On the big screen of Hong Kong films, the figures of Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao have become a symbol of the era of action movies.
In the first and mid-1980s, the small scene fight between Hong Jinbao and "Hong Jiaban" has always been the box office guarantee above the Hong Kong film market. Works such as the "Five Blessings" trilogy, "Mr. Zombie", and "Rich Train" have become the memories of Hong Kong films for a generation.
The "Baohe Film Industry" founded by Hong Jinbao also became the most market appealing "film word" at that time.
In the mid-to-late 1980s, Jackie Chan began to replace Hong Jinbao's market position step by step, and with the birth of works such as "Police Story", "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", "Flying Eagle Project" and other works, the large-scale scene stunt shots of "Chengjia Class" impacted the audience's visual nerves again and again.
The "Weihe Film" founded by Jackie Chan has also led the action Of Hong Kong films into a new era of movies.
In fact, "Weihe Film" is not the first film company established by Jackie Chan. As early as 1980, Jackie Chan established "Boxing Film Co., Ltd." with the support of "Jiahe".
However, this "boxing film" always engages in some highly experimental "avant-garde film works". At that time, these works were extremely difficult for market audiences to understand, and the box office and word of mouth both pounced on the street. "Boxing Film" was also in 1982, and it was helpless to close the door.
From today's point of view, the film works launched by "Boxing Film" are actually remarkable. In 1980, the entrepreneurial work of "Boxing Film", "Bao Bao Breaks Eight Passes", was a "divine work" buried by the times.
In this issue, we will talk about this "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels" produced by Jackie Chan and filmed by "Boxing Film".
This "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels" is a work of "newcomers" gathered.
In 1980, Jackie Chan, who started his business for the first time, sat in the position of supervising producer for the first time. Chen Xunqi, a good buddy of Jackie Chan, also served as the male protagonist of this "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels".
It is worth mentioning that in the early years, Chen Xunqi was a behind-the-scenes soundtrack artist, and by chance, he met Jackie Chan, who was still a "dragon and tiger martial artist", and the two also became iron brothers.
Before filming this "Xiao Bao Breaks through the Eight Levels", Chen Xunqi only participated in the soundtrack of the film, and did not participate in any film works. And it is such an actor without any acting experience, under the support of his brother Jackie Chan, who has become the male protagonist of "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels".
In "Xiao Bao Breaks through the Eight Levels", Jackie Chan was the first time to be a producer, Chen Xunqi was the first time to be the male lead, and the screenwriter Huang Bingyao was also the first time to write a script for others.
In his early years, Wong Ping-yiu was a middle school teacher. In the early 1980s, the Hong Kong film market boomed, and Huang Bingyao also left the "three-foot podium" and threw himself into the film arena. The first film company he joined was Jackie Chan's "Boxing Film". And the first script he wrote was this "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels".
In 1991, Wong Ping-yiu wrote the script for "Truant Weilong". The thick nonsense comedy style has made this work loved by many fans.
In fact, as early as 1980,1980' "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels", Huang Bingyao has begun to show his strong creative ability for "nonsense comedy elements".
Next, we will talk about the story of this "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels" and see what kind of nonsense story Wong Bingyao's screenwriting debut created.
"Eggplant" (played by Chen Xunqi) is a voice actor, because of his long-term dubbing work, he has practiced the special skill of "reading lips".
Eggplant goes to the "Racing Dog Field" to watch the game, and accidentally meets the girl "Ah Xue" (played by Sydney). Because of the misunderstanding when reading the "lip language", Eggplant regarded Ah Xue as a "call girl", which angered Ah Xue and was deceived by Ah Xue.
After a misunderstanding, Eggplant develops a crush on Ah Xue. On this day, Eggplant dubbed Jackie Chan's "Young Master Dragon" at the production company, but he was full of Ah Xue and could not concentrate on his work.
To relax herself, Eggplant turned on the radio, and as a result, Ah Xue's voice came from the radio. It turned out that Ah Xue was a radio host.
After learning of Ah Xue's identity, Eggplant began to pursue Ah Xue. After coming and going, the two became lovers. Ah Xue received the task of interviewing the popular male singer "Tahara" (played by Zhou Runjian).
The singer's private life is chaotic and scandalous, and Eggplant is not at ease with Ah Xue, so he accompanies Ah Xue to go with him.
After the interview, Ah Xue and Eggplant drove back. On the way, the two met 4 men who "touched porcelain". The 4 men were fierce and vicious, and their mouths kept "ma" non-stop.
Eggplant is a voice actor, and he hates actors who "only open their mouths and don't say words", and the dubbing work of such actors is generally very difficult.
Seeing that these 4 evil men have been "well" and do not say words, the "occupational disease" of the eggplant came up at once, he got out of the car and theorized with 4 people, and the result was that the communication failed and the fight broke out. Fortunately, the "patrol police" arrived, which stopped the fight between several people.
After the storm subsided, Eggplant took Ah Xue to the beach to row and play. Eggplant wanted to help Ah Xue shoot a video, but inadvertently recorded four figures in the distance. These 4 people were the same 4 who had touched the porcelain before.
Through lip talk, Eggplant found that the four were planning a "robbery". So he took the video tape to the "police station" to report the crime. The Inspector General (played by Zheng Zeshi) believes that the "lip interpretation" of the eggplant lacks credibility and is not enough to file a case.
Seeing that the inspector ignored it, Eggplant decided to investigate the case herself. Along the way to track the clues, Eggplant and Ah Xue found that 4 evil men robbed a fat man and killed the fat man.
Eggplant and Ah Xue came to the inspector again to report the crime, but when the inspector led people to the scene of the crime, the 4 evil men had already cleaned the scene and left no clues.
In order to expose the murderers themselves, Eggplant wrote a small story about the murder he witnessed, which Ah Xue told during the radio broadcast.
When the 4 murderers listened to the radio, they heard the story told by Ah Xue and thought that Ah Xue was a witness to the murder, so they planned to "kidnap" Ah Xue and cut the grass and remove the roots.
Ah Xue found that recently after work, there was always someone following him. Eggplant believes that these stalkers are likely to be the murderers. So, the two set a trap to catch the murderer. However, the plan went wrong, and Ah Xue was taken away by the murderers.
Eggplant tracks down the killers and goes to a wooden house by the sea. Here, he not only found Ah Xue, who was "kidnapped", but also found the "body" of the fat man.
Eggplant plans to secretly rescue Ah Xue, but the noise still alarms the 4 bandits. Eggplant fled to the sea with Ah Xue, followed by 4 murderers.
In order to escape, Eggplant grabbed a sail and took Ah Xue on the waterway. As soon as the two of them set sail, a strange background music also sounded.
Eggplant said to herself, this BGM is so familiar, as if she has heard it in some movie. Ah Xue told Eggplant that this was the background music of Jaws. As soon as Ah Xue's voice fell, the three sharks revealed their dorsal fins in the water.
Seeing the shark, Eggplant and Ah Xue hurriedly sailed the sails back to the shore. At this time, "there are sharks in the front, and there are chasers in the back", Ah Xue, who did not know where to go, suddenly thought that the singer Tahara, who was interviewed before, seemed to live near here.
Ah Xue and Eggplant took refuge in Tahara's home. Unexpectedly, these 4 thugs were Tahara's men. It turned out that Tahara and Fat Man were in partnership to do business, but Fat Man had secretly swallowed a batch of diamonds that originally belonged to Tahara. Therefore, Tahara "bought a murderer" and planned to retrieve the diamond.
At Tahara's home, Eggplant fights with the murderers. After a fight, several evil men were beaten, and the inspector also led the men and horses to the scene. The story of "Xiao Bao Breaks through the Eight Levels" also came to an end at this time.
In 1980, in this "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels", Jackie Chan did not create the hot "kung fu comedy" at that time, but instead tried a "fashion action movie" theme.
In the plot design of this "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels", screenwriter Huang Bingyao played a lot of tricks.
"Nonsensical comedy elements" and "bridge design that breaks the fourth wall", these "shooting techniques" frequently used by later comedy directors are reflected in this "Xiaobao Breaks Eight Levels".
In addition to the ingenuity in the plot design, the brilliance of the action scenes has also added a lot of highlights to this "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels".
The early "family class", with the comedic "juggling fight", single-handed action Hong Kong film market. In this "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels", Chen Xunqi and Zeng Zhiwei grab the bridge section of the "paper airplane", as well as the big showdown at the end of the film, all reveal a strong "juggling fight" feature.
Of course, this "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels" is not impeccable. Chen Xunqi, who played the male lead for the first time, his performance in the film is slightly green. And Huang Bingyao, who is a screenwriter for the first time, is also slightly weak in controlling the rhythm of the plot.
However, these flaws did not have much impact on the overall quality of the film. From today's point of view, "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels" is still a rare masterpiece.
Now it seems that the performance of "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels" is quite good, but in the Hong Kong film market in 1980, the audience could not accept this "too avant-garde" film work. In the end, the film also suffered box office setbacks, only getting more than 1.5 million at the box office.
After the box office failure of "Xiao Bao Breaks eight levels", Huang Bingyao created the movie "Mouse Street" for "Boxing Film" in 1981. However, the box office performance of this work is still not good. Two consecutive works have encountered market setbacks, and Jackie Chan at that time also began to doubt his ability to supervise production.
In 1982, after Jackie Chan finished filming "Young Master Dragon", he took the initiative to close his "boxing film" and began to follow his master brother Hong Jinbao to learn the supervision and shooting of the film. And Huang Bingyao also invested in Hong Jinbao's "Baohe Pictures" after the "Boxing Film" closed its doors.
Interestingly, in "Bao Bao Breaks eight levels", Huang Bingyao created a set of three-part film creation routines of "falling in love in the early stage, encountering strange cases in the middle period, and ending in the big duel in the later stage". After switching to "Hong Jia Ban", Huang Bingyao applied this three-stage film shooting routine to Hong Jinbao's "Five Lucky Stars" trilogy.
The era of the iron triangle movies of Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao and Yuan Biao also officially kicked off with the birth of the Wufuxing series.