Railway guerrilla is really a very large and long-lasting film and television IP, from 1956 to 2021, at least seven railway guerrilla theme film and television dramas appeared, in the domestic film and television industry is definitely the leader, and remake and remake of the Jin Yong drama is also difficult to distinguish.
Railroads, trains, barge guns, machine guns all kinds of heavy metal punk fans.
Train stations, weishan islands, villages, towns alternate with various modern and original scenes.
The charcoal factory is lurking, the flying car pickpockets, and the real knives and real guns are readily available from espionage to plot to war.
The mighty Liu Hong, the witty Wang Qiang, the elegant Li Zheng, the brave Lu Han, the dangerous Huang Er, the simple Fang Lin sister-in-law and the cunning Gangcun, all kinds of personalities are gathered together.
There are such rich themes and excellent IP, but not every railway guerrilla theme of the film and television drama can be successful, before the release of "Railway Hero" on November 19, the highest reputation of six film and television dramas with the same theme was 7.6 points, the lowest was 3.9 points, and the total average was about 6.4 points.
I. The 1956 film "Railway Guerrilla"
Starring Cao Huiqu, Qin Yi, Feng Zhe, Feng Qi, Zhong Xinghuo and Shu and others.
The first railway guerrilla theme film, the special era makes the film have two major advantages, one is that the actors have almost all experienced the War of Resistance, and they have a deep understanding of the people and things at that time, and it is naturally easy to restore the characters. The other is that the film also invited Liu Jinshan, the successor captain of the railway guerrilla brigade, as an adviser, not only providing a large amount of original material, but also personally teaching the actors how to pick up trains.
The famous railway guerrilla episode "Play My Beloved Earth Pipa" comes from this movie.
Therefore, this film has always been regarded as an insurmountable classic in the railway guerrilla theme film and television drama, with a word-of-mouth score of 7.6.
2. 1985 TV series "Railway Guerrilla"
Starring Zhang Jiatian, Wang Guoqiang, Zhang Xuehao, Yang Mingjian, Niu Na and Xue Guopingren.
The old movie was made by the studio, this TV series is the same, one of the directors Feng Xiao is the one who played Xiao Po in the old movie, Liu Hong played by Zhang Jiatian is the star of China's first TV series "Eighteen Years of Enemy Camp", he later played Dianwei in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
The biggest feature of this drama is realism, the actor's costume and the scene of the filming are simply too zaozhuang, if from the perspective of realism, the play is even stronger than the old movie. Moreover, because it is a TV series, the role is more sufficient, and the characters are more plump.
To put it this way, if you let the Zaozhuang people choose for themselves, it is estimated that this TV series should be the most representative of the original appearance of the railway guerrillas.
However, this TV series is very popular in Shandong, especially in the Lunan region, and is generally famous in the country, with a rating of only 7.3.
3. 1995 film "Flying Tigers"
Because Li Youbin played a still of the traitor "willing to serve the imperial army", the film was finally seen by many people twenty years later.
In fact, this film that invests in Huaqiang can be described as a gathering of big names, starring Liu Wei, Li Xuejian, Zhang Fengyi, Li Qiang, Zhao Xiaorui, Pan Changjiang, Yuan Li and the young Wang Zhiwen, etc. If placed in today, the cast alone is estimated to attract a lot of box office.
However, this movie is a bit of a god, after all, it is a commercial film, not only changed a lot of plot and character endings, the battle scenes are almost dramatic, a few shell guns to suppress the Japanese light and heavy machine guns and three or eight big covers to death, a bit of Hong Kong gunfight martial arts film flavor.
Overall, this movie is still relatively qualified from a commercial point of view, at least it looks addictive, and the actor's acting skills are also very good, of which Li Youbin and Li Xuejian are two actors whose acting skills are called a cow. The film's network reputation of 7.1 points is still relatively objective.
4. 2005 TV series "Railway Guerrilla"
Starring: Zhao Hengxuan, Shi Lanya, Liu Changchun, Zhang Li, Zhang Yakun, Ji Chunhua and others.
Realistically speaking, although the author will feel a little thunderous when comparing this drama to the 1985 version of the TV series, for the national audience, the intensity of the adaptation of the drama can basically be regarded as an appropriate benefit.
"White Eyebrow Hero" Zhao Hengxuan looks like Zhang Jiatian has a lot of similarities from the outside, and his acting skills are not bad. And Li Youbin's wife Shi Lanya played the most beautiful Fang Lin sister-in-law in this drama.
Wang Qiang, played by Zhang Li in this drama, is quite well received, and the author believes that he should have borrowed from Li Xuejian's performance style in the movie "Flying Tigers" that year, which is really good.
This version of the TV series has a good evaluation on the Internet, with a score of 7.6 points, but in recent years, it has become funny because of Peng Liang's GIF of "bicycle dry land pulling onions and flying on the train" played by Zhang Yakun, which is also flawed.
Just because of the good reputation of the first part, this drama made a second one in 2011, depicting the story after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but the attention is quite low.
5. 2015 TV series "Flying Tigers"
Starring: Zhang Zijian, He Gang, Chun Yu Shanshan, Zhong Weihua, Liang Linlin and others.
As soon as you see director Qian Yanqiu starring Zhang Zijian, you know that this TV series will definitely have more "characteristics", after all, it is the original team of dramas such as "Detective Di Renjie" and "Yan Shuangying", with its own traffic.
However, this drama is a bit "Yan Shuangying" in the plot, which is the characteristic of this team of people, but it is also the groove point that netizens complain about, and many viewers believe that this is just another anti-Japanese divine drama, wearing the cloak of the Flying Tigers.
Therefore, it is not so surprising that the show's online reputation is as low as 3.9 points.
6. 2016 movie "Railway Flying Tiger"
Starring: Jackie Chan, Huang Zitao, Wang Kai, Wang Continental, Sangping, Koji Yano and others.
As can be seen from the propaganda posters, this is a comedy movie of the magic railway guerrillas, and what is even more unexpected is that there is actually a film group in the investor, let's say that this is a brave attempt, just like "Raise Your Hand".
However, after all, this is an anti-Japanese theme, and it is also a railway guerrilla theme that has been loved and paid attention to by audiences across the country. In fact, it is better to tap a new IP yourself, so that the box office can ensure that the premise can also improve the reputation and be less scolded.
Under the influence of various factors, the final reputation of this movie is only 5.1 points, although the box office is OK, but the word of mouth is a bit smashed the brand of the director and the lead actor.
In summary, the six film and television dramas with the theme of railway guerrillas present three characteristics, that is, the older the time, the better the reputation, the more loyal to the history of the filming, the better, and the more solid the actor's acting skills, the better the reputation. I don't know if these three characteristics will enlighten the latecomers.
Nowadays, the latest railway guerrilla movie "Railway Hero" has been released, and the film has not yet opened a score, but there have been some bad reviews on the Internet, mainly concentrated in three aspects:
One is the scene, the snow looks more like the northeast than Zaozhuang, in fact, the film was really filmed in Liaoning.
The other is the accent play, although Fan Wei said at the press conference that he tried very hard to learn to speak Zaozhuang dialect, but the "Ha wine" he said was the Shandong dialect of Jiaodong, which had nothing to do with Zaozhuang, and sounded a bit dramatic.
Another is that the plot is relatively simple, focusing on the two major movie stars Zhang Hanyu and Fan Wei, of course, this may have advantages and disadvantages, the audience who rushes to the star may like it, but the audience who goes to the plot may not like it.
The first six film and television dramas have laid the foundation of an average of 6.4 points, I don't know what will happen to the reputation and box office of "Railway Hero" this time, wait and see.