How to analyze the plot of violating power?

Jiang Wen's film The Universe is an absurd film with a strong self-style between Let the Bullets Fly and One Step Away.

Evil does not suppress right, which is divorced from the story framework of the original Hidden Man, focuses on the desperate struggle of various forces for revenge and ideals under an overhead historical framework. It is a commercial film that combines simplicity and metaphor, romance and cruelty, and bears Jiang Wen's personal brand.

Jiang Wen's movies always seem to have many characters, complicated clues and dense lines, which will be difficult to understand for a while. In fact, as long as you stick to the character line, you can basically understand the main idea of the plot.

Under the realistic historical background, Evil Doesn't Suppress Righteousness mainly centers on revenge represented by Black Lee (Eddie Peng Yuyan Yuyan), ideal represented by Lan Qingfeng (Jiang Wen) and reality represented by Zhu Ganlong (Liao Fan).

Black Lee is the main perspective of this film, and thinks that Master's revenge motive runs through the whole film, from a frivolous, timid and obscene lost teenager to an anti-Japanese hero with firm belief and courage to take responsibility.

At that time, Black Lee, who was 13 years old, witnessed Zhu Ganlong colluding with the Japanese, deceiving his teachers and destroying his ancestors. He was rescued by Dr. Gendler, an American, and sent to the United States for harsh special training.

When I grew up, I returned to Beiping for revenge before the July 7th Incident. Under the coercion and inducement of Lan Qingfeng and the strong dissuasion of his adoptive father Gendler, he was entangled in Tang Fengyi (), a social butterfly, and became a spiritual companion with Guan Zhou Yun, who also shouldered the mission of revenge.

Zhu Ganlong, the villain on the bright side of this film, is the object of the game. Although he was labeled as a nationalist, he was actually an out-and-out egoist. He always took the initiative in the difficult problems of public pursuit and secret coercion, and always relied on pragmatism.

At that time, Zhu Ganlong and Yuanichiro created a massacre. Later, with the help of the Japanese, Zhu Ganlong got the post of deputy director of the Beiping police station. Black Lee, bent on revenge, became Zhu Ganlong's menace; Lan Qingfeng secretly put pressure on Zhu Ganlong under the pretext of leaving a name in history; The "old partner" is basically undercurrent, hoping that with the help of Zhu Ganlong's strength, the Japanese will plunder North China.

It seems that Lan Qingfeng, who has the most complicated background and motivation, is a pure idealist and a ruthless showman, which is also the dark line main perspective of this film. He is the mastermind of the whole mystery. In fact, the whole problem is beyond his control and becomes more and more difficult to control.

As the initiator of the Revolution of 1911, he didn't get much benefit from it. However, the revolutionary ideal made him still stand on the side of the government of the Republic of China.

For the benefit of fishermen, Lan Qingfeng carefully set up a game. On the one hand, he tried to kill Yuanichiro through Zhu Ganlong, in order to win over the superficial nationalist Zhu Ganlong, expand the anti-Japanese forces, and even betray Black Lee's whereabouts; On the other hand, he secretly helped and guided Black Lee who didn't know the truth, assassinated Zhu Ganlong and Yuanichiro, and even killed Black Lee's adoptive father.

After the July 7th Incident, the tripartite forces broke out intensively. Finally, with the help of many parties, Black Lee killed Zhu Ganlong, realized the mission of revenge, and responded to the theme of "evil does not suppress right". However, there are still many places worth pondering and digging for the various characters and branches in the film.