In 1985, Hong Jinbao directed and acted in three films: "Fuxing Gaozhao", "Summer Fuxing" and "Dragon's Heart".
These three works have won the title of champion, runner-up and palace army of Hong Kong film annual box office rankings.
Suddenly, Hong Jinbao's limelight was in full swing.
Compared with the glory of 1985, Hong Jinbao's performance the following year can only be regarded as "so-so".
Mainly because Zhou Runfa's "The True Colors of Heroes" is too dazzling, so that Hong Jinbao's new work can only be relegated to the position of runner-up.
But regardless of the box office factor, Hong Jinbao's film is a microcosm of the glory of Hong Kong cinema, which can be called a landmark work with a group of stars.
"Rich Train" is the most proud commercial film of Hong Jinbao and his Hong family class, and you can feel the weight of the movie just by looking at the cast list.
It is estimated that throughout the entire film history, only "The Night Feast of the Giants" can be compared with it.
You know, in order to make this movie that year, Hong Jinbao called more than 40 popular stars to come and make a cameo, so that most of the set was forced to stop work.
It is understood that the story prototype of "Rich Train" is the "Lincheng Train Robbery" in history.
01.40 more celebrities came to run the dragon set
From the 1980s onwards, the concept of Chinese New Year films gradually emerged.
Every New Year's period, showbiz stars get together and make a family-friendly New Year movie.
Not only can the box office and popularity be harvested, but also make the New Year taste more intense.
And "Rich Train" is a typical example, and the box office of that year can be described as a very successful.
The more than 40 stars invited were basically the mainstays of the show business at that time.
In the film, they do not have the so-called big star shelf, it is all for the sake of the scene.
First of all, what makes people shine is that Guan Zhilin, Zhu Baoyi, Zheng Wenya, and Wang Yuhuan form a beautiful female group, which can be called full of highlights.
Secondly, it is the funny security team of Hanshui Town in the film.
The captain is Zeng Zhiwei, and his subordinates are Yuanhua, "Zombie Dao Leader" Lin Zhengying, and "Yan Chixia" Noon Horse.
The fire brigade of Hanshui Town has become the main action of the whole film.
Among them, there are Stars such as Yuan Biao, Qian Jiale, Xiao Dehu, Hou Yaozong, Chen Long and so on.
In addition, there is Hong Jinbao's tribute to the times.
Wang Yu and Shi Jian, two legends of martial arts movies, play the fathers of "Huang Feihong" and "Evil Man Jian" respectively, which makes people laugh in a serious way.
The two biggest scenes in the film are the use of the power of the entire Hong Kong film circle.
One was filming the night scene of Hanshui Town, and Hong Jinbao invited all the lighting engineers at that time, which directly led to the other crew being forced to stop work.
The other is the scene of waiting for the Rich Train at the railway station, because there is no old-fashioned train in China, so more than 200 stars and staff collectively flew to Thailand to shoot.
It is worth mentioning that Jackie Chan originally planned to join, but he was injured due to filming, so he missed this movie.
In the end, "Rich Thunder Car" lived up to expectations after its release, and easily won more than 28 million at the box office.
Although it failed to win the box office championship, it can definitely be equal to "The True Colors of Heroes".
02. First-class Chinese New Year blockbusters
At the beginning of the story, Cheng Fangtian (Hong Jinbao) finds a pair of gold and silver jewelry and jewelry in the ice and snow.
Unexpectedly, just as he was ecstatic, a group of people suddenly appeared in the snow.
It turned out that Cheng Fangtian had mistakenly entered the military exercise base for foreigners, and the soldiers arrested him and humiliated him.
Cheng Fangtian took advantage of the other party's letting down his guard and took the opportunity to take a grenade from the waist of a soldier.
After a sharp operation, he successfully escaped.
However, what he did not expect was that he had just escaped from the Tiger's Den, and then he met Interpol Laifu (Zhong Zhentao).
In the end, Cheng Fangtian, who is struggling to get rid of the pursuit, decides to take his lover (Zheng Wenya) back to his hometown of Hanshui Town.
In Hanshui Town, former security captain Zhu Bo (Zeng Zhiwei) robs the bank with his men and plans to leave by train.
But it wasn't just them who wanted to get on the train, but also a bunch of robbers.
It turned out that the passengers on this train were either rich or expensive, and they carried a large amount of money.
So the robbers prepared to ambush near the town of Hanshui and wait for the train to arrive and loot the train.
After learning this news, Cheng Fangtian decided to stop the plot with the newly appointed captain Cao Zhuojian (Yuan Biao) and 5 beautiful women.
In the end, all the passengers on the train were rescued, and the story ended here.
03. Deleted scenes
Since the release of "Rich Train", there have been many versions.
The theatrical version is 97 minutes, while the international version is 102 minutes, with a full 5 minutes in the middle.
What exactly is it?
In fact, it is mainly some that has nothing to do with the plot, including the kiss scene of Yuan Biao and Guan Zhilin.
In the film, Yuan Biao and Guan Zhilin interact many times, and considering the factors of the film market, Hong Jinbao decided to cut it out.
This phenomenon was actually extremely common in Hong Kong films at that time.
Because according to the analysis of the film market of that year, the film with a length of about 1 and a half hours was the most popular with the audience.
Therefore, in order to ensure the duration, deletion is inevitable.
Perhaps, in the eyes of many viewers, "Rich Train" is a complete farce.
But in my opinion, it cannot be so simple to conclude the conclusive conclusion.
It is not difficult to find that "Rich Train" incorporates a lot of western elements, whether it is the actor's shape, or the scene, or the props, it is somewhat similar to "Django".
In terms of story, the film is well-made and full of jokes.
Moreover, as a director, Hong Jinbao's grasp of action scenes is also very good, which can be called a first-class level.
Take a scene of jumping off a building, Yuan Biao has a one-shot action scene.
In the film, he jumps from a roof that is more than two stories high, and he has to make a turning motion in the middle of the way, and immediately get up after getting off the ground.
The whole scene is a real shot, without the slightest drag of mud and water.
It can be seen that "Rich Train" is definitely not a movie that relies on stars to pile up.
From another point of view, the birth of this film actually reflects the prosperous scene of Hong Kong films in the 80s.
It's all overheated, it's crazy!