激戰 (2013) - 在走火入魔之後

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林超賢的〈証人〉是驚喜之作，之後的〈線人〉開始讓我滴汗，到了〈逆戰〉我徹底死了心，私自判了林大導「死刑」，決定以後不會再看他的電影。所以就算他的新作〈激戰〉贏盡口碑，我也沒甚興趣，直至在佛門網拜讀林碧君先生的影評，才慢慢心軟，想看看到底林大導有否「洗心革面」。事實再次證明：做人不應該太心硬或太果斷；做事不能太絕，所謂知錯能改，善莫大焉，無論以前有何過錯，能懺悔改過就值得原諒，銀幕上的角色如是，現實中待人待己也應該如是；凡事無絕對，所謂守得雲開見月明，柳暗花明又一村，做人應該儘量保持樂觀，記住「無常」其實是好消息！

至於〈激戰〉如何精采，如何正面，林先生的影評已經說得非常到肉，而網上也有眾多其他深入的影評，在此我就不多費口舌了，大家自己慢慢去咀嚼，不過，a picture is worth a thousand words，大家最好還是入場感受光影的感動吧。我只想說一句，〈激戰〉一點都不「激」，反而很「柔」，但卻叫人看得激動，也願意相信林超賢在經過一輪「走火入魔」之後，開始「修成正果」了。如果你看過史先生的〈洛奇〉，再做對比，你就明白我的意思。影片之所以有這種感覺，音樂可能是很大的因素，那首喜歡英文歌的人都懂得唱，卻不太明白其歌詞含意的Sound Of Silence，簡直聽得我毛管直豎，腦海浮現很多過往種種，甚是感慨。由Ania Dabrowska翻唱的Simon & Garfunkel的Sound Of Silence不是一首勵志歌（其實是相當頹的），但跟這部勵志片結合，卻有種莫名的震撼，確是一絕！

這次林超賢不「為打而打」，反而造就了這齣令人印象深刻的精采電影。〈激戰〉超越了〈証人〉，它是林超賢至今最好的作品，所以他的〈魔警〉值得期待！

Hello darkness, my old friend

I've come to talk with you again

Because a vision softly creeping

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Still remains

Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone

Narrow streets of cobblestone

'Neath the halo of a street lamp

I turned my collar to the cold and damp

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light

That split the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw

Ten thousand people, maybe more

People talking without speaking

People hearing without listening

People writing songs that voices never share

And no one dared

Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools", said I, "You do not know

Silence like a cancer grows

Hear my words that I might teach you

Take my arms that I might reach you"

But my words, like silent raindrops fell

And echoed

In the wells of silence