Jackie Chan, Zou Wenhuai, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao
In 1983, "Five Lucky Stars", jointly launched by Hong Jinbao, Huang Bingyao and Zou Wenhuai, created the "Lucky Star" series, which is the golden sign of Hong Kong films, and produced a number of sequels in just a few years. Although the quality is uneven, it is generally popular. In 1996, the "Lucky Star" series finally ushered in its seventh part: "Fortune Five Lucky Stars".
Before introducing this film, let's talk about the legendary director Luo Wei.
"Big Brother Tangshan", Luo Wei, Bruce Lee
Rovey entered the film industry as an actor in 1948. In 1965, he joined "Shaw" and directed many films such as "Golden Bodhisattva" and "Poisonous Dragon Pond". In 1971, after switching to "Jiahe" and cooperating with Bruce Lee in two films, "Big Brother Tangshan" and "Jingwumen", the two broke up unhappily.
"New JingwuMen", Luo Wei, Miao Kexiu, Jackie Chan
In 1975, Luo Wei's second wife, Liu Lianghua, and Zou Wenhuai, the boss of "Jiahe", were ambiguous, and Luo Wei ran away in a negative mood and set up his own portal. At this time, the kung fu film boom was still there, and Luo Wei wanted to praise Jackie Chan as the second Bruce Lee, and the resulting films were always tepid. After Jackie Chan became popular on loan, he still stuck in his own way and did not want to forge ahead, and as a result, Jackie Chan also defected to "Jiahe".
Jet Li and Stephen Chow
After that, Luo Wei was completely reduced to a "follower master", and what type of movie became popular, he drew a tiger according to the cat. Fortunately, thanks to the prosperity of Hong Kong films, he still mixed up. At the end of the 1980s, he signed Jet Li in the United States and co-starred with Stephen Chow in "The Dragon at the End of the World". I have to say that although he has the ability to recognize people, the level of the director is really not good, and the good actors are wasted in his hands. As a result, this time it was dug by his own son David Luo. David Luo recommended Jet Li to Xu Ke, and Jet Li embarked on the road to superstardom.
"A Knife to the City"
In 1993, Luo Wei took out 18 million coffin books and asked Hong Jinbao to be the director, and filmed the costume martial arts film "A Knife In the City". To be fair, this movie is majestic, the characters are distinct, the production is well-made, and it combines the story of the Great Dao King V and Tan Sitong, which can be said to be an epic martial arts film with a swinging intestine.
However, the film was not born at the right time. According to the data, in 1993, more than 50 martial arts movies were released in Hong Kong, including "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch", "The Seven Princesses of Wuxia", "Undefeated in the East", "Nerve Knife and Flying Cat", "The Heroic Nature of water margin", "Meteor Butterfly Sword", "New Crane Needle", "Iron Horse Hammer", etc., as well as Jet Li's "Fang Shiyu", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "Lion King Battle", "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon Chronicles", "Fang Shiyu Sequel", "Iron Rooster Fighting Centipede", etc., as well as jet Li's "Fang Shiyu", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "Lion King Battle". How easy is it for Luo Wei to break through in such a strong environment? As a result, the investment of 18 million yuan was only exchanged for less than 2 million box office, and Luo Wei has been in a slump ever since. On January 20, 1996, Luo Wei died of heart failure in Hong Kong at the age of 78.
Having said all this, what does this "Fortune Five Lucky Stars" have to do with Luo Wei?
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In fact, the producer of this film is Xu Lihua, Luo Wei's third wife. After the filming of this film, the "Wanli Film Co., Ltd.", founded by the Luo Wei couple, was dissolved. It is said that this is a group of old friends who got together to solve the debt problem left by Rovi, so that the end of the film was subtitled: the film was successfully completed, thanks to the support of a group of filmmakers who did not care about their own interests.
The director of this film, Chen Xunqi, a famous "all-rounder" in the Hong Kong film and television industry, is proficient in choreography, directing, acting, soundtrack, flying car, and action design. This time, as a director, he stole a lazy in the soundtrack on which he was famous, and found a foreigner to do it. The theme song directly changed the lyrics of Xu Guanjie's work "Ghost Horse Double Star" and was sung by Zeng Zhiwei. The interlude "Money Money Money" is also a song by Xu Guanjie, sung by Chen Xunqi himself, which is very rare and can be regarded as a piece of sincerity.
Huang Bingyao
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Huang Bingyao, the founder and genius screenwriter of the "Fuxing" series (deadly scissor foot), died before the release of "Five Lucky Stars Colliding with Ghosts" at the age of 45. He co-wrote the first five "Fuxing" series of works in addition to "Fuxing Breaks into the Rivers and Lakes" ("Strange Schemes and Five Lucky Stars", "Fuxing Gaozhao", "Summer Lucky Stars", "Best Lucky Stars", and "Five Lucky Stars Colliding with Ghosts"). This film lacks the main backbone, and the plot is much inferior.
posters
This film was filmed in 1996, since the birth of Zhou Runfa's "God of Gamblers", there have been many excellent "gambling films" such as "Gambler", "Gambling Saint", "Gambler", etc., in addition to countless follow-up works, and even wireless and ATV are also rushing to shoot dramas, and all kinds of gambling terriers have been played indiscriminately. However, this film does not innovate, making everything expected. This film borrows the story of the revenge of the daughter of the gambling king and hard-stuffed the Five Blessings Star into it. In fact, several people did not play much role, especially Hong Jinbao, whether it was partridge or kohlrabi, deleting his related scenes would not affect the plot.
Feng Xiuyan
Several lucky stars hold the moon, but the unknown Feng Xiuyan plays the daughter of the gambling king in this film. She has no works other than this film, and her information cannot be found on the Internet.
Ye Fanghua
The corresponding character is the "Flower of Chinatown" played by Ye Fanghua, and the police ask her to pretend to be the daughter of the gambling king in order to hide her eyes and ears. Ye Fanghua is of mixed Chinese and French descent and has worked with Jackie Chan ("Red Fan District") and Jet Li ("Black Man").
Palace snowflakes
The main villain Gambler is played by Gong Snowflake. When she was young, she married an interpreter at the French consulate in Shanghai and became a French citizen. At the age of 36, she participated in the Beauty Pageant of Miss Chinese France and won the championship. In 1995, at the age of 47, he participated in the Miss Asia Hong Kong beauty pageant, although he was not elected, he won countless eyeballs and can be said to be the uncrowned king of that year. However, her star path is not smooth, and most of her roles are sexy women who show off their style, causing the audience's aesthetic fatigue to gradually fade away.
Liu De
This film also has a specially recommended male star: Liu De. He is the coach of the Hong Kong martial arts team, and this time he shaved his head to play the martial monk "Qing Supplement", which is the action of this film. Unfortunately, this film is boring, and the martial arts drama is also perfunctory. In addition to leaving a line, "Qing Supplement" does not seem to have many people remembering.
Miao Kexiu
Having said so much that is not good, in fact, this film is not useless. Hong Jinbao once again showed excellent organizational skills. Chen Guantai, Cao Dahua, Peng Dan, Chen Baixiang, Zheng Peipei, Cheng Kui'an, Yuan Qiongdan... Dozens of celebrities appeared on the scene, and even Miao Kexiu, who had not appeared for a long time, also made a cameo appearance as the emcee of the gambling competition.
Wu Yaohan
Zeng Zhiwei
Feng Xiuyan, Ye Fanghua
Wu Fuxing is responsible for playing with treasure, and Gong Xuehua and Ye Fanghua are responsible for showing off their style. If you want to relax after a tiring day, this film is a good choice for a relaxed plot and lively fights.
As the last work in the "Lucky Star" series, this film is barely a pass. This is not only the end of a series, but also hints at the end of a glorious era.
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