Director Lin Chaoxian's film "Fire Dragon Showdown" was originally called "Fire Dragon", and the dragon dance in Hong Kong originated from a plague in 1880, when the villagers in Tai Hang District of Hong Kong defeated the plague by dancing fire dragons, so the fire dragon became a spiritual totem. Wu Weilun, the screenwriter of "Fire Dragon Showdown", and Director Lin Chaoxian both believe that everyone has a plague, which is only when it breaks out, and more importantly, when you want to break out, have you ever let it break out.
Dragon Showdown
To some extent, this "Fire Dragon Showdown" starring Dawn and another movie starring him, "Double Males", are "double male protagonists" drama, in "Fire Dragon Showdown", Dawn and Ren Xianqi play the police, in Wu Weilun's view, the biggest problem of the police is not to catch the thief in the real world, but to catch the thief in their own heart. At the beginning, Inspector Wen Fang of the Serious Crimes Unit played by Li Ming and Ji Shaoqun, senior inspector of the anti-drug unit played by Ren Xianqi, were full of enthusiasm, full of justice, and bent on eliminating violence and safety, and the two even felt sorry for each other for a while, but when dealing with their own life problems in the future, the two people chose different paths, which also led to different consequences. Lin Chaoxian said: "Two men are facing such a flesh-and-blood world, and there are many unfairness in their hearts, and I think they both have a sigh. ”
"Dragon Showdown" is a two-male protagonist
Although Wen Fang is kind by nature, he is impulsive, hot-blooded, stubborn, serious and a little violent, and is a warm character with many shortcomings but touching. Dawn also paid a lot for this role, in the play, because of the beard, Dawn put on a false beard, which led to him almost unable to talk to people or even eat after filming, because the beard was "rotten" when he moved, he also and Ren Xianqi and other scripts, carefully discussed the mental journey of the characters in the play, the action director Qian Jiale originally prepared a stand-in, but in the end Dawn personally played more than 90% of the dangerous actions, which made Qian Jiale moved. Dawn is also very caring for Wang Baoqiang, who participated in Hong Kong-style action movies for the first time, there is a scene where Dawn covers Wang Baoqiang's face with a towel and then pours water into his nose, Dawn is very careful to tell Wang Baoqiang to hold his breath and not breathe, otherwise the water will be dangerous in the nose. Lin Chaoxian praised Li Ming, saying: "In fact, actors don't necessarily need to do this, which proves how tight he is about this play." Dawn herself said, "Give us the hundred points we should do, and we will try to do two hundred points." ”
Dawn plays Wen Fang
Ji Shaoqun shines under Ren Xianqi's interpretation, and he interprets a "good policeman" who is Sven, intelligent, courageous and desperate, and finally rebels in the end. Before "Fire Dragon Showdown", Ren Xianqi mostly played the role of a sunny, handsome, kind and sincere good man, this time he broke through himself, standing on the edge of black and white in a "Dark Knight" posture, exuding a cold and cold atmosphere around him, the billiard room planted a clean and clean play, Ren Xianqi expressed the weakness of human nature in a unique way in front of the audience, which made people feel both fresh and surprised.
Ren Xianqi plays Ji Shaoqun
"Uncle Zhi" Liao Qizhi played Xiang'an in "Fire Dragon Showdown", Lin Chaoxian once said: "I hope to challenge him every time, and every time I hope that there are some things that Uncle Zhi has never happened." Wu Weilun said: "This time, I actually played him a policeman (role) with a more violent personality and a rude personality." Liao Qizhi admitted that the most difficult one in the play was "recruiting prostitutes", because he had not experienced it in real life.
Liao Qizhi plays Xiang An
"Everyone has a fire in their heart that can make life or destroy everything." Lin Chaoxian actually pays great attention to the inner drama of the movie, he feels that the movie "Fire Dragon Showdown" is "the last different way out of the two policemen, the entanglement in the middle of the story, being smoked and burned by the fire dragon, whether it can redeem itself, this is the real soul of this play." ”
Creator of "Dragon Showdown"
"Fire Dragon Showdown" continues Lin Chaoxian's consistent Hong Kong-style fast pace, smooth lens, first-class cinematography, solid script, full of fatalism, compared to today's "Red Sea Action", "Emergency Rescue", "Chosin Lake", etc., in fact, his early Hong Kong films such as "Jianghu Emergency", "Charging Battle", "Witness", "Informant", "Sharpshooter", "Reverse Battle", "Guild Wars", "Magic Police" and "Fire Dragon Showdown", although there is no grand scene and computer special effects, but more perfect processing, It also better reflects Lin Chaoxian's directing style and skills.
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