In the 1980s, Hong Kong cinema was arguably quite brilliant, and in 1986 a film by a frustrated director, an actor who had been cast and an actor with a box office poison came out, and no one expected the film to become the box office champion of the year.
And in 1986, at the 23rd Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, "The True Colors of Heroes" became the biggest winner, director Wu Yusen won the Best Director Award, "past" actor Dillon became the Golden Horse Awards Emperor, the following year's 6th Hong Kong Film Awards Ceremony, "Box Office Poison" Chow Yun-fat became the Film Emperor, it can be said that this film changed the fate of many people. It is also the success of this film that has the later "Hero Nature 2"!
This drama tells the story of Song Zihao (Dillon) after being imprisoned as an undercover police officer to investigate the counterfeit money group, and infiltrating Gao Yingpei's criminal gang with his brother Song Zijie (Zhang Guorong); Song Zijie sneaked into Gao Mansion alone to steal criminal evidence, and was found to have died in the line of duty, Song Zihao, Long Si (Shi Tian), Ah Jian (Zhou Runfa) and others joined forces to kill Gao Yingpei after a bloody battle, and this film was also successful, and the box office was good at the time.
The film was released on December 17, 1987, it has been almost 34 years, after 34 years, many of the actors in the film are in different situations, Dillon and Chow Yun Fat are old, and now even if they make movies, they are also interested in playing tickets, and several of them have passed away.
The Dragon Fourth in the film is Song Zihao's mentor, a boss, highly respected, perhaps the early experience, let him want to do good things in his old age, but it is so easy, under Gao Yingpei's design, Long Si almost broke the family, and finally stabbed the enemy with Song Zihao and others.
Dragon Four is played by Shi Tian, Shi Tian has a high status in the Hong Kong film industry, he is a famous Hong Kong action and comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, businessman, in the 70s he was famous for starring in witty kung fu films, such as yuan Xiaotian, Jackie Chan and others starring in the role of Master Li in "Snake-shaped Executioner", witty humor left a deep influence on the audience.
Later, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming and others founded the new art city together, and he also established his status as a laughing artist, he was not only an actor but also a director and screenwriter, and he brought a lot of joy to the film industry. However, in September 2021, Shi Tian died of illness, and he will never see the witty Shi Tian again.
Song Zijie is a righteous policeman, in the first part he and the eldest brother Song Zihao did not deal with, and later gradually understood the eldest brother, in this part he and the eldest brother together to investigate Gao Yingpei's criminal group, and finally single-handedly found out the old lair of Gao Yingpei's criminal group, and eventually died of serious injuries, and his daughter was just born.
Song Zijie is played by Zhang Guorong, a famous singer and musician in Hong Kong, who has won numerous awards in music and is a popular male singer, but unfortunately, he also left this world on April 1, 2003.
In the play, there is also a supporting character Huang Zhengguo, a villain, who is arrogant and arrogant, does not put anything in his eyes, wants to forcibly acquire the shipyard of Dragon Fourth, and wants his subordinates to kill Dragon Fourth, and he does not think that it is he who will eventually die. All this was designed by Gao Yingpei, who can be said to be the first villain to die, and his role promoted the development of the plot.
Huang Zhengguo is played by Wu Mengda, mentioning that he believes that everyone knows, this is the golden supporting role of Hong Kong, and Zhou Xingchi has brought you a lot of classic films. Although Wu Mengda rarely plays the leading role, his supporting roles can often seize the limelight of the protagonist, which is the charm of Wu Mengda. On February 27, 2021, Wu Mengda passed away due to illness.
Long Xiaohui is the daughter of Long Si, Song Zijie approached Long Si through Long Xiaohui, it can be said that in the play Long Xiaohui is the position of the second daughter, but in the play she was killed by Gao Yingpei.
Long Xiaohui's actor is called Jian Huizhen, she came from a rich family, her father is the majority shareholder of Hong Kong's "Liufu" jewelry gold bank, she herself also starred in miss giants, unfortunately, on August 16, 1999, Jian Huizhen died of brain cancer, only 31 years old!
Gao Yingpei is the biggest villain in the play, is the assistant of Dragon Four, but uses Dragon Four's shipyard to engage in illegal activities, and even drives Dragon Four away through a series of operations, and finally makes a big deal of counterfeit money business, he is the villain who promotes the plot.
Gao Yingpei is played by Guan Shan, a Manchu blue flag bearer known for his literary films, he is the father of Guan Zhilin, who died in Hong Kong on October 1, 2012.
In the play, Gao Yingpei has several subordinates, one of whom is Cheng Kui'an, he and Song Zihao also know each other, and persuade Song Zihao to discuss with Gao Yingpei if he wants to make money, and everyone has money to earn together, and finally he is killed by Song Zihao.
The actor is Cheng Kui'an, Cheng Kui'an is not unfamiliar to everyone, in Hong Kong films, he usually appears as a big fool, and basically the supporting roles in the play are called big fools, so that many people don't know his real name at all, they call him big stupid brothers, Cheng Kui'an died of nasopharyngeal cancer at 23:45 on August 27, 2009, at the age of 54
In the play, there is a person with the big fool brother, when Song Zihao came to find Gao Yingpei, he and the big silly brother turned their heads together and called out to the big brother, which can be said to be Gao Yingpei's left arm and right arm.
Played by Lin Cong, Lin Cong is a veteran actor in Hong Kong, who also serves as a screenwriter and has cooperated with Andy Lau Leung Chao-wai and others. On January 31, 2021, Lin Cong died of a heart attack!
Chen Bo is a counterfeit money expert in "The True Colors of Heroes", and when he waited for the second part, he turned into a cartoonist and writer, he collected a lot of pony things, always saying that now people do not have ponies and other people to lecture on morality, he uses the form of comics to show the deeds of ponies and others.
Chen Bo is played by Liang Ming, who is an actor and screenwriter, and he is also the enlightenment teacher of Zheng Shaoqiu, who once said that Liang Ming was a person he respected. Liang Ming died in 1990.
Although "Heroes 2" is not as award-winning as the first one, it is also successful, in addition to telling morality, it also expresses a truth: evil is not good!
Of course, at the same time, it also tells the audience that no matter what they do, they must go the right way, just as Dragon Four fled to the United States, and Assen said a sentence:
It used to be easy to kill a person, but now it's even harder to save someone!
People still have to take the right path, Long Si was also a figure in society in his early years, and he wanted to do the right thing in his later years, but it was always difficult, which is the so-called people in the rivers and lakes.