Emergency film evaluation

The Urgent Need was co-produced by Du Qifeng and Wei Jiahui, written by Qiu Naihai and directed by Tat-Chi Yau. Together with the basic cast of Du's films, such as CITIC,, and Raymond. To a certain extent, this film is also considered as a pioneering work of the collective appearance of "Galaxy Image". The film truly reproduces the life of Hong Kong firefighters in the form of disaster films, which is a rare work in Hong Kong movies to promote collective heroism. The film reflects the humanistic atmosphere of Hong Kong films everywhere, and under the simple production conditions, it shoots extremely real and spectacular scenes. In the film, Du Qifeng's ability to portray group images, flexible scheduling of big scenes and high-spirited heroic passion earned him the nomination for the best director of the Academy Award again, thus establishing his position among film directors in China. The natural and peaceful narrative technique adopted by the director makes the film more intimate and more easily accepted by the audience. Whether having soup together or joking about the relationship with Carman Lee, it shows a kind of warmth between people. The cooperation of firefighters at the scene of the fire and the charge at the critical moment further reflect the intimacy between the teams. Courage and self-confidence, Fang Zhongxin's composure, Huang Zhuoling's firmness and determination without losing the gentleness of women, and Raymond's passion are all displayed in front of the audience in a three-dimensional way. This civilian perspective, which is rare in Du Qifeng's films, has accumulated and paved the way for the climax in the later period of the film, making the final climax more powerful and impactful. In a traditional commercial action film, conveying the message of the main theme without affectation is the real demeanor of everyone. What is even more rare is that the film completely relies on the courage and wisdom of the filmmakers, and creates a shocking fire scene effect without the help of computer stunts. From this perspective, it is worthy of respect and praise.

Now let's look at Urgent Need again, and we can see the calmness and calmness of Hong Kong movies in those days. The story is about the work and life of a very ordinary fireman. If he were on the mainland, it would easily become the "main theme" of Gao Daquan. However, from the rare civilian perspective in Du Qifeng, everything is taking its time. In fact, when I first saw this movie, I thought it was like a TV series of TVB. TVB also has many TV dramas with the theme of disciplined forces. Several protagonists of a team are interspersed with tangled love in the process of solving crimes (curing diseases and fighting fires ...). Du Qifeng is from TVB and should be very familiar with this routine. He compressed a similar story structure into a short film of more than 90 minutes, which not only didn't seem cramped, but also made the audience's emotions gradually accumulate with the smooth development of several short stories. Finally, the climax of the mill fire came to an end soon, which made people look excited and hearty, and really had a style of everyone. The generosity of "urgent need" is reflected through the calm perspective of civilians. The hero of the film, the fireman, is a hero who saves lives in the fire, but he is also an ordinary member of peacetime life. They also have their own joys and sorrows, and a few short stories interspersed reflect the whole picture of their lives. The love between Liu Qingyun and Carman Lee started from work, which is also one of the essential main lines of commercial films. A story of Fang Zhongxin brought him back to his family; Huang Zhuoling realized the importance of new life in the process of work; Raymond has a deep affection between father and son, and there is also a process for newcomers to surpass themselves ... These stories actually don't just happen to firefighters. Each of us will experience the same thing. The only question is whether we can face them bravely like these firefighters. So in these trivial matters, the film also conveyed a very positive message. A trivial matter, not to mention a life-threatening event. "Saving a life is a life", just from this sentence on the poster, we can know that the film highlights heroism. Heroes with stunts in costume films may be far away from ordinary citizens, but in such a group of firefighters who are alive like us, the hero's behavior is not inferior to that of fictional heroes, and he feels more real. In a traditional commercial action film, Du Qifeng conveyed a message that can be said to be a very "main theme". It is really hard to get without affectation. The film was born in 1996. Political factors have begun to affect citizens' lives, and the immigration tide is surging. The attitude towards the difficulties brought by movies should give some enlightenment to Hong Kong people at that time. Du Qifeng is a master of collective portraits. Needless to say, Gunfire, which established its classic status, was also an extraordinary shot last year. Of course, when Urgent was born, the cool style of Galaxy images had not yet taken shape, so everything seemed to be a natural and peaceful narrative technique, which might be more easily accepted by ordinary audiences. Although the technique is plain, the intimacy between colleagues is beyond words. Whether drinking Raymond's dad's soup together or joking about the relationship between Liu Qingyun and Carman Lee, it is full of warmth between people. In the process of fighting fire and saving people, everyone cooperated seamlessly and charged ahead in times of crisis, which further reflected the intimacy between teams. Groups cannot live without individuals. As mentioned above, the film has created several flesh-and-blood protagonists by interspersed with events and actions. For example, Liu Qingyun is brave and confident, Fang Zhongxin is calm and slightly conservative, Huang Zhuoling is strong and decisive, and there is a feminine side. Raymond is full of passion and positive ... As can be seen from Urgent, the heroes in life may not be perfect, and they even have them. This is also the image created by Liu Qingyun, so it is easy for me to compare him in "Emergency" with him in "Anger in the Streets of Imperial Stormtroopers". It can be said that these two images are very similar. They are all warm-blooded men who are brave in the face of difficulties. One will risk his life alone to save people, and the other will fight with his boss to kill people. In other words, in the eyes of their immediate superiors, they are not a good subordinate and always get into trouble, but they are particularly popular with their colleagues. In the final analysis, the reason should still be "human nature." Under the background of rigid dogma and rules, heroes full of human nature are not only welcomed by colleagues around them, but also loved by movie audiences. Singing such a hero with the warmth of human nature is to meet the needs of ordinary audiences. Therefore, as a leader in the film, Fang Zhongxin didn't get along well with his subordinates at first. He is a relatively conservative person, but under the influence of Liu Qingyun, he also learned to be flexible, which made the whole team escape from the secular world and made the film have a happy ending. As an anti-traditional hero, I still remember the movie "The Declaration of Help" starring Zheng Haonan. In the film, Zheng Haonan is just an unidentified intern, but he confidently performed an extremely difficult operation on his beloved Michele Monique Reis, and saved his lover from death. I can't find such a confident image in today's Hong Kong movies. All I can see is fear, only chess pieces manipulated by fate, and only an unpredictable future. This may be a portrayal of Hong Kong people now, but when people are in doubt, they need inspirational works more.