Stephen Chow's movies are all too familiar to everyone, and they have been seen several times and more than a dozen times, which are not tired of watching.
As for the genre, there is no shortage of comedies, martial arts films, ghost films, and police films, but in fact, he has also participated in a zombie film "African Monk".
Produced by Wing Shing Films and Sanhe Film Company, directed by Chan Wai Yii, written by Wong Ping Yew, and co-starring Lin Zhengying, Li Su, Chen Shanhe and Chen Long, "African Monk" was released in Hong Kong on July 5, 1991 and earned 10.95 million at the box office.
Many people wonder that there is no picture of Stephen Chow in the movie, in fact, Chow Sing Chi and Wu Mengda only served as the narrator of the film, and it is a Cantonese version.
This is the only cooperation between Stephen Chow and Uncle Lin Zhengying, and it is also the only zombie film in which Stephen Chow has participated, and it is worth mentioning that "Bruce Lee" came to help.
01, "world famous" actor Li Su
Why Yongsheng Film Company made "African Monk" in that year is inseparable from the "world-famous" actor Li Su in the movie, this film is also known as "God is crazy 3", and Li Su's famous work is "God is also crazy".
Li Su, an authentic Bushman native, before the film, his life was simple, that is, primitive and simple hunting collection.
In 1980, he was accidentally discovered by director Jamey Uyce and invited him to participate in the filming of "God Is Crazy", although Li Su did not understand what a movie was, his natural and generous performance left a deep impression on everyone.
He was paid $300 for it, but because of his isolation and no concept of money, $300 was blown away by the wind.
"God Is Crazy" as a simple, well-intentioned film, sold 50 million US dollars (equivalent to 400 million yuan) at the global box office, and Li Su also became a "world famous" actor.
Nine years later, the director invited him again to participate in the sequel, by which time he had a rough idea of what money was all about, and demanded a salary of 500,000 South African rands from the crew.
After getting paid, he improved his life for his family, after all, there are 3 wives and 6 children in the family.
Hong Kong filmmakers have always liked to follow the trend, and they liked Li Su's comedic skills, so they invited him to participate in "African Monk".
After "African Monk", Li Su participated in two Hong Kong films, "Hong Kong Is Crazy" and "African Superman".
Liu Qingyun, Liu Jialing, Ye Tong, Lei Yuyang and others who have worked with him have praised him as a friendly and easy-going person.
Li Su often does not have to act, to that stop makes people feel funny, although he brought a lot of joy to everyone in the movie, but he did not like to be an actor, after acting in "African Superman" in 1994, he returned to his hometown.
Back in his hometown, he worked as a farmer, supporting his family by growing crops and raising livestock every day, but unfortunately, on July 1, 2003, Li Su died unexpectedly at the age of 59 while going out to look for wood.
02, Hong Kong version of "God is also crazy"
The film is a hybrid of Hong Kong psychic films and comedies "God is crazy", full of creativity, nine uncle Lin Zhengying "public funds" to travel to Africa, was chased by lions and rhinos, tragically played by monkeys, almost swallowed legs by snakes, went to the toilet and encountered poisonous snakes, and was also specially entertained by fat female indigenous people.
Of course, as a generation of Maoshan masters, Lin Zhengying also wants face, with his own aura of justice, with ostriches as mounts, calling on Chinese zombies to fight against African wizards, and at the same time inviting Bruce Lee to go to the past and come to a big fight.
Director Chen Huiyi and Ninth Uncle Lin Zhengying, who was Bruce Lee's right and left arm, asked Bruce Lee to make a cameo, I believe that Brother Xiaolong will not mind.
Unlike the zombies of the past, the zombies in African Monk are endowed with feelings, he is righteous, he will shed tears, and he will win glory for the country.
At first, in the face of the powerful wizards in Africa, he was so frightened that he retreated one after another, but he was despised by the Ninth Uncle Lin Zhengying and the children of the indigenous people of Africa.
Everyone has to fight for a breath, not to mention the zombies, with hatred "he" violently beat the African wizards, won back face, won back glory for Chinese zombies.
At the end of the story, Uncle Nine and the zombies help Li Su drive away people and outsiders from other tribes, and give each other gifts, which perfectly explains that you salute me a foot, I salute you a foot.
Chen Long, who plays a zombie, is not only the brother of director Chen Huiyi, but also the golden supporting role of Hong Kong movies.
In the Hongjia class, he and Hong Jinbao are called two fat, and have participated in "Miscellaneous Family Boy", "Ghost Fighting Ghost", "Scary People", "Loser Boy", "Fang Shiyu", "Six Finger Piano Demon", etc., and are best at playing roles such as butlers and servants, with their own sense of joy and cuteness.
Chen Shanhe, another actor with a relatively low sense of presence in the film, is not small, his biological father is the well-known Director Of Shao's Qin Jian (formerly known as Chen Jian), Chu Yuan, Xie Xian, Wang Wei, hu Yanni have all been promoted by him.
His mother, Lin Cui (formerly known as Zeng Yi), a well-known actor in Hong Kong, had the title of student lover at that time, and after separating from Qin Jian, he married Wang Yu, the "one-armed sword hero".
So this also counts, Wang Yu is his stepfather, and his uncle is Huang Laoxi Zengjiang (sister is Lin Cui).
Although Chen Shanhe has a strong background, he is tepid in the show business circle, and has cooperated with Li Lizhen in "Ghost Horse Campus", "Rich and Noble Repeatedly Forced", and participated in "Three People's World", "Happy Giant", "Fierce Ghost Campus", but none of them have caused much repercussions.
He even broke into the music scene and released albums, but compared with his sister Wang Xinping, he was far behind.
In 1995, his mother Lin Cui died, and he also faded out of the show business, and the last film was "Super Squad Leader" in 1996, and there was no trace since.
03, after Lin Zhengying, there are no more zombie films
Zombie films, also known as psychic action films, in 1980, Hong Jinbao created this type of film with "Ghost Fighting Ghosts" and successfully made it "break the circle".
In the following years, "People Are Scary" and "People Are Scared" came out one after another, and the label New Art City next door also filmed the "Happy Ghost" series, echoing each other.
Not to be outdone, Jiahe sacrificed "Mr. Zombie" in 1985, occupying the highest place in the psychic action film and being hailed as a monumental work.
"Mr. Zombie" not only completely brought this theme to fire, but also allowed the Ninth Uncle Lin Zhengying to truly open the road of zombie Daochang, and since then no one in this field has been his opponent.
Follow-up Lin Zhengying starred in "Zombie Family", "Mr. Spirit Illusion", "One Eyebrow Road Chief", "Exorcism Police", "Zombie Supreme", "Exorcism Chief", "New Mr. Zombie", "Music Zombie" and other films, although there are innovations in the East Zombie vs. Western vampires, the return of literary talents, but they can not resist the decline of zombie films.
There were several reasons for the loneliness of zombie films in the 1990s, one was the bad shooting of Hong Kong filmmakers, and the second was the rise of other film genres, such as martial arts films and Stephen Chow comedies.
Lin Zhengying, the ninth uncle who did not accept defeat, began to fight in the television circle, explore new ways to play, and wrote and directed two "Zombie Road Chiefs" and achieved great success.
Just as he was about to make a big splash in the television industry, he had a physical problem and left us on November 8, 1997.
After Lin Zhengying, there are no more zombie films, Qian Xiaohao + Liu Guanwei can not carry this banner, "New Mr. Zombie 2", "Spirit Master", "Mr. Four Eyes", "Mr. One Eyebrow" are all cases of failure.
There is even a man named Ge Shuai, under the banner of the so-called "shape-like" Nine Uncles, who made a movie of a large-scale imitation show such as "The Return of The Nine Uncles", and even more exaggerated is that there is even "The Return of the Nine Uncles 2", which is enough to think. (Uncle Nine: I have been offended)
Tribute to the ninth uncle Lin Zhengying, in fact, Mai Junlong's "Zombie" has given the answer, the tribute is not blindly imitated, but carefully made and carefully, please do not borrow the name of the ninth uncle in the future zombie films.
Huang Fu glutinous rice is still there today, and Lin Zhengying is not seen at that time. (Author: Primary 2)