In the last century, Hong Kong action movies can be said to carry the precious memories of old fans of Hong Kong films, but after entering the new century, Hong Kong movies have gradually accelerated towards loneliness, but films such as Tony Jia's "Boxing Bully" and "Tom Yin Gong" have become famous in the Asian film and television industry
Zhen Zidan, who is also an action actor, saw it, but said lightly, this is not the set before Jackie Chan, the tone and attitude have expressed disdain for the movie, but this can not prevent the popularity of Thai action films in the Asian film and television industry, nor can it make Hong Kong movies return to the peak
Therefore, in order to save the decline of Hong Kong action movies, Zhen Zidan contacted Hong Jinbao, Ip Wai Shin and others, and decided to make a new style of Hong Kong-made action movies, and the movie "Kill the Wolf" was born
Released in 2005, "Kill the Wolf" is a police action movie, the film plot is heart-wrenching, the fight is rare and bloody, it is impossible to imagine, the original name of the film is "Father's Day"
Careful viewers, when watching the movie, will find that there are many pictures about the father-son father-daughter relationship, such as Ren Dahua and the witness orphan playing on the beach, Hong Jinbao, as a fierce gangster, but bought a pink leopard for the son of the full moon, Liao Qizhi made the last call to the father, Xia Shaosheng saw his daughter and was stabbed to death, all inseparable from the father-son relationship
Therefore, at first, Ye Weixin thought that the theme of Father's Day not only pointed out that the main line of the story turned on Father's Day, but also implied the family relationship behind the darkness, but later considering that Father's Day was too warm and did not conform to the tense and dark painting style of this film, he changed the title of the film to a more impactful wolf killing, and after that, he also invited Andy Lau, the king of heaven, to write the title of the film
Yes, you heard it right, Andy Lau not only can sing and act, but also write well, he joined the Hong Kong Calligraphy Association a long time ago, the movie "Ink Attack" and "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" are his ink treasures, and the word "Hua Title" in the lower left corner of the title of the Wolf Killer is Andy Lau's special label
As an action movie, the most attractive should be the action scene, in order to make the content more innovative, Zhen Zidan and Hong Jinbao are not less energetic, they gave up the traditional kung fu-based action design, judo, wrestling, actual combat fighting, etc. and kung fu mixed, the whole process does not need assistance, real shooting, in order to achieve a more exciting fist to flesh realism, so the end of the shooting, the actors are scarred
Take the dedicated old drama bone Hong Jinbao, at that time he was more than half a hundred years old, because the perennial shooting of action scenes left a full of old injuries, he can completely reduce or refuse to shoot the fight scene, but Hong Jinbao is very dedicated
During the filming of the last life-and-death duel with Zhen Zidan, due to Zhen Zidan's excessive investment, he forgot to slow down the speed of his accustomed attack, and accidentally injured Hong Jinbao, which directly caused Hong Jinbao to complete the filming of this scene with a recurring old disease
After the shooting, he kept shouting pain and even walking was very painful, and Ye Weixin and Zhen Zidan felt very guilty about it
The same is true of Wu Jing, who plays the villain killer, who originally arranged for him to be shot and killed by Ren Dahua, without the street fight with Zhen Zidan
But Zhen Zidan felt that it was not too much of a pity to let Wu Jing's kung fu go, so he proposed a contest with Ye Weixin, which was exactly in the arms of Director Ye, Ye Weixin made a decision on the spot, he said that since both of them had practiced, don't waste time on the trick, directly fight it
Therefore, in the fight scene between the two in the street battle, Wu Jing was poked to fight back against Zhen Zidan, and Zhen Zidan beat Wu Jing and broke four solid wooden sticks, and the fierce fight scene of about four minutes in the whole process was about 45 seconds of improvisational combat
You can even see from the tidbits that Wu Jing threw his right arm after the director shouted the card many times, and it seems that when he filmed this scene, even if he was not broken by Zhen Zidan as rumored, he did not leave less hurt
Interestingly, when the two talked about the fight many years later, one said that it was a real solid wooden stick, and the other said that it was a prop stick that did not hurt, and it was unknown who was telling the truth
However, it is worth mentioning that Wu Jing's handsome appearance was actually designed by Zhen Zidan, because it was not allowed to assist with props, Wu Jing repeatedly experimented and could not jump the football goal, or director Ye Weixin sawed off the goal by 20 centimeters to successfully complete this shot
In the end, the only one who suffered was Zhang Zhiyao, who was kicked in the neck by Wu Jing, after all, there was no borrowing point, and it was difficult for Wu Jing to control the force under his legs
In addition, in order to achieve the real kung fu effect required by Zhen Zidan, Zhen Jiaban and the stunt performers are also scarred, because the crew is tightly funded, that is, poor, so most of the villains on the street in the play are cameos in friendship among the crew members
All the scenes that did not meet the standard, even if they were tired, had to be re-filmed, which made the actor who was kicked downstairs by Ren Dahua, the action director Kenji Tanigi, directly dissatisfied, and threw the prop bear at his friend Zhen Zidan, but later followed Zhen Zidan's request to continue shooting
In addition, in addition to the crew actors, the producer of the film is also very interesting, of which Huang Baigao is Wu Jing's agent, it is he who single-handedly contributed to Wu Jing's participation, and the reason why the protagonist of the second part became Wu Jing later is also because the copyright of killing the wolf belongs to Huang Baigao
Another producer made a cameo appearance in the film as a policeman, his real name is Chan Chi Tat, a Hong Kong tycoon, who was arrested for fraud after starring in the film
Finally, let's talk about the ending of the movie, in fact, the film has two endings, the Hong Kong version of the last Zhen Zidan was pushed downstairs to die, and also smashed Hong Jinbao's wife and son, Hong Jinbao was also stimulated to die, but because the ending is too dark, the mainland DVD version only has a version of the deleted ending
The wolf who was called a "three-level film" after its release in Hong Kong only had a box office of more than HK$8 million, far lower than the "Head Text D" starring Jay Chou in the same year.
Finally, let's give you a few little Easter eggs
The story of killing the wolf is set in 1997, but in the film, Hong Jinbao's men are wearing the 15th red jersey of Vince Carter who entered the NBA in 1998, and later ma jun plays a game with idiot prisoners in the video game store, which is "King of Fighters 2002" produced in 1999.
As mentioned earlier, the crew is very poor, so many places are set up in the shed, the white wall sign shows that it is a hospital, a room is used as a police station, and the only thing that highlights the funds may be the golf club that Hong Jinbao and Ren Dahua held in their hands when they confronted each other on the road
Have you noticed this clever implant?