After the "Chasing the Tiger and the Dragon" network, which won more than 200 million box office on May 1, more and more viewers asked questions: How is it a movie about Lu Le and Lame Hao?
I remember that since the 1990s, there have been at least five films that tell the story of Lu Le and Lame Hao.
"The Biography of Inspector Leiluo of Five Hundred Million", "Crippled Hao", "Money Empire", "Chasing The Dragon", "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon".
In these five films, the images of Lü Le and Lame Hao have appeared many times, but the focus of different films is different, so the images of Lü Le and Lame Hao shown are also different, and this article selects four versions of Lü Le and Lame Hao to see what is different.
1st and 4th editions of Lü Le:
1. Andy Lau version - "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo" and "Leiluo of Chasing the Dragon"
In the two movies spanning more than twenty years, Leiluo is played by Andy Lau, the difference is that he is the male number one in "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo" and he is the male number two in "Chasing the Dragon".
In "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo", the positive image of Leiluo played by Andy Lau can be quite a lot, and the plot is even somewhat inspirational, coincidentally, in "Chasing the Dragon", Andy Lau's Leiluo is still the same, and the image is more positive.
The positive taste of the big villain in real life may be related to Andy Lau's consistent positive image on the screen, but it is still a bit strange to play a famous villain like this.
Unless, of course, you look at Leiluo and Lu Le separately, as if Leiluo is a completely fictional character, then there will be no problem.
At the same time, this also shows that Andy Lau's version of Lü Le still has more dramatic things, or that Andy Lau has more things himself.
2. Zeng Jiang version - Thunder Tiger of "Lame Hao"
In the movie "Lame Hao" with Lame Hao as the male number one, Lü Le's name is Lei Juetian, nicknamed Lei Tiger, played by the famous Hong Kong old drama bone Zeng Jiang, his role in the film is not very heavy, but the author believes that on the appearance and temperament, Zeng Jiang may be the closest version to the prototype of Lü Le.
Zeng Jiang's acting is always full of aura, so his version of Lü Le has a kind of general Hua Inspector Big Man style, based on his age estimates, he has contacted or seen Lü Le himself is not necessarily, in any case, he must have come from the era when Lü Le and Lame Hao ran rampant, so he can interpret a vicious and rough Thunder Tiger more vividly.
3. Liang Jiahui's version - Xu Legong of "Money Empire"
Although "Money Empire" is about the era of Lu Le and Lame Hao, the protagonist of the story is Chen Xijiu, played by Eason Chan, and Xu Legong played by Leung Ka Fai may not even be able to match the male number two.
Moreover, the lame Hao (A lame) in this movie is a dragon set, and there is almost no scene in a flash.
The plot design of "Money Empire" is very good, the movie is very attractive, but still that sentence, the audience is best not to link Xu Legong with Lu Le, because Liang Jiahui's Xu Legong is almost a comic-like character, the lines, expressions, and actions are very exaggerated, not very realistic, but Xu Legong This character is very evil, I don't know if he is happy or crazy in the next second, in short, the evil atmosphere is very strong, it looks very enjoyable.
4. Wu Zhenyu version - Xu Le of "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon"
Many of the plots of this movie almost copied "Money Empire", so the film also has another name "Money Empire 2", and like "Money Empire", the protagonist of this film has nothing to do with Lu Le and lame Hao, but a fictional Chen Ke, played by Gu Tianle.
In "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon", Xu Le played by Wu Zhenyu and Xu Legong played by Liang Jiahui in "Money Empire" have great differences in all aspects, relatively speaking, Xu Le played by Wu Zhenyu integrates some of the characteristics of Zeng Jiang's version of Lei Tiger and Andy Lau's version of LeiLuo, there are inspirational and positive things and sinister subjects, the aura is also enough, to say that there is a lack of place is the scene is too peaceful, the characters are also too peaceful, it seems that the acting skills are more than enough but the people are not enough, mainly the pot of the script.
The second and fourth editions of Lame Hao
1. Han Kun Edition - "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo of 500 Million"
In the film, the lame Hao's role is pitiful, and it is not much different from the dragon set, the reason why he has to be taken out separately is because the lame Hao played by Han Kun is extremely similar to Wu Xihao in appearance, saying that the two brothers are estimated to have people who believe, and only by virtue of this appearance can also list him separately.
2. Lv Liangwei Edition - "Lame Hao"
This is the first film with lame Hao as the protagonist, and it is also a famous gangster film known as the Hong Kong version of "The Godfather", which has a high status in Hong Kong films, whether it is box office or awards, it is to suppress the "Five Hundred Million Detective Leiluo Biography" of the same period.
Originally, the director first looked for lame Hao to play Xu Guanwen and Wan Ziliang, they all found Lu Liangwei after they resigned, for this reason, Lu Liangwei gained dozens of pounds, and strived to be close to Wu Xihao's appearance, and at the same time appeared more imposing.
The reason why "Lame Hao" is praised by the audience is that the film is relatively realistic, and the narrative of Lame Hao's life is relatively objective, and there is a lame Hao's morality, principled and intelligent side in the film, and there is also the opposite of his lust, fierce heart, and arrogance, in other words, it is also good and evil, so that the opponent can't figure out the routine, so that the audience looks more powerful.
On the whole, Lü Liangwei's lame hao is a very successful character, and the lame hao can also be regarded as Lü Liangwei's representative work, even surpassing Ding Li.
3. Zhen Zidan's version - "Chasing the Dragon"
"Chasing the Dragon" is very similar to "Crippled Hao" in terms of plot and lame Hao's character design, and the film itself is like the fusion work of "Crippled Hao" and "The Biography of Inspector Leiluo", so Zhen Zidan's version of Lame Hao is played with Reference to Lu Liangwei in many places.
However, Zhen Zidan's version of Lame Hao has the biggest problem is that the aura is not enough, Zhen Zidan did not gain weight like Lu Liangwei, nor did he show the style of the gangster boss, the taste of the performance on the whole character is stronger, not that Zhen Zidan's acting skills are not good, but that he is playing a crippled Hao, almost no one plays a sense of unity, which is much worse than Lu Liangwei.
4. Liang Jiahui Version - "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon"
I have to say that in this version of the image of lame Hao, the crew and Liang Jiahui are painstaking and hardworking, on the one hand, he has done facial reshaping, so that Liang Jiahui's face is infinitely close to Wu Xihao, which is a kind of technological progress. On the other hand, Liang Jiahui has also done a lot of refinement in the design of some small movements, such as his small habit of moving his feet with his hands.
However, the male number one of "Chasing the Tiger and Catching the Dragon" is Gu Tianle, the male number two is Wu Zhenyu, And Liang Jiahui may not even be able to count the male number three, his role is too small, so there is not much opportunity to play acting, this is the problem of the script, not his problem.
In summary, the four versions of Lü Le and the four versions of lame Hao, the author believes that although they have their own advantages, but if you have to find out the representative actors, the best representative of Lü Le can be Zeng Jiang, the best representative of lame Hao is undoubtedly Lu Liangwei, Liang Jiahui has played these two people, which is a phenomenon.