In 1983, no one expected that the action movie "Plan A", written and directed by Jackie Chan, was released for only one week and received 20 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. In the movie, Jackie Chan's "earth-shattering" has not been surpassed so far.
"Plan A" is a comedy action film directed by Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao, co-starring Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, Di Wei and others. It mainly tells a series of stories in the early 20th century, after the Hong Kong Land Police and the Marine Police were intensified by the contradictions in the official arena.
The reason why "Plan A" was filmed 38 years ago was because I couldn't stand the breath of Hollywood's frustrated return. In 1979, Jackie Chan's old owner Jiahe Company decided to invest 60 million US dollars to introduce Jackie Chan to the international market and create the second "international superstar" after Bruce Lee. Jiahe did not renege on his word, in 1980 "Killer Trench" was released in the United States, but the response was mediocre, American audiences want to see a fist-to-flesh fight like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan's style is indeed witty and mischievous, and the action is more like juggling. And Hong Kong audiences are not accustomed to this martial arts action designed to cater to Americans.
Seeing the unanimous bad reviews at home and abroad, Jackie Chan did not give up. After thinking bitterly, he decided to make a real "Jackie Chan-style" movie to prove it for himself. So in 1983, Jackie Chan learned the lesson of "Killer Trench" and wrote and directed his own film "Plan A". Only then did he fall from the height of the bell tower, which was also designed by Jackie Chan for his own name.
When filming this segment, Jackie Chan himself was also very scared. Even found a variety of reasons, such as bad light and the like, to the seventh day, Jackie Chan went to the roof again, in hesitation, Hong Jinbao came, said to Jackie Chan "what do you do, seven days, you still don't jump, if you want to jump, jump."
Hearing Hong Jinbao's words, Jackie Chan made up his mind to jump, and he said to Hong Jinbao: "Otherwise, you will help me be the director of this game, and you will help me shoot." Hong Jinbao agreed.
Jackie Chan fell from the bell tower and shot at least three times, one shot played at normal speed, the other shot played at slow speed, we can judge from Jackie Chan's landing posture, the two shots are not consistent. And the last shot due to the wrong posture of the landing, he jumped after the injury into the hospital, in order to maintain the progress, let Mars jump for him, but Mars jump also does not meet the requirements must not be used in the positive film, the result of Jackie Chan himself to jump again.
When Mars jumped for Jackie Chan, as soon as he went up, he was already frightened and fainted when he touched the pointer, and you must know that this is a professional martial art, and you can imagine how dangerous this shot is.
Because he suffered a lot of injuries during filming, he also tried to prove that he did not use a stand-in. Jackie Chan also specially put the shooting tidbits at the end of the film, and many viewers were shocked by such tidbits. Therefore, starting from this movie, Jackie Chan will add his own shooting tidbits to each subsequent film.
"Plan A" also created a precedent for Jackie Chan's film to challenge the difficult performance. Released in 1986, the film grossed 3.1 billion yen directly in Japan. Many Japanese anime have a plot that pays homage to it.
For example, "Plan Z" in episode 109 of the anime "Gintama"
In the film, a "big nose" character with a logo of Jackie Chan appears
"Gintama" pays tribute to the plot of Jackie Chan jumping the bell tower
The three characters in Plan A who appear in Crayon Shin-chan
The scene of "Crayon Little New" pays tribute to Jackie Chan's jumping bell tower
"Plan A" has been born 38 years ago, as a kung fu film, Douban still maintains a high score of 8.0, which can be described as a thriving ah!
If you have friends who have not seen "Plan A" yet, I recommend taking the time to check it out, it is worth your 105 minutes. Friends who have seen it, what do you think of this movie, welcome to leave a message in the comment area to discuss!