We are accustomed to putting Wu Mengda's name and Chow Sing Chi together, in fact, Uncle Da is the "golden oil" of the Hong Kong film industry, and has participated in more than 200 film and television works in his lifetime, and Chow Sing Chi's films are only a small part of his total works. Even if you look at the entire Hong Kong film industry, the number of film and television dramas in which Uncle Da has participated, among the supporting actors, can only be compared with a few people such as Wu Ma, Zeng Zhiwei, and Qin Pei.
Here are 12 classic "non-Chow Sing Chi" works starring Uncle Da, of which six films have a score of more than 8 points.
1. "Huang Feihong's Laughing Biography", 6.3 points (a certain petal score, the same below)
It can be said that this is a Chow Xingchi movie without Zhou Xingchi's participation, the director is Li Lizhi, the screenwriter is Gu Dezhao, and among the main actors, in addition to Uncle Da, there is Mao Shunjun, who often appears in Zhou Xingchi's works. Released in 1992, the film combines the popular nonsense style with Wong Fei Hung's works to create a funny alternative Wong Fei Hung film. After the release of the film, it received 19 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which was quite successful, so a year later, the original team launched a sequel "Huang Feihong to Huang Feihong", in which Uncle Da played Ya Mosu.
2. "Nerve Knife and Flying Cat", 6.7 points
Hong Kong director Wang Jing and Taiwanese director Zhu Yanping jointly created a hilarious martial arts film, with a high-profile lineup, and even the supporting roles are big stars. There are actually many such comedy martial arts films starring Uncle Da, in addition to "Nerve Knife and Flying Cat", there are also "Water Margin Laughter", "Wuxia Seven Princesses", "Laughing Eight Immortals" and so on. Of course, he has also starred in some more serious martial arts films, such as "New Blue Blood Sword" and "Su Qi'er".
3. "Heroes of the End of the Exotic Lands", 7.3 points
Zhu Yanping directed the sequel to the famous war action film "Exotic", the previous film starred Andy Lau, Si Qinggaowa, Lang Xiong and others, the sequel starred Liang Chaowei, Wu Mengda, Lu Liangwei and others, Lin Zhiying played the younger brother in the film, in addition to the blessing of two beautiful women, Uncle Da played an experienced veteran in the film, which is a rather cruel and serious movie, which is easy to be ignored.
4. "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo of 500 Million", 7.8 points
In the sequel, Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok played a father and son, which became the publicity gimmick at the time. Uncle Da's role in these two films is called Lard Boy, a gangster from the bottom, who later became Leiluo's younger brother. In Wang Jing's "Chasing the Dragon", the role of Lard Boy is played by Zheng Zeshi.
5. "The Wandering Earth", 7.8 points
When Uncle Da filmed this film, his body was already very problematic, and every time he finished shooting the action scene, he felt that he could not breathe, and he had to take a big breath of oxygen after coming down. Later, in an interview, Uncle Da claimed that during the filming of this film, because his body could not eat, he often cried silently, and did not know what it was for. However, Uncle Da does not regret taking over this mainland film, and he is proud and proud to have left a mark on the history of Chinese cinema.
6. "Laughing Forest Boy 2: New Oolong Temple", 7.8 points
In addition to Zhou Xingchi and Wang Jing, Zhu Yanping is the director with whom Uncle Da has cooperated the most. Zhu Yanping used to be known as "Treasure Island Wang Jing", and the two have a very similar approach, especially in the nonsense comedy. "Kobayashi Kid 2: New Oolong Courtyard" is a high-quality comedy cooperated by Wu Mengda and Zhu Yanping, which is a spoof almost every second. In addition to this film, Uncle Da's similar works include "Chinese Dragon", "Stinky Fart King", "New Oolong Courtyard 2 Invincible Anti-Fighting Star", "Comic King" and so on.
7. "Urban Love", 8.1 points
"Journey to the West" director Liu Zhenwei self-written and directed love movies, we can see from "Journey to the West", "The World Is Unmatched", "Infinite Resurrection" and other films, Liu Zhenwei is actually very good at expressing love in movies, "Urban Love" and Andy Lau starring "Heaven and Earth", is Liu Zhenwei's two pure love films, the reputation of both films is very good, "Urban Love" starring Li Ming and Wu Qianlian, Uncle Da plays Dawn's father in the film.
8. "Lame Hao", 8.3 points
"Crippled Hao" and the aforementioned "Half a Billion Inspector Leiluo Biography" were both produced in 1991, the two films have the same theme, and "Lame Hao" has a better reputation, greater fame and higher box office, the film won more than HK$38 million at the box office that year, ranking third in the "Top Ten Best-Selling Hong Kong Films of 1991", second only to Stephen Chow's "Truant Weilong" and Jackie Chan's "Flying Eagle Project", and won the Academy Award for Best Film the following year. In comparison, "The Legend of Leiluo" is more like a follow-up work. Uncle Da's character in "Lame Hao" is called Jin Ya Ping, who is a fierce villain.
9. "Heavenly Love", 8.3 points
Uncle Da won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor's work, according to Uncle Da himself, he almost does not watch the movies he acted in, and there is only one disc of his own work at home, that is, "Heavenly Love", which shows that he attaches great importance to this award. Uncle Da has a very high pursuit of acting, and has used his heart for every role, even in the movie of Stephen Chow, Uncle Da in "Deer Ding" and Uncle Da in "The King of Comedy" are also sentenced to two people.
10. "The True Colors of Heroes 2", 8.4 points
Uncle Da and Zhou Runfa are classmates in the wireless artist training class, and the same class includes Ren Dahua, Lin Lingdong, Lu Haipeng and others. Uncle Da's acting career was full of twists and turns, and in the most difficult time, he went to zhou Runfa to borrow money to live, but was rejected by Fa Ge. But Fa Ge is obviously not a ruthless person, and later provided Uncle Da with acting opportunities many times, and I don't know whether Uncle Da's small role in "Hero Nature 2" is led by Fa Ge.
11. "God of Gamblers", 8.4 points
Uncle Da has starred in many gambling films, in addition to "Gambling Saint" and "Gambler", there are also "God of Gamblers", "Gambler", "Winning Expert", "Shanghai Beach Gambling Saint" and "Street Gambling Saint" and so on. Uncle Da's role in "God of Gamblers" is not much, playing a more obscene gang leader, but very brilliant, his high-energy clips in the film, now often appear on video social media.
12. "The Story of Alang", 8.6 points
If only a certain petal is scored, "The Story of Ah Lang" can rank fourth among all the works starring Wu Mengda, after the two "Journey to the West" and "The King of Comedy". "The Story of Ah Lang" is the early work of Hong Kong director Du Qifeng, Du Qifeng is also a good friend of Uncle Da, in the era of Wu Mengda's depravity, Du Dacang once called him "rotten mud" behind his back, but Uncle Da later talked about this past and said that he did not mind. Lao Du's early works were not sharp enough, and he liked to stir up emotions, "The Story of Ah Lang" is his early masterpiece, and the ending is extremely tear-inducing. Wu Mengda played Zhou Runfa's friend in the film, which is a true color and very lifelike.
In addition to all the films mentioned above, his well-known works include "Happy Affair in the Flower Field", "Dancing with the Dragon", "Bright Moon Illumination Tsim shabu", "Burning Island's Rampaging" and so on. We all know that 1992 is known as the "Year of Stephen Chow", and this year, Wu Mengda starred in 20 film works, which is unimaginable.
I would like to commemorate Uncle Da with this article.
Author: Dr. Movie Terrier, please do not reprint it at will.