real. The Metabolic Renewal of Hong Kong Spirit - "One Second Boxer"

Frankly speaking, I had no expectations for Zhao Shanheng to direct "One Second Boxer" before entering the theater. The plot of the previous film "Rescue the Scavenger" was cumbersome and cliché, and another movie "Injustice" in which Zhao Shanheng and Lin Mingzhen participated. War", it's even worse. However, "One Second Boxer" is a well-structured and wonderful work, which well presents the understanding and outlook of the spirit of Hong Kong after the 1980s and 1990s.

The outline of the story is that Zhou Guoxian, who was born with a second of precognition, was discovered by Zhao Shanheng, the owner of the boxing gym, by chance, and then stepped into the ring to give full play to his one-second foresight, but he was fighting with the boxing champion (Thai actor Non. Decoration) To lose superpowers due to an accident before the game... The plot basically conforms to the basic routine of Japanese hot-blooded comics.

The episode of losing superpowers in the movie just contrasts with the "Gambler" in the 1990s, and contrasts the two completely different Hong Kong spirits. In "The Gambler", Ah Xing not only recovered his superpowers in a mysterious and wonderful way, but also ended with a thousand skills that surpassed the rules in the final gambling battle, which is in line with the flexible and flexible Hong Kong spirit of the eye-catching boy in the 1990s. In "One Second Boxing King", the protagonist has no obsession with recovering his superpowers. Instead, he focuses more on basic training and competes with the boxing champion in the ring. It can be seen that the spirit of Hong Kong has gone from slippery to today. Refinement is transformed into the pursuit of "truth" and fairness. The two spirits of Hong Kong are like two generations of Hong Kong people's different understandings of "one country, two systems", and in fact it is difficult to reconcile them. As for whether the new Hong Kong spirit can lead Hong Kong to go further and higher, it still depends on how the giant wheel of the times will run.

On the other hand, Zhao Shanheng, who wrote, directed and acted by himself, is very pleased with the convenient growth of the director. In the face of the lovable and lovely child star Xiong Zhuole and the Malaysian goddess Lin Mingzhen, the director can still maintain the narrative focus on the personal growth of the protagonist. So that the sincere father-son relationship will not be reduced to selling dog blood, and the goddess's still a bit blunt performance will not become a disaster. The most valuable thing is that the director Zhao Shanheng's own performance is just right. It makes people feel that Zhao Shanheng, who has been involved in both music and film, has unlimited potential.

Finally, I have to mention that Zhao Shanheng can target Southeast Asia with a market population of about 650 million people, actively try to make co-productions with Southeast Asia, and recruit Southeast Asian actors in the casting, even in the soil of great cultural diversity. It is a combination of courage and vision to allow creative freedom to play. I wish the upcoming "One Second Fighter" will be a big hit at the box office and further open up the mutually beneficial market between Hong Kong and the Southeast Asian film industry.

One second boxing champion Zhao Shanheng
2021

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