"Revenge is a dish best served cold" is a line by Lee Van Cleef from the macaroni Western, which Quentin, who was deeply influenced by it, also quoted in Kill Bill. Revenge can not be rushed, and wait until you calm down before taking action, generally believed to be "gentleman revenge, ten years is not too late" meaning. Today's macaroni movies present several different flavors of revenge movies.
Hong Kong Style: Vengeance
An action drama film directed by Du Qifeng and starring French rock king and actors Johnny Halliday, Huang Qiusheng, Lin Jiadong, Lin Xue and Ren Dahua.
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The former killer, Johnny Halliday, has been in hiding for years, opened a restaurant in Paris, and now works as a chef. One day, the family of his daughter Eileen, who is based in Macau, was attacked by unidentified killers. The son-in-law and two grandsons were all killed, and only Eileen escaped.
When Ferrans heard the news, he rushed from France to Macau, determined to avenge his daughter's family at all costs. Due to his unfamiliar life, Ferrance's investigation made no progress. By chance, he encounters an assassination incident at the hotel, and the three killers Ah Ghost (Huang Qiusheng), Ah Zhu (Lin Jiadong) and Fei Le (Lin Xue) leave a deep impression on him. After a brief period of probing and contact, Ferrans decided to hire the three of them as helpers. With the clues left by Eileen and the investigation at the murder scene, a revenge war is quietly unfolded, and the conspiracy behind the scenes slowly surfaces. Meanwhile, Ferrans' memory is waning, and he must complete his mission before his memory disappears.
Four killers
The film shows the friendship between several men, especially the part where they eat pasta together, and the tacit understanding and trust between the men are touching. Originally, Du Qifeng had always hoped to cooperate with the French national treasure actor Alain Deron, but finally Alain Deron resigned the invitation and was played by the French rock king and actor Johnny Haridé. There is also a shadow of "Lone Killer" in the movie, especially the protagonist's trench coat is really handsome.
Chinese: Revenge
The action drama film directed by Zhuang Yinjian and starring Zhang Fengyi, Liu Ximing, Wu Shanshan, etc., was released in 1994. Strictly speaking, the film should be a co-production of mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
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The story is set in Shanghai in the 1930s, during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Qiu Feng and Nie Fei are inseparable friends, and the two of them traveled from the countryside to Shanghai Beach together and joined the Hongyun Mountain Branch of Hongmen together. Nie Fei fang gang, in the face of a weak woman, shot and killed a foreigner, and Qiu Feng stood up for it and went to prison. In order to make up for the 300,000 oceans of Bail qiu Feng, Nie Fei acted as a dead soldier regardless of life and death, and went undercover hu weishan to look for evidence that hu weishan betrayed the Hongmen roster to the Japanese. Unexpectedly, he was brutally killed, and after Qiu Feng was released from prison, he learned that Nie Fei had been poisoned, and he endured grief and indignation, and was obliged to embark on a road of revenge.
The hatred of the country and the family is intertwined, love is great love, and hatred is also great hatred. For friends, you can insert a knife in both ribs, and you can sacrifice your life for the country.
American: Revenge
A love crime film directed by Tony Scott and starring Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn and Madeleine Stowe, released in 1990.
Kevin. Jeff, the pilot played by Costner, receives a gift from his old friend Tibby at the celebration of his last flight training, and Jeff travels to Mexico to visit Tibby, where he is treated warmly and meets Tibby's young and beautiful wife, Miria.
Jeff's arrival touches Miriam's long-lonely heart, and soon the two fall in love with each other. Knowing all this, the scheming Tibby learns of it, and in the face of the double betrayal of his friend and wife, Tibby erupts in irrepressible anger and begins a ruthless revenge. In the cabin in the wilderness, Tibby and his men capture Jeff and Miriam who have eloped, Jeff is beaten unconscious and abandoned in the wilderness, and Miria is sold into a ji courtyard and tortured inhumanly after being disfigured.
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Escaped Jeff returns to the wooden house that has been reduced to ashes, and the pain and anger in his heart are irrepressible, and Jeff vows to find Tibby to avenge and save his sweetheart. After much hardship, Jeff finally finds the dying Miriam in the monastery, but the long-departed lover closes his eyes forever after saying "I love you".
Kevin presents the audience with a handsome gentleman, a perfect lover and a cold-hearted killer. Morally, Jeff is on the wrong side at first, but Tibby's brutal revenge seems to add weight to Jeff's revenge. It can only be said that some people have grudges, and if there are grudges, there is revenge, this is the jianghu.
French: Revenge
An action thriller directed by Coralie Farya and starring Matilda Lutz, Kevin Jeansens, Vincent Colombeau, etc., was released in 2017. It is known as the "French version of "I Spit on Your Grave", which was shot in a Quentin way.
Three men, Richard, Stan, and Dimiri, gather in the desert as usual to prepare for their annual hunting. Richard brought his third girlfriend, Jennifer, with him. Jennifer is beautiful and sexy, her figure is inflammatory, making Stan and DiMiri salivate, and the night's dancing provocation makes everyone want to burn. The next morning, the hungry Stan couldn't hold back and defiled Jennifer while Richard wasn't home! When Richard found out, he was not only indifferent, but also pushed Jenny down the cliff of 10,000 feet in an attempt to destroy the "evidence".
Female Avengers
Jennifer fell off a cliff and was planted into a dead tree, but fortunately she did not die, and the former sexy goddess transformed into a goddess of vengeance. In the desert, the heroine barely survives while vowing to fight with the three scumbags to the end. A somewhat feminist film, entertaining, mixed with Western, Quentin and other styles.