The documentary "Dragon tiger martial artist" was released for 21 days, with a total box office of 998,000, and has not exceeded 1 million.
In the past, we focused on superstars such as Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, etc., but the behind-the-scenes hero "Dragon tiger martial artist" is little known, and the glory of Hong Kong movie action movies is inseparable from their efforts.
The film schedule is small, the box office is not strong, "Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist" has been transferred to the network broadcast, Hong Kong movie fans can not miss.
Many friends complained that "Dragon tiger martial artist" failed to interview Jackie Chan, who was once also a "dragon and tiger martial artist", step by step from a stand-in to a supporting role, to an action director, to a superstar.
In fact, Jackie Chan did not come to participate, mainly because he himself also planned a movie about the "Dragon tiger martial artist" "Dragon Horse Spirit", which has recently been started.
Jackie Chan's eldest brother plays a down-and-out dragon and tiger martial artist Lao Luo in the film, and one day his beloved horse "Red Rabbit" is involved in a debt dispute, and he can only ask his daughter (Liu Haocun) and her boyfriend (Guo Qilin) for help.
Lao Luo and his daughter usually have a tense relationship, but in the process of solving the "Red Rabbit" horse, they encountered a lot of funny things, and they got redemption and understanding for each other.
At present, from the perspective of the story synopsis, "Dragon Horse Spirit" is most likely to be "hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat", and it is estimated that there are not many scenes describing the "Dragon and Tiger Martial Master", which is simply a funny family film.
Coupled with director Yang Zi's last work was "Pampering", there is a kind of bad worry that comes to mind.
In fact, about the movie "Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist", in 1996, Xu Anhua made a "Ah Jin", which was well received, allowing us to see the bitterness of the early Hong Kong Martial Arts and Wu Ti.
01. Literary and artistic action films
Hui Anhua, the most powerful female director in Hong Kong, is a master of shooting female themes, and his well-known works include "Woman Forty", "Day and Night in Tin Shui Wai", "Sister Tao" and so on.
"Akin" is not remarkable in her many works, but she also chose a female martial artist to unfold, using delicate and humane expression techniques to photograph the loneliness behind the martial arts as a euphemistic and touching and timeless.
In terms of actors, the choice is also more interesting, Yang Ziqiong plays the female martial arts line Akin, as the first dozen women in the Hong Kong film industry, she is very suitable.
In fact, Yang Ziqiong did not systematically learn kung fu, and once studied "Luo San Cannon" Di Wei as a teacher, and learned tricks from him, which was convenient for film shooting.
Her famous work is "Royal Sister", and the "action queen" Lovelo teamed up, which can be called a women's double.
Later, the IP of "Royal Sister" was taken over by Yang Lijing, and Yang Ziqiong turned around and married Pan Disheng, who founded Debao Film Company, but unfortunately this marriage only lasted for more than 3 years.
The failure of the marriage did not affect her career, and in 1992, she partnered with Jackie Chan to act in "Police Story 3", laying the foundation for the later invasion of Hollywood.
In the middle, she successively starred in works such as "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", "Three Heroes of the East", "New Meteor Butterfly Sword", "Wing Chun" and other works, and her skills have once again been proved.
Shooting action movies, you can't avoid getting hurt, and during the filming of "Akin", there is a thrilling scene, jumping down from the overpass to the car that is moving forward.
In the ending footage, Yang Ziqiong personally went into battle, and then fell back, almost falling into a lifelong paralysis, fortunately the best recovery, and hit All the way to Hollywood.
And Hong Jinbao starred in the martial arts director, which is his old line of work, it is simply the true color of the performance.
In the film, he promoted Yang Ziqiong, from a stand-in to a martial arts instructor, in real life, Yang Ziqiong's first movie "Owl and Dumbo" is to cooperate with Hong Jinbao, and he is also one of the founders of Debao Film Company, with this relationship, it is more appropriate.
In addition, there are a number of Dragon and Tiger martial artists participating, such as Meng Hai, Yi Tianxiong, Cao Rong, etc., while Xu Anhua and Hong Jinbao also used their personal connections to invite Zhang Jiahui, Liu Songren, Zheng Zeshi, Huang Jianuo, Liu Guochang, Wu Yaohan, Wen Jun, Xuan Xuan and others to join, jointly creating this classic.
"Akin" is a film love letter dedicated by director Hui Anhua to Hong Kong Wuxing, but unfortunately the film only sold 1.16 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong that year, ranking 73rd in the annual box office list, and in 1996, it was the top ten of the first three films in the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series.
02. Dragon and Tiger Martial Division
At the beginning of the film, a long shot sweeps through the entire set, which truly reflects The life of Wu xing on the set: some people are debugging machines and arranging props, some people are playing cards and resting, and Wu Xing and the director discuss how to shoot the scene.
The whole movie is divided into 3 parts, starting with three men related to Ah Jin: Tong Ge, Sam and Ah Lang.
The first paragraph is of a very high standard, filming Akin's work status in the tongjia class, acting as a female star stand-in during the day, completing dangerous actions and playing scenes for her, and sometimes being scolded if she does not do well.
At the end of the night, there will be more new scars on the body, back to the narrow rental house, a tired face lying on the bed, like i have worked for a day, just want to lie down, no one to disturb me.
Most of the martial artists in that era were not highly educated, especially the tong brothers in the tong family class, the underworld bullying director, he stepped forward, the brothers were mistakenly cut, and if they did not pay for medical expenses, they paid for it himself.
Most of them are drunk and drunk in this day and age, and they never want to save money and manage money, in fact, it can be understood, after all, the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Master is a life-fighting profession, saying that it is not good to give up their lives one day, and in the end they have not enjoyed it well.
The second paragraph mainly talks about the relationship between Ah Jin and Sam, after all, Ah Jin is a woman, there must always be emotional sustenance, Tong Ge is a good person, but not a good object of support, in the face of the pursuit of high wealth and handsomeness, Ah Jin naturally fell.
Ah Jin and Sam had a sweet time, but after all, it was Huang Liang's dream, and finally she returned to the set, with the brothers of Wuxing, and then had the most thrilling shot, facing Yang Ziqiong's timidity, Hong Jinbao had a line that impressed: Are you enjoying it, take care of your body.
As for the third paragraph, once people suspected that it was not filmed by a director, Hong Jinbao inexplicably received a box lunch, leaving a son, and then the underworld big brother was even more unreasonable, the plot was somewhat broken, and the editing was messy and jumpy.
Yang Ziqiong as a beating woman, acting skills are underestimated here, there are two scenes are very impressive, one is by Cao Rong (Sun Wukong in the sequel to Journey to the West) with a beer bottle smashed on the head, the other is the end of watching Hong Jinbao's old images shed tears, Yang Ziqiong performed delicately, can definitely get an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
03, two endings
Many Hong Kong films have two endings, it is not strange, "Akin" is no exception, the Hong Kong version of the ending is that after Akin saved Hong Jinbao's son, the two returned to the mainland together, and the goal is the distant Shanxi Datong.
The mainland version of the ending is that Yang Ziqiong and Hong Jinbao's son, when they boarded the ship, met the underworld big brother again, and then fought again, after which the police arrested the bad guys.
Personally, I prefer the Hong Kong version of the ending, and the two people slowly walk into the distance under the reflection of the sunset. The mainland version of the ending is too formal, and the bad guys must be caught and punished, which is a bit too far-fetched.
Yang Ziqiong was seriously injured in filming this film, recovered, and famous in Hollywood, but more is a stunt person or dragon and tiger martial artist, they have many people lost their lives, fell physically disabled, in the end is not known, even if they got a little compensation at that time, it is not enough to live later, after all, they rely on youth and body to fight for their lives.
On the screen, we see those thrilling martial arts scenes, magnificent explosion scenes, and exciting car chase scenes, behind which these unsung heroes have completed, paying tribute to the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists, without them, there would be no brilliant Hong Kong movie action movies.
Hui Anhua used the work "Akin" to explain his understanding and sympathy to the young people at the bottom of the film circle, and the closing subtitles were typed, and hereby greeted Yang Ziqiong and WuXing, who has made significant contributions to Hong Kong films.
Ah Jin is the spokesperson for many nameless martial artists, thanks to "Ah Jin", thanks to Xu Anhua, thanks to them for documenting this group of unknown heroes behind the scenes, paying tribute to them. (Author: Primary 2)