There is such a movie that makes you laugh and at the same time brings you to think, "Half a Pound, Eight Two" is such a movie. Released in 1976, "Half a Pound, Eight Two" is such an old movie that is nearly half a century old and still seems to have his unique value and significance.
"Half a Pound, Eight Two" is one of the representative works of the comedy films of the three Xu brothers. The film mainly tells the story of huang Ruosi, a private detective boss played by Xu Guanwen, a pufferfish played by Xu Guanying, and Li Guojie, an employee played by Xu Guanjie, who is around the detectives. The boss played by Xu Guanwen cut the door to the extreme, everything is shrewd and calculated, from the salary of the employees and the bed where they sleep, all reflect the boss's harshness. It can be said that Xu Guanwen is the funniest one in the whole drama, and the boss who strictly cuts the door and squeezes the employees is vividly interpreted, just right.
Many of the clips in the film are hilarious. I was impressed by duels with people in the kitchen, fighting with sausages as a double stick, and finally throwing pots and hitting themselves. The footage of getting up in the morning and making milk chickens at home based on TV and finally holding chickens to do radio gymnastics really makes people laugh until their stomachs hurt. And Xu Guanjie drove the boss's car to the point of turning the car into a pile of scrap iron, and the boss took the calculator to calculate the compensation to calculate the clip of the calculator explosion, and had to admire the funny ability of the three Xu brothers.
"Half a Pound, Eight Two" has many excellent ideas, like the clip of the kitchen fight is actually a tribute to Bruce Lee, when Bruce Lee has died, the clip of the double knuckle stick is a tribute, perhaps it is the first clip to pay tribute to Bruce Lee. The grandeur of this movie lineup may surprise many people, except for the four Xu brothers, like the martial arts director of this movie is Hong Jinbao, the female assistant in the office is Zhao Yazhi, who later played Feng Chengcheng and Bai Suzhen, the police officer is Wu Yaohan, one of the comedy stars Wu Yaohan, the supermarket played the male thief thug in the future Mr. Zombie, and the boss of the robbery gang is Shi Jian, who played the villain Mr. Han in Bruce Lee's "Dragon Fight and Tiger Fight". The cast is all familiar faces that we are familiar with in the later stages, which is why this movie will be even more exciting.
In fact, the four Xu brothers in this movie have all appeared on camera, which may also be the only movie in which all four brothers have appeared. Attentive viewers will find that the owner who introduced the waterbed room with Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie is the second brother Xu Guanwu. The conversation between Xu Guanwen and Xu Guanjie on the waterbed is really classic and still unforgettable. Xu Guanjie lay on the waterbed and complained: "I always feel as if the world owes me a lot." Xu Guanwen said: When you came to this world, you didn't even bring a rag, what does the world owe you? If you learn to enjoy it at a young age, you will suffer in the future. "It's irrefutable, full of philosophy and insight.
In addition to being funny, the opening song and ending song of half a pound and eight two are sung by Xu Guanjie, the opening song sings the heartache and helplessness of ordinary workers, and the ending song "The Voice of the Prodigal Son" is full of philosophy and persuades people to be kind. Good actors, good plots, good interludes to shape this classic, which is hilarious and can also give people thoughts. Personally, I think this movie is the best work of the three Xu brothers, and I can't get tired of watching it. We are always complaining that the world owes us too much, in fact, the world owes us nothing, and most of everything we want to have can be obtained through our own efforts. When we want too many things to satisfy, when we complain about the injustice of the world, think of the line: What does the world owe you?