"Flying Life": Han Han's "Mid-life Crisis"

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After experiencing the hollowness of "The End of Time" and the inheritance of "Riding the Wind and Waves", life has not sped up. Even though it's called "Flying Life".

The third film directed by Han Han is also his third autobiography. Different from "We Will See You Again" and "Riding the Wind and Waves", "Flying Life" is closer to the racing driver Han Han, the wild and unruly Han Han.

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Racing driver Zhang Chi (Shen Teng) has won the Bayinbrook Rally Championship five times, but was banned for five years for speeding in private road racing. Shen Teng, who was originally full of honors and had a successful career, plummeted in life. He was expelled from the racing team. All his former fair-weather friends shunned him, and Shen Teng completely became a loser.

The source of all this is a baby of unknown origin five years ago, who was abandoned on the roof of Shen Teng's car. Shen Tengsi thought about it and searched for his ex-girlfriend, but could not find the origin of the child. In the end, a paternity test showed that he was not related by blood. But Shen Teng adopted the baby boy. Later, in order to help him solve the problem of household registration and school district housing, he agreed to race with someone privately. (The child will appear to be six or seven years old in five years. Five years ago, he should have been only one or two years old. A one or two-year-old school district room is slightly unreasonable. There is no need to be so anxious)

During the suspension period, Shen Teng went bankrupt. He and his son support themselves by selling fried rice. But there was always a voice echoing in his heart, constantly reminding him to return to the track.

Finally, the five-year ban has passed. Shen Teng found the navigator who fought alongside him in the past and went through life and death, his best friend Yin Zheng. Yin Zheng has long hair hanging over his shoulders and a slender figure, making him look particularly slim. (We haven’t seen each other for five years, and it was actually a bit of a problem to find him until he regained his racing qualifications.)

Because Shen Teng’s driver’s license had long been revoked, in order to make a comeback, Shen Teng and Yin Zheng began to take the driver’s license test. trip.

The coach is still from the Happy Twist team, the same teacher in "Charlotte Trouble". The collision between the three naturally creates a lot of comedy sparks.

The driver's license problem was solved, but the two still needed a racing car, and the price of the racing car was at least one million. Shen Teng and Yin Zheng were unable to do anything, so they had to return to the original team and seek help from the manager. (The manager is still a Happy Twist, the coach in "The Richest Man in Xihong City", I believe it when he says it is a Happy Twist movie)

The manager politely refused, but thinking of his old relationship, he found them for them Originally used as a racing car frame. Due to years of disrepair, the frame was rusty and dilapidated.

On the other hand, Huang Jingyu, a rich second-generation racing driver, is gearing up and preparing his own rally plan. During the five years of Shen Teng's suspension, he rarely encountered an opponent and won five consecutive championships. But because outsiders believed that Shen Teng's absence was what made Shuzi famous, Huang Jingyu was extremely concerned about Shen Teng's movements.

Huang Jingyu found Shen Teng’s residence and said that he could provide sponsorship to allow Shen Teng to return to the competition, because he was going abroad next year and wanted to defeat Shen Teng personally before then, and mocked Shen Teng’s driving skills for more than ten years. obsolete technology. Shen Teng had a strong self-esteem and flatly refused his help, insisting that he could rely on his friends to make money. (Huang Jingyu appeared, with special effects for Leo and Shen Teng for Pegasus, as if they were enemies. What confused me was that Huang Jingyu and Shen Teng’s son looked like father and son. I thought there would be a plot similar to father and son recognizing each other later)

< p> Shen Teng and Yin Zheng secretly went to the team to transport their frames, but they were caught by the gatekeeper, who called someone to confront them. Suddenly, another friend of Shen Teng appeared, it was Ben Yu (father in "Never Expected"). Ben Yu was a top maintenance worker, but retired due to injury.

Ben Yu and the two of them got together, and the three old friends began to discuss how to build a racing car. Ben Yu thinks that it will cost at least 1.2 million, and the three of them will each report their deposits, which is far from enough. Ben Yu sat at the table and saw a finely constructed racing car in front of him. He calculated the cumulative price of the accessories needed to build such a racing car on the drawing. Eventually it will take a million.

Shen Teng and Yin Zheng once again ran around asking for help and friends, but wherever they went, their friends pretended to be drunk, cried poor, and tried their best to deal with them. Shen Teng and Yin Zheng were complaining about the lack of human kindness on the roadside. A man riding a bicycle passed by and called to Yin Zheng: "Beauty, give way!" Yin Zheng and Shen Teng immediately laughed.

Visit the master, who became a millionaire by selling the book "Either Success or More Success", but ignored the two of them.

The two then figured out a way to participate in a reality show and perform miserably to raise funds for sponsorship. But when we arrived at the reality show, Huang Jingyu was sitting at the judges' table. Shen Teng was embarrassed and had stage fright. He wanted to give up midway, but with Yin Zheng's encouragement, he still went on stage.

Because Shen Teng didn't want to speak, he printed the words "want to sponsor" on his coat. He had to zip up the coat to make his wish to "sponsor" visible. In the end, because the zipper was stuck and only the word "like" was visible, Huang Jingyu called on the audience to give him likes. (For the forced joke, you can definitely get an automatic speaker to shout. Even if you have to put it on your clothes, you can also print it on your shirt. Isn’t it faster to take off your clothes and reveal your words than to pull your clothes off? This is nonsense)

After many twists and turns, all efforts were in vain. Yin Zheng said that he knew an elder brother, so he took Shen Teng to meet him. The eldest brother is Tengger. The eldest brother asked them to print the name of his ex-girlfriend on their clothes. The two agreed. The eldest brother asked them to sing and dance. They had to agree even if they disagreed.

Shen Teng sings, and Yin Zheng dances (pole). It is the singing that helps the dance show off, and the dancing that reflects the singing. The two successfully secured sponsorship, bought accessories, and asked Ben Yu to assemble a racing car.

Finally, the frontier, the car race.

Yin Zheng accidentally had a car accident while driving a transport truck, damaging the transport car. In times of despair, Huang Jingyu came to earth like God and extended a helping hand to repair the car.

However, Yin Zheng was unable to compete due to injury, and Shen Teng lost his navigator and had to face the vast sandy frontier and winding and dangerous roads alone.

The race began and the cars started. Soon, some of the participating racers encountered various problems such as car failures. However, Shen Teng relied on his repeated meditation over the past five years and had already understood the devil's track. Knowing everything, knowing the road, everything is stable. Shen Teng's ranking quickly climbed up, approaching the number one Huang Jingyu.

But there was a sudden problem with the car. His friends advised him not to go at full speed, but Shen Teng made a desperate move, increased the accelerator, and pushed forward hard. Finally, he reached the finish line first, but the car was out of control, unable to stop, and drove off the cliff.

The film does not clearly explain whether Shen Teng lives or dies. In the post-credits scene, Shen Teng takes his son to compete in a fighter plane driven by his son's classmate father, a pilot. His car deforms, pops out its wings, and flies into the sky. (Personally, I think this is imagination. Shen Teng should have passed away, but in another sense, he was flying through life)

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Han Han’s life has three stages. The confusion in "The End of Time" is called youth; the excitement in "Riding the Wind and Waves" is called youth; and the depression in "Flying Life" is called middle age.

Han Han, who became famous at a young age, and Han Han, a young genius, is almost no longer confused. When people reach middle age, they will definitely lose the vitality of their youth and become mediocre. And the reason why Han Han is Han Han is that he must be different from ordinary people. The middle-aged Han Han is not content with the status quo and still has the edge of a young man.

I think Han Han has not always been sharp, sharp, and fierce. He should also have suffered some blows and appeared decadent. Just like Zhang Chi, played by Shen Teng, he was down and out and impoverished during the five years he was banned. Han Han may have experienced the crisis of middle-aged people, but he quickly got rid of it and became a racing driver again, returning to the track and racing through life. However, in reality, most people are not Han Han, and their lives are not speeding.

Back to the video. "Flying Life" can be regarded as a passable feature film and a good light comedy. All the paragraphs about soliciting sponsorship take up half of the film's time, and soliciting sponsorship is like piecing together three or five funny jokes. It is very trivial and lacks connection.

What is a story? The story must revolve around a center and have a thread that runs throughout. However, for half of the time of "Flying Life", there is a center but no clue. For example, the abbreviated part of soliciting sponsorship was infinitely extended and repeated, but it did not advance the plot in any way. If you delete two or three of the four or five middle paragraphs about soliciting sponsorship, you will find that it has no effect on the plot.

Han Han is obviously not good at telling stories and is more suitable for making up jokes. It's just that the jokes are funny, but if you put all the jokes together, it doesn't make a movie. For example, the movie version of "Unexpectedly" written by his friend named Zhu Yi Xiaoxing is the best negative teaching material.

However, as a light comedy, "Flying Life" is undoubtedly a superior work.

I didn't find the jokes in it very funny, but a large number of actors from the Happy Twist team joined in, and their passionate performances complemented Han Han's cold humor, creating a good chemical reaction.

Personal rating, "Flying Life" is an eight-point score, and it is well worth watching in the theater.

First published on the public account: Takemoto Utora