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In 1995, Wang Jing found Jet Li and Jacky Cheung to star in the action comedy "Rats and Dragons".
But since the release of the movie, there is a saying that "Rat Guts" was used by Wang Jing to mock Jackie Chan.
It is said that the contradiction between the two stemmed from their collaboration on "City Hunter", which has not been worked together since.
But Wang Jing wrote a memoir called "Young Wang Jing Breaks into the Rivers and Lakes", which mentions that they spent half a year together when filming "City Hunter", and they still have affirmation and praise for Jackie Chan, saying that he is a kind person.
"City Hunter" is also a collision of Wang Jing's comedy and Jackie Chan comedy, and the film also gathers three top beauties, Wang Zuxian, Qiu Shuzhen and Dragon Girl Goto Kumiko.
The most interesting point of the movie is the emphasis on copyright, which is rare in Hong Kong and Taiwan movies in that era, like Xu Xiaoming's filming "Mirage" did not buy copyright with Ni Kuang, so the characters in the film changed their names.
"City Hunter" bought the copyright with HojoJi, and the lead actor Jackie Chan also met Hojoji himself, leaving this precious photo.
In fact, we all know that the character image is most similar to the "City Hunter" in the "City Hunter" is supposed to be the little brother played by Zhou Runfa in "The True Colors of Heroes" also born in 1986 (the movie character image refers to the "City Hunter" comic).
In Heroes 2, there are even characters from the comics.
Although the male protagonist Meng Bo (冴羽獠) played by Jackie Chan is shorter and has a poor facial image, the story of the movie is considered by comic book fans to be the most loyal to the original setting.
The male protagonist, Yu Yu, was translated into Meng Bo in Hong Kong and Taiwan at that time; and Hideyuki Makimura, his partner Makimura, was translated as Hayashi Kimura, who was called Nakamura Kimura (cameo by Wang Minde) in the film; Makimura Hideyuki's sister Makimura Kaoru was translated as Lin Huixiang, who was called Nakamura Huixiang (played by Wang Zuxian) in the film; Tsukiko Nogami was translated as Wang Meijun, and the film was called Bud Zi (played by Qiu Shuzhen), changed from the Police Of the Metropolitan Police Department of Japan to the Hong Kong Police, and the other roles were original to the film.
Although the film story is Wang Jing's original, Meng Bo's extraordinary but lustful characteristics have been retained, and the thrilling and funny style of the comic has also been continued, and even the 300lb sledgehammer has been restored.
Fans who have seen the original comic know that Meng Bo, as a private detective, has an unwritten principle in taking cases, that is, cases that do not involve beautiful women are not accepted.
The same is true in the movie, where the story tells the story of Kiyoko, the only daughter of Imamura newspaper boss Hiroshi Imamura, who lost her mother at an early age, has a rebellious and stubborn personality, and disobeys discipline.
She runs away from home because she opposes her father's new marriage and goes to Hong Kong alone, and Imamura Hiroshi asks Meng Bo to get her daughter back, but she can't use violence.
Meng Bo soon found Qingzi, but Qingzi learned of Meng Bo's purpose and ran away, and in order to avoid Meng Bo, he also got on the Fugui Pill Cruise Ship alone.
In order to chase Qingzi, Meng Bo also followed FuGui Maru; Meng Bo's assistant Nakamura Huixiang and his cousin Bigfoot (Shan Liwen cameo) were on vacation and were also on the ship; accompanied by Hong Kong police buds who had boarded the ship to track down major international cases; casino master Prodigal Son Gundam (Dawn cameo), and a group of international bandits led by Major Madonna of the American Field Special Forces were plotting to rob the rich merchants on the ship.
Madonnaul and his subordinate Kim meet in the guest room, while Kiyoko lives in the guest room next door and overhears their conversation.
Madonnaeu sent his men to extinguish the mouth, but Meng Bo arrived in time to save Qingzi.
McDonald took control of the entire ship with his men, and they told the passengers to hand over their belongings and play death games with them in playing cards.
Only Meng Bo and Qingzi were not controlled, and they tried to get in touch with the outside world and rescue everyone.
During this period, Meng Bo and Madonnault's men clashed many times, relying on their own ability and luck to overcome dangers.
Later, Bud, Gundam, and Mumbori teamed up to rescue the tourists in the hall on the cruise ship, while the Soft and Hard Celestial Master telegraphed the police, and the appearance of the police thunder team also reversed the situation.
There are many scenes and behind-the-scenes stories in the film that are worth mentioning.
In the ship's theater, he fights two black people who are more than two meters tall, and Jackie Chan defeats the black people with a move he temporarily learned from the movie "Game of Death".
Jackie Chan had participated in Bruce Lee's films when he first debuted, and had also been promoted by Bruce Lee, and this plot was also a tribute to Bruce Lee.
Then there is a fight scene between Meng Bo and Kim, as well as the cameo of Lin Haifeng and Ge Minhui, a pair of soft and hard heavenly masters, who have become characters in "Street Fighter" to fight, and Jackie Chan is a man dressed as a woman to become a "beautiful girl warrior" Chunli, which surprises the audience.
In 1993, when the Street Fighter game was at its hottest in China, not only Hong Kong people liked it, but we mainland teenagers were also fascinated by this fighting game.
Wang Jing originally planned to buy the copyright of "Street Fighter" with the Japanese CAPCOM company, but was forced to be the first to be taken by Universal Pictures in Hollywood, and Wang Jing could only retreat to buy the image rights of the character.
So in the movie we see 100% restored Long, KEN, Chun Li, Gayle, Honda and Darcy, and these character images have become the characters of the game for a long time.
In the same year, Wang Jing filmed "Super School Bully", which is a pure copycat character image, and the film combines the elements of "Street Fighter", "Dragon Ball", "Doraemon", "Super Mario", and "Terminator", which has become a fun smorgasbord.
Originally, Wang Jing wanted the "Four Heavenly Kings" to be assembled in "Super School Overlord", but Dawn had been out of tune, he did not like the title of "Four Heavenly Kings" at that time, so in the end, "Super School Overlord" only appeared Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok (he was only willing to guest appearance), there was no Dawn.
But Dawn still appeared in "City Hunter", playing Langshui Gundam, which can also be regarded as Wang Jing's human affection.
Universal Pictures also launched "Street Fighter" starring Shange Winton in 1994, although it is "genuine", but the film story and setting are very different from the game setting, especially the image of Long and Ken has become very obscene, making it difficult for game fans to accept.
Gary Daniels, who plays the villain Kim, is a professional karate master, has also practiced free fighting, Muay Thai and Aikido, and he has also starred in many movies, but the highlight is a fist and foot show in this film, from body to strength is the top level.
Richard Norton, who plays the villain Boss Madonnaut, is an Australian karate black belt who worked as a private bodyguard for 20 years before moving to Hong Kong, where he was featured in many Hong Kong-made films.
But in the final battle between good and evil between Meng Bo and Madonnaut, the two did not have a "serious" fight, but further upgraded on the basis of the Jackie Chan style fight, becoming a pure juggling style of funny fight.
This arrangement is partly because of the comic positioning of the film, and on the other hand, because of Wang Jing's script.
Wang Jing in his heyday has always been the kind of style that can afford to play open and receive, just look at his "Deer Ding", "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" is clear.
But we watched the filming tidbits of the movie, and this last martial arts drama Wang Jing did not participate.
Many of Jackie Chan's films are like this, starting with other directors, and gradually becoming "Jackie Chan works", such as "Drunken Fist 2" with Liu Jialiang, and "Shinjuku Incident" with Er Dongsheng.
This may be the reason why wang jing and Jackie Chan have a bad relationship!
It is not easy for two directors who are extremely controlling on the set to work together, and it is rare that they do not fall out in the end.
Like when Zhou Xingchi and Hong Jinbao cooperated in "Kung Fu", when Xu Ke and Hu Jinquan cooperated in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", and when Jackie Chan and Huang Zhiqiang cooperated in "Major Crimes Group", this is all the case.
But two people with ideas get together, and the collision of ideas can often produce fine products, and aren't the movies mentioned above classics in the minds of movie fans?
Therefore, the quality of the movie lies in whether it is done with heart, if it is chaotic from the beginning, it is not shocking on the set, and it is difficult to produce a good movie;
The conflict between the director and the director is often because they are fully committed to the work and resolutely do not give in to their own insistence, so often in the end, even if one party withdraws, the remaining party can make the film according to their own ideas.
Just like "City Hunter", it is still the best funny movie in the minds of movie fans!
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