Fans of stylish, dense drug-trade sagas like Netflix’s “Narcos” will want to check out director Dante Lam’s “Operation Mekong,” a Hong Kong action-thriller about the real-life hunt for a murderous kingpin in the wilds of the Golden Triangle. Though more sensationalistic than serious, this film has a scale and an energy that rivals any Hollywood blockbuster.

风格潇洒、情节激烈的缉毒影片总能吸引一大批粉丝，比如网飞（Netflix）推出的《缉毒特警》（Narcos）。现在这些粉丝对香港导演林超贤执导的动作片《湄公河行动》（Operation Mekong）充满期待，影片讲述了追捕金三角荒野地带凶残的贩毒头目的真实故事。虽然在严肃的话题基础上增加了煽情元素，但该片的规模和气场足以匹敌好莱坞大片。

Zhang Hanyu and Eddie Peng costar as experienced narcotics officers from different jurisdictions, thrown together to thwart notorious drug lord and pirate captain Naw Kham, whose operatives have been spreading violence and obstructing trade from Thailand to mainland China.

张涵予、彭于晏联袂出演来自不同管辖区、拥有丰富经验的缉毒特警，他们共同打击臭名昭著的毒枭和走私头目糯康。糯康的手下宣扬暴力，阻挠中泰贸易。

“Operation Mekong” was inspired by the 2011 “Mekong River Massacre,” and the international furor that followed. Don’t expect docu-realistic detail of what happened, though. This film is framed more like a straightforward buddy cop picture, with flatly functional dialogue to set up the next chase scene.

《湄公河行动》基于2011年发生的“湄公河惨案”及其引发的国际震怒，不过影片不会像纪录片那样交待过多细节。从框架来看，《湄公河行动》更像是一部直截了当的警察兄弟片，直白的工作对话牵出接下来的追捕画面。

The ins and outs of the massacre and its geopolitical and criminal ramifications are presented in the first 10 minutes. There are three main set pieces: a breathless foot chase through a market and a train station that turns to a spectacular car chase, a mall shootout with a devastating outcome, and last but not least, the assault on Naw Khar’s jungle lair and subsequent boat chase on the Mekong.

影片前10分钟交待了湄公河惨案的来龙去脉。接下来的主要场景有三：穿行于市场和火车站的追逐战，进而演变成汽车追逐战；接下来是在商场里的枪战，无功而返；最后是对糯康在丛林据点的猛烈进攻，以及此后在湄公河上的船舶追击。

Lam packs the movie with white-knuckle action sequences, set in eye-catching locations, teeming with extras. Every penny of what must have been a substantial budget is evident in shots where hundreds of people and multiple helicopters are on-screen for just a few seconds.

林超贤为影片安排了扣人心弦的动作情节和吸睛的场景，动用了大批临时演员。影片斥巨资打造宏伟场面，短暂的击战过程需要上百人和数架直升机同时出动，每一分投入都物尽其用。

林导的良苦用心没白费，截至10月8日，票房已突破6亿，俘获国内影迷的同时，在外国影迷中也是好评如潮：

文化产品本身就是价值观的呈现。《湄公河行动》涵盖了悬疑、探案、动作等诸多元素，紧凑的情节、精彩的打斗让人眼前一亮。这些都说明，要传递我们的价值、传播我们的思想，需要有好的故事做载体、好的形式做支撑。

类似这样弘扬主旋律、传递正能量的电影，应该成为一种主流。这样的主流，不单单是价值观意义上的主流，而且也应是市场层面的主流。它能够在思想层面更好地融汇我们的道德要求、价值期许，能够在叙事层面以大众乐于接受的方式对故事内容进行包装，能够在形式层面运用新技术新手段营造出观众喜闻乐见的视听效果。虽然《湄公河行动》仍有可以改进、值得商榷的地方，但它的成功已经说明，主旋律电影其实与市场、与商业并不矛盾。

有人说，美国电影的价值输出，是建立在其影视从业人员几十年来对本国主流价值、国家话语的理解之上。希望我们的影视从业人员，也能更多地体会中国价值、发现中国故事，最终获得价值、艺术与市场的三赢。