This is a 21st century textbook Hong Kong action film, Muay Thai, wrestling, judo, Sanda, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, the scenes can be called MMA fighting guide
Zhen Zidan's set of action design is as fierce as a tiger, but he is scared to retreat from the stand-in, Zou Zhaolong said that he did not dare to take on Hong Kong action movies after filming this film, and Lu Liangwei directly became half a "wasted man" after filming, and it was difficult to take care of himself in a short time
What kind of torture of the actors in this film, today, we will talk about the behind-the-scenes story of the movie "Fuse"
The film was originally called "Broken Army", which is said to be a prequel created by Ye Weixin and Zhen Zidan based on "Kill the Wolf", but because the copyright of the title is among the Huang Cedar masters, and Huang Cedar Gao left the copyright to Wu Jing, the crew had to change the name
However, there are also rumors that this is Zhen Zidan calling Outoni Jia's "Thief Buddha Line", in order to confirm the speculation also put forward an argument that the final boss that Zhen Zidan faces in this film is called Tony
The rumors are true or false, we said it or not, the official big guy only said that the movie was renamed, but not because of these tacky reasons, they are in awe of metaphysics
The broken army star is also called "consumption star", which means that everything in the world must be destroyed before it will be built, but after the opening of the camera, the cast and crew including the main actor and the martial artists were injured one after another, which seriously affected the filming process of the film, so it was for The auspicious decision to change the name of the play, and the name "Fuse" was born
As mentioned earlier, the film was originally a prequel to the "Kill the Wolf" series, so the film's action design still pursues mixed martial arts, and the biggest attraction of the film is undoubtedly a professional, close to actual combat fighting scene
In the past, many Hong Kong action films were gimmicks of real kung fu to attract audiences to improve the box office, but under the change of the trend of the times, reality can play but filming is always a set of various actions, and it is difficult to attract the attention of a new generation of young people
Therefore, when filming "Fuse", in order to create a sense of beauty of power and action, and at the same time avoid excessive show off bloody violence in the movie, Zhen Zidan specially invited fighting masters from South Korea, Japan, the United States, Thailand and other countries to spend a whole year exploring the design of the action
Therefore, in the action scene of Zhen Zidan and Zou Zhaolong for more than eight minutes at the end of the film, the two showed several classic fighting skills of MMA, from the physical impact of fists to legs, to the fierce attack and defense of the knee and elbow joints, with the visual stimulation brought by the language of the camera, it is not at all like watching a movie, more like an immersive life and death fight
No wonder it can get more than 20 million box office in the first week of release, but also wrapped up the Hong Kong Academy Awards and Taiwan Golden Horse Awards that year, the best action design of the two awards, the film reputation is one top and one good, but this can be bitter to the actors
For example, when filming the scene where he was thrown over the shoulder by Zhen Zidan, Shi Xingyu originally thought that the wire was used to protect himself, but what he did not expect was that the wire was to throw him higher and farther, so Shi Xingyu was directly thrown to the left eardrum without any defense, and it took several months to restore hearing
But what everyone doesn't know is that this scene originally had a stand-in, before going to the battle, the stand-in felt that the action was too dangerous, dead or alive did not dare to go up, Shi Xingyu had no choice but to go into battle, and then in the next two months, although the stand-in wore Shi Xingyu's clothes, but not a single action was replaced
The villain Zou Zhaolong is not easy, originally he was filming happily in Hollywood, Zhen Zidan pulled him back to Hong Kong with a phone call to "suffer", in order to present a better mixed martial arts effect, the actors can only get some simple trick demonstrations, when really on the scene, a can not stop the force will cause bloodshed
So after filming the film, Zou Zhaolong rested for more than three months before he eased up, and told Zhen Zidan that he might not dare to take on Hong Kong action movies again, although Zou Zhaolong said so, but six years later, he still partnered with Zhen Zidan for a "special identity"
In addition, do you remember this magic dance, Lu Liangwei, who plays the scum brother in the film, is extremely arrogant, but he is abused very badly outside the play
Zhen Zidan's filming is famous for "nitpicking", if the ideal effect is not achieved, it will be reshot, the martial artist is injured, and another one will come, so Lu Liangwei will be shouted to reshoot every time he avoids the weight during the fight, so that in the process of fighting with Zhen Zidan, he often because he is too immersed in the plot, and even he is injured, until the end of the shooting, Lu Liangwei realizes that his thigh muscles are cracked
When filming the gunfight chase scene, from AK to SD, Lu Liangwei fired hundreds of bullets, directly made a tinnitus in his ear, almost could not hear any sound, the right hand could not even buckle the clothes, daily life completely needed to rely on his wife, scared Lu Liangwei directly to the hospital for treatment
Do you think that Zhen Zidan is too cruel to others, in fact, he does not leave room for himself
Friends who have watched Zhen Zidan's movies know that he has always been very hard to shoot, and there are many fight scenes in this play, which causes him to be compressed into a figure 7 shape because of the injured tail keel to the pelvic bone when shooting, and worsening will also affect breathing
But even to such a point, Zhen Zidan only recuperated for a while, and the pain eased slightly before returning to the set to continue filming, and even insisted on not using a stand-in and not hanging Weiya, which was such an attitude that infected Gu Tianle
Gu Tianle began to exercise his physical fitness before filming, and during the filming process, he also supported himself, so that the stand-in did not find a chance to play, and also took the initiative to express his opinions, temporarily adding a "death gaze" to Zou Zhaolong
Gavin drama is no problem, remake the scene is no problem, but the money of Huang Baiming has a big problem, the movie that should have been killed in December, you postponed it for more than three months, overspent more than 3 million US dollars, Huang Baiming can't stand it, carrying good wine to the set, eating and drinking with the director and starring, the movie is officially finished
Hong Kong action movies are the "life" of many people, even if they are depressed now, it is difficult to return to the era of "Oriental Hollywood", but the old fans who grew up in that era are still full of confidence and expectations for it
The movie "Fuse" may be the actors who came out from that time, did not rely on the appearance of the show, did not choose the stunt foil, simply with the fight and blood of the fist and foot and bold and careful attempts, to create a modern action movie that convinced them and the audience