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The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The movie version of "Slam Dunk" has been officially released in the mainland, with a score of 9.2 points.

The manga "Slam Dunk" created by manga artist Yuhiko Inoue can be said to be a classic memory of countless teenagers.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

From the beginning of the comic book in 1990 to the end of 1996, with the popularity of the comic, this basketball whirlwind swept across Asia.

Whether you really like playing basketball or not, you can find the resonance of youth and blood in the comics.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In 1993, Toei Animation's feature-length TV animation "Slam Dunk" was broadcast.

Although the anime did not reach the end of the manga, it is an insurmountable classic in the hearts of a generation.

Whenever the song "Until the End of the World" sounds, it still makes people feel the urge to burst into tears.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

I believe that most viewers have seen the animated version more or less even if they have not read the original manga. As early as 29 years ago, Hong Kong once filmed a live-action version of the "Slam Dunk" movie starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle.

"Men should be in the bottle"

Let's Go Slam Dunk

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The film was shot in 1994 and was produced by Meiya Film Company at the time, and was a low-budget comic book adaptation film.

At that time, the Hong Kong film industry set off a trend of adapting Japanese comics, including a series of films adapted from Japanese comics such as "Peacock King", "Asura", "King of Force" shot by Hong Kong director Lan Naicai, and then "City Hunter" in which Wang Jing and Jackie Chan collaborated on superstars, and "Super School Bully" adapted from video games.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film
The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film
The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Due to the influence of Japanese comics in Hong Kong at that time, and these films were all the rage in the Hong Kong film industry at that time, and even became a genre. Coupled with the chaos of copyright supervision in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film circles at that time, countless production companies followed suit and began to shoot various copycat comic book fan movies.

This "Men Should Enter the Bottle" is a follow-up work born in this trend. The title of the film is derived from the Hong Kong translation of the comic strip "Slam Dunk", and the English title Let's Go Slam Dunk (Let's Slam Dunk!) ), is obviously copied from the English name of the comic Slam Dunk, which shows that the film party has taken great pains to rub the popularity of the comic.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film
The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

However, because the film did not get the authorization to adapt the comics, it only applied the settings and character relationships in the comics, and although the plot has departed from the original comics, the prototype characters in the comics can still be clearly seen through the characters in the movie.

The director of the film, Yuan Jinlin, is from a science class, but there are not many directorial works, and he is better known as a screenwriter.

He is the queen screenwriter of the famous action director Chen Musheng, the two have collaborated on works such as "New Police Story", "Baby Project", "Keep the Talk", "New Shaolin Temple", and served as the screenwriter of the blockbuster comedy "Monster Hunt", and in recent years, he has independently directed commercial action films such as the movies "Storm" and "Amateur Agent", which was Yuen Jinlin's early work when he first entered the directorial industry.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

As a comic book movie, the key to the success or failure of the film lies to a large extent in the casting.

Since the original comic "Slam Dunk" is a hot-blooded competitive comic for teenagers, the film also focuses on handsome men and beautiful women in the lineup, and the painting style is more inclined to idol light comedy.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The starring Ng Dawei is a well-known multi-habitat artist in Hong Kong, in addition to being an actor, he is also a singer and host. Because he grew up in the United States since he was a child, he is very enthusiastic about basketball, baseball, American football and other sports, and has played the role of basketball player or coach in film and television dramas many times.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In the movie "Men as Bottles", he played the protagonist Wu Guannan, as his name suggests, was born for slam dunks and is a basketball genius with a jumpy personality. Although he does not have red hair, after all, he bears the halo of the protagonist, so he was given the nickname "Red Devil" by the director, and there is no need to guess that this character is based on Sakuragi Hanamichi.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The male number two was played by Zheng Yijian, who was still a contracted artist of TVB at that time, and appeared in martial arts dramas such as "Zhongshen Tong Wang Chongyang", "Golden Snake Langjun", "Southern Emperor Beibei" and so on. From 1993 to 1994, Zheng Yijian was discovered by Wang Jing and was highly praised, and starred in five movies, "Chasing Boys", "Super School Bully", "New Heroes", "Boys in Bottles" and "The Legend of Mermaids", but they all received mediocre responses, and it was not until a year later that he starred in the "Confused Boy" series that he really became popular.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The character played in "Men as Bottles" is named Gao Qiu, who is known as the ball god because of his super high ball skills, with a silent and cold personality, always speaking deeply, and is also a man with his own blower on the scene, no matter when and where he appears, he will bring the blessing of special effects with flowing hair. This character obviously inherits the characteristics of Kaede Rukawa in the manga, his cold appearance and unique ball skills.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

There is also Takeshi Akagi in the original manga, who is directly named King Kong in the movie (still an orangutan anyway), but this character is more like a collection of Mitsui Shou and Akagi Goken.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

She comes out with Mitsui's long hair style, and at the same time has the setting of a bad boy, in addition to being the heroine's brother and the captain of the school basketball team, although she has excellent ball skills, she is arrogant and arrogant, and she is bent on proving herself to her coach father. So the famous line of Mitsui Shou in the manga "Coach, I want to play basketball!" ", in the movie, it became a bloody family drama of father-son reconciliation.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

As for playing the role of Coach Anzai in the comics, it is the famous Hong Kong powerful actor Cheng Zeshi. In terms of appearance and body shape alone, Zheng Zeshi may be the most suitable actor to play Coach Anzai, although the body of glasses is missing, but compared to other characters in the film, it is already quite reductive.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In addition, the cast of the film also includes Gu Tianle, who had just graduated from TVB's artist training class and only made sporadic guest appearances in some TV series, and he became famous with "The Condor Heroes" a year later. This "Boy as a Bottle" is his first appearance in a movie, in which he cameos as a basketball player, but there are not many scenes, just a soy sauce.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In terms of actresses, Haruko Akagi in the manga was renamed Kiki, played by actress Mak Ka-ki, who was born as a Hong Kong sister.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Another actress with a heavy role in the film is Guo Aiming, who was also born in the Hong Kong sister draft, she was the champion of Hong Kong sister in 1991, and she is still the academic ceiling of Hong Kong sisters, a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California, and the wife of actor Liu Qingyun.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Let's tell the story.

The plot of the film basically starts from scratch, only retaining the main story of the newcomic newcomer joining the team, going through hard training and finally counterattacking in the game, but because of the limited duration of the movie, the length of the comic was greatly compressed, resulting in a very fragmented and chaotic story.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

At the beginning of the film, it starts with the crisis encountered by Hong Kong's veteran powerhouse Huasheng.

As a well-known team in the past, Huasheng has won many championship titles under the leadership of coach Tian Yuan. But now that the river is falling, not only facing a severe financial deficit, but also a house leak that rains overnight, foreign players who are invited as foreign aid take the opportunity to blackmail a salary increase, otherwise they will quit the team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Amid internal and external troubles, coach Tian Yuan decided to reform the team, intending to find malleable talents to join the team, and a month later, play a game with the American team who came to Hong Kong for exchange.

It is hoped that by winning this game, it will relieve the financial pressure in exchange for investors' investment.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Immediately after that, her daughter Kiqi came out and represented the Huasheng team to the streets to find all kinds of ball masters to join the team.

Among them: the big brother of the underworld, a street dance master, a video game master, a high jumper played by Koo Tianle, and the male protagonist Wu Guannan based on Sakuragi Hanamichi joined the team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film
The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Although the players who came were strange and many had never played, they all entered the team easily.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

After such a sloppy selection process, the rookie players were brought into the team's training club and began intensive training.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In order to motivate this group of rookies to practice ball, the club specially arranged a lot of beautiful girls for them as cheerleaders.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Although the welfare benefits are very good, the basketball players have no tacit understanding at all, especially the protagonist Wu Guannan, although he is very talented in playing, he is cool on the court and is not willing to pass the ball to other players.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

There is also a high jumper played by Gu Tianle who has not even touched the ball once after entering the team, and he only cares about picking up girls, and even pretends to be gay in order to flirt with the girl, and suddenly said that he was going to pursue love halfway through the story, and suddenly went offline, I really don't understand the meaning of the director arranging these plots.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Speaking of which, it must be complained, and the lines of this movie are also quite confusing.

For example: Guan Man did not believe in the professional ability of Gu Tianle, a high jumper, and asked Gu Tianle to shoot for him.

As a result, the following conversation took place -

Guan Man: You say I can't, then you can shoot one!

Gu Tianle asked: Why do I have to?

Guan Man: If you don't I will K you!

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

I don't understand at all what kind of brain circuits the screenwriter can write such funny and embarrassing lines!

At the same time, just as Wu Guannan and others were practicing on the court, they met another team, the King Kong team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The captain King Kong is the son of coach Tian Yuan, although his skills are good, he has never been recognized by his father, so he is even more unhappy with rookie players such as Guan Nan, who are valued by his father, and then the two sides decided to compete on the court, and the first basketball game in the film began.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

This paragraph in the original manga is a classic plot, Sakuragi as a rookie and Takeshi Akagi are not at the same level at all, under the huge difference in strength, Akagi won many goals in a row, so he began to tease Sakuragi. The movie is basically faithful to this plot design, but unfortunately it is very awkwardly filmed, and even the playing court is filmed without tension.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

However, the famous scene in the manga where Sakuragi accidentally pulls down Akagi's pants has been preserved, and the degree of restoration is quite high!

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

After a game of not playing and not acquaintance, King Kong made an assertion: this rookie team has no hope of playing at all.

So coach Tian Yuan and his son King Kong agreed -

Play a friendly match first, and if the Huasheng team can win, come back and help them.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

After this turmoil, the ball god Gao Qiu appeared very windy and mocked:

These people are all rabble and can't win the game at all!

But in the end, Kiki stayed and finally agreed to join the Huasheng team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

is worthy of playing the man who plays the Confused Boy, after Zheng Yijian's role joined, with the momentum of "if it is a brother, he will come to cut me", and Wu Guannan, who has never taken the team's practice seriously, broke out, and the two sides fought without saying a word.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

This is true not only within the players, but also in the process of competing with the King Kong team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Said to play well, and finally staged a group fight like a confused boy.

Although the team has not trained much at all, the film is halfway through and the second basketball game begins.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Due to the disparity in strength between the two sides, coupled with the unwillingness of the ball god Gao Qiu to make a move, the Huasheng team finally lost miserably, and everyone was hit hard.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

As a result, the coach stood up and encouraged everyone:

Although they can't dunk, they can fall and get up right away.

This never-say-die spirit is the spirit of sportsmanship, so they are the winners!

The son King Kong did not understand why his father still looked down on him because he had won the game, so he offered to admit that he had lost if his father could score a goal under his own defense.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

As a result, no one expected that the coach actually dribbled the ball and completed a high-altitude shot.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Later, Coach Anzai actually played in person!

In the end, King Kong voluntarily withdrew from the match against the American team, and the Huasheng team was given the opportunity to represent Hong Kong and the American team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Subsequently, coach Tian Yuan announced the team lineup at the press conference, and gave all the players' tricks a cooler nickname, such as:

Wu Guannan's trick is called Thunderbolt Thunder and Lightning Slash, Gao Qiu's trick is called Heavenly Poison Dragon Drill, and some people are called Invincible Hot Wheels, Ghost Shadow Trail Steps, etc., I know that I am making basketball movies, and those who don't know think they are filming a martial arts conference.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

At this point, the story is about to enter the most important game.

It's just that the American team learned that the Huasheng team to play was a group of temporary pheasant teams, so they refused to participate in the game, and had no choice, coach Tian Yuan had to come forward to change to a private gambling game, and the American coach promised to give the Huasheng team 40 points for a million yuan bet.

Before the game, the protagonist Wu Guannan began emergency special training.

To train your own slam dunk, tie the rope to your body and complete the slam dunk with a person carrying weight.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

And Gao Qiu, the always cold football god, fell in love with the team's logistics female chef Guo Aiming, and even King Kong, who has always disagreed with his father, was moved by his father's persistence and decided to join the Huasheng team to participate in this game that decided the fate of the entire team.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film
The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Speaking of the content of the game, in front of the American team, the Huasheng team was defeated and the players were injured one after another.

With only eight minutes left in the game, Huasheng was still 17 points behind the United States.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Then the coach arranged for Gao Qiu to come on the field, cooperate with Guan Nan, and pull back the score one after another.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Seeing that there were only two minutes left in the game, Huasheng was still behind, at which point the coach suspended the game and warned the players:

This game is not for me, but for yourselves, and you must unite and persevere to the end!

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

The game restarted, and as soon as Gao Qiu came up, he grabbed the ball and made a masterstroke, slammed the sky with a poisonous dragon drill, and scored the same shot

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Then a more show operation came, obviously Gao Qiu had jumped up and was about to dunk, and only needed to send it lightly to slam the dunk successfully.

As a result, Gao Qiu actually turned around in the air and passed the ball to the distant man, I thought the director was going to arrange a three-point line jump shot.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

However, as it turned out, I still did!

I never expected that he actually dribbled the ball to a layup, just to highlight the results of the previous actor's hard practice and slam dunk.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

In the end, the Huasheng team won the game, and the story ended in a happy atmosphere.

Frankly speaking, if it weren't for the title there, Fan Jun really wouldn't be able to associate this shocking and bizarre live-action movie with the comics of "Slam Dunk".

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

Not only is the essence of the original book completely absent, the whole process is like a farce, the plot is exaggerated, the laughter is embarrassing, and I don't feel any inspirational or blood after reading it.

The most terrifying thing is that even the basketball arena scenes are very embarrassing and thunderous, it can be clearly seen that in addition to the protagonist Wu Dawei, other characters have no basketball foundation at all, and the ball god Gao Qiu played by Zheng Yijian, there are not even a few playing scenes, the whole process is playing handsome. And the shot of the coach played by Zheng Zeshi flying up and shooting makes this film a nonsensical comedy in seconds.

The live-action slam dunk master 29 years ago, starring Ekin Cheng and Koo Tianle, a strange flower of a Hong Kong bad film

It is said that real people destroy the original work, and after watching this live-action version of "Slam Dunk", I finally understood why the original author, Yuhiko Inoue, would rather buy back the copyright himself than make it into a live-action version -

After all, the good memories of youth are better left in the comics!!!

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