For a long time, Wu Mengda and Zhou Xingchi were a bit of Meng's inseparable and anxious meaning, and almost every interview between Wu Mengda's life would be asked about his cooperation with Zhou Xingchi. In fact, Uncle Da became famous at least 10 years earlier than Xingye, and before Zhou Xingchi entered the "Wireless Artist Training Class", he had already played the male number two Hu Tiehua in the martial arts drama "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" starring Zheng Shaoqiu.
Even at the peak of his cooperation with Stephen Chow, Uncle Da was not exactly a follower of Star Ye, and he participated in starring in a large number of "non-Chow Sing Chi" works, mainly comedy. In Uncle Da's own words, it was filming with Zhou Xingchi in the morning, cooperating with Zhou Runfa at noon, and playing with Andy Lau in the evening.
Here we will find out ten classic "non-Zhou Xingchi" comedies based on the hundreds of comedies starring Wu Mengda, based on a certain score, it can be said that without Xingye, Uncle Da himself became the "king of comedy".
Part 10: "The Legend of Huang Feihong's Laughter"
The director of this film is Li Lizhi, the screenwriter is Gu Dezhao, and Uncle Da plays "Tooth Rubbing Su" in the film, which looks like a complete Zhou Xingchi team. The style of the film is also very similar to Zhou Xingchi's early works such as "Deer DingJi" and "The Inquisitor", and it is extremely nonsensical and funny. The film received nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in 1992, which was a big hit, so in the following year, it launched a sequel "Wong Fei Hung to Wong Fei Hung", which also had Uncle Da.
Part 9: "The Legend of Water Margin"
It is still Gu Dezhao's screenplay, but the director has been replaced by Gao Zhisen, who is a master director in the Hong Kong comedy industry, Shen Dianxia's "Rich and Powerful" series, Hui Guanwen's "Chicken and Duck Talk", Chow Sing Chi's "Happy Family", etc., are his directorial works. In "The Legend of Water Margin", Uncle Da plays the tall and mighty version of Wu Dalang, and his wife Xiao Pan forms a "fraud duo" to play Ximen Daguanren in a circle, and it is Xu Guanjie who plays Wu Song in the film.
Part VIII: "Gambler"
Compared with the genuine sequel to Stephen Chow's key work "Gamble Saint", Wang Jing's "Gambler" is more like a movie that borrows the gimmick of "Gamble Saint". There are also shots of Zhou Xingchi in "Gambler", but they are all edited from "Gamble Saint", and Xingye himself did not appear in this film. Uncle Da continues to play the role of "Three Uncles" in the film, but this time the main actor is not A Xing, but Ah Mei (played by Mei Yanfang), the sister of Ah Xing, who also has special functions.
Part Seven: "The Lucky Star of the Gang Head"
Strictly speaking, this film is not a comedy film, but a drama, but there are some elements of light comedy. The male protagonist is Yuan Biao, and the director is the famous Yu Rentai, who later directed Zhang Guorong's "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" and Jet Li's "Huo Yuanjia" and other films. Uncle Da plays a food stall boss in the film, and this kind of low-level city character can better reflect Uncle Da's acting skills.
6th Place: "Nerve Knife and Flying Cat"
After Zhou Xingchi became famous, there were not too many costume martial arts films, in contrast, Uncle Da starred in a large number of such films, such as "Seven Princesses of Wuxia", "Absolute Double Pride", "New Bi Blood Sword", "Lunwen Shu Old Point Liu Xiankai", etc., and "Nerve Knife and Flying Cat" is the most entertaining, Uncle Da played a retired detective in the film, and his wife "Mei Kai Nine Degrees" is still impressive.
5th Place: Peter Pan
Uncle Da has cooperated with Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen in many comedies, and their "old and young matching" was once a beautiful scenery on the screen of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and we will talk about this grandfather's film later. "Peter Pan" tried to replicate this model of young and old partners, but the young actors changed from Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen to Xie Miao, who became famous with Jet Li's films "Letter to Daddy" and "New Shaolin Five Ancestors". When Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen and Uncle Da cooperated, they had always been in a dazed state of ignorance, and thus created countless jokes. But when Semyon played "Peter Pan", he was relatively mature, so the movie was also a little less interesting.
4th Place: "Dancing with the Dragon"
In addition to Stephen Chow, Andy Lau is the biggest male star with whom Wu Mengda has cooperated the most, and the two have made more than ten movies together, including serious themes such as "Heavenly Love" and "The Legend of Leiluo", as well as comedies such as "Gambler" and "Dance with Dragons". The director of "Dancing with the Dragon" is Wang Jing, and the film tells a story of "the domineering president fell in love with me", in which Uncle Da and Hua Tsai's partner, somewhat similar to Uncle Da and Xingye, the two play treasure with each other, and the jokes are continuous.
3rd Prize: "Happy Affair in the Flower Field"
It is an almost forgotten comedy of stars, the film is the runner-up of the Hong Kong film box office in 1993, second only to Chow's stephen Chow film "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang" that year. The director of "Happy Affair in The Flower Field" is still Gao Zhisen, the film continues its style of "Happy Events at Home", the actors are Zhang Guorong, Xu Guanjie, Guan Zhilin, Mao Shunjun, etc., Uncle Da plays Guan Zhilin's father in the film, the role is not much, but it is also a camera. The reason for the selection of this film is that this film is a high-quality comedy that is easy to be overlooked, and the second is that Uncle Da can star in the film, which just reflects its position in the field of comedy.
2nd Prize: "Crayon Boy"
This movie also has a very common name called "Stinky Fart King", but the quality of the film is not bad. The film uses nonsensical funny scenes from beginning to end to package a rather touching love story. Uncle Da starred in the film as a kind school worker, pretending to be rich every day to help a blind girl who sold flowers. This plot is from Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights", and after the interpretation of Uncle Da and Zhu Yin, it has a special taste.
1st Prize: Laughing Forest Boy 2: New Oolong Temple
Some movies in Hong Kong and Taiwan are very interesting, such as "Laughing Pride jianghu" is on fire, then shoot a "laughing pride jianghu 2: Oriental undefeated", and after it is fired, then shoot another "Oriental Undefeated 2: The Wind and Clouds Rise Again", the three movies look like a "trilogy", in fact, carefully think about it, it is not the same thing at all. This "New Oolong Courtyard" is the sequel to Lin Zhiying's "Laughing Forest Boy", and after this film became popular, he filmed another "New Oolong Courtyard 2: Invincible Anti-Fighting Star". This kind of idiom solitaire title is really a headache, I believe that many viewers can't figure out which one is which, but Wu Mengda sings "Kiss Goodbye" by the toilet, you will not forget.
In addition to the above ten films, in your impression, what classic "non-Chow Sing Chi" comedies did Uncle Da also starred in? Welcome to exchange and discuss together.
Author: Dr. Movie Terrier, please do not reprint it at will.