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Hong Kong is an oppressive city for creative people, and The Way We Keep Dancing [#狂舞派3] offers a brave focus on the struggle many face to survive. The sequel to The Way We Dance [狂舞派], an easy-going popular movie from 2013, the current incarnation focuses more on the effects of “real-estate hegemony”(地產霸權) that touches every person in Hong Kong. Most people can’t afford to buy a home, opening a brick and mortar business is risky to suicidal; while chain groups maintain a stranglehold on the city’s street life. For young artists, is there a future to look forward to?
Adam Wong Sau-ping’s movie looks at Hana (Cherry Ngan Cheuk-ling); Ah Leung (Babyjohn Choi Hon-yick); Dave (Lokman Yeung), Milk Tea (Lydia Lau King-man), and rapper Heyo Fok Ka-ho (playing himself); as they work on a “Dance Street” project that both promotes their art but unwittingly supports wider gentrification of “Kowloon Industrial District” (real-life Kwun Tong).
The cast is eagerly supplemented by real-life artists including local hip-hop star Novel Fla$h who lend a sense of authenticity to proceedings. Wong has moved away from the fun and easy going nature of the first movie The Way We Dance [狂舞派] and that has irked some, but 2013 is not 2021 – Hong Kong has witnessed two major protest movements, massive inflation, widening of inequality, and the disintegration of many social norms. This is not the time for a glib movie – Hong Kong cinema needs to prove its ability to stay relevant in Asia, particularly with the continuing success of Taiwan, Japan, and Korea both in TV and film.
It’s reminiscent of Wong’s She Remembers, He Forgets (2015) [哪一天我們會飛] that highlighted Hong Kongers fears around the handover. With the city now facing a heightened environment of censorship, The Way We Keep Dancing is an important statement that Hong Kong cinema can maintain its relevance through social commentary, even if artists may be dying a slow death in the city.
講創意嘅人，喺香港往往會成為打壓嘅對象，而《狂舞派3》大膽寫實嘅情節，可以話係不少香港人掙扎求存嘅寫照。電影一改2013年上映嘅《狂舞派》輕鬆嘅格調，將故事重心轉向地產霸權，輕易贏取每一位香港人嘅共鳴。對大部分香港人而言，「上車」固然遙不可及，開實體店基本上要傾家蕩產，相反大財團則掌管呢個城市每一條街道嘅命脈。一班喺香港追尋藝術夢嘅年輕人，又有無一個將來可以寄託呢？
由黃修平執導嘅《狂舞派3》講述Hana（顏卓靈飾）、阿良（蔡瀚億飾）、Dave（楊樂文飾）、奶茶（劉敬雯飾）同rapper Heyo幾位嶄露頭角嘅藝術表演者，一心打算參加一項名為「狂舞。街」嘅計劃宣揚藝術意念，可惜眾人正墮入地產大鱷改革「龍城工廈區」（取景於觀塘）嘅陷阱。
電影特意請來土炮hip hop歌手Novel Fla$h等多位喺藝術行業打滾嘅人士登場，為電影增添真實感。黃修平擺脫前作《狂舞派》輕鬆嘅氣氛，惹來不少觀眾反彈。不過2021年始終唔可以同2013相提並論，香港經歷過兩次社會運動，加上通脹急升，不平等加劇，社會上各種價值不斷瓦解，宜家的確唔係講天花龍鳳電影嘅時候。台灣、 日本、韓國嘅電視劇同電影一直氣勢如虹，港產片更需要證明自己喺亞洲嘅地位。
同黃修平另一套電影《哪一天我們會飛》一樣，《狂舞派3》突顯港人對於回歸嘅不安。喺現今香港言論自由日益收窄嘅環境底下，《狂舞派3》對社會赤裸裸嘅描繪，係港產片站穩腳嘅重要一步，即使呢個地方可能再容不下藝術工作者。
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