Dark Knight II

The film directed by Tsui Hark in 2002
synonym Dark Knight 2 (Dark Knight 2) Generally refers to Dark Knight II
In 1996, a film, "The Dark Knight", made Tsui Hark and the hero Jet Li successfully enter the American market. In 2002, Tsui Hark directed the film "The Dark Knight II" again, and employed new actor An Zhijie as the leading actor. An Zhijie practiced Kung Fu in Shaolin Temple for a month before shooting the film. Since "The Dark Knight II" is mainly in the American market, the dialogue in the play was originally in English, and it will be re paired with Cantonese when it is released in Hong Kong. In order to increase the localization effect, the film company used the unprecedented star Kashi to dub the Cantonese version of The Dark Knight II, whose lineup includes Andy Lau, Cecilia Cheung, Chen Xiaochun, Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo and Tan Yaowen >>>
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A film in 1996《 Black Knight 》Order Tsui Hark And the hero Jet Li Successful access to the US market. In 2002, Tsui Hark directed the film "The Dark Knight II" again, and employed new actor An Zhijie as the leading actor. An Zhijie practiced Kung Fu in Shaolin Temple for a month before shooting the film. Since "The Dark Knight II" is mainly in the American market, the dialogue in the play was originally in English, and it will be re paired with Cantonese when it is released in Hong Kong. In order to increase the localization effect, the film company used the unprecedented star Kashi to dub the Cantonese version of "The Dark Knight II", whose lineup includes Lau Andy Cecilia Cheung Chen Xiaochun Liu Qingyun Louis Koo Tan Yaowen and many other celebrities in the performing arts circle, while Cecilia Cheung plays a young foreign boy. Chen Xiaochun Play the villain in the film.
Chinese name
The Dark Knight II
Foreign name
Hak hap 2 /Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Other translations
Dark Knight II City Mask/Dark Knight 2
Type
Action, plot, science fiction
Production company
China Star Group Co., Ltd
Production area
Hong Kong, USA
Director
Tsui Hark
Starring
An Zhijie Tobin Bell Joe Borito Teresa Herrera Tyler Mane Scott Atkins
Length
102 minutes
Release time
December 24, 2002
Dialogue language
English, Japanese
Production time
December 24, 2002

Synopsis

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The mysterious military organization led by Zeus uses genetic cell mutation technology to stimulate human potential, transform ordinary people into weapons of killing, and then monopolize them to organizations in need for profit. Strong wind( An Zhijie () is one of them, but he doesn't want to become a weapon of killing. He secretly escapes and changes his name to the Black Knight. He fights the tyrant and pacifies the good in all parts of the world. Since his mutation process is not completely over, he also needs to visit genetic engineering experts to extend his life.
Zeus sent a remoulding warrior Liang who was as powerful as the strong wind( Scott Atkins Adornment) Chase and kill the world's famous genetic experts, and also capture the strong wind alive. On the other hand, scientist Molo is also studying the mixing of animal genes and human genes, but because the key technology cannot be broken through, he has created a group of monsters that are half human and half animal. He found that the blood of the black knight can help him complete his research, so he sent wolves, iron claws, snakes, chameleons and other monsters to hunt the black knight, and the black knight was immediately attacked from behind, We must rely on the power of one person to fight with two evil forces [1]

Cast

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An Zhijie Ornament Black Mask [2]
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Teresa Herrera Ornament Marco [2]
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Ke Shouliang Ornament Sergeant [2]
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Joe Ballito Ornament king [2]
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Scott Atkins Ornament beam
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Remarks Zeus sent the reforming soldiers to hunt down the strong wind
Traci Lords Ornament Chameleon [2]
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Behind the scenes production

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Tsui Hark Drive Hollywood In the second part of the excellent "Dark Knight" series, Chinese American star An Zhijie plays Jet Li's original role as the "Dark Knight". An Zhijie was born in the United States. He received the physical training of the devil in Shaolin Temple. He also competed with Jet Li in martial arts. His skill is vigorous and flexible.
"The Dark Knight" shows modern kung fu warfare, while "The Dark Knight II" emphasizes the future action warfare that is linked to the future sensitive technology of mankind and integrated into the prospect. The film continues the "Black Hero"'s signature costumes: black hat, black mask, black clothes, and also continues his movement characteristics: swift action, soaring eaves and walls, strong strength, and good at Chinese kungfu.
Columbia has purchased the distribution rights of the film in Europe and the United States. The version of the film released in Hong Kong was Liu Qingyun Lau Andy Cecilia Cheung Tan Yaowen Louis Koo It can be seen that they are highly valued.
Tsui Hark, who is good at "new wine in old bottles", chose DNA The sensitive subject of human body transformation follows the route of science fiction and martial arts. The story tells of a mysterious military organization that uses DNA mutation technology to transform a group of warriors into killing machines. There is an unstable rebellious gene in the mutant Kang Feng's body, so he fled from the organization to seek a doctor who can help him become a normal person. While fleeing the pursuit of organizations, he found another organization that implanted animal genes into the human body to achieve gene mutation. In order to protect innocent people, Gang Feng became a "black knight" and had to face more severe challenges
In order to seek a breakthrough, Tsui Hark also selected an unknown newcomer An Zhijie from the United States to play the leading role. An Zhijie also expressed his hope to become a Chinese martial arts star who became famous in the international film world after Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Film evaluation

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After experiencing the box office fiasco of Shushan II, Tsui Hark launched his new novel The Dark Knight II at the end of 2002. As a sequel to The Dark Knight I, Tsui Hark did not use the protagonist of the first episode Jet Li (It is said that the problem is due to the schedule), the new person An Zhijie Be responsible for the task. The newcomer who just came back from the United States has a strong and flexible body and looks somewhat similar to Jet Li, but I feel that Tsui Hark is a bit solemn and stirring for such a big movie with such an unknown newcomer.
The plot of the film is not complicated. It is about a mysterious military organization led by "Zeus" who uses DNA mutation technology to transform a group of warriors into a group of killing weapons to control the world. Among these variant killing weapons is a Chinese warrior named Gang Feng (played by An Zhijie). He and Doctor Lang are the strongest killers under Zeus, but at the same time there are unstable rebellious genes in their bodies. Gang Feng defected from the organization before the process of cell mutation in his body was completed. In order to become a human being and return to justice, he became a "black knight", and only the "black knight" could stop the plan of "Zeus"
When I first saw this film, I was always worried about it. I was afraid it was another Shushan style film, full of flashy computer special effects that made people dizzy. Fortunately, Director Xu finally learned a lesson. Although there were many special effects in the film, most of them were well combined with fighting scenes, although they were flashy, they were also real, A lot of action scenes and character modeling are a little bit like the fighting game animation. Especially when introducing several fighting masters, it is a copy of the street bullies. I can't help but recall the scene of playing truant and playing games in my childhood, hehe. Director Xu's editing level is really good An Zhijie This person who doesn't know martial arts can't beat Jet Li His skill is inferior.
Many people want to analyze the connotation of the film. It seems that comments are not comments without some depth, and films are not films. I don't think so. Now people's life pressure is so big and fast, what's wrong with such a fast food movie to relieve the pressure? It's better than a bad French steak. Remember《 hero 》An unknown reporter asked Zhang Yimou What is there in the film other than fighting? Hehe, maybe this movie is not to his taste, but it is to my liking. Let all my friends who like to watch fights go to watch fights with me. As for the reporter, it is obviously not suitable for him here. His height is far above the clouds. Maybe there is his heaven.