times: light and shade of the contest

1987 Wanhua is a very complicated situation, both the older generation of turf battles left behind by the scores, there are high-spirited Prince Edward gearing up to help and look forward to that year can be as all-powerful as their predecessors. In 1987, is the best of times and the worst of years. Year bean guide early twenties, he had his brother, but also Hunguo his friendship, in the eyes of a certain pride of Wanhua, its own sustenance, several decades later, in his film in such a memory of perfusion.

In fact, 1987 is more a special and important year, the year martial law in Taiwan of its political, economic and cultural development have been highly influential, is a large background of the film. Taiwan's underworld in the "martial law" before an event occurs, that is, in October 1984 Bamboo Bang Bang Bong Master Chen Chi-li, who secretly ordered the KMT to the United States Intelligence Agency to assassinate democracy south. Jiangnan case came to light inside, the Kuomintang prestige, in order to shift the focus to improve the image, the authorities launched a massive anti-crime operation, but also that "a clear project", a large number of gang leaders arrested. "Wanhua" Chinese is then replaced him Masa corner to jail. "A clear project" the arrest of gang leaders and severe pressure, not only lead to underworld internal re-shuffle, resulting in collapsing gangster ethics, but also reduced the gangster space, some lost their source of income gangsters had to find another way out, turn engaged in narcotics, arms smuggling and other serious criminal activity - and after martial law, a substantial opening up the coastline, not only sharp increase in illegal immigration, open the door for smugglers. In 1987, it was the new and old gangster era of the two forces clash, but also to stimulate the deep human nature evil, underworld more degenerate times. In the "Wanhua", the arena held fast to the conservative moral and ethical corner gangs Geta, and Masa, and representatives of the times, ruthless gangsters, and Timberwolves rookie Wen-qian, in this era of transition, tit for tat. One side only know how to "sell high mountain tea sell toilet paper for protection fee" that "guns are evil things that came Westerners are no species for human use is under the arms and others, in the underworld in the roll, they rely on fist, relying on a knife "; side like" Splinter Cell "like the rapid expansion," a box of a box of guns transported from the sea come in, one a church mouth open. " In the end, unarmed old-school corner who fell on the gun under the symbol of the moral merciless wheel of history will eventually be eliminated.