In the 80s and 90s of the last century, the Hong Kong film industry was full of talents, and the replacement and elimination of film stars was very fierce, even if it was a temporary scenery, it was inevitable that there would be big ups and downs.
For example, Leung Ka Fai debuted and took the emperor of the film, but after a period of time, he fell to the street stall;
Zhen Zidan was fired because of "Jingwumen", but because of poor image management, he could not receive the drama and had to develop in Hollywood.
Big-name movie stars like Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow are also afraid of being stereotyped by their roles and constantly try to play roles that change their image.
And often in the movie to play the villain, is more considered to be the "big taboo", not only the film salary is generally lower than the starring actor, but also easy to be defined as a villain actor, in the show business circle is difficult to turn over.
But there are also exceptions, some good movies, will work the script, giving each character a distinct personality.
For the villains in the film, it will also be carefully shaped to construct a unique, characterful, and plump character image, so that the audience can deeply feel the powerful aura, distinct personality, or its rich connotation.
For example, below, these ten classic villains in the Hong Kong film industry, each of which is unforgettable.
See if there's a character you like —
(Remarks: The following rankings, in no particular order)
10. Wan Ziliang, the classic villain role: Deng Jiayong
Some people say that Wan Ziliang is one of the few movie stars in the Hong Kong film circle who can comb his back like Chow Yun-fat and suppress Chow Yun-fat with a powerful aura.
In "Jianghu Love 2: Heroes and Good Men", Wan Ziliang and Zhou Runfa had a meeting scene in a nightclub, and the villain Deng Jiayong, played by Wan Ziliang, played by Zhou Runfa, was suppressed to death by li Ayan, the protagonist played by Zhou Runfa.
Looking back at the series of "Jianghu Love", Wan Ziliang, who was the big brother of the Hong Kong film and television circle at that time, took the initiative to give up the male number two Lin Dingguo in the film and chose to play the villain Deng Jiayong.
The first is to promote the younger Andy Lau;
The second is the reluctance to repeat the image of a good person that has been created before;
The third is to see the depth of the image of Deng Jiayong's character.
"Jianghu Love" is a Hong Kong gangster film created by Ma Dangxiong and Huang Tailai in imitation of the "Godfather" series.
In these two parts, the male protagonist Li Azhi and the male number two Lin Dingguo are both facial images, but the villain Deng Jiayong has grown from a small to a predator, with a gradual growth process.
Wan Ziliang is a good actor who can control both positive and negative roles, and small people and big people can seamlessly switch.
In the film, he vividly shows Deng Jiayong's shameless and vulgar character, his heart that will be rewarded with his eyes, and his fierceness by unscrupulous means to achieve his goals.
With this role, Wan Ziliang has deservedly been able to make the list, and there are many classic roles he has portrayed, such as Tony in "Carmen" in "Mong Kok", Wu Jincheng in "Big Head Boy", and Jiang Tianyang in the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series.
9. Lin Qingxia, the classic villain role: The East is undefeated
Lin Qingxia, debuted as "Qiong Yao Girl" in 1973, starred in the movie "Outside the Window", and for many years after that, she was well known to the audience as the girl next door to the small family jasper.
It was not until the 80s that after meeting Xu Ke, she slowly discovered her neutral side, especially in "Dao Ma Dan", debuting with a short hair image, which was eye-catching.
In 1992, Xu Ke Ctrip Xiaodong filmed "Smiling Proud of jianghu 2: Oriental Undefeated", Xu Ke decided to let Lin Qingxia reverse the undefeated role of the East, which made Jin Yong very dissatisfied, and made a special call to express his resolute disagreement.
At the insistence of Xu Ke, Lin Qingxia finally withstood great pressure and created an undefeated image of the East that amazed the entire Hong Kong film circle.
The old demon in the novel, Dongfang, is undefeated and is re-molded into an ambitionist who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts and has great ambitions.
After encountering Ling Fox Chong, Dongfang Undefeated revealed its gentle side hidden under the appearance of strength.
The cold image is just a disguise, and his heart also has a yearning for a free life and the pursuit of fiery love.
And he used the most decisive way to express his love and hate, with the jump to the bottom of the cliff, the Hong Kong film industry also set off a rush to make martial arts movies.
Lin Qingxia herself also used this role to start the second spring of her acting career, and starred in as many as a dozen martial arts films throughout the 90s, creating many character images similar to the undefeated in the East.
8. Liang Jiahui, the classic villain role: Zhou Chaoxian
In 1997's "Black Gold", although the main actor is Andy Lau, some people say that this is a one-man show belonging to Leung Ka Fai.
This is a film created by Ma Dangxiong and Ma Dangjie, a Hong Kong film about Taiwanese gangsters.
Zhou Chaoxian, played by Leung Ka Fai, is a Taiwanese underworld celebrity who masters both black and white resources, and is also black and white.
A negotiation scene in the film is particularly exciting, about a government development project is about to tender, Zhou Chaoxian summoned several underworld big brothers to a meeting in advance to negotiate, wanting to win the project.
During this period, he used all means to severely crack down on those who opposed it, the sentence: "Who approves?" Who is against it? "It has long become a widely circulated meme in the circle of friends.
In the gang, the Zhou Dynasty was first a good big brother who could help the elders in the gang;
In the official arena, he is also a politician who knows how to manage his image and is very good at putting on a show.
In contrast, the image of Fang Guohui, the leader of the mobile group of the Investigation Bureau played by Andy Lau, is much bleaker.
Therefore, although the movie "Black Gold" is not an invulnerable classic gangster film, Leung Ka Fai's performance is impressive and also raises the standard of the film to a notch.
Leung Ka Fai began to play this type of tyrant in the late 90s, but compared with the big D brother he played in "Underworld", you can see the obvious difference in performance, which shows that his skills are profound.
7. He Jiaju, the classic villain role: Datun
There are "four evil people" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, they are: Ho Ka-koo, Cheng Kui-an, Wong Kwong Leung and Lee Shau Kee, and Ho Ka-koo has become the first of the "Four Evil Men".
The Big Tun he played in "Prison Storm", although he is not a big villain, nor is he a big brother who can control power, but he is a bad little person who is bad to the bone and makes people grit their teeth.
Datun is also an ordinary prisoner in the prison, but he has his own small circle and is familiar with all the rules of the prison.
He likes to bully new prisoners, is willing to collude with prison guards in order to exclude dissidents, and can do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. This kind of evil person lurking around is the most terrifying.
He Jiaju's most iconic image is the contemptuous smile and evil little eyes hanging on his lips.
He has run newspapers, worked as an agent, director, screenwriter and producer, participated in more than 300 films, and played the image of a face-made villain countless times.
But in "Prison Storm", the performance is absolutely phenomenal, and the image of a villain who is afraid of chaos in the world is quite in place.
During the glorious period of Hong Kong cinema, a large number of gangsters and violent films emerged, and "evil" actors like Ho Ka-ju were successful in the water, and countless roles were portrayed.
But after 2000, with the decline of the Hong Kong film market, Ho's films have gradually decreased, and after 2005, they have rarely appeared.
He Jiaju died on January 27, 2015 at the age of 66.
6. Qian Xiaohao, the classic villain role: Dong Tianbao
Qian Xiaohao, as a closed disciple of director Zhang Che, was praised by Shaw when he first debuted, but after Shaw's suspension of production in 1985, his acting career also ushered in a major turning point.
In the 90s, Qian Xiaohao became more and more marginalized in the show business circle, and at this time he got the opportunity to turn around and play the villain Dong Tianbao in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng" directed by Yuan Heping.
From the story of this movie, we can see the screenwriting skills of Academy Award screenwriter Ye Guangjian.
Zhang Sanfeng (Zhang Junbao) was the founder of the Wudang School at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and a famous figure in history.
Dong Tianbao is a character created by the movie, but it is a negative existence of Zhang Junbao, and its personality and values are completely different from Zhang Junbao.
Zhang Junbao is kind by nature, optimistic and open-minded, light and thin in fame and fortune, he can hardly find shortcomings in his body, and he has no pursuit in life, and likes to live a peaceful life without dispute with the world;
Dong Tianbao represents the seven passions and six desires of ordinary people, the pursuit of fame and fortune, the desire for wealth, status, and power, he is more pragmatic, the purpose is clear, and he can do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
Although the ending of the movie is that dong Tianbao, who is extremely evil, is defeated by Zhang Junbao, the audience seems to have given more good feelings to Dong Tianbao, which is the terrible thing about the movie.
Because "perfect people" like Zhang Junbao are only our ideals, and we are more like Dong Tianbao, who runs for fame and fortune all his life.
Although Dong Tianbao is a villain, we can see our own shadow from him, and more importantly, Dong Tianbao in the film is more persistent and more successful than many of us.
Therefore, Dong Tianbao's sentence: "My life is up to me" roared angrily, and it is still an Internet buzzword today.
5. Xiong Xinxin, the classic villain role: Flying Dragon
Xu Ke's last martial arts film in the 90s was called "Knife", and the villain xiong Xinxin played in the film was called Feilong.
As a realistic, Cult-style martial arts film, Feilong is definitely the strongest existence in the martial arts world, he believes in the philosophy of the weak and the strong, looks at everything, regards everyone as a "pig" under the knife, and walks the rivers and lakes only by the knife.
Among the many roles that Xiong Xinxin has played, in addition to the "Ghost Foot Seven", it is the "Flying Dragon" with the most personality, he is arrogant, arrogant, never concealed, simple and direct, domineering side leaks.
But the flying dragon eventually died under the knife faster than him, in fact, he just lost to time, the replacement of the old and the new is also the law of the jianghu, no matter how fast the knife, there will always be a time to slow down.
In 1995, when Hong Kong cinema began to decline, "Knife" only grossed HK$4.9 million.
Many people can't accept the jianghu in the film that has no order and does not pay attention to the law, because it is too real and alludes to the cruelty of the real world.
But people eventually remembered the film, and it became the most unique work in xiong xinxin and Zhao Wenzhuo's acting careers.
4. Zhang Guorong, the classic villain role: Ouyang Feng
Cheung Kwok Wing participated in Wong Kar-wai's "East Evil West Poison", and initially played the role of East Evil Yellow Medicine Master.
But Wong Kar-wai filmed for a long time without much progress, under the pressure of Taiwanese filmmakers, Wong Kar-wai found Liu Zhenwei and concocted a "Legend of the Eagle Hero into the West" in 27 days, which was released in the 1993 Lunar New Year file.
Unexpectedly, this "shoddy" comedy film achieved unprecedented success, and the image of Ouyang Feng, played by Liang Chaowei, was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and became a classic character loved by fans.
This can upset Wong Kar-wai, who does not want to see that when the audience watches "East Evil and West Poison", Ouyang Feng of west poison will make people laugh as soon as he appears.
Therefore, he finally persuaded the actors to change roles with each other, "West Poison Ouyang Feng" to Zhang Guorong; "East Evil Yellow Medicine Master" to Liang Jiahui; Liang Chaowei, who originally played Ouyang Feng, became a blind swordsman.
Fortunately, Zhang Guorong, who has excellent acting skills, can seamlessly switch between the positive and negative characters.
Wong Kar-wai gives Ouyang Feng a new interpretation, he gave up his love in order to walk the rivers and lakes to chase his dreams, and when he looks back, he finds that he has lost the most cherished person in the world.
Therefore, Ouyang Feng became narrow-minded, and he was jealous of people who were happier than him, because of jealousy, he began to destroy and kill, and eventually became a "Western poison".
3. Zhang Yaoyang, the classic villain role: Xiao Xiao brother, crow
The model-born, 181cm tall, handsome and dashing Zhang Yaoyang, his image is enough to become a popular student in Hong Kong's golden age.
But he "chose the wrong path" from the beginning, did not enter TVB from the beginning of the TV series, but was discovered by director Lin Lingdong, became an important actor in his "Fengyun" trilogy, and successfully created the image of Xiao Xiaoge in "School Storm" in 1988.
"School Storm" is the earliest realistic gangster film in Hong Kong, because of its extremely large scale, it was deleted by the Hong Kong Electricity Inspection Office, but the whole film is still bloody and violent, shocking.
The gang leader Xiao Xiao brother is the source of all violence, and he runs his own territory "responsibly", allowing evil to infiltrate the school and extend the claws to those students who are not deeply involved in the world.
Brother Xiao is not as evil as Deng Jiayong, nor is he as undefeated as the Eastern Undefeated Martial Arts, but he is very real, just like the hooligans who are active around us, even if a look is extremely penetrating, making people unconsciously feel afraid.
After the release of "School Storm" that year, it aroused strong repercussions in Hong Kong society, and while winning 13.74 million at the box office, it also promoted a wave of government governance of social security.
Zhang Yaoyang was also stereotyped by this role, and the crows and Lei Yaoyang who played in the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series later are the continuation of this image.
2. Ren Shiguan, the classic villain role: Yan Zhendong
The historical Huang Feihong had four sons and two daughters, and his second son, Huang Hansen, was known as "Fat Boy II", the highest martial artist, and did his best to get the true inheritance of Huang Feihong, but was eventually killed by the enemy ghost Eye Liang with a musket.
When Xu Ke created "Huang Feihong", he used it as a model to create the character of Yan Zhendong, the "iron cloth shirt".
Yan Zhendong is also a martial arts master with extraordinary skills, he practiced a hard qigong that could not be used by knives and guns, and went south to Guangdong to seek development. But in order to live, he had to sell martial arts on the street, do the most humble work, and taste the cold and warmth of the world and the cold of the world.
Under the grind of life, Yan Zhendong's values began to change.
He no longer insisted on justice, gave up his own principles, broke through the bottom line again and again, and finally became a fighting tool under the hands of the hooligans.
When he saw the evil happening and was able to be indifferent, Yan Zhendong was already dead, he gave up his principles and gave up his dignity.
Therefore, in the final duel with Huang Feihong, Yan Zhendong was no longer as calm as before.
His "iron cloth shirt" was also not good, and he eventually went mad because of his defeat and was shot and killed by foreigners.
Before dying, he issued an exclamation: "No matter how good our kung fu is, it can't beat the foreign gun", which makes people instantly mixed.
Yan Zhendong represented the people who had lost their faith in that era, although they had a strong physique, they did not have a firm mind and soul.
Although Ren Shiguan later also created classic images such as Yankong monk, Ren Yixing, and Yue Xihong, they did not have the depth of Yan Zhendong's corner.
In fact, the actors, characters and films listed above by Pigo are the best works in Hong Kong cinema.
It can be concluded that if the villain in a movie is very successful, it is definitely a classic film.
1. Andy Lau, classic villain role: Lin Kun
After 2000, Andy Lau's acting skills have long been pure, and he is no longer an "idol faction" who is inferior to the top and has more than the bottom.
In 2007, he starred in Er Dongsheng's crime film "Disciple", playing the villain Lin Kun in the film, a serious but cunning Hong Kong drug lord like a fox.
Lin Kun runs an electrical appliance store on weekdays, is low-key, and does not like to be in the limelight.
If it weren't for drug trafficking, he would have been just an ordinary man with a family and children, and a sense of responsibility.
But Lin Kun's values are distorted, he does not think that he is wrong with drug trafficking, he feels that this is also a fair and reasonable transaction.
This kind of logical self-consistency is the most terrible, and many people in society are holding similar distorted values that they are gradually moving towards the abyss of crime.
Andy Lau once joked that he had never played a villain, even if the terrorists in "Dark War" or the characters like Lin Kun in "Disciple" have a good side.
Perhaps many viewers will think that Lin Kun is not an evil person, or even a "villain", because he is a person who has a sense of responsibility for his family and a sense of righteousness for his brothers.
But he is really doing business that harms society, and this character is a reflection of our society, and many people have such two sides.
This is What Pi ge thinks of as one of the top ten classic villains in the Hong Kong film industry, and the classic villains in your mind are what, welcome to add to the article below...
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