疾病隐喻·身份焦虑·本土指涉:近年来香港地区警匪片的叙事策略

The Narrative Strategy of Recent Hong Kong region Gangster Films:Disease Metaphor,Identity Anxiety and Indigenous Reference

《拆弹专家2》《怒火·重案》《神探大战》是近年来香港地区警匪片的代表作,在创作策略上具有一些相通之处。一方面,疾病是理解三部电影文本的一大维度,无论是断肢所导致的身体残缺,还是罹患精神疾病的身心折磨,都为观众提供有别于主流英雄的另类形象。另一方面,就人物形象塑造而言,三部影片的主人公命运多舛,面对气焰嚣张的反派角色,他们常处于下风、孤立无援,复杂的过往经历也使他们存在一定的身份焦虑,需要面临内心深处关于善恶是非的频频拷问。此外,三部作品具有一定的香港地区本土指涉,以典型的香港地区都市空间和地标性建筑为故事背景,不但细致烹煮地道“港味”,探讨的议题也呈现出更加全球化的倾向,展现了香港地区电影人对于警匪片创作空间的叙事开拓和积极探索。

Shock Wave 2,Raging Fire and Detective VS.Sleuths as masterpieces of Hong Kong region police-and-bandit films in recent years share some similarities in the strategy of creation.On one hand,disease serves as a major dimension to understand the discourse of the three films.Whether it is the physical mutilation caused by the amputation of limbs,or the physical and mental torture caused by mental illness,all of them provide the audience with the alternative images of heroes different from the mainstream ones.On the other hand,in terms of the portrayal of characters,the protagonists of the three films are ill-fated.Faced with arrogant villains,they are often at a disadvantage and isolated.Their hard experiences also bring them into the anxiety of identity,and they need to bear frequent tortures about whether it is good,evil or right in their mind.In addition,the three films include a certain reference to Hong Kong region.With the typical urban space and landmark buildings of Hong Kong region as the settings of the stories,they not only present the authentic“Hong Kong flavor”,but also show a tendency of globalization in the selection of topics,demonstrating the development of narrative and active exploration of the space of gangster films creation by Hong Kong region filmmakers.