First of all, congratulations to Xie Xian for winning the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards, as a well-known "prodigal son" in the Hong Kong film industry, he has witnessed the development of Hong Kong films for decades, and his temperament of good and evil has shaped many classics. Xie Xian's early films are not familiar to us, but after the 80s, we have seen a lot, of which his most "arrogant" film is 1987's "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight", in which he played the role of Gao Laosi, which is much more "arrogant" than the strong male of "Shaolin Football", and also contributed a lot of classic lines.
"Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight" was released in 1987, won 15.74 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 18th in the annual box office list, a lot of credit thanks to Zhou Runfa, that year was known as Zhou Runfa Year, the top 10 in the box office list, Fa Ge alone accounted for 5 films. "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight" can be regarded as a follow-up work of "hero" films, but compared with traditional gangster films, it has more literary and artistic atmosphere in it, and pays more attention to describing the feelings of the characters.
The film is produced by Deng Guangrong's Film Zhijie Film Production Company, then directed by Zhang Tongzu, written by Wong Kar-wai, the executive producers are Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai, the photographer Ma Chucheng, the art Zhang Shuping, and the action design has 3, namely Jiang Daohai, Dong Wei and Pan Jianjun, and now each of them is a character who is single-handed.
The whole story is relatively smooth, that is, the two brothers of the opposite sex played by Deng Guangrong and Zhou Runfa, hand in hand with the story of the underworld, step by step become a big man, and later the two brothers encountered the most powerful senior fourth (Xie Xian) to suppress and frame, and finally the three finally because of various grudges and hatreds to carry out life and death struggles, pushing the film to the climax, during which the two brothers also developed their own love lines.
Deng Guangrong was born as the boss Fan, the big back does not lose the fa brother, if he is there, the fa brother can only be the little brother, this is beyond doubt. One is a senior elder, and Xie Xian was once a brother, and the other, in real life, it is said that he is also a real big brother, really starring in his true colors. Deng Guangrong is handsome and stylish, and the big brother who interprets it is often the first word of righteousness, when he was a child, he gave the only shrimp to his brother to eat, and when he fought with the senior elder in the back, he let his brother leave early, so that the good big brother invited a dozen.
In addition to "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fighting", Deng Guangrong is a big brother image in "Dragon Teng", "Fighting Jianghu Again", "Black Panther World", and is also a big brother fan in life, who is a moralist, and once supported Wong Kar-wai as a director, but when Wong Kar-wai filmed "The Legend of Ah Fei", overrun and box office failures directly made him angry to the hospital, fortunately, he later made up for a little loss on the award.
Zhen Ni starred as a female singer, and Deng Guangrong belonged to the type of scolding love, which is touching that Zhen Ni finally sacrificed to save Deng Guangrong. Zhen Ni is a well-known singer in Hong Kong, and Rowan sang "Iron Blood Dan Heart" I believe everyone has heard it, and her husband is a Shaw actor Fu Sheng, but it is a pity that he died young, which is regrettable.
Zhou Runfa played Deng Guangrong's younger brother, and "The True Colors of Heroes" Xiao Ma Brother is as hot-blooded, the eldest brother has difficulties, and he chooses to go back without hesitation, and finally dies with Gao Laosi, and there is a tragedy in it. Among them, Xia Wenxi played The Girlfriend of Fa Ge in it, is so pure and kind, it is difficult to imagine that she was once a star of The Shaw Family, it is difficult to associate with the image in Tang Dynasty Heroic Girl, Flaming Youth, Women's Prison, to be honest, Xia Wenxi has not taken the film after the pity, is definitely an underestimated strength faction.
Then Xie Xian's senior fourth was arrogant and domineering, and as soon as he appeared on the scene, he said: Do I have the habit of arriving early? He also said that his purpose as a human being is to have food for everyone to eat, but until I am full, the rest will be your turn. Finally, when he completely turned his face to Deng Guangrong: Boy, I will want your life, all the people who have a relationship with you can't live, I want you to give me to disappear from here, from this minute on, it is my friend who follows me, otherwise it is my enemy. It is completely crushed by strength, even the uncles and bigwigs who have always supported Deng Guangrong are on the side of Gao Laosi, sometimes the world is so cruel, strength represents everything.
In addition to several starring actors, there are also many cameo actors, such as Tan Yiqing, an uncle who has always supported Deng Guangrong Zhou Runfa, and Xu Shaoqiang, who was directly headshot by Deng Guangrong, at first thought that he would be the villain boss, and the result was just a small minions, a bit of a waste of actors.
There is also Luo Yingjun, who made a cameo appearance in the supermarket, his girlfriend vomited in the supermarket, and Chen Xinjian, a senior superintendent of Hong Kong films, who was bent on catching Deng Guangrong and Gao Laosi, and finally folded himself into it. The funny responsibility of the whole film belongs to Deng Guangrong and Zhou Runfa's little brother Yi Lei, who often speaks amazingly: you and the boss are not gay, and you are still afraid of his jealousy. I am his Lao Tzu, he is the godfather, that is, "dry" Lao Tzu. The most tragic thing was that his son was shot in the head, which was so cruel.
Although "Jianghu Dragon and Tiger Fight" is a follow-up work of "hero" films, the whole film is full of a touch of sadness, which can also be regarded as an anti-hero film! Finally, I would like to ask, do the two brothers in Wong Kar-wai's pen really have no special feelings?