制作[编辑]
构思[编辑]
在完成前作的剧本后，路阳和制作团队认为可以依靠丰富的人物设定进行展开，同时又不想拘泥于前作。兼制宁浩为此提出了“不破不立”的思路，于是制作团队重新设定了舞台，并对前作的人物进行重新描写[1][2]。路阳表示《绣春刀II：修罗战场》虽然打破了与前作的种种联系，但仍与前作保持着不明显的关联[3]，与平行世界有点相像[4]。在前作中已建立起锦衣卫的世界，于是在这次续作中路阳想给观众展现锦衣卫恐怖威严感又自身难保的形象[2]。
在故事的编排上，创作人宁浩此次担任了兼制[5]，他认为需要探讨整个故事的气质与主题[3]。在宁浩的高标准下，路阳便构思出了其中有两个完整的剧本的四个不同故事。最终宁浩肯定了四个故事中一个仅有开头的故事：喜欢收藏画的锦衣卫偶遇了画的主人，但锦衣卫并不知道这个人就是画主[1]。路阳称“两个人在这样的一个情况下相遇，我觉得这样的人物关系会非常有趣，很有可能性[2]。”同样是在宁浩“把（在《绣春刀》中除掉魏忠贤的）逻辑线解放出来”的建议下，制作团队将故事的节点选择在1627年明熹宗乘船落水一事，并将这一时期的历史结合想象组合而成[3]。在情节上，路阳强调剧中的人物只是江湖人士而非武林高手，他们最为希望的是能活过今天，而不是装帅杀人[6]。
拍摄制作
《绣春刀II：修罗战场》是2017年的中国动作片武侠片，也是2014年《绣春刀》的前传，由路阳指导、宁浩编剧、张震、杨幂、张译及雷佳音等主演。本片发生在明朝末年国势衰微，以魏忠贤为首的阉党控制朝政，信王朱由检联合暗中的反魏势力与阉党斗争下，锦衣卫百户 沈炼因救助女画师北斋（妙玄）而卷入这场残酷的政治斗争，多次想要脱身却又愈陷愈深，在这场斗争中亦让沈炼更加希望能换一种生存方式，渴望自由的生活，最终在即位后的朱由检的宽容下得以幸存。
在前作于2014年8月上映两个月后路阳开始筹划续作的剧本，其雏形成形于路阳创作的四个故事中的一个。在剧本完成前制作团队用了三个月的时间写成提纲。在2016年3月制作团队对外发布将开始拍摄续作的消息，原计划在2017年8月上映，最终《绣春刀II：修罗战场》在2017年7月19日在中国大陆正式上映。
剧情简介[编辑]
明万历47年（1619年）萨尔浒之战，明朝动员八万三千馀人，另有朝鲜、海西女真叶赫娜拉部一万馀人，分三路进军，中伏后明军惨败；从死尸堆中爬出来的沈炼，杀了三名正在处决三名明军俘虏的后金鞑子，救下明军中路军左翼山海关总兵杜松（陕西省延安卫人）麾下守备陆文昭。
八年后，明天启七年（1627年），已转任锦衣卫多年的沈炼，正在北京城明时坊金陵楼，调查内官监掌印太监郭真被杀案……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rAJSNNOMgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqEKBw2wjrs&t=3365s in English
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield
| Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Lu Yang |
| Screenplay by | Lu Yang Chen Shu |
| Produced by | Ning Hao Wang Yibing |
| Starring | Chang Chen Yang Mi Zhang Yi |
| Cinematography | Hang Qiming |
| Music by | Kawai Kenji |
| Production companies | J.Q. Pictures Hua Man Shan (Shanghai) FILM Free Whale Pictures Dirty Monkey Films |
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| Country | China |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | CN¥263 million[1] |
Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield (Chinese: 绣春刀II修罗战场) is a 2017 Chinese wuxia film directed by Lu Yang. It is a prequel to the 2014 film Brotherhood of Blades.[2] Set in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the story follows Shen Lian, captain of the embroidered uniform guard (锦衣卫; pinyin: Jǐnyīwèi) the imperial secret police of the court, as he searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him, his colleague Pei Lun and a young woman named Bei Zhai. Starring Chang Chen, Yang Mi and Zhang Yi, the film was released in China on July 19, 2017.[3]
Plot[edit]
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The film starts with the Battle of Sarhu, where the Ming dynasty army has been overrun by the Later Jin forces. A Ming soldier, Shen Lian, saves Lu Wenzhao from Jin soldiers who were rounding up and executing any remaining Ming soldiers.
8 years later, Shen Lian (Chang Chen) is a Captain of the guards in Southern Beijing. Lu Wenzhao is his superior officer who endears himself to the higher-ups by using any possible way. On a case related to the death of Master Guo, he is forced by a rival Lieutenant Ling, to pursue and arrest his subordinate Yin Cheng for an alcohol-induced rant against the Chongzhen Emperor. However, Yin Cheng commits suicide. To pray for his subordinate's soul to be released from purgatory, Shen Lian buys Bei Zhai paintings from a monk, Master Jinghai, who commends Shen Lian on his frequent purchase of Bei Zhai paintings. On his way, he gets caught in the rain, and is offered shelter under an umbrella by an unknown woman, who, despite him being in the Imperial uniform, is not afraid of him.
At the same time, Lu Wenzhao is trying to appease the powerful court eunuch Master Wei to gain his favor. Accordingly, he orders Lieutenant Ling, Master Wei's nephew, to kill Bei Zhai, who is maligning Master Wei's reputation through her paintings. Shen Lian tags along to see if its Bei Zhai, the painter. On reaching the house, they discover that Bei Zhai (Yang Mi) is a woman, the same one who gave Shen Lian shelter from the rain. When Lieutenant Ling tries to rape Bei Zhai before killing her, Shen Lian protests, and a fight erupts between the two, which culminates in Shen Lian accidentally killing Ling. Bei Zhai, having witnessed this, escapes, with Shen Lian too injured to pursue her. Shen Lian covers up his role in Ling's death and gives a statement that two assassins ambushed them and killed Ling. The case is being handled by Captain Pei Lun, who seems to have a dislike for Captain Shen Lian. It is later revealed that Yin Cheng was Pei Lun's only friend, and that he hates Shen Lian for the death of Yin Cheng.
A group of assassins contact Shen Lian to reveal that they know of his role in Ling's death, and that they will expose him using Bei Zhai if he does not set fire to the Imperial Archives. Left with no other choice, Shen Lian complies, but deduces that the assassins were actually targeting the construction log book of a dragon ship that sank on Lake Taiye with the Chongzhen Emperor on board. The log book could furnish evidence that this was an attempt on the life of the Chongzhen Emperor, who has been bedridden with pneumonia ever since the sinking. Shen Lian burns the archive, but keeps the log book. When the assassins, having seen that the archive has been burnt, try to kill Shen Lian, he threatens them with the exposure of the log book if anything happens to him. He offers to exchange Bei Zhai for the log book and leaves. Shen Lian later encounters Bei Zhai at his home; she is looking for the log book, which is important to keep the name of the man she loves being maligned. Captain Pei Lun mistakes her for Shen Lian's wife.
After imprisoning Master Jinghai, who is the only known person who sells Bei Zhai paintings, Pei Lun deduces Shen Lian to be involved in Ling's murder, and presents his findings to Lu Wenzhao privately. However, it turns out that Lu Wenzhao is working with the assassins and stabs Pei Lun in the back, who escaped barely alive to be found by Shen Lian and Bei Zhai, who nurses him and reveals her true identity. Bei Zhai tells that person she loves had saved her life years ago when her family was murdered for expressing their views against the Chongzhen Emperor, and that he had promised her to end the brutal rule of Master Wei and all those associated with him. Seeing that Bei Zhai intends to go to any length for the man she loves, Shen Lian allows her to leave with the log book, but she returns to him to help him and Pein Lun on seeing that they have been branded as criminals.
Shen Lian deduces that the Prince Zhou Youjian was Bei Zhai's lover, and goes to him to return the log book and keep Bei Zhai safe. However, the Prince, on seeing that Bei Zhai might be a loose end which could be used against him, offers Shen Lian freedom in exchange for him killing Bei Zhai. Shen Lian refuses, and leaves Beijing with Pei Lun and Bei Zhai, intending to go to Suzhou. However, the Prince orders his assassins, including Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying to pursue and kill them. At the same time, the Prince succeeds in convincing the eunuch Master Wei that he is being targeted by Lu Wenzhao, which prompts Master Wei to order the soldiers to eliminate Lu Wenzhao and everyone associated with him.
When Lu Wenzhao catches up to Shen Lian's group, Shen Lian convinces Bei Zhai to cross over to Yi mountain alone via a rope bridge, with him and Pei Lun staying behind to stop the pursuing forces. Though Shen Lian and Pei Lun get the better of Lu Wenzhao and Ding Baiying, the imperial forces ambush both groups, and Lu Wenzhao realizes that he has been played for a fool by the prince. Both groups try and fight back the imperial forces together. On seeing that Shen Lian might be in danger, Bei Zhai returns, which prompts Shen Lian to cut off the rope bridge to keep her safe. While Pei Lun, Ding Baiying and Lu Wenzhao are killed, Shen Lian is revealed to have survived and in prison. When the Prince comes to power, he expels Master Wei from the Royal Court, and reinstates Shen Lian as an Imperial soldier, though this time as a Lieutenant, which is the premise for the first movie, Brotherhood of Blades.
Cast[edit]
- Chang Chen as Shen Lian
- Yang Mi as Bei Zhai
- Zhang Yi as Lu Wenzhao
- Liu Duan Duan as Chongzhen Emperor
- Lei Jiayin as Pei Lun
- Xin Zhilei as Ding Baiying
- Chin Shih-chieh as Wei Zhongxian
- Li Yuan as Ding Chong
Director[edit]
Lu Yang graduated from Beijing Film Academy and has a master's degree in directing. His first feature My Spectacular Theatre (2010) won the Audience Award at Busan International Film Festival 2010. Brotherhood of Blades (2014) is his second feature.
Reception[edit]
The film has grossed CN¥131 million in China.[1]
角色及演员[编辑]
| 角色 | 演员 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|
| 沈炼 | 张震 | 锦衣卫北镇抚司百户（正六品）。因为喜欢北斋的画，而买了她的画，因一次大雨，遇到给他拿伞遮雨的北斋，跟北斋第二次相遇是因为跟凌云铠被派去杀了北斋，发现就是上次帮他撑伞的女孩，因为凌云铠杀掉北斋之前想要先强暴她，为了救北斋，被凌云铠认为跟北斋是同伙的，怕凌云铠告状，打斗间误杀了凌云铠，北斋到他家后得知她跟丁白缨是一伙的，为了逼她说出她背后的利益集团，将她沉入了湖底，但还是没忍心让她死去，又把她从湖底救了出来，从心软的那一刻就已经爱上了北斋了，最后在吊桥上北斋告诉他自己的真名叫做妙玄，被抓回紫禁城后，信王登基为皇帝后就赦免了他，并让他继续担任锦衣卫，但被降职为北镇抚司总旗（正七品）。 |
| 陆文昭 | 张译 | 锦衣卫北镇抚司千户（正五品）。喜欢丁白缨。于最终之战时被信王的军队胡乱砍死。 |
| 魏忠贤 | 金士杰 | 内宫秉笔太监，东厂提督，阉党党魁。 |
| 刘妙玄 （北斋） | 杨幂 | 画师。扬州知府 刘铎之女，因画的图被说有讽刺朝廷，被派来杀她的沈炼与凌云铠而得知她是北斋，凌云铠本想一刀杀了她，因被她的美貌吸引，而起了色心，被凌云铠拉到床上强暴，后被沈炼阻止而获救，喜欢朱由检（信王），相信著信王是真心爱她，并不相信沈炼说自己已经成为朱由检谋反的漏洞和破绽，直到追兵追到了吊桥上，她才恍然大悟，在吊桥上告诉沈炼自己的真名叫做妙玄，最后发现自己爱上沈炼，后来到杭州隐居画图，画了沈炼并思念他。 |
| 丁白缨 | 辛芷蕾 | 侠女，倭刀术戚家刀法传人。喜欢陆文昭。于最终之战时被信王的军队胡乱砍死。 |
| 丁翀 | 李媛 | 侠女，手执一盾一刀，丁白缨的徒弟。 |
| 丁泰 | 吴晓亮 | 侠客，手执狼牙棒，沈炼在与他打斗时发觉他其实是原明边军，后来准备用狼牙棒打死裴纶时遭射两枚毒暗箭反击因而中毒身亡。 |
| 裴纶 | 雷佳音 | 锦衣卫南镇抚司百户（正六品），原为锦衣卫北镇抚司，后因查都察院都御史的黑帐而被贬至南镇抚司，是只笑面虎，在办案时通常都是笑著办事，但只要一有不对就会下重手，因此被人所忌惮，也因而只有殷澄这一个朋友。喜欢抽烟与吃东西，但吃相十分难看。在遭陆文昭等人刺杀时成功逃离并被沈炼与刘妙玄救起。于最终之战时被信王的军队胡乱砍死。 |
| 凌云铠 | 武强 | 锦衣卫北镇抚司总旗（正七品），魏公公的外甥，沈炼的死对头，与沈炼被皇帝派去抓被判为逆党的北斋，竟发现北斋是个漂亮女人，本想杀了北斋，但因北斋的美貌而犹豫并起了色心，想先强暴北斋这个弱女子后再杀了她，后被沈炼阻止，沈炼因看不下去自己喜欢的北斋被玷污在与他打斗时遭误杀。 |
| 朱由检 | 刘端端 | 信王，也就是后来的崇祯帝，北斋的爱恋对象，喜欢北斋，之前北斋被灭门后当了瘦马而投湖自尽，当时不忍心因而救了北斋并承诺他会铲除魏忠贤他们，但其间为了皇位跟权力利用北斋对他的信任，后来认为北斋透漏她的谋反而派兵想杀了北斋。 |
| 殷澄 | 杨轶 | 锦衣卫北镇抚司小旗（从七品），因酒酣耳热之际口出欺君犯上之言，被锦衣卫北镇抚司总旗-凌云铠就地捉拿要打入诏狱，因不愿入诏狱而在沈炼面前自刎。 |
| 郑掌班 | 峰超 | 东辑事厂（东厂）的掌班公公。 |
| 净海 | 袁文康 | 永安寺住持，被裴纶在来访用斋餐时试探审讯关于北斋画作赠与何人之事而后被押入诏狱。 |
| 朱由校 | 王仁君 | 明熹宗。 |
