There are many types of Hong Kong films, such as police films, kung fu films, comedies, fantasy films, martial arts films, etc., and there are very few war films in comparison. Among them, there are several films about the Vietnam War, such as "Run to the Fury Sea", "Blood Street", "Hero 3", "Eastern Condor" and so on. The most powerful of the middle lineup is "Eastern Vulture", which is also a star-studded gathering.
"Oriental Condor" is produced by Jiahe Film Company, directed by Hong Jinbao, planned by Liu Guanwei Yuankui, written by Huang Bingyao, starring almost all the members of Hongjiaban, Hong Jinbao, Lin Zhengying, Yuan Biao, Yuanhua, Yuankui, NoonMa, Zhong Fa are the backbone members of Hongjiaban, and then there are a group of combat thugs: Zhou Billy, Kurata Baozhao, Di Wei, Gao Fei, and then there are the world's first martial fingers Yuan Heping, Citi Ginseng Qin Xianglin, Zhao Yazhi's husband Huang Jinshen, the third brother Miao Qiaowei, "Murong Fu" Zhang Guoqiang, zombie captain Lou Nanguang, Desperately Sanlang Qian Jiale and cameos Mo Shaocong, He Jiajin, Dai Zhiwei, Tang Zhenye, Liu Qiusheng, etc., of course, there is also the heroine Gao Lihong, the wife of the eldest brother Hong Jinbao, who is a popular hit girl in Hong Kong.
Released in Hong Kong on 9 July 1987, Oriental Vulture earned HK$21.6 million, ranking 10th at the annual box office. This achievement is also successful for ordinary films, but it is not successful for Hong Jinbao, to know that his previous "Five Lucky Stars" series are basically in the top three, and "Oriental Condor" has a large investment, it is difficult to shoot, and the effort paid is much more than "Five Lucky Stars".
"Oriental Condor" is an ambitious work of Hong Jinbao, but also a bold attempt, when few Hong Kong filmmakers tried war films, everyone likes to shoot some comedies, zombie films, police films and so on, just want to make quick money, for large-scale war films are thankless types. Hong Jinbao not only dared to try, but also made great efforts, ran abroad to shoot, overcame various difficulties, and finally achieved this classic. It is a pity that this classic did not have a big fire, which also led to few people shooting war films later, and then the road of Hong Kong films became narrower and narrower, which is also a reason for the decline of Hong Kong films. Later, wu Yusen's "Blood Double Male" filmed in 1990 was also an attempt, but the box office was also unsatisfactory.
Speaking of "The Condor of the East", the story is actually relatively simple, that is, a group of prisoners went to Vietnam to destroy the weapons left by the United States, and among them were drug dealers and arms dealers, all of whom were extremely vicious people anyway. In return, they can not only end their sentence early, but also receive an honorarium. Instead of going to jail, it is better to fight, maybe the bicycle becomes a racing car.
The war film is naturally tragic, a group of more than a dozen people, just set off to hang a colonel, when the parachute Liu Qiusheng fell to his death because of stuttering, and then one by one received a box lunch, Chen Long, Qian Jiale went to the toilet and was killed, Zhang Guoqiang kindly let the child be killed, the eighth master Yuan Heping and Yuan Kui were the most tragic, because of the reason of injury, stayed and died with the enemy. After finding the weapon, the group and the guerrillas engaged in infighting, and Hong Jinbao was too powerful to directly cut off Gao Lihong's hand. After the two sides went through a big battle, only Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao and Lou Nanguang survived in the end, which was really tragic.
"Oriental Condor" is actually not out of the previous characteristics of Hong Kong films, the main hit is still action, whether it is the beginning of a few guerrillas in Gao Lihong to deal with the enemy, or Yuan Biao Hong Jinbao in the woods to cooperate, or the final warehouse battle, are called classics, from the film since the thinnest Hong Jinbao is fierce and fierce, Zhou Billy, Di Wei is not its opponent, flexible Yuan Biao, the girly Yuan Hua have their own characteristics. At the same time, the film is also interspersed with some funny clips to dilute the sad tone of the team members leaving one by one.
There is one scene in the film that is the most powerful, that is, Hong Jinbao jumped from a mountain to the car, which can be described as thrilling, it is said that at the beginning it was Hong Jinbao who jumped, but he was not satisfied, and later he still used Qian Jiale to jump. And there was also an accident in the scene, Qian Jiale was almost burned to death, and Hong Jinbao was very sorry for it. Later, Hong Jinbao used "Uncle Zombie" and "Shaolin Hero Fang Shiyu Hong Xiguan" to praise Qian Jiale, perhaps with the intention of compensation, of course, Qian Jiale himself was also desperate, and in "Flying Dragon Fierce General" he served as a stand-in for Jackie Chan and made an action that Jackie Chan could not do. At present, Qian Jiale has become the mainstay of Hong Kong films, and the action direction of many Hong Kong films is done by Qian Jiaban.
Many people asked a lot of members of the Seven Little Fortunes in "Oriental Condor", why didn't Jackie Chan participate? The box office champion in 1987 was Jackie Chan's "Brother Dragon Tiger Brother", and the filming of this film was also the most serious injury of Jackie Chan, the closest to the brink of death. Therefore, many fans analyzed that it was largely because of the reasons for this injury that they failed to participate in it. Just imagine, if Jackie Chan could make a cameo appearance, maybe the ending of "Oriental Vulture" would be different, and it would not be buried like this now, what do you think?