In 1993, directed by Wang Jing and Hong Jinbao, and directed by Jet Li, the movie "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens" should be a classic in the hearts of many kung fu fans, although such a big investment in that year did not recover the cost, and directly led to the originally planned sequel, directly "stillborn", twenty-eight years have passed, although Mr. Wang Jing is restarting the sequel, but there is no doubt that the feelings are still there, and the classic lineup of that year can never come back.
Fortunately, the first time I watched the film "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer" that year was in the cinema: that was in high school, every weekend the youth theater next door to the school had an all-night screening activity, first the theater itself held a singing competition, and then the rating, awarding, probably a quartz clock or something, and then there were three or four films in a row, which must have a grand finale blockbuster, "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer" must be the finale.
I still can't forget the excitement of watching the movie that year, this is a movie that is close to perfection in the eyes of young movie lovers, Jet Li's handsome kung fu, excellent style of several beautiful women, the fascinating Six Gate Sect, and the mysterious Ming Sect Bright Top... Among them, the deployment and killing during the siege of the top of the light were really imposing, and people got goosebumps when they saw it. But this is a movie full of laughs, and all kinds of bad tastes are really too happy.
However, the memory is clear that Zhang Min at that time did not quite meet the definition of beauty in my heart, the Zhao Min she played was actually a very classic role, she also seemed to be the most remembered version of all film and television works, of course, at the same time, it was remembered by everyone, and Ye Tong's version of Zhao Min, she and Zhou Haimei's Zhou Zhiruo, the 94 version of the drama version of "Yi tian slaughter dragon" also held the altar, this press is not mentioned. However, I fell in love with Qiu Shuzhen's Xiao Zhao at first sight, and to this day, I have not changed, which may also be the unprecedented Xiao Zhao.
Although at the end of the film, Zhao Min said, most of them have seen, really did not expect this wait is nearly thirty years, and now director Wang Jing finally made a sequel is about to meet with everyone, it is too nervous, after all, this "Demon Sect Leader" in these more than twenty years, I have used different media to brush countless times, afraid of destroying the classic, and hope that the director can make the fans dream, this tangled feeling, too sad. Regarding the characters and actors of the plot story, all parties have interpreted a lot, and everyone can search for themselves.
What Zhan Taifeng wants to say most is that this film and the TV series "Journey to the West" are inextricably linked, as we all know, director Yang Jie directed Journey to the West twice, and the sand monks were played by Yan Huaili and Liu Dagang, and it is particularly coincidental that they all starred in this film, one playing the white-browed eagle king, and one playing a false monk.
In fact, not only that, Liu Dagang also starred in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and Sun Mengquan, the actor of the exterminator in this film, played Li Feng in the classic version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", which is also an interesting connection between "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" and several famous works.
It is worth adding that the scene of this film is magnificent and spectacular, which is not comparable to most Hong Kong action movies of the same period. Because the film was filmed in the mainland, Wudang sent the Zhenwu Hall to be filmed in Zhuozhou Film, and Song Qingshu led everyone to learn swords at the Jietai Temple in Beijing, including the Shaolin Temple, which was later rushed to the Shaolin Temple, which also looked like the scene of the Jietai Temple.
Of course, the desert in the film should also be in the area around Beijing. However, about ten years ago, when I went to Zhuozhou Film and Television City, it had been ruined into a ruin, but at that time, there was still Hou Xiaoxian's "Assassin Nie Yinniang" and Niu Chaoyang's "White Fox" filming there, but now the filming of costume film and television dramas has been "snatched" by Hengdian and Xiangshan, and it is not known that Zhuozhou Film and Television City is now in the present situation.
However, it has to be said that it can be seen that the investment in this film is not small, and the creative team is also ambitious, but it is said that the investment of more than 50 million yuan has only been exchanged for more than 10 million box office, and there is really no strength and reason to continue to shoot, which is really tragic. If the first box office of that year was high, it is estimated that it would not wait until thirty years later to realize the dream.
After all, the actors of that year, basically are not too likely to return to the set, only hope, the story, scene, rhythm, can not lose the level of the previous work, although it is not easy to achieve, it is expected that the probability will meet with us during this year's Spring Festival, and divided into "Nine Yang Divine Gong" and "Sacred Fire" two parts, the specific quality, can only be expected to say.