Obviously there is a good cast and fashionable suspenseful themes, but the look and feel of "Prosecutors" is indescribably weird and awkward. When I saw the name of the director and screenwriter - Mak Siu Fai - all doubts were easily resolved. The problem with this film is not whether the story is exciting enough or the acting is dedicated enough, but that it went to the wrong set from the very beginning.
"Prosecutors" poster
The case that is the core of the narrative in "Prosecutors" is beyond words. Several villains almost wrote "I have a problem" on their faces, and the so-called suspense did not exist at all. But what is more terrible than this is that the film abruptly turns realism into surrealism.
This film is not so much a "prosecutor's situation" as a "police situation". On the surface, Li Rui played by Huang Jingyu is a prosecutor, but in fact he is an omnipotent detective expert, directly doing all the work that the public security officers should do It's all done. He is the one who reports the case, collects evidence, investigates, and finds someone to recover the data. On the contrary, he goes to court, which only takes up a small part of his daily work. From this point of view, Mak Siu-fai is indeed very concerned about the investigation process of criminal cases in the Mainland. I don't know.
Stills of "Prosecutorial Situation", Huang Jingyu as Li Rui
I don't understand it and I don't want to understand it. The director's choice is to directly move the Hong Kong gangster film to the mainland. Thus, we saw the following fantastic scene.
First of all, in reality, due to the recusal system, resigned prosecutors will not have any intersection with the original procuratorate. It is hard to imagine such a playful performance between prosecutors and lawyers in the mainland. But this film has to be very stubborn to arrange a pair of happy friends composed of Huang Jingyu and Bai Baihe. Why is there such an inexplicable love scene? There is no other reason. Isn’t this an indispensable configuration in Hong Kong movies? If Huang Jingyu and Bai Baihe are replaced by Lin Feng and Cai Zhuoyan, doesn’t it feel more natural?
"Prosecutorial Situation" stills, Bai Baihe as Tong Yuchen
Secondly, the prosecutor is the prosecutor, and the investigation is the investigation. It is necessary to arrange a stalking scene and an action scene for Wang Qianyuan very bluntly. It seems that the prosecutor has no kung fu and espionage skills, so he can't handle the case? It seems that simple court trials and investigations can't meet the needs of the director at all, so it's better to replace Wang Qianyuan with Miao Qiaowei.
"Prosecutorial Situation" stills, Yu Rongguang plays Yan Zhitian
Again, as the mayor of a city, Yan Zhitian played by Yu Rongguang actually ended up personally when he encountered something, and even directly gave Feng Shaofeng a gun. This is not the mayor, it is completely the style of the boss of the Hong Kong underworld. The director of a cultural relics management office became mayor step by step by buying officials, relying on the primitive accumulation obtained from buying and selling cultural relics? There is no need to change the actor, Yu Rongguang is very comfortable playing this kind of role, but his gesture of giving a report on the podium is really inconsistent.
Finally, is the three brother combination of Feng Shaofeng, Su Ke and Bao Beier familiar? Because of the sins of youth, the three were combined together, and there was a love-hate relationship between the two. Isn't this a classic combination in Hong Kong movies? The car fell off the cliff, pointed a gun at his brother, and couldn't bear to shoot at the sky. What age is he still doing this. These three people should be replaced by Aaron Kwok, Liu Qingyun and Zhang Jiahui, and the story will be established.
"Prosecutorial Situation" stills, Bao Beier as Chen Xin
If we pursue it further, there are still many details that seem familiar in this film. For example, the audience couldn't understand the meaning of the appearance of the library chubby played by Yue Yunpeng for the various funny scenes that appeared inexplicably during the investigation process, but when we saw him dancing to the music, we understood ——Isn’t this the clown who is indispensable in Hong Kong movies and used to adjust the atmosphere? Rather than letting Yue Yunpeng play the role, it is better to let the producer of the film Tian Qiwen directly.
All in all, "Prosecutors" has moved the routines of Hong Kong police and gangster films to the mainland, and it has taken the dross and discarded the essence. Not only did it fail to show the excitement and excitement that Hong Kong movies should have, but it also exposed the common flaws of Hong Kong movies, such as logical confusion and random fabrications.
The beginning of the movie is obviously a campus loan and rape case, but as the investigation progresses, it suddenly turns into a tomb robbery case many years ago. The imagination is really big enough; the suspect is found suddenly, and the suspect's backside is suddenly exposed. The behind-the-scenes manipulator suddenly found key evidence, and even Feng Shaofeng suddenly committed suicide in front of Wang Likun. The plot twists of the film basically make no sense; Although there are many characters in this book, almost none of them can be remembered.
Perhaps, "Prosecutors" is just a reminder to the vast number of Hong Kong movies "going north". If the advantage of Hong Kong films in the past was the assembly line industrial production, then this set is completely unacceptable in today's mainland film market. Neither studied the preferences of mainland audiences, nor spent time polishing the script and narrative, so the answer sheet handed in must not satisfy everyone. With the broadening of horizons and the improvement of taste, it is not easy to "please" today's mainland audiences. Not only Mak Siu-fai, but all Hong Kong directors must show their true skills if they want to further expand the market. Don't always think about "resting on your laurels".
