In the movie starring Jackie Chan, in addition to enjoying the wonderful action scenes and the graceful "Dragon Girl", various villains are also a major attraction. He has worked with Jackie Chan to play many stars, including many real martial arts masters. So the question is: who is the strongest opponent in Jackie Chan's movies?
Huang Zhengli
Huang Renzhi
Deewe
Lu Huiguang
Beanie
Richard Norton
Kurata Yasuaki
Billy Chow
Is it Huang Zhengli in "The Serpentine Executioner" and "Drunken Fist"? Is it Huang Renzhi in "Young Master Long" and "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse"? Is it Devi from Project A? Is it Lu Huiguang in "Drunken Fist 2"? Is it Binnie in "The Wyvern" and "Fast Food Truck"? Is it Hoshi Kurata and Norton in Summer Lucky Star? Or Billy Chow in Miracle?
There is no doubt that the above few are real kung fu masters. Hwang Jeong-ri and Hwang In-sik are taekwondo black belts, Di Wei is a karate instructor, Lo Wai Kwang is a master of Muay Thai, Kurata Hoshaki and Norton are karate black belts, and Billy Chow has won the Light middleweight World Free Fighting Championship.
Although they are all masters, there is an old Chinese saying that "Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second", and everyone generally believes that Binney is stronger in actual combat.
"Fast Food Truck"
Benny Urquidez, nicknamed "The Jet." Born in the United States in 1952, he has maintained an unbeaten record for 27 consecutive years since 1974, winning 5 world free-fighting championships in different heavyweights eight times. His fight with Jackie Chan in "Fast Food Truck" was named "the most wonderful film and television drama fight scene in history" by Black Belt Magazine at No. 2, after Bruce Lee and Chuck Rowley in the showdown in "Raptors Across the River".
But the audience also ignored one person. This man played Jackie Chan's rival in the movie "Veyron Detective", his name is Bill Wallace.
Bill Wallace, Johor
Bill Wallace vs Jackie Chan
"Veyron Detective" is a 1985 film by Jackie Chan, co-produced by "Jiahe" and "Warner". At that time, Jackie Chan riveted enough energy and marched to Hollywood for the second time. Unfortunately, Hollywood is still not ready for the superstar. Although Jackie Chan is the action director of this film, in order to cater to the tastes of American audiences, he once again compromised with the producers. The film sacrifices his personal characteristics, and the action scenes are clumsy and slow, even worse than "Killer Trench", which tested the waters of Hollywood five years ago. Coupled with the rough plot, greasy partners, stupid villains and meaningless nudity, Fu Fat personally believes that this is Jackie Chan's worst movie since 1980's "Master and Brother Out of the Horse". In terms of ornamentality, it is not even as good as "Mini Task Force" and "Cannonball Flying Car".
The AMERICAN version of "Veyron Detective" poster
"Veyron Detective" Hong Kong version poster
It is said that Jackie Chan himself has a lot of criticism of this film. Later, he remade some plots himself, added the scenes of Ye Qianwen, Medero, and Li Haisheng, extended the fight scene with Bill Wallace at the end of the film, and deleted those nude scenes to make a so-called "Hong Kong version".
Stills from the Hong Kong version of "Detective Weilong", Ye Qianwen
The opening credits of the Hong Kong version of "Weilong Detective"
Despite this, "Veyron Detective" still did not attract people's attention. Jackie Chan was painfully determined, and from this film, the "Police Story" series was derived. Jackie Chan's "Chan Ka-ju", a lifeless policeman, finally raised his eyebrows and became one of the most representative screen images in the history of Hong Kong film. Soon, the movie "Weilong Detective" was lost in Jackie Chan's many classic movies, and few people mentioned it. Among them, Bill Wallace, as Jackie Chan's opponent, can not escape the fate of being ignored.
So, who is this Bill Wallace?
Bill Wallace
Joe Lewis, Bill Wallace
Bill Wallace, Joe Lewis
Bill Wallace, Richard Norton, Chuck Rowleys
Bill Wallace, Don Long Wilson
Bill Wallace was born in December 1945 in Portland, Indiana, United States, nicknamed "Superfoot". Wallace trained in wrestling in high school and began studying judo in 1963, but was forced to suspend judo-related activities due to injuries sustained while practicing in 1966. After recovering, he decided to study karate. He trained with Chuck Loris, Joe Lewis, and Don Long Wilson (all of the world's top fighters) and made his professional debut as a karate player in September 1974.
This was the first All-Contact Karate International Championship organized by the PKA (Professional Karate Association) at the Los Angeles Coliseum, and Wallace became the first PKA MiddleWeight World Champion.
Bill Wallace, Elvis Presley
Elvis Presley
It is worth mentioning that in 1974, Wallace became Elvis Presley's bodyguard and personal trainer. Yes, you read that right. Rock star Elvis Presley is an avid karate enthusiast who took the initiative to get close to Wallace after wallace won the title. The two trained together, and Wallace helped Elvis run a karate school until Elvis Presley's death in 1977.
A Force of One
In 1979, at the invitation of his friend Loris, Wallace entered the film industry and co-starred with Loris in the action film "A Force of One", which is based on the theme of free fighting. In addition to "Veyron Detective", he has co-starred with Miky Locke in "A Prayer for the Dying" and with Lovelo in action films such as "Fight to Win".
Wallace's final tournament was the defending title in June 1980 at Anderson, Indiana, USA. In the end, Wallace won by points. The victory was Wallace's 23rd consecutive win in his 6-year karate career from 1974 to 1980. On October 3, 1981, Wallace announced his retirement as an undefeated champion.
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Lovelot, Bill Wallace
Wallace currently lives in Boynton Beach, Florida, with his wife and five dogs. He has been active in public, holding seminars around the world and having martial arts schools around the world.
Bill Wallace, Richard Norton, Binney
Wallace is now a 74-year-old man, and Binney is 67 years old. Although the two did not intersect in their careers, they were very good friends in private. Some foreign netizens once asked on the Internet, saying that "The Jet" and "Superfoot" are undefeated records, if the two fight at the peak of the time, who is better? Fans of the two kings left messages one after another, and the final result was exactly half and half. Of course, this contest is unlikely to happen. However, as a strong opponent in Jackie Chan's movie, the only one who can compete with Wallace is probably Binney.
(Huang Zhengli, Billy Zhou and Richard Norton may have a fight?) ）
Finally, thank you to these martial artists for their contributions to Hong Kong cinema. With the aging of these kings, today's Chinese kung fu films are really too cold.
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