Special author of the Hong Kong Film Nostalgia Department [Headline Entertainment Jun], see the in-depth interpretation of entertainment hotspots, and look for Li Yujun!
In 1987, the Xiang brothers established Yongsheng Film Company and recruited Wang Jing to work for them, which can be described as a powerful combination.
Wang Jing made an extraordinary move, and the first cooperation of "Hardcover Chasing Girls" won 21.72 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 9th in the annual box office list, but what really made Wang Jing and Yongsheng play a sign in Hong Kong was the "Gambling Film" series. #影视杂谈 #
In 1989, Wang Jing and Xiang Huasheng co-directed "Supreme Supreme", as a tragic gambling film, but unexpectedly earned 23.29 million Hong Kong dollars.
The success of "Supreme Supreme" made Wang Jing feel that gambling films had a big head, and in the same year, he invited Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Wang Zuxian and other big coffee to create "God of Gamblers", which laid the foundation for his status as the king of gambling films in one fell swoop and led the trend of Gambling films in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong movies have always had the habit of following the trend, and the popularity of "God of Gamblers" stirred Wu Siyuan's heart, and he joined forces with Liu Zhenwei and Yuan Kui to create "Gamble Saint", and Zhou Xingchi became popular because of this, changing from star boy to star master overnight.
Wang Jing was not willing to let his signboard be robbed, but Jiang was still old and spicy, and he integrated the elements of "God of Gamblers" and "Gamblers" into "Gamblers", and had to admire his wit.
Although Andy Lau in "Gambler" is the first male protagonist, Zhou Xingchi's charm is too big and he has grabbed a lot of limelight.
Wang Jing naturally also knows that to get Zhou Xingchi is to win the world, and then "Gambler 2: Gambling on the Beach" is picked by Zhou Xingchi.
1, "gambling film" outside
1991's "Gambler 2: Gambling Saint on the Beach" is a crossover after Wang Jing's "God of Gamblers", "Gamblers" and Liu Zhenwei's "Gamblers".
Still written and directed by Wang Jing, but joined the Yuan family class, the background of the story also traveled to Shanghai in 1937, with a strong flavor of martial arts films of the era in the nonsense.
In the early 1990s, Hong Kong films that were not allowed to be performed by mainland actors were released in Taiwan, but Hong Kong filmmakers were smart enough to decide to make two versions in an era when there was no AI face-swapping technology.
"Gambler 2" features two heroines, Gong Li's version is sold in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas markets, while Fang Jiwei's version is exclusively available in Taiwan Province. It's just bitter Zhou Xingchi, the same scene, to take turns with two different actors.
The completion of the two versions is similar, but the performance method is very different, Gong Li has long been famous internationally, the performance is elegant, natural and skilled, and the singer-born Fang Jiwei takes a pure route and has jerky acting skills.
In the film, Gong Li plays two roles, the sister is full of immortal aura, and the younger sister is a little deficient. If Gong Li plays the sister and Fang Jiwei plays the sister, it should be a good version.
2, all overheated, all madness: multi-element smorgasbord
Gamblers 2 has too many elements to be dazzled: crossing, sci-fi, martial arts, gangsters, love, gunfights, song and dance, comedy, gambling elements are poured out in front of the audience like a hodgepodge.
Behind Wang Jing, Zhou Xingchi, Yuan Heping standing on three legs, the three styles are mixed and pulled with each other, which is the spectacle of the golden age of Hong Kong cinema in the 90s.
Film scholar David Baudelaire's description of Hong Kong cinema as "all overheated, all madness" is vividly reflected in this film.
"Zhou Xingzu", Hong Kong in the 90s, the apprentice of the god of gambling, crossed to Shanghai in 1937, helped Ding Li eliminate opponents, defeated Yoshiko Kawashima with gambling cards, and by the way, he also confessed to kissing and falling in love, which had to be admired by Wang Jing's brain hole.
If "Gambler 2" is put into the present, it is a "anti-Japanese god film", Dragon Five uses the special functional power to cross to Shanghai in 1937, but with modern equipment, let the Flying Tigers suddenly attack a large number of ghosts. Probably also the plot that the current anti-Japanese drama can't even think of, the sudden gunfight film atmosphere makes it difficult for the audience not to laugh out loud.
There is another detail in this film that deserves praise, the third uncle Wu Mengda appears in the background of Ah Xing running to Zhang Min, who plays Qi Meng, but his legs are unusually long: because he was tortured in Kawashima Yoshiko's prison before, he was stretched by the Japanese, and this detail was cleverly preserved at the end of the film.
The film genre of "Gamblers 2 on the Beach Gambler", I believe most people have given up to define it. However, this film also has a most spiritual saying: A Xing said in the film that he will not fall in love again in this life and in this life, and so far, the 58-year-old Star Master is still a golden bachelor...
3. Zhou Xingchi + Yuan Heping: A spoof martial arts illustration of "Gambler 2"
There are always some wonderful settings in Zhou Xingchi's movies, such as there are several "martial arts" in almost every movie, which can almost be summed up to form a martial arts picture book, such as the "Guibo Qigong" in the most typical "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" and so on.
And every time the movies of Stephen Chow + Yuan Heping, such as "Gambler 2" and the later "Kung Fu", there are a large number of hilarious martial arts that appear to add points to the film.
At the beginning of the film, Ah Xing used the third uncle Wu Mengda as a guinea pig at the press conference to perform the "Foot Massage Dafa" taught by the god of gambling himself, and the reporter was booed and dispersed. (Didn't the god of gambling never take pictures, why is it so clear, Wang Jing estimated that he forgot it)
Gamblers 2 continues the "special features" setting in Gambler. At the highest level of special functions, the practitioner will enter the time tunnel, travel through the past, and return to the future.
Ah Xing was retaliated against by the army and others, and several people unexpectedly returned to Shanghai in 1937.
In 1937, the Shanghai gang fight was fierce, and Ah Xing, dressed in red, was chased and beaten by the black gang, and it was difficult to change his clothes to black, and he fell into the pursuit of the red clothes. The action design here is very funny.
In order to protect himself, Ah Xing and the Red Gang began to fight, only to inadvertently find that they had obtained the "hitting cattle across the mountain" stunt, and the more they fought, the harder they fought.
4. Boxing king Zhou Billy is not inferior to Zhou Xingchi?
Billy Chow and Stephen Chow have collaborated many times, such as "The Last Gangster", "The King of Destruction" and "Gambler 2", and the only one who really has a role in the fight is "Gambler 2".
Zhou Billy, the world boxing king, but in the face of Zhou Xingchi, who has special functions and "big brothers", he can only surrender his weapons and surrender, and he is defeated by the scissors foot.
3 years later, in "Jingwu Hero", Jet Li was beaten by Zhou Billy to doubt his life, and if he watched this movie, the kung fu emperor was afraid that he would vomit three liters of blood.
In real life, the relationship between Billy Chow and Stephen Chow is also relatively good, and he once said in an interview that Xingye's action reaction is good, and in terms of whether he is a martial arts actor, I am happy to shoot his movie.
We all know that Xingye is a practicing family, and when he met Zhou Billy, the boxing king, he used the way he invited him to shoot in exchange for Zhou Billy's boxing tape, and even proudly said: If you don't give me a new look, I won't look for you in the next movie.
"Gambler 2" has many highlights, named Gambler, it is actually a gambling saint, the knife cries and faints in the toilet; the army's final conscience is inexplicably moved; the continuation of the "deadly scissor foot" in "Truant Weilong"; the cameo of Zhang Min at the end.
Without further ado, I'm going to see it again. (Reported by: Mankei Wu)
This article is written by the author as a special author of "Headline Entertainment Jun", to today's headlines to see entertainment, a little material and depth ~ ~