What kind of person is Hong Jinbao? He is the big brother in the Hong Kong showbiz circle, can shoot a hundred stars, he is the most flexible fat man in the eyes of the audience, and there are countless martial arts action movie classics. At the same time, as a director and producer, Hong Jinbao's acting career has also made many good films, contributing the most blockbuster films to Jiahe.
Looking back at Hong Jinbao's directing career, he actually experienced two ups and downs. The first thing he encountered was the decline in the momentum of his own "Baohe" film company in the mid-to-late eighties, and action comedies and fantasy films made the audience feel some aesthetic fatigue, so in 1987 Hong Jinbao abandoned the idea of small-cost creation, and rarely shot the star-studded large-scale war film "Oriental Condor", the story is very simple, it is about the United States hiring a group of "fierce" criminals as mercenaries to go to Vietnam to destroy the weapons left by the United States. Many kung fu masters in the film gathered, let's first briefly understand this group of stars.
Hong Jinbao: Tong Mingxin
Tong Mingxin is the core member of the hired squad, can fight and jump, can kill people with leaves in the film, and can also complete the cliff jump, which is super difficult. It is said that Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, and Yuan Hua all tried to jump, but the effect was not good, and only Qian Jiale finally finished. It should be said that the Actors in Hong Kong fought like this, and Hong Jinbao also dislocated his legs because of a jump.
Lin Zhengying: Lieutenant Colonel
The lieutenant colonel is the commander of operation Condor in the East, and the film begins by climbing the flagpole until he is a ruthless man who still has to complete his mission even though he knows that the operation is canceled. Lin Zhengying originally started work with Bruce Lee, bruce Lee joined the Hongjia class after his death, became the backbone of martial arts, and participated in many film performances of the Hongjia class, in 1985 with "Mr. Zombie" set off a zombie film boom, but unfortunately there was no zombie film after Uncle Nine.
Yuan Biao: Mouse Jie
Rat Jay is a free-spirited person, because "dry daddy" is involved in this whirlpool. The role in the film is also quite sufficient, and the moves of the arsenal and Kurata Yasuaki at the end also highlight his "most versatile" seven small blessings. As a disciple, Yuan Biao was promoted by Hong Jinbao, and the most exciting work of his acting career is the trio works with Jackie Chan, "Fast Food Truck", "Plan A", "Flying Dragon Fierce General", "Summer Lucky Star", "Lucky Star High Light", "Strange Scheme Five Lucky Stars" are all unforgettable classics.
Yuan Heping: Eight masters
The eighth master is worthy of the eighth master, and the lines are so righteous. As a martial arts instructor in the world of Taishan Beidou-style characters, acting of course belongs to the nature of playing tickets, and its greatest contribution is to design wonderful action scenes for Hong Kong films, which set the strengths of hundreds of families, and can design moves and dismantling methods according to the characteristics of actors, Jackie Chan's humorous kung fu action is Yuan Heping's handwriting.
Yuan Kui: Hu Dizhu
Hu Dizhu is also a sentient and righteous character, after being injured, he and Baye stuck to the suspension bridge, and the method of lighting cigarettes is also very handsome. Yuan Kui is actually a generation of martial arts instructors, who have been nominated for the Best Action Director of the Academy Awards 15 times, but he is low-key, Jet Li's "Fang Shiyu", "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Letter to Daddy" are all Yuan KuiRen action designs, of course, fans must remember lei tiger and safety first Li Guogang.
Qin Xianglin: Situ Jun
Situ Jun is the face value of the mercenary team, and he does not forget to "pick up the sister" in times of crisis, and the role is also a continuation of the character characteristics of Citi ginseng in the Fuxing movie, but the ending is also very bloody when he is shot indiscriminately. Qin Xianglin did play a handsome young man in his early years, Qiong Yao was the Prince Charming in the movie, fascinated by thousands of girls, Xiao Fangfang, Lin Qingxia had a relationship with him.
Hou Yaozong: Fan Wenlong
Hou Yaozong is the Hong Kong actor Xiao Hou, from pink chrysanthemums. He and Lin Zhengying, Meng Hai and others are brothers. In the 1980s, he became a disciple of Liu Jialiang, and was both a martial arts instructor and participated in the performance of Liu Jialiang's films. The first film is to perform "Crazy Monkey" with the master, Xiao Hou has a good martial arts foundation and is full of comedy, some witty characters are very good at driving, and they are the main cadres of Liu Jiaban, but they have not become as popular as Liu Jiahui and Wang Yu. After the dissolution of Liu Jiaban, he joined hongjia class and participated in many Hong Jinbao films.
Box lunch quartet: Liu Qiusheng, Chen Long, Wu Ma, Qian Jiale
Liu Qiusheng played one of the criminals who leaked a strong mouth, because of stuttering, twenty times did not count without pulling open the parachute and fell to his death, and it was indeed a straight boy, the first to receive a box lunch in the mercenary team. Liu Qiusheng is also a martial artist from The Hongjia class, and has participated in the performance of classic films such as "Ghost Fighting Ghosts", "Strange Tricks and Tricks five lucky stars", "Loser Boy", "Fuxing Gaozhao" and so on.
The horse played by Chen Long does not seek death and is also depressed, but the enemy who went to the toilet came over, and it can be said that he fell down without any strength. This Chen Long refers to Hong Kong actors, who often appear as small supporting roles in Hong Kong films, and the most popular servant brothers follow the class, and the villain of "Ghost Fights Ghosts" is him. In comparison, his brother Chen Huiyi is more famous and is a well-known martial arts instructor.
Qian Jiale plays Ruan Xiaochuan, a member of the hiring team, who was also shot and fell to the ground by peeing. At this time, Qian Jiale was not very famous, and he had been working as a martial artist in Hongjiaban, and there were not many shots in "Oriental Condor". As a martial artist, Qian Jiale has taken one step at a time, and his Qian Jiaban has become a mainstay of action movies in the Hong Kong film industry. Relying on the dare to fight, this time in addition to Hong Jinbao, the "Flying Dragon Fierce General" also substituted Jackie Chan to complete the difficult action.
Noon Ma played a commander of the opposite side, who died relatively early, and hung up before the cannon was shouted out. Needless to say, Noon Ma can choreograph and direct, is an all-rounder in the Hong Kong film industry, even if the supporting role can also play Yu Yu Shenghui. It is worth mentioning that with the addition of Hong Jinbao, Lin Zhengying, Chen Long, and Zhong Fa, the Dao commander of this film is almost gathered.
Brother duo: Lou Nanguang, Zhang Guoqiang
Lou Nanguang plays Cheng Dahai, Zhang Guoqiang plays Cheng Dajiang, Dajiang Dahai is a brother in the hiring team, a quiet and a moving personality is completely different, in the film in addition to the boy scouts playing Russian roulette, Dajiang died in the hands of children also makes people feel the ruthlessness of war.
Lou Nanguang is also a veteran supporting role in the Hong Kong showbiz industry, often starring in ghost films and comedies, and always playing a mean role in zombie movies.
Zhang Guoqiang is from TVB, who also served ATV in the 90s, and he has starred in many dramas, and the most familiar to mainland audiences should be Murong Fu in "Tianlong Babu".
Guerrilla trio: Gao Lihong, Zhao Wenyin, Xia Zhizhen
The guerrilla sister played by Gao Lihong is very skilled, but the behavior in the arsenal at the end is a bit confusing, so as not to shoot Uncle Ying twice. In reality, Gao Lihong is also a beaten girl in the Hong Kong film era, although she was born in the Hong Kong sister champion, she loves kung fu films, and learns kung fu from Hong Jinbao as a teacher, and later married. From master and apprentice to husband and wife, it is also a good story.
Zhao Wenyin is a beautiful sister of the guerrillas, covering gao Lihong's bullet and sacrifice, there is not much information about her on the Internet, only that she has also cooperated with Gao Lihong in "Uncle Cai's Sweep of a Thousand Armies"
Xia Zhizhen plays the guerrilla "internal traitor", but feels that the setting of this internal traitor is unreasonable, and everyone is tied to the reservoir after being arrested, but without her, it is obviously a problem. In addition to "Oriental Condor", she has also participated in films such as "New Best Partner", "New Jingwumen", "Women's Prison" and so on, and Gu Xiangyun in "Joke About Qianlong" is also her
The villain thugs' foursome: Goofy, Billy Chow, Yasuaki Kurata, and Dee Wei
These four are all real combat masters, and the Hong Kong film era is basically playing villains. Goofy is a karate master and instructor of the Hong Kong Karate Association. Goofy was first an extra actor in Hu Jinquan's "Dragon Gate Inn", and after officially entering the film industry in the 70s, he has been a supporting role in action design and movies.
Billy Chow is an old friend of film fans, and he is generally a powerful thug in Hong Kong films, and kung fu stars such as Jet Li, Hong Jinbao, and Jackie Chan have wonderful fight scenes, especially the fight with Jet Li in "Jingwu Hero" can be called an action movie textbook.
Di Wei is also a karate instructor, proficient in swords and sticks, after coming to Hong Kong, he became a martial arts actor in Hong Kong's class, often playing Jet Li, Hong Jinbao's opponent in Hong Kong movies, and personally liked his role as Luo San cannon in "Plan A".
Kurata Hoaki is an action actor from Japan and an old friend of Chinese audiences, filming in Shaw in the 1970s, and Kurata Hoaki cooperated with almost all Chinese action actors in the action film era, including the Hong Kong Four Xiaolong, Jet Li, Hong Jinbao to Wu Fan, Zhen Zidan, Zhang Jin, Zhao Wenzhuo and so on.
Yuanhua: General
The villain leader General is played by Yuanhua, this role is a bit girly, and boss Hua in the "Flying Dragon" behind is actually a continuation of this "all overheated" trait, which is also impressive. As a member of the Seven Little Blessings, he served as a stand-in for Bruce Lee in the early years, and basically played a supporting role in the early stage, until "Kung Fu" finally won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor with the charter public.
Miao Qiaowei, Tang Zhenye, Mo Shaocong, Dai Zhiwei, He Jiajin are also among them, showing their faces, such a scene will actually be associated with the 1990 star movie "Rich and Noble Corps"
Dai Zhiwei, He Jiajin, Miao Qiaowei
Mo Shaocong, Tang Zhenye
There is also Wong Kam-sun, who plays the colonel, who is Zhao Yazhi's husband, who has worked as a pharmacist and studied law, because he often plays the role of school official, senior inspector and judge in Hong Kong films.
In the movie, Yuan Biao's dry father Yang Long is played by Wu Hanrun, a Cambodian Chinese doctor who has experienced the turbulent years of Cambodia and was able to participate in the film. Before "Eastern Condor", he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Slaughter city".
However, such an ambitious work as Hong Jinbao did not achieve box office success, although it occupied the tenth place in the box office list of that year with a box office of 21.6 million, but because of its huge investment, it could not catch up with the warm comedy "One House, Two Wives" supervised by Hong Jinbao.
The reason is that one is that the narrative ability of the script of this film is average, and the second is that although there are many action scenes, even the fight at the end of the arsenal has not reached the height of explosion. The external reason may be that in 1987, he also encountered Zhou Runfa, who was the box office harvester of this year. Of course, no matter what, "Oriental Condor" is also a rare action movie classic, there are nearly 20 mingwu stars in the action alone, and the skinny Hong Jinbao, the girly Yuanhua, and the panda-eyed Zhou Billy are already memories.