"Ryoma Spirit" is close to perfection by one person

In 2020, when the documentary "Dragon and Tiger Martial Master" directed by the famous film critic Wei Junzi was released, many people found that this "martial arts lineup" that gathered the strongest Chinese films such as Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, Yuan Hua, Donnie Yen, and Qian Jiale was missing, but there was one character that should not be missing - Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan, who was absent from "Dragon and Tiger Martial Master" due to the schedule, started filming his movie "Dragon Horse Spirit" to pay tribute to the Dragon and Tiger Martial Master a year later, and changed the schedule several times, and finally released on April 7, 2023.

April 7 is Jackie Chan's 69th birthday, and he will be in the industry for 60 years by 2023.

In the past ten years, Jackie Chan has filmed movies that can't be counted on a pair of hands, but a few fingers that applaud and sit can be counted, but there are only two or three "Zodiac" and "British Showdown".

Jackie Chan movies on Servant Street are indeed almost every one now.

"This should be the last time Jackie Chan fought", "60 years into the industry", "Jackie Chan pays tribute to the dragon and tiger martial artist", but it seems that these gimmicks before the release of "Dragon Horse Spirit" will not save the Jackie Chan movie.

However, the premiere on April 7 was the single-day box office champion, and the next day "Dragon Horse Spirit" was still !

That Jackie Chan movie that has long disappeared from our memories is back?

To be fair, "Dragon Horse Spirit", although some distance from the peak Jackie Chan movies, is already the best Jackie Chan movie in ten years.

Knowing that he no longer has box office appeal, Jackie Chan specially found Guo Qilin, who young people like, Wu Jing, the current total box office champion of Chinese-language films, as well as comedians such as Xiao Shenyang, Jia Bing, Pan Binlong, and even Hong Kong's last stylish and playable An Zhijie and diva Yung Zuer have transformed into funny.

It's a pity that the biggest drawback of "Dragon Horse Spirit" this time is the dragon girl who tried a hundred spirits in the past - Liu Haocun.

Before the movie was released, almost all the major film review platforms were all bad comments against Liu Haocun, and many people directly shouted "boycott "Dragon Horse Spirit".

Liu Haocun, who has debuted for more than three years, has quickly lost the pure image brought to the audience by "One Second" when he was a conspiracy girl due to his mother's problem.

Even in "Dragon Horse Spirit", Liu Haocun's performance is basically declared the biggest failure of the film. In the eyes of many people, more than three years after his debut, Liu Haocun is still relying on "pretending to be pure" with the audience to gain a sense of existence.

To put it simply, Liu Haocun's performance is clear and watery, neither pure and cute to be heartwarming, nor the vigor and progress of the new generation of actors.

Therefore, if "Dragon Horse Spirit" fails at the box office, Liu Haocun will have to bear the pot.

It can even be said that "Dragon Horse Spirit" is close to perfection if Liu Haocun is alone.

"Dragon Horse Spirit" can definitely be called a masterpiece in Jackie Chan movies this century.

The biggest gimmick of Jackie Chan movies is Jackie Chan's actions. Although he is 70 years old today, Jackie Chan still contributed a lot of dangerous moves in "Dragon Horse Spirit".

Before the movie started, Jackie Chan's old injury recurred, but he ignored the doctor's objections and entered the crew under the guise of closure. Due to his age, his body was full of injuries, and there were many action scenes, and the amount prescribed by the doctor that could have managed for half a year was used up by Jackie Chan in 20 days.

Jackie Chan was well aware that this was an overdraft, and was even mentally prepared, "This may be the last fight." ”

The surprise that "Dragon Horse Spirit" brings to the audience is that the No. 1 protagonist in the film is not Jackie Chan, but the horse - Chitu.

The movie revolves around people and horses, and Jackie Chan also plays a down-and-out, veteran dragon and tiger martial artist who trains a horse with a congenital disease to be "full of drama", which is also a major attraction of the film.

It can even be said unceremoniously that Ma Du can act better than Liu Haocun!

The second is that "Dragon Horse Spirit" not only pays tribute to the Hong Kong dragon and tiger martial artists, the fast-extinct work of Chinese films, but also deliberately remakes many classic lines and actions in Jackie Chan movies, allowing the old Jackie Chan to pay tribute to his previous self.

This can be called the biggest appreciation of Jackie Chan movie fans for "Dragon Horse Spirit". If you're someone who knows Jackie Chan movies, Dragon Horse Spirit will be full of Easter eggs for you.

The first is the famous scene of jumping the bell tower in "Plan A".

Shortly after the opening of "Dragon Horse Spirit", Jackie Chan led Chitu to the street, and when he lay down, the camera gave the clock a close-up, with a villain hanging on it, which was a tribute to "Plan A".

Jackie Chan himself once said in his autobiography that he did not dare to jump down for several days during the filming of the bell tower scene, and then Sammo Hung came and scolded him with a loudspeaker, and Jackie Chan gritted his teeth to complete the shot.

Jackie Chan uses Indian costumes to attract tourists to take photos, which is a tribute to the classic work "Who I Am" 25 years ago.

Followed by the "Drunken Fist" series, the scene where Jackie Chan trains his future son-in-law Guo Qilin to let him step on a horse and top the water bowl is Jackie Chan's 1978 salted fish turned over and became a hit "Drunken Fist".

This is followed by a tribute to the "Police Story" series.

There is a memory passage in the film, the hat that Jackie Chan gave to his daughter is the very cute hat that Jackie Chan wore in "Police Story 4 Simple Mission".

The line "Cives stewed water fish whip" in "Police Story 3 Super Cop" was also used this time.

In the film, when Jackie Chan will be at home, the other party asked him what he did to do, and he said that he hung an umbrella on the bus on the set, etc., which is the famous scene in "Police Story".

Jackie Chan's "Miracle" filmed in 1989 was paid tribute to him twice, one was when he took a top hat and brought a red rabbit to reshoot dangerous shots, and the result became famous in one fell swoop.

Moreover, the last fight scene in "Miracle" was almost copied by him.

There is a line in the film, "What is a dragon and tiger warrior?" It's action, jump, hospital." ——This is actually Jackie Chan's answer after participating in a foreign variety show when Spielberg asked him how he jumped from one building to another.

Even Jackie Chan's own book "Old Before Growing Up", the title of the book was said through the mouth of his daughter Liu Haocun, but Liu Haocun's acting skills were not good, and he paid tribute in vain.

and the appearance of Jackie Chan in "Flying Eagle Project" and "Mythology" was also moved to the movie again, and also said the line of the soul of "Dragon Horse Spirit" "Easy to jump down, difficult to walk down".

The film also makes the fallen dragon and tiger warrior played by Jackie Chan often review the wonderful moments of his life on the DVD player, so "Red Fan District", "Police Story", "Thunderfire", "Flying Eagle Project" and many more of our memories of Jackie Chan moments were resurrected on the big screen.

Easter eggs can be said to be all over the place, and they are handled smoothly and naturally, without any contradiction.

The film not only uses these nostalgic elements, but also uses the stubborn concept of the old martial artist in the film to collide with his daughter and the trend of the times, especially "one person, one horse" to project the heart, the times are different, you can serve the old, but you must not retreat.

You can see the popular Wu Jing in the film pulling Jackie Chan to the scene, and when he arrived at the scene, Jackie Chan found that there was a very dangerous action, Wu Jing wanted him to pose in front of the green screen, but he must come really or Jackie Chan who will not act insists on jumping.

As a result, after falling off the horse during the audition, he suddenly realized that he was old, and it turned out that the dragon and tiger martial artist's insistence on not dying did not work.

Just like the new generation of young people in reality, their growth years are more crossing, fairy tales, ancient dolls, and they are no longer the companions of Jackie Chan movies.

Every new film appearance of old Jackie Chan has basically become the main object of their ridicule, of course, it does not deny that Jackie Chan has indeed made a lot of bad films over the years, but it does not deny that the style and concept of the old Hong Kong films in the past have not been recognized by the current young people at all.

Who cares about the actions on the screen today or in front of a green screen.

But for Jackie Chan and his generation of dragon and tiger martial artists, it is different.

There are many dangerous action scenes in "Top Gun: The Lone Ranger" released in 2022, all of which were filmed by 60-year-old Tom Cruise.

You must know that Hollywood's special effects and CG technology are the best in the world, but Tom still insists on playing in person.

In "Ryoma Spirit", there is still "Who cares if it is actually made or done in front of a green screen?" to reflect the perception of action movies by a new generation of audiences in reality.

For the older generation of dragon and tiger martial artists such as Jackie Chan, their philosophy of making action movies is that "there is no other way to think of, and there is no shortcut to take, that is, to put your life to work hard to complete." Even if it hurts, even if it hurts again. ”

But whether it is Tom or Jackie Chan, the various dangerous actions they do in the movie are shining with the light of "doing the extreme and surpassing the limit", which is the light that belongs to the movie and the light that belongs to human beings.

Brushing a few clips on TikTok is at the top, even if people who have watched a movie will never see this light.