Run Run Shaw
In 1972, the "Shaw" company and the American "Warner" company negotiated, Luo Lie starred in the kung fu film "The First Fist in the World" successfully landed in the North American market, becoming the first Chinese kung fu film that sensationalized Europe and the United States before Bruce Lee's masterpiece "Dragon Fight tiger fight". However, this film "Warner" is only responsible for overseas market distribution, and did not participate in the filming. The co-production film that is really famous in the international sense is still based on "Dragon Fight and Tiger Fight".
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When Bruce Lee first returned to Hong Kong, he was coldly received by Run Run Shaw and was recognized by Zou Wenhuai, the boss of "Jiahe", who was struggling at the time, which made "Jiahe" rise and form a confrontation with the old owner "Shaw". In the fall of 1972, Bruce Lee and Shaw had been released from their former feud. He visited the "Shaw" set many times, expressed his intention to cooperate with "Shaw", and even took a set of costume auditions.
Unfortunately, Bruce Lee's untimely death made everything a disaster. Many of Bruce Lee's collaborators or quasi-collaborators have been affected to varying degrees, such as Yuan Hua, Shao Yinyin, Lin Zhengying, Jackie Chan, Miao Kexiu, George Razanbei, Mao Ying and so on.
In addition, there is a blonde Italian actress whose career has also been disrupted by this bad news.
"Raptors Across the River"
Remember the Italian beauty in Bruce Lee's masterpiece "Raptors Across the River"? She hooked Bruce Lee with just one smile and one look, and then scared the invincible Dragon Brother away...
As mentioned in previous articles, this beautiful woman, Named Malisa Longo, was born on July 13, 1950 in Venice, Italy, and is a well-known Italian film actress.
For various reasons, Marissa's large number of scenes in "Raptors Crossing the River" were cut, leaving only two scenes. The first scene was filmed in Rome's "Piazza Navona" and the other in Bruce Lee's room at the Flora Hotel. The whole process was very short, but her enthusiastic exotic style left a deep impression on people and also attracted the attention of "Shaw".
Marissa was also part of Bruce Lee's game with "Shaw", and she was promised to be the heroine of Bruce Lee's and "Shaw" cooperation films, and signed a contract with "Shaw" for three Italian and Hong Kong co-productions.
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Creation makes man. We don't know what twists and turns happened inside "Shaw" after Bruce Lee's death, in short, Marissa's three films were compressed into one, which is what we want to talk about today.
The other two co-productions are "Four Kings and One Queen" and "Dragon and Tiger Go to the End of the World", which are not listed here.
The Three Supermen and the Overlord was released in August 1975. As it has been released in many parts of the world, it has many translations, such as "Supermen Against the Amazons", "Barbarian Revenge", "Superuomini, Superdonne, Superbotte", "Amazons and Supermen", and so on. The more generic name is Amazons and Supermen. As the name suggests, it is "Amazon and Superman".
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Amazon, I remember mostly from the classic game Diablo 2 and DC Comics Wonder Woman.
According to Baidu Encyclopedia, Amazon is an absolute feminist supremacy culture. They are a mysterious warrior family, all blonde, tall, able to ride and shoot, and the battles with countless Greek heroes are spread in different legends.
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Amazon Chief
The film begins with a lengthy ceremony. It's a brutal process, with losers being stripped of their lives until the strongest is decided.
Several protagonists
The new tyrant-like leader with Amazonian female warriors attempts to occupy a village. The people of the village believed in the magician Dharma and refused to submit to the Amazons. When Dharma was attacked and died, his young disciple Aru replaced him as the second generation of Dharma. He, together with the swordsman Zhong (Yue Hua) from the East, and a Hercules Mug, form the so-called "Three Supermen".
"The Three Supermen"
The question is, what superpowers does this "three supermen" combination of strong and weak have? This is the biggest ridiculous thing about this film.
The magician Aru, with amazing bouncing power, relies on the hidden trampoline and keeps jumping around. Swordsman Bell, the mount is a cow, looks very imposing. However, it should be noted that there is no martial arts instruction in this film. This really embarrassed Yue Hua, his lame kung fu was extremely funny, clumsy, and miserable. As for Mug, the strength is incomparable, the skin is thick, and a full burp has the power of "lion roar".
Wang Meimei, Zhong
Aru, Mina
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Aru inadvertently saves the kind Amazon warrior Mina (Marissa Longo), and the two form CP. During this period, there is also a group of bandits who stir up trouble, and the female bandit Wang Meimei (played by Ye Lingzhi) and Zhong Bu do not know each other, and also form a CP. Moog also found his love.
Four protagonists
Later in the film, the story moves in the direction of "Seven Samurai": the heroes lead the villagers to build fortifications, and finally come to an offensive and defensive battle. With the fall of the Amazons, the village returned to calm, and the male and female protagonists lived a life without shame.
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The film was shot entirely in Italy, and with the exception of Shao Renmei as executive producer (who did not seem to be on the scene), only Yue Hua and Ye Lingzhi were involved in two Chinese personnel. As mentioned before, there are no martial arts instructors in this film, and a large number of action scenes have probably reached the limits of the Italian imagination. The strange sound effects that are mixed in seem to indicate that this is just funny. The final big scene is even more chaotic, like a child's play.
"The Three Supermen and the Female Overlord" is unknown in many films of "Shaw", and it is also dispensable in the history of the big movie. So is this film really useless? Non also.
Marissa
The biggest attraction of this film is naturally Marissa and the Amazon warriors. Marissa in her youth was as charming as in "Raptors Across the River", and also dedicated a scene of "Mandarin Duck Playing in the Water", which made people feel refreshed. The other Amazon warriors were also lightly armed. So many long-legged beauties on the screen riding horses to shoot arrows and fight hard, do you mean to say that the movie is bad?
After the end of "The Three Supermen and the Overlord", Marissa has nothing to do with the Hong Kong film industry, and she has never used Bruce Lee to hype herself. During Marisa's career, she has shot more than 70 films, including the famous "lead yellow film" "Peach Rattlesnake" and "Young Man, Demon and Savage". She also participated in the famous Italian erotic master Dindo Barras's "Miranda" and "Budapest Tavern".
In 1997, Marissa quit the film and television circle to write and paint full-time, and achieved good results.
Then again, if the role of Yue Hua in "The Three Supermen and the Overlord" was originally prepared by "Shaw" for Bruce Lee... Of course, this is only if. Who knows?
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