One and Only (I) (2023)
9/10
making my blood boiling
13 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
There are many sports themed movies, but it is not easy to make them outstanding, unconventional, memorable, and leave a deeper impression.

Re Lie did it. The director invited many professional street dancers to assist, and the two dance scenes at the beginning and the end had extremely exciting visual effects. The plot and conflict setting were also very gripping. The kind of emotional outburst that nobody endured for their dreams, faced a dilemma, and finally showcased their brilliance on stage was particularly vivid and delicate.

There were no absolute villains in the play. Kevin is not a completely uneducated and inexperienced child of the ultra-wealthy. He had his dream about street dance and had a strong pursuit for it though he could do whatever he wants just by relying on his family's wealth.

The majority of characters in this movie are nobody. The impressive scenes of the pursuit of dreams by nobody were not on their high light moments, but rather on the process of pursuing their dreams. Lei Ding is a middle-aged man who live in poverty. When sponsor divested, Ding Lei as the leader of "E-mark" dance troupe could not pay their monthly rent of the training venue. He broke his leg while dancing when he was a young. And he divorced. So He was eager for success. So he chose champion Kevin and abandoned the unknown Shuo Chen, which made the audience very empathetic. As Shuo Chen said, the strong make choices, while the weak are chosen.

Shuo Chen is even more miserable. He had to work several jobs to pay off his family's debts. He grabbed every minute to dance in the early morning, late at night, and even on the last train. In order to stay in the dance club, he dressed like a garbage can, and danced in a comical pose in public for advertising garbage can. At last, he won the championship.

Most of people such as Biao Biao were not anybody, and they had to give up street dance in order to make a living. They had also been dream chasers, and did not become somebody at last. Most of everybody is Biao Biao.

It's a fine film that commands attention from first to last. The performance of Bo Huang (played Lei Ding) and Yibo Wang (played Shuo Chen) let me feel the blood rush to my head. I had gone to cinema three times for this film.
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