 million. The deposit he placed with General Chachai in Thailand alone is 8 million U.S. dollars, not to mention his entire net worth.
From the perspective of financial performance, Brother Kun should definitely live a life in the top society, with luxury cars, bodyguards, celebrities and gentlemen. However, Brother Kun lives like a street rat in Hong Kong because he is a white powder seller and will never see the light of day. . When
fell ill, Brother Kun stayed in an ordinary small hospital instead of a private hospital.
When he came in and out, Brother Kun drove a classic car that even his daughter disliked.
Eating is just the food of ordinary people.
Brother Kun has a lot of money but no enjoyment. Is it because he is aloof and has no worldly desires? Not really.
After leaving Hong Kong and coming to Thailand, Brother Kun's performance proved that he was just an ordinary person who was greedy for food and money. In Hong Kong, he had to keep a low profile and spend it without spending money. When he arrived in Thailand, he became the emperor of Thailand. After the showdown, I stopped acting and started enjoying myself.
When he arrived in Thailand, Brother Kun showed his domineering attitude
When he came in and out, Brother Kun's classic car was replaced by a black luxury car.
When eating, go in and out of high-end restaurants and enjoy top-quality ingredients. After the meal, Brother Kun's wife, played by Anita Yuen , even said with red eyes and tears that Brother Kun hadn't eaten so freely in a long time. This shows that Brother Kun's family is still very repressed in terms of enjoyment on weekdays.
In Hong Kong, he is a sewer rat. When I arrived in Thailand, I was finally able to swagger with my chest out and enjoy my revenge. This kind of venting mentality may also be the catalyst for the caviar incident. In the original Cantonese version, when Brother Kun got angry, he especially emphasized the sentence "Let the ghost guy next door see it and think I can't afford it!"
This sentence actually explains it. Brother Kun is a person with a good face. He desperately needs the respect and admiration of others. In the later plot, when Brother Kun and his group passed through the village on an elephant, Brother Kun scattered the candy in his hand on the ground, causing the children to pick it up. , the children’s mothers saluted Brother Kun respectfully.
Brother Kun’s move is actually very interesting. Does he really like and care about children before going back to give them sweets? No, on the one hand, if it is really out of concern for the children, then he does not need to sprinkle the sugar on the ground and just buy a batch of sugar and give it to the villagers. On the other hand, then give a bag of sugar to each of the children. How many can there be?
is more like condescending charity than kindness. What Brother Kun needs is the pursuit of children and the awe of the villagers. In this foreign land where crime is unrestricted, Brother Kun, who has been suppressed for a long time, crazily satisfies his own pride in an almost pathological way. Therefore, When faced with a small spoonful of caviar provided by the waiter, Brother Kun exploded. He needed everyone present to look up to him, even if it was the dignity piled up with the crudest money.
Afen’s last entrustment
Afen has brought a daughter with her since she appeared on the scene. Although her mother is an addict, she often eats one meal and goes hungry three times, but the little girl is so well-behaved and sensible that it makes people feel distressed. She never makes trouble or makes trouble for the adults. trouble.
The little girl suffered too much with Ah Fen, and Ah Fen obviously understood that her body was dilapidated and could not survive much longer. Therefore, after meeting Ali, played by Daniel Wu, Afen saw that Ali was a kind-hearted person. Rather than handing over her daughter to her crazy husband, it was better to entrust Ali to take care of her.
There is a detail in the scene that everyone may have overlooked. Ah Fen once took out a notebook and pen from her daughter's small school bag. Tear off a page and put it in Ali's pocket.
At the end of the film, Ah Fen died of drug overdose. Ali made up his mind to eradicate drug dealers such as Lin Kun. After the dust settled, Ali decided to adopt the little girl. Ali's adoption requires the consent of his parents, so Ali said to Ah Fen's husband, played by Louis Koo, that your wife has signed it. In fact, it should be the piece of paper (of course, it is unknown whether it is legally binding).
Drug dealers care about their families, while police officers care about fame and fortune.
In previous anti-drug movies, family and affection were usually the weak points of anti-drug police officers and undercover agents. For example, in "Anti-Drug", anti-drug police officer Li Qiu, played by Louis Koo, has been protecting his wife and children. The drug dealers who have lost their humanity only have money in their eyes, and the contrast between good and evil, black and white is sharp.
Daniel Wu plays Ali
And in "The Disciple", director Er Dongsheng used a black and white blurry method to depict the image of drug dealers and anti-drug policemen beyond their facial masks through many small details, and designed "Drug dealers pay attention to their families" ", the anti-narcotics police focus on fame and fortune" 's conceptual structure.
The first is Brother Kun . As the leader of Hong Kong’s underground fan stalls, Brother Kun always emphasizes that good health and the safety of his family are the most important. After seeing his daughter smoking, Brother Kun angrily reprimanded her. The daughter talked back to Brother Kun and started to quarrel. The daughter turned away unhappy and walked away. Even in his anger, Brother Kun did not forget to shout to his daughter - - "Watch the car!"
In the end, Brother Kun also died for his family. After Brother Kun was arrested, his wife cried and begged him at the police station not to confess. Once Brother Kun confessed inside, people from all walks of life outside would kill all his family members.
My wife’s last request to Brother Kun is to let him go with peace of mind. For the sake of his children and his wife, Brother Kun must die before the police can pry out any information from him. Only in this way will the various forces outside believe that Brother Kun has not confessed them and let him go. family.
After hearing this, Brother Kun made up his mind and reassured his wife that he would give everyone an explanation. In the toilet, Brother Kun cut a blood vessel in his neck with a broken tile. Ali was shocked when he saw this, and Brother Kun's last request to Ali was - "Give me a little more time, I'm almost there" "
How ironic, facing Ali, whom he treated like his own brother, Lin Kun's last request was to hope that the other party would not save him and let him die smoothly. Only in this way can he save his family.
The customs officer played by Liao Qizhi only sees merit.
By some mistake, the customs team led by Liao Qizhi actually ambushed Ali who was carrying the goods. The customs beat Ali severely and asked him to reveal his hiding place. Unable to withstand the beating, Ali had to reveal his identity as an undercover agent to avoid the whole case. Anti-drug plan sabotaged by customs.
Liao Qizhi’s eyes lit up when he saw his achievements
Even though Ali reported the name of his immediate superior, the customs officer played by Liao Qizhi still had no intention of letting him go. When his subordinates persuaded him to stop, he was already dazzled by his achievements. Liao Qizhi said harsh words, and he would get the credit for today's achievement no matter what.
"Don't you want a promotion?"
Faced with the huge temptation of promotion, the customs team completely lost their minds. In order to get the credit, they did not hesitate to punch, kick or even beat the police undercover with a stick.
Facts have proved that the customs team's reckless advance has to pay a price. On the one hand, the team members suffered heavy losses when they broke through the den. The officer's hand played by Liao Qizhi was broken by a hammer, and the team members were hit by stray bullets.
On the other hand, the customs not only failed to take the credit, but also alerted the snake, making Lin Kun suspicious of Ali and putting Ali in danger.
