Recently, the movie "The Righteous" directed by Jiang Wen was released. I have always admired Jiang Wen's talented but not blindly following style, so I bought a ticket to watch it today. I thought about it on the way back after reading it and found it interesting, so I simply wrote down my thoughts.

I have to say that this is a very Jiang Wen-style movie, and the film begins with Shostakovich's "Jazz Suite No. 2" as the soundtrack. This song is very interesting because it is a clickbait style song whose title does not match its content. The era of Shostakovich's creation was a period when wars were constantly breaking out. The tone of most of the songs is obviously tragic and conflicting. This is very consistent with the tone of the film. I think it may be because the manuscript of the music has been published by the author. The song had such a strange name due to reasons such as being lost after changing hands. From the beginning of the song, it can be seen that the style of the song is not jazz but waltz. I think the director used musical metaphors to set the tone of the entire movie from the beginning—— Make a mistake and make a mistake. "Jazz Suite No. 2" should be Shostakovich's later work, written after 1936, that is, after he stopped writing operas. Although it is a waltz-style piece, no matter how grand and colorful the music becomes in the middle (to hint at the development of the plot), the feeling from the beginning is that the rhythm is heavy (fitting with the entire movie background). Although the latter part of the music still has the same melody However, the use of a horn (a French horn or some kind of horn I didn’t hear) was used to express glory and praise. The end of the song ended abruptly in a very loud cadenza, which gave a feeling of loneliness and melancholy under the heavy tone of the whole song. I think this song is well matched and fits the content of the movie very well. Peng Yuyan brought the brightness and brilliance to the heaviness of the entire film. After the male protagonist came back from the United States, he was very direct, very American, and very hormonal, and even a little inconsistent with the tone (the provocation was already done by himself) The 69-year-old Xu Qing in underwear, through six nine and sexy night, paved the way for the development of the subsequent plot), so some dramatic plots developed later. The whole movie is full of very pornographic and violent Jiang Wen-style appearances, but some key information is hidden. In the dark. The three characters of the male protagonist Li Tianran hide and fit his character and the roof he often flies to. After committing the crime, he left the name Yanzi Li San. There should be a lot of detailed information such as this.

The male protagonist Li Tianran, played by Peng Yuyan, has been calling the American who rescued him daddy from the beginning, but the actual person behind the scenes has been Lan Qingfeng, played by Jiang Wen. The American father had a true father-son love for Li Tianran, but Lan Qingfeng did not. The American father tried to sacrifice himself several times to save the hero. On the other hand, Lan Qingfeng, played by Jiang Wen, would rather do it out of war and national considerations. Sacrificing the ego, not to mention a few "chess pieces" in his hands, even his two sons had already been sacrificed. Because of the contradiction that the male protagonist avenges his teacher, as the situation develops, the situation becomes somewhat beyond Lan Qingfeng's control and expectation. He simply makes mistakes many times, adapts to circumstances, sacrifices the Americans, and goes out of his way to make trouble after Li Tianran saves him. He took a photo and simply asked him to make more noise outside. Finally, after the male protagonist successfully avenged his master, he rescued Lan Qingfeng. Lan said that they were even if they saved each other once. From now on, he didn’t need to call him daddy and went to find him. He would have his own child. At that time, he might have felt a little guilty about his natural simplicity and kindness. There are many ironies and insinuations in the film. The villain played by Liao Fan obviously killed the master and his family for profit but blamed it on the kind-hearted male protagonist. He also made an image of the male protagonist kneeling in front of the master, while the police chief he played was hypocritical. He said one thing and did another all day long and acted as a hero in front of the media. Later in the film, when Lan Qingfeng took the list given by the Japanese, the Japanese simply killed several spies trained by Lan on the spot and said they could distort the facts and let the media write it down the next day. What it is is what it is.