Today, I would like to recommend an old Hong Kong movie called "Life and Death Struggle", which was filmed in 1977 and is a suspense film with science fiction colors. It's thrilling, suspenseful, and gripping. When it was released that year, it caused a sensation, especially among young audiences. Do you remember this movie? I think that people who have watched this old film are probably no longer young, they are all old, right?
The first time I saw this movie, I was very young, but it felt amazing. I remember the scene of the speedboat chase at the end of the film.
This movie is actually based on the famous American science fiction writer James Gunn's "The Immortal Man". The science fiction color in the original novel is even stronger, and James Gunn's imaginative description is reminiscent. But the movie "Life and Death Fight" has removed the science fiction part of the original work, I think it should be in order to attract more audiences into the theater, so more suspense and thriller elements have been added.
It is said that the film was originally supposed to be shot by The Phoenix Company in Hong Kong, because it was originally Mr. Du Who who told the story to the three female directors of Phoenix, Yi Zhi, Chen Juanjuan and Zhu Feng. The three were also interested in this. But unfortunately, shortly after that, Chen Juanjuan suddenly died of illness, and Any one of them suffered from cancer, and Zhu Feng was also excited. In the end, it was Fu Qi of the Hong Kong Great Wall Film Company who took a fancy to this theme and put it on the screen.
Who is Fu Qi?
Fu Qi was one of the most famous male stars of the Hong Kong Great Wall Film Company, handsome, thick and simple, and very self-motivated. He has co-starred with Shi Hui, Xia Meng, Zhu Hong and others in "Honeymoon", "Little Dancer", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang", "Sweet honey", "White-collar beauty", "Love Sinus First Opening" and other films. Fu Qi's wife was Shi Hui, one of the three princesses of the Great Wall. The two married in 1954. After marriage, she gave birth to a daughter, Fu Mingxian.
The heroine min yan in "Life and Death Struggle" is played by Shi Hui. Although Shi Hui was 43 years old at that time, she played a young girl in the film without any sense of violation, and she was still a goddess. Its beautiful and dignified shape also left an extremely unforgettable impression on my young heart.
The male protagonist Lei Yongsheng is played by Jiang Long. Although his fame is not as big as gao yuan, Fu Qi and other male stars, he has also cooperated with Shi Hui, Bao Qijing and others in many films such as "Provincial Hong Kong Raiders" and "Three Women in the Jianghu". Tall and strong, with good facial features, he was a popular type of student on the Hong Kong screen at that time.
The main story of "Life and Death Struggle" is that the male protagonist Lei Yongsheng is a lifeboat driver. One day, when he and his apprentice were driving on the sea, they suddenly encountered a plane crash, so he desperately rescued Yin Dawei who fell into the water.
And who is Yin Dawei? This white-haired old man who was nearly eighty years old had a lot to come by, and he turned out to be a rich man worth millions of Hong Kong dollars. Yes, you read that right, in Hong Kong at that time, a million Hong Kong dollars was an astronomical amount. Therefore, his grandeur is very big, and he has a very indispensable feeling.
In order to save Yin Dawei's life, Lei Yongsheng transfused his own blood to Yin Dawei when he lacked suitable plasma in the hospital blood bank. But I didn't expect that Lei Yongsheng was a strange person, and his blood contained an ingredient that could rejuvenate people. So a miracle happened, a second ago, Yin Dawei, who was still a white-haired old man, in the blink of an eye, became a middle-aged man who was thirty or forty years younger, not only his hair turned black, but also full of vitality.
This discovery shocked Dr. Zhang at the hospital and Min Yan, the fiancée of Lei Yongsheng, who works as a nurse at the hospital.
During Yin Dawei's hospitalization, a richly dressed woman appeared in front of everyone. She is Yin Dawei's wife, Judy. Judy is very young, and there is also a domineering arrogance that makes people feel bad. However, the actress who plays Judy is also very beautiful, a pair of big eyes are very energetic, and her appearance is not inferior to that of Shi Hui, the heroine' actor. So even though she played a supporting role, many viewers were amazed.
This Judy, when she saw the unconscious Yin Dawei, said such a sentence: Isn't he dying? Why give him a blood transfusion? This shows that she does not seem to be very willing to let her husband come back to life.
After Yin Dawei woke up, he was overjoyed to learn that he had returned to old age and childhood. At the same time, the insatiable nature of greed is exposed. On the one hand, he instructed his subordinates to frantically collect money, and on the other hand, he forced Dr. Zhang to tell the truth that he had become young.
After learning that the reason for his return to youth was the loss of Lei Yongsheng's blood, Yin Dawei tried to blackmail Dr. Zhang into cooperating with him to develop this drug that could make people immortal, but Dr. Zhang refused.
Yin Dawei could not succeed in one plan, and regenerated a plan. He arranged for his subordinates to "invite" Lei Yongsheng to his home, and promised a mansion to spend a lot of money, trying to put Lei Yongsheng under house arrest and use the blood of Lei and Lei's descendants for himself, so that he could live forever. Such a ridiculous idea was of course rejected by Lei Yongsheng sternly.
And when Lei Yongsheng went to Yin Dawei's house for an appointment, he received a mysterious phone call telling him to be careful, because someone had to live by his blood. And who made this call? This is a question that the audience would love to know.
Yin Dawei, who was rejected by Lei Yongsheng, of course, was not dead, and he vowed to get Lei Yongsheng in his hands in order to achieve his ulterior motives.
Lei Yongsheng and Min Yan are truly in love. On the beautiful beach, under the beautiful sunset, Lei Yongsheng proposed to Min Yan, and Min Yan shyly agreed.
But what he never expected was that on the day of the two people's big marriage, Lei Yongsheng was kidnapped by Yin Dawei's men. On the way to meet Lei Yongsheng before his death, the thugs arranged by Yin Dawei forced Lei Yongsheng's wedding car to stop. The two sides fought, and eventually Ray Yongsheng was captured because he was outnumbered, while his little apprentice was thrown to death in the counterattack.
When Father Lei was waiting at home for Immortal to return, someone sent Ray's clothes to Immortal, saying that he had fallen into the sea and died. This made Father Lei and Min Yan unhappy, but they were full of doubts about Lei Yongsheng's life and death.
Lei Yongsheng was imprisoned in the basement by Yin Dawei's men. But when the men came down to deliver food to him, he accidentally found a hidden note on the small table. Tell him: The milk is poisonous and there is something at the bottom of the rack.
When Lei Yongsheng searched silently under the table, he actually touched a pistol. He quietly hid the gun, then pretended to drink a sip of milk and pretended to be unconscious.
Yin Dawei thought that the trick had succeeded and was oblivious. He arranged for his men to go down and draw blood, but he was imprisoned by all the Lei Immortal Futureers who had been prepared earlier.
Lei Yongsheng escaped from the basement. But at this time, the alarm bell was loud, and the family members of the nursing home looked around for Lei Yongsheng, who was fleeing for his life, and the two sides began a shootout.
In the end, Yin Dawei ordered his men not to shoot, which gave Lei Yongsheng a chance to escape. He found a bamboo pole, a pole jump, rolled over the wall, and plunged into the sea.
At this time, several fierce men came to Lei Father's house, falsely claiming the whereabouts of Lei Yongsheng, and kidnapped Lei Father.
Min Yan, who was in the hospital, suddenly received a call from Lei Yongsheng and was extremely happy. The two agreed on a meeting place.
As a result, Yin Dawei had already arranged for his subordinates to follow Min Yan, but was thrown away by the resourceful Min Yan.
However, when Min Yan went to the boat to see Lei Yongsheng, he was still discovered by the beaters. Thugs drive speedboats towards the boats.
At a critical juncture, another speedboat sped in from the other direction. It turned out to be Judy. Judy explains her intentions to Lei Yongsheng and the others: she saved Lei's father and is willing to provide more help to Lei Yongsheng. Lei Yongsheng then understood that the person who had called him mysteriously and told himself that the milk was poisonous and that the person who provided the pistol was Judy.
It turned out that Judy was the one who knew Yin Dawei's details best. His insatiable greed and fierceness made her intolerable, bent on escaping from his control. So she has been secretly helping Ray Immortal.
Thus the most memorable classic scene in the film appears, two speedboats on the sea in a life-and-death chase, chopping waves, thrilling. Coupled with the music that creates tension, it makes people raise their hearts to the throat eyes.
In the end, Lei Yongsheng, with his excellent driving skills, forced Yin Dawei's thug's speedboat into a dead corner, and finally crashed into the reef, and the ship was destroyed.
Without receiving Ray's life-saving blood, coupled with hearing the news of Judy's betrayal, the wicked Yin Dawei decayed and died in anger.
At the end of the film, Lei Yongsheng, who has experienced a "life-and-death struggle", walks on the beautiful beach with his wife Minyan again. At this time, Lei Yongsheng said a word to Min Yan that I will never forget: Maybe we will have to go on for centuries. For some reason, after hearing this, I actually had a very frightening feeling in my heart. But I wonder if you are like me?
"Life and Death Fight" is not a particularly good movie, and many of its bridges do not stand up to scrutiny, but why do they leave such a deep memory for the audience? The Douban score of 7 also shows that everyone is quite satisfied with it. I think that in addition to the feelings of this kind of thing, the careful creation of the editor and director and various departments such as Fu HuaDao also adds a lot of points to the film. Especially in terms of editing and music creation, it is very capable of creating a tense horror effect, enhancing the audiovisual sense of the film, weakening the unreality of some plots, and thus achieving a better entertainment effect.
The original novel The Immortal Was completed in 1962. In the early 1970s, it was adapted into a TELEVISION series in the United States several times and was well received. It is said that in recent years, many filmmakers are still interested in this work, and it is not known whether it will be produced into a new film. James Gunn's collection "The Road to Science Fiction" was also popular with readers at that time, and everyone felt that his work was not only full of imagination, but also quite romantic.
But I don't know if you remember this "Life and Death Struggle"? When we revisit this old Hong Kong movie again, what kind of memories do we evoke for you? Which actor and which bridge section in the film is still fresh in everyone's memory? Welcome to interact with more netizens and fans through the message area. I am Yaqing, thank you again for your attention and tips, we will meet again at the same time tomorrow.
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