"Accompany Me" is a rare jianghu film of Li Xiuxian's "Universal Pictures" company.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, it is just a very ordinary jianghu film.
At best, I wonder: How did Almighty, which has always been known for its police films, make such an alternative film for no reason?
And listen to the author.
In 1990, a Hong Kong newspaper published the news that a silver building in Hong Kong had been robbed by bandits.
Reports claim that the bandits have all been shot and killed,
The bandits were unable to flee due to infighting over the uneven distribution of the spoils,
In fact, in addition to the three bandits who died, the other victim was the manager of the robbed silver building, Guo Fugen.
And Guo Fugen is the second brother of the Heavenly King Aaron Kwok.
It is rumored that as early as the end of 90, Li Xiuxian was ready to present this deed to the screen in the form of a "crime movie".
However, due to the incident related to the popular star Aaron Kwok, Li Xiuxian and co-screenwriter Feng Ruixiong and others revised the script many times, and it took a year to finalize the case.
Therefore, the film finally told the brotherhood of the heavenly parties in the form of the popular jianghu hero film of that year, while also avoiding the sensitive topic of the Silver Tower robbery.
Aaron Kwok's role as Jiahua in the movie is to play himself,
His fanatical fascination with dancing and singing eventually became a sought-after pop singer,
The interludes interspersed in the movie are basically the top songs of Aaron Kwok's charts that year.
Many of the clips are clips of Aaron Kwok's singers' club and live concert videos.
And Ah B, played by Li Xiuxian, is the second brother of Aaron Kwok in the play,
But the difference is that A B is a fringe figure in the gang,
But this character is extremely responsible for the family, and has feelings and righteousness for brothers and friends.
In the movie, he violently intimidates the judges to make his brother advance.
But because this movie wants to allude to the reality of the tragedy, A B finally fell on the street because of the hatred of the jianghu.
The final reunion with his brother before his death contrasted with Aaron Kwok's lamentation and regret that he and his second brother did not have the opportunity to see each other for the last time.
At the end of the movie, Aaron Kwok sang to his brother and hugged Li Xiuxian and cried bitterly,
It was evaluated by film critics as "true feelings"—venting real emotions in the film through the thought of his brother.
The success of "Hero's True Colors" in the 80s influenced the shooting style of many films, and "Accompany Me" also has the shadow of "Heroic Nature".
For example, the younger brother caused hatred and misunderstanding because of the disaster caused by the elder brother, but in the end it was resolved because of the sacrifice of blood thicker than water.
Although this seems a bit cheesy, because more life-like and real situations are added, the tear-jerking and touching of the film seems very natural.
In particular, this is the only Hong Kong film in which Hollywood Chinese actress Liu Yuling has participated.
Liu Yuling plays Aaron Kwok's first love, a rich family with thousands of dollars,
When Aaron Kwok asked her what her plans for the future were, she actually said that she wanted to study in the United States, and later Liu Yuling did go to the United States to develop;
Hong Kong music all-rounder Peter Lai also played himself in the film,
He took out a photo with Xu Guanjie and filled out the trophy for Zhang Guorong to win the "monica", which was also completely genuine.
Generally speaking, Hong Kong stars rarely choose to shoot biopics.
Because it is impossible to disclose private life, it gives the media an opportunity.
Unless it is a success, it becomes an industry myth.
And this only biopic by Aaron Kwok is a jianghu movie. Choosing to show the character experience in this way can be said to be unique in the Chinese film industry.