Second, another proof that it is enough to become a classic "The True Color of Heroes" is that many classic actions in the film have been told by the audience for many years and imitated by various films. For example, Wu Yusen, the action director of "Mark" holding matches, revealed that this classic action was designed by Fage himself. There is also an action of "burning money and lighting cigarettes".
Thirdly, Jing Wong, the great director whose acting skills exploded, as a good friend of Chow Yun-da, has an evaluation about "Mark" in Chow Yun Fat's "The True Color of Heroes", which is very telling. "This industry has ups and downs, and you have a lot of people looking for you; If not, maybe there won't be such an opportunity. Chow Yun Fat is not the first hero in The True Color of Heroes, otherwise he would play the role of Tommy Tam. He completely relied on his own strength to make this role shine and was recognized by everyone. At least I think so. "That is to say, if Chow Yun Fat didn't star in Kyle, the brilliance of this role might be completely covered up by Tommy Tam's Song Zihao. But because it was played by Chow Yun Fat, the role was deeply rooted in people's hearts. This is Chow Yun Fat's advantage.
First of all, it represents the establishment of Wu Yusen's violent aesthetic style. None of the previous Hong Kong films can bring the beauty of gun battles to this level, especially in the violent scenes of bloody pieces, which can still make people dare not hate but deeply indulge in the fun of the enemy in the film. This is a big breakthrough. Let's not talk about too professional movie vocabulary. Generally speaking, the gunfight in The True Color of Heroes can be said to be the peak of the gunfight plot in China's movies, a means to romanticize violence and a breakthrough.
Second, the interpretation of the theme of brotherhood reached its peak. The friendship between Mark and Hao Ge played by Chow Yun Fat, the brotherhood between Ajie and Hao Ge played by Leslie Cheung, and the themes of friendship and brotherhood in rivers and lakes were vividly interpreted in the film, so that a large number of films later chose friendship in rivers and lakes as the performance object, including the most classic "Young and Dangerous" series. In other words, the series "The True Color of Heroes" makes the movies with underworld theme full of human feelings, which causes people to think about Jianghu life from another angle.
Third, celebrate Chow Yun Fat and Leslie Cheung. Famous for a long time, Zhou and Reng Zhang are in the consolidation period. This film makes Chow Yun Fat's acting shine brilliantly, and makes the role of Mark one of the immortal characters in Hong Kong films, including when it comes to Chow Yun Fat today, no one will forget the elegant, humorous and affectionate Mark. If he is engaged in a proper career, Mark should be an example that all brothers should follow.
The True Color of Heroes is one of the representative works of Wu Yusen, a master of violent aesthetics. Created an era, Wu Yusen infiltrated the traditional martial arts spirit into modern rivers and lakes, and carried forward the spirit of "chivalry" and "righteousness" in rivers and lakes to the extreme. All the post-80s heroes in his mind are from The True Color of Heroes. After that, many gunfight films and gangster films tried to learn the chivalrous spirit of "The True Color of Heroes", but only learned the form, not the essence. There are a large number of fans not only in Hong Kong, but also in Asia and even in Hollywood, the United States on the other side of the ocean. South Korea once remake "The True Color of Heroes" called "Destiny", but it doesn't look like it. On the other side of the ocean, FACE/OFF, which is in the same strain as the hero, is also a rare classic, and John Woo also established his position as a Hollywood first-line director with this film.