A more specific example is Wong, when, during the restaurant brawl, he stops the fight without killing anyone, even the Shaho Gang If Wong is violent, he does so to stop further violence The film constructs his violence through high-angle, wide medium shots of him stopping people from killing one another He disarms them calmly, instead of selectively killing Shaho Gang members The scene shows that, even if a person is capable of violence, it does not mean that he should use it to force his will on other people who are weaker than he is What differentiates Wong’s violence is the good nature and ends of his violence He uses violence passively and defensively for the purpose of helping the vulnerable or terminating existing senseless violent acts Wong’s violence is sharply contrasted to “bad violence”
violence for good ends or violence for bad intentions At the center of the story is Wong who has national and personal conflicts His personal conflict is his attraction with Aunt Yee (Rosamund Kwan), who is the same age as he, but is related to him by title, and so it is taboo for them to be in love Despite being powerful in martial arts, Wong does not force himself on Yee or any other woman, unlike Shaho Gang who uses their physical strength and skills to violate women and to terrorize businesspeople and extort money from them The film shows a dualistic approach to human nature because it shows that even violence can be good or bad
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