Chinese movies ushered in the most lively May Day period. There were 12 new films released, setting a record high for the same period. It was called "the most crowded May Day period in history." The film types cover spy films, romance films, suspense films and many other genres.
In 2021, Zhang Yimou is 71 years old. The fifth-generation directors of the same period no longer focus their lives on the film career, but Zhang Yimou is still active on the shooting scene and constantly tries new genres. This This time, he turned his attention to spy movies. Zhang Yimou is very good at shooting literary films. Mentioning this "National Master" level director, the audience can easily name "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "Raise the Red Lantern", "Alive", "No One Less", "Return", "My "Fathers and Mothers" and a long list of masterpieces in film history that everyone is familiar with.
Zhang Yimou is a master-level director. He has continuously won international film awards with literary and artistic films such as "Red Sorghum", "Alive", "Qiu Ju's Lawsuit", "My Father and Mother", and later with Commercial films such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" have achieved box office success in China and around the world, and their influence has spread far and wide in the world of film circles.
Zhang Yimou asked why he made a spy movie this time. He said: "I often choose scripts randomly. I happened to see Quan Yongxian's script and I was moved by the first line." He It continued: "The first words spoken by a couple of agents (played by Zhang Yi and Qin Hailu) after landing in the snow were: 'Find the children alive!' I think this sentence will pierce the hearts of the audience. It seems that he has a unique view of human nature, so he told a story with Quan Yongxian and adapted it into this movie. "The Hero's Instructions are so tearful
If you are an agent, you must work with him to perform your mission. What would you do if your loved one is separated? The Utra team consisting of Zhang Yi, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, and Liu Haocun was divided into two groups to perform the task. Before parting, Zhang Yi and Qin Hailu agreed to "find their children alive", while Zhu Yawen and Liu Haocun said goodbye with tears hanging in their eyes. Due to the betrayal of a traitor, the enemy has laid a dragnet and "would rather kill by mistake than let go". The four members of the Utra team face life and death threats anytime and anywhere.
The film "Above the Cliff" tells the story of what happened to four spies in the 1930s as they completed their missions. Zhang Yi plays Zhang Xianchen, Qin Hailu plays Wang Yu, and Zhu Yawen Chu Liang, played by Liu Haocun, and Xiao Lan, played by Liu Haocun, seem to be ordinary lovers, but in fact they are strictly trained spies. When they parachuted into the snowfields of the Northeast, the four people were separated, but what they didn't know was that someone had rebelled, and their whereabouts were being monitored at all times. Therefore, the name of the movie "Cliff" means that they are always facing danger.
In recent years, spy TV series have become a type of TV series that is loved and loved by the majority of audiences and netizens. "The Godfather of Disc Wars 3" starring Liu Yunlong in the TV series "The Conspiracy" and "Kite", and the TV series "Insidious" starring Sun Honglei and Yao Chen, etc., have become classic spy dramas and become the place for everyone to chat after dinner. But to a certain extent, the plot of Disc War has to be expressed in the medium of film, which seems to have gains and losses in terms of method.
In recent years, there have not been many spy films released in China, and it feels a bit abandoned. This is also because movies with this theme cost money and are easy to "hit the street", so this is why many directors dare not The reason for the collision is that whether "Above the Cliff" can become the pinnacle of domestic spy films depends on the May Day audience's liking. However, judging from the screening effect, it is indeed stable.
In the end, director Zhang Yimou succeeded in the challenge: "Compared with my past films, "On the Cliff" has a completely different flavor, that is, the visuals are outstanding, the rhythm is also very good, and the style is quite different. Strong, the difference is that this is the first time to film this type of film, and it takes a lot of effort to write the characters in the film well."
"Above the Cliff" is Zhang Yimou's first film. A spy film, it may also be the last one, because he rarely repeats himself, and the film is anti-traditional everywhere. It will be difficult to make such innovations in another one. In any case, "Above the Cliff" It is indeed a work of high quality and originality.