As one of the most proud commercial works of Hong Jiaban, the film "Rich Train" can be summarized by a "trench" word, whether from the casting or shooting
More than 40 big-name celebrities cameo passengers, a night scene used the whole Hong Kong lighting engineer, Yuan Biao even contributed his first kiss on the screen, and all of this is actually inseparable from one person, that is, Hong Jinbao, the film circle big brother to create this movie to what extent, today let's understand the behind-the-scenes story that Hong Jinbao and "Rich Train" have to say
Released in Hong Kong in 1986, the film is a classic kung fu comedy film, telling the story of gangsters and mountain thieves in the early years of the Republic of China, robbing a train passenger, the big scene of martial arts action mixed with endless jokes, the film once released has received a good market response, the box office is close to the first place "Hero's True Colors"
The biggest highlight of the film is that the "trench" is full of gas, first of all, the luxury of the lineup, "Rich Train" brings together most of the stars of the Hong Kong entertainment industry, from the protagonist to the supporting role and even to the dragon set, in today's view are all big names, just to say that the passengers of that train, including Shen Dianxia, Wu Yaohan, Wang Yu, Shi Jian and other big stars
According to Hong Jinbao himself, at that time, he only thought it was funny to call them to make a cameo, and he didn't know if they had a job, anyway, he said a word, he didn't expect that in the end, all of them came, and the star lineup of such a big battle, I am afraid that only Hong Jinbao's level of characters can stand up, because too many actors have come to make cameos to "Rich Train", and it is said that most of the hong Kong sets at that time were suspended
Speaking of this, there may be audiences who wonder why Jackie Chan, one of the three musketeers, did not appear in such a star-studded movie, in fact, it is because Jackie Chan was injured during the filming of "Brother Dragon and Tiger Brother" before, so he missed the performance of this film
Although Jackie Chan did not star, Yuan Biao contributed a lot in this film, and he who has always been brilliant in martial arts scenes actually gave his "first kiss" on the screen together with Guan Zhilin, but unfortunately, because of the consideration of the length of the film, this kiss scene only appeared in the special version in the end
The second biggest "trench" point of the film is the shooting process, because this movie is going to be released in time for the Spring Festival, so the shooting time is very tight, so Hong Jinbao deliberately divided the crew into six teams, respectively, to Thailand, South Korea and other places to shoot, just this back and forth cost, is also a lot of expenditure, the most expensive shot in the film is the railway station
At that time, there was no old-fashioned train in Hong Kong, and in order to complete the shooting of this scene, Hong Jinbao led the crew to fly to Thailand together, renting a deactivated railway station in Bangkok, air tickets, accommodation and rental fees, so many people together is not a small amount, so this scene has undoubtedly become the most expensive shot in the film, in addition, another night scene in the movie can also be said to be extremely large
At that time, the lighting effects were not very perfect, in order to shoot a bright and lively long-range effect, Hong Jinbao called the lighting engineers of the entire Hong Kong crew, although this shot appeared for less than two minutes, but it did add a lot to the atmosphere of the film
The third major "trench" point of the film is in the action scene, especially the jumping scene of Yuan Biao and Xiao Hou is definitely worth watching, both are big visions, the two people turned over and jumped down from the top of the building, and immediately got up to act after landing, this kind of one-shot shooting to the end, there is no solid basic skills and extraordinary courage, I am afraid that no one dares to try
When filming this movie that year, it was really dangerous and frequent, Hong Jinbao ran bare-chested on the snowy mountain of minus ten degrees, the upper body was frozen purple, but the effect was not very good, and finally only a stand-in could be used, Qian Jiale for Zhong Zhentao Yuanwu for Hong Jinbao, Qian Jiale was a little better, there were clothes when shooting, Yuanwu was really shirtless, fortunately, the scene was filmed in two hours, but Yuanwu's body was still frozen out of a piece of "purple spots", and the upper body was almost unconscious
Yuan Biao was also almost kicked to death by Hong Jinbao when filming a fight scene, and the two used real materials to fight kung fu during the filming process, but because Hong Jinbao used too much force, he kicked Yuan Biao to faint with one kick, scaring people around him to rush over to do first aid
In addition to the masters of Hong Jiaban, several foreign stars in the film also contributed a lot of wonderful scenes, such as Kurata Hosaki Oshima Yugali Huang Zhengli And others, each of their fights is full of points to watch, in fact, at the end of the film originally arranged a fight between them and Hong Jinbao, but because the script is written while shooting, Hong Jinbao has not yet thought about whether Cheng Fangtian is good or the Japanese ninjas are winning well, plus the release time is approaching, so finally had to scribble the end
In addition to the above highlights, "Rich Train", as a New Year film, also added a lot of "emotional" stimulation, the most impressive is Wang Yu and Shi Jian played respectively, "Huang Feihong" and "Adulterous Jian" two fathers, they before getting on the train and in the carriage of the two scenes, can be said to be a tribute to the 60s and 70s Hong Kong kung fu feature films
The role of "Laifu" played by Zhong Zhentao can also be regarded as Hong Jinbao's tribute to the western classic "Django", because Laifu is very similar to the male protagonist of "Django" in terms of shape and weapon configuration
"Rich Train" is a breakthrough in Hong Jinbao's creative style, but it is a pity that the film "high opens and goes low", although there are many large-scale action scenes at the beginning, but after the train arrives in Hanshui Town, the film returns to the small scene of fist and foot fighting, although these breakthroughs are not successful, but with the luxurious cast, this film still got a good box office result, interested audiences can relive the movie