Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, and Xu Xiaoming can all be called film all-rounders, but there is one more qualified than them, that is, Chen Xunqi, a recognized Hong Kong film all-rounder in the circle. As a soundtrack artist, he has "Heaven and Earth Lonely Shadow Any Way", as an actor, he has "Loser Boy", "Beware of Little Hands", as a director, there are classics such as "Shanghai Tango", "Little Fox Fairy", "Pepper Classroom", "Yiren Goodbye" and other classics, and screenwriters, speeding car directors, Wing Chun boxing like lines.
Director Chen Xunqi is against making police films, because he believes that some bad behavior of Gu Qiuzai will bring wrong guidance to teenagers. However, it was recently found that director Chen Xunqi has a "negative energy" explosive movie, and the final ending is basically a group annihilation, and after watching it, the whole person is not good, that is, 1989's "Dragon Battle".
"Battle of the Dragons" is produced by Wang Yingxiang, whose Longxiang Film Company has produced many Hong Kong films, such as "Magic Jade", "People's Hero", "Zhongyi Qunying", "New Crane Needle", "Young Wong Fei Hung's Iron Horse" and so on. Then Chen Xunqi directed, and Xunqi's screenwriting team was responsible for the screenwriting, and Wong Kar-wai was also a screenwriter in this group. There are also Wing Chun instructor Lai Ying-wan, martial arts instructor Hui Tianci and Feng Ke'an, and flying car stunt Luo Lixian. I would also like to mention Wang Fuling, who is in charge of music, who is a famous composer in Hong Kong and a master of Chen Xunqi, whose representative works include "My Chinese Heart" and "Under the Lion Rock".
The behind-the-scenes production lineup is so strong, the cast can not be underestimated, "moustache" Chen Xunqi is naturally the main actor, as well as Qiao Hong, Ke Junxiong, Liu Zhirong, Liu Zhaoming and other powerful factions, there are also Kaohsiung, Hui Tianci, Hui Yinghong, Oshima Yugali, Feng Ke'an, Qiu Yunbo and other action actors, as well as Ren Dahua and the third brother Miao Qiaowei to help.
"Battle of the Dragons" is similar in plot to the Japanese film "The Conspiracy of the Yanagi Family", which revolves around the struggle for the position of the leader of the dragon. At a banquet, the dragon boss (Qiao Hong) announced that he had gone to Canada for medical treatment, and the business was fully entrusted to the younger son Ren Dahua to take care of, as soon as this word came out, the surface of the dinner table was calm, but in fact, there was an undercurrent, and sure enough, just out of the restaurant, the dragon head boss was killed.
It turned out that the boss who killed the boss was the old ghost Xiong (Ke Junxiong) who supported the great young master Miao Qiaowei, and once the boss died, the position of the dragon head was vacant, and the second young master of the big young master could not argue, and the "big sister-in-law" temporarily handled the affairs of the gang. The two young masters of the great young master began to compete, with the old ghost xiong and his four children (Hui Tianci, Chen Xunqi, Hui Yinghong and Oshima Yugali) supporting the young master, and the "big sister-in-law", Uncle Jian (Playing Kaohsiung) and the second uncle (Played by Liu Zhaoming) who returned later supported the Second Young Master, and a battle for the position of the dragon began.
First of all, the second young master's side exerted force, and the "eldest sister-in-law" used her daughter Hui Yinghong to find out where the old ghost Xiong was located and killed. The first contest ended with the sacrifice of Hui Tian's Hui Ying hong brothers and sisters.
Coming and going without being rude, the old ghost Xiong transferred back his most powerful second son (Chen Xunqi) to help him, and he killed the second young master's right-hand man, Uncle Gao Xiong, as soon as he struck.
The weak Second Young Master asked the Second Uncle Liu Zhaoming to come back to help, this time both sides had losses, the Second Uncle was killed, and the big island on the side of the Great Young Master was also killed by Gali.
There are no available people around the second young master, naturally become the meat of the cutting board, let the old ghost male kill, the old ghost male also let the "big sister-in-law" watch her two sons kill each other, the story ends here, the balance of victory has fallen to the big young master.
Old Ghost Xiong is an unscrupulous man, because the police have already targeted him, in order not to let the matter be revealed, he cruelly killed a group of brothers brought back by his second son Chen Xunqi. Naturally, the son could not kill his father, but he could kill the young master and shatter the old ghost Xiong's so-called dream of success.
The two fathers and sons confronted each other, and Chen Xunqi shouted: "You not only killed my friend, but also killed the father in my heart." And the old ghost male also said: "I am not for anyone, only for myself." All but me were my pawns. "Yes, in order to survive, the old ghost Xiong watched his pregnant wife (Mei Aifang) being hacked to death.
Even his wife was killed, let alone his son, and in the end, the old ghost killed his son, and he himself became neurotic due to the disillusionment of his dream of success. For the so-called "success", the old ghost male wife, son, and daughter were killed one after another, and he wanted to ask what the significance of such success was.
Objectively speaking, compared with the Hong Kong gangster films of the 1980s and 1990s, "Battle of the Dragons" is not a classic, and can only be said to be decent, like Ren Dahua and Miao Qiaowei, who are not enough to play, and there is no room for play. The biggest attraction is the fight, Hye Young-hong, Oshima Yugali in the underground parking lot of the barefoot battle is wonderful, and the playground section, what spears, three-section sticks, ropes, drunken fists are used.
How wonderful the fight is, how crisp the dead are, and the box lunch is collared one by one. Ke Junxiong perfectly interpreted in the face of power, to see who is fiercer than whom, to see who is not recognized by the six relatives. In addition to having real skills, the boss must also do whatever it takes, but he must also protect his family by any means, and he should learn more from his godfather Vito Don Corleone.
30 years ago, this gangster chaos hong Kong film, although full of negative energy, but also gave us a wake-up call, game of thrones play more and eventually ignited the upper body, stepping on the family body in exchange for the jianghu, do not stop. There is also to remind the parents of their sons that they must not be eccentric, and a bowl of water is flat, otherwise it will definitely cause trouble. Having said all this, in fact, in the final summary, "Dragon Battle" is worth watching!