Reviews of "Empire of Money"

The story has a narrow perspective and insufficient depth

73.3% of the audience said they were attracted by the legendary experience of "Inspector 500 Million" beforehand; after watching it, 63.3% of the audience felt that the story was weak and unbearable. .

The story of the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong to combat corruption has been put on the screen many times, with different angles. There are "Lame Man" about drug lords, "The Legend of Lei Luo" about Inspector Zonghua, "The Legend of Blue River" about one of the four major detectives, and there are also films shot directly from the perspective of the Independent Commission Against Corruption. "Integrity Storm".

"Money Empire" fictionalizes Detective Inspector Chen Xijiu (played by Eason Chan) who is the assistant detective next to Inspector General Hua, and tells the entire incident from his perspective. This setting is also clever, but the film is too entangled in the love between children and spends a lot of words telling the story of Chen Xijiu and his 10 girlfriends. It is more attractive to "giant graft", "corruption", "integrity", etc. The event point of the eyeball ends at the end. The gambler detective played by Anthony Wong is transferred from a corrupt group to the Independent Commission Against Corruption as a team leader. He is very interesting, but he is also handled in a simple and boring way. Looking at the whole film, it seems that that period of history is just a few detectives talking and chatting. No wonder some viewers wrote in the comments that "the whole story is too childish".

The performance is too exaggerated and looks like a caricature

46.7% of the audience liked Anthony Wong’s performance the most, 36.7% of the audience liked Wong Jing’s performance, and several viewers voted for Eason Chan and Lin Baoyi sporadically. Support ticket.

The historical "Inspector of 500 million" Lu Le is renamed Li Legong (played by Tony Leung Ka Fai) in the movie. This core figure of the corruption group may be more thoughtful and smart, but in the movie He also behaves like a lustful, money-grubbing noisy villain, much like the brainless, evil villain in the comics, who can only howl but not use his brain. Anthony Wong plays a gambling detective who is on the fringes of a corrupt group, and is later absorbed by the Independent Commission Against Corruption to become the main anti-corruption force. His performance is appropriate, so he is favored by the audience.

Lard Cake, played by Wang Jing, is greedy and clear-minded, handles business matters in a measured manner, and his performance is tepid, so it is natural that he is loved by the audience. Chen Xijiu, played by Eason Chan, is kind-hearted and unable to extricate himself from love. The "betrayal" at the end was expected by the audience. The lack of change in the character makes him not very charming. The positive characters in the Independent Commission Against Corruption have few scenes and are stereotyped. They all have justice and strength written on their faces, and they also lack charm.

Audience comments

Evil will not prevail over good, and justice will always be the mainstream. 90 points

Change the background and reproduce Wang Jing’s style. The story is dull and a bit disappointing. 82 points

The star cast is huge and quite entertaining. 80 points

Although the story is a bit dull, it can still be seen that Hong Kong’s anti-corruption is legendary. 70 points

What do you call Tony Leung’s performance? He showed his teeth and claws, and the legendary figure turned into a clown. 70 points

The subject matter is very attractive, but the story has no highlights. 65 points The story is really thin, with thick lines going straight up and down. 65 points The story has no highlights. The plot performance of 65 points is too poor, and there is no climax from beginning to end. 60 points is a waste of a great subject. 60 points