＂Stealth＂ Chengdu Roadshow! Andy Lau： Make good choices in life

1905 movie network news With the release of the film, more and more viewers began to pay attention to the hidden details in the film, such as Lin Jinan (played) after the death of his wife, no longer wear light-colored clothes, clothing from white to black, and even only wear a high collar. These are all hints of Lin Jinan’s complete blackening and gradual closure of his heart. Xiu Hao’s braids are tied up and put down, representing two different states of "gangster" and "police" respectively. Some viewers commented that "Vivian didn’t wear high heels at her own wedding, she must cherish this child with Lin Jinan very much." Many details set off a discussion on the Internet. The literary drama in the movie was also praised by the audience as "the best Hong Kong film of the year", no longer piling up simple gunfights and explosions, but patiently polishing the characters’ dialogue to show the complexity of human nature, and even making the blank space quite meaningful.

On December 31st, the national roadshow of "Stealth" came to Chengdu. Andy Lau, the producer and star of the film, and the chief producer Li Yaping, actors, appeared and interacted after the screening to accompany the audience to spend the last day of 2023. The creators learned dialects with the Chengdu audience on the spot, and sent everyone New Year’s wishes in Sichuan dialect. Andy Lau was also pleasantly surprised to receive a poster in the shape of Lin Jinan made by the fans with 1,200 ticket stubs and a chorus of more than 400 people in the audience. The atmosphere was warm and touching. A police officer from Chongqing was deeply moved after watching the movie. Based on his own experience as a police officer, he expressed his deep resonance for the efforts and hardships of the three generations of police officers in the film to combat drugs, and praised the film for "sounding the alarm for society".

No one survived Lin Jinan’s family, and Andy Lau lamented that "you have to make good choices in life"

"I’m afraid when I see plastic bags" Zhu Jianran left behind "sequelae" after filming waterboarding scenes

In the movie, the death of Lin Zhuan’an’s wife and daughter was a devastating blow to him. When talking about this scene at the roadshow, Andy Lau couldn’t help crying. He said that when Lin Zhuan’an decided to stay with his daughter after his wife died, the scene he least wanted to see happened – "The daughter also left". At that moment, Lin Zhuan’an’s heart was filled with despair and resentment, and the remaining reason also completely collapsed, and he began to take revenge at all costs. But in the end, no one survived and everything was lost. So Andy Lau also borrowed the ending of Lin Zhuan’an’s family to sincerely express that "in life, you must make a good choice and choose a right path".

The audience was curious about Liu Yashe’s sister-in-law, Vivian, because there are many details in the movie that suggest that Vivian actually has a rich story line behind it. Liu Yasse shared this. In fact, Lin Jinan’s drug-related beginning was to use drugs to help Vivian get rid of anxiety and depression, but because of this, she got deeper and deeper in the wrong path. She also said that even though Vivian’s mood seemed so stable, in fact she "tried to live with the last bit of strength." But Vivian, who even struggled to live, burst into a powerful force to block the shot for Lin Zhan at a critical juncture. The ending of the two knowing each other and loving each other, but doomed to be unable to stay together, also made the audience sigh again and again.

Zhu Jianran, a young actor who plays Anan, an undercover police officer, has also received a lot of attention this time. In the film, Anan is tortured by waterboarding, and the audience gasps for breath, and Zhu Jianran also shares the various behind-the-scenes scenes of the waterboarding scene. He spends two to three hours a day just wearing special effects and makeup. After wearing it, one eye cannot be opened, and he bluntly says that "I am not used to it". And when the weather suddenly cools down during the shooting, Zhu Jianran starts to tremble involuntarily in the frequent groundwater. But in any case, Zhu Jianran calls them "good elements that let me into the play". In his eyes, whether the scene is well acted or not is far more important than whether he is comfortable. Zhu Jianran also joked at the scene that since he was almost suffocated by the plastic bag cover filled with water, he had left behind "sequelae", and now "I am afraid when I see the plastic bag".

From "Passerby A" by Andy Lau’s side to "Sister-in-law" Liu Yasse encourages everyone with his own experience

Chief producer Li Yaping shares the behind-the-scenes of the creation. Live drug trafficking is not only "new" but also "meaningful".

Chief producer Li Yaping also came to the post-screening exchange today, sharing with the audience the behind-the-scenes story of the film’s creation direction. In the film, new elements such as live drug trafficking make the audience feel the "new look" of Hong Kong films, and Li Yaping also shared the significance of integrating live drug trafficking into the film. She said that "technological progress has also brought about changes in the form of crime," so the film shows Lin Jinan transferring drug trafficking venues from offline to online. And this is also a little bit of the film’s creators’ exploration of dark web crime, to remind everyone that "there are many dark sides of the online world that are not known".

On the occasion of the coming of this New Year, Liu Yasse also looked back at the past with emotion, from the "passer-by A" who stood next to Andy Lau in 8 years ago to the "sister-in-law" next to Andy Lau in "Stealth", she used the title "Stealth" as a metaphor, sincerely saying that "we all sneak silently for a long time before surfacing to be seen", and this is the New Year’s power that the movie hopes to give everyone. Keep working hard, sneak silently, and everyone’s efforts will be seen!

The movie "Stealth" is produced and directed by Andy Lau, acting as an action director, starring Andy Lau, Lin Jiadong, and Arthur Lau, with a special performance, Zheng Zeshi, starring, and Zhu Jianran’s friendly performance, which is currently being screened.