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In the 1990s, Hong Kong cinema reached an unprecedented peak, during which time there were many seminal classic films.
"Lame Hao" is one of the most representative works, and its appearance is a sign of the maturity of Hong Kong commercial films.
The film was written by Ma Dangxiong, directed by Pan Wenjie, and co-starred Lu Liangwei, Zheng Zeshi and Zeng Jiang. Based on the life experience of Wu Xihao, the leader of Hong Kong's drug cartel in the 60s and 70s, the leader of the Yiqun Qun, is based on the story, and the scenery of the old Heung Kong River is visualized.
Wu Xihao, a native of Dahao, Chaoyang County, Shantou, Guangdong Province, was born in 1930, smuggled to Hong Kong in the early 1960s, joined the Yiqun in the Chaozhou Gang, and later became the leader of the Yiqun, under his efforts, the Yiqun gradually grew, and soon developed into one of the four major families of the community alongside Heshenghe, New Ngee Ann and Fourteenk.
In the film, Wu Guohao (played by Lu Liangwei, based on Wu Xihao) smuggled into Hong Kong in 1962 with four brothers, Chen Dawen (played by Li Zixiong), prawns, shrimps, and Wu Ming (played by Wu Qihua).
Although he has nothing on him, he has a clear purpose, and he believes that he is a person who does great things, and he is bold at a young age.
People who do great things must have two conditions, one is to shoot fiercely; the other is to find the right backer.
Wu Guohao believes that Wu Chengbo (played by Zheng Zeshi, nicknamed Feibo), the leader of the Chaozhou Gang Yiqun, is his big backer, so he comes to the door and wants to worship under the Feibo Gate.
As a greeting gift, Wu Guohao promised to take the territory of Shi Jiaowei Hakka gang Jin YaBing (played by Wu Mengda), and later his income in Shi Jiaowei would be divided into five and five accounts with Fei Bo.
Seeing the fat wave of money's eyes, he was naturally happy to accept the human affection sent to the door.
At this time, Wu Guohao was weak, but he dared to fight.
Although There were many people in Jin Yabing, he fell into the trap he set, and after a round of confrontation, he was finally taken down by Wu Guohao.
Wu Guohao took Jin Yabing's territory in Shi Jiaowei and befriended the police officer Da Loudly Xiong (played by Huang Guangliang, based on Yan Xiong), and his power gradually grew.
With strength, Wu Guohao was not willing to succumb to Fei Bo, and the contradictions and frictions between him and Fei Bo gradually expanded.
Fei Bo is an old jianghu, naturally like a mirror, he co-opted Wu Guohao to embezzle a batch of drugs that his peer Jiang Zai had at sea...
Then reveal the fact that Wu Guohao hid the poison to Jiang Zai, use a knife to kill people, and borrow Jiang Zai's hand to get rid of Wu Guohao.
Just as Wu Guohao was laying out the full moon wine for his son, Jiang Zai's killers rushed into the restaurant and seriously injured Wu Guohao.
Because of the disability of his left leg, Wu Guohao has since received the nickname of "Lame Hao".
Wu Guohao, who escaped death, decided to fight back against Fei Bo, he designed to plant the stolen Fei Bo with drugs, and joined forces with Da Daxiong to send Fei Bo to prison.
The patron behind Fei Bo is Lei Juetian (played by Tsang Jiang), chief inspector of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Hong Kong Police Force and known as "Thunder Tiger".
Dare to move Fei Bo, that is, he can't live with Lei Juetian - when Fei Bo has an accident, Lei Juetian naturally will not stand by and watch, and he ordered that within three days, Wu Guohao's territory should be uprooted.
The prototype of Lei Juetian is the "half-billion inspector" Lu Le, who once formulated a set of underground order in Hong Kong, covering the sky with one hand in that era, controlling the entire black and white of Hong Kong between the palms of his hands.
In the face of this opponent, Wu Guohao, whose foundation was unstable, could not be overwhelmed at all. But he did not mess up, but calmly found the right time and actively moved.
Wu Guohao learned that Lei Juetian had a little third, and after being abandoned, he went to the police station every day to pester, and also took her and Lei Juetian's illegitimate son, which was a big trouble for Lei Juetian.
Wu Guohao knew that Lei Juetian did not want this little third, but wanted his son, so he grabbed this little third and sent him to marry, and then took Lei Juetian's son back to him.
This move made Lei Juetian very happy, so he gained his trust and gave up the territory left by Fei Bo after he was imprisoned to Wu Guohao, who also replaced Fei Bo as the new leader of Yiqun.
After Fei Bo was released from prison, under the auspices of Lei Juetian, he was given two pieces of land in Wu Guohao's hands, ShenshuiBu and Wan Chai, and since then, the underground rivers and lakes in Hong Kong have been divided between the four major families of Lame Hao, Fei Bo, Tian Laoda, and Gao Lao Feng.
But Wu Guohao's ambitions do not stop there, he always hopes to "unify the rivers and lakes".
He went to the Golden Triangle to collude with kunsha, the drug king, in order to monopolize the supply of goods and control the drug market in Hong Kong.
In 1974, the British government was determined to tackle corruption in Hong Kong and the Independent Commission Against Corruption was formally established.
Lei Juetian was pressured to take early retirement and decided to immigrate to Canada.
Before leaving, Lei Juetian advised Wu Guohao to accept it when he saw it, and also hoped that he and Fei Bo could resolve the contradictions and shake hands and make peace, so they met the four major families to negotiate in their Tsuen Wan villa.
What Lei Juetian did not expect was that once he lost power, he would become a paper tiger, and the affairs of the four major families were no longer up to his mind.
Ostensibly they came to negotiate, but in fact they were ready for a firefight.
With the sound of a gunshot, the four men and horses fought in one place, and in the middle of the conflict, The boss of Tian was killed by Wu Guohao; Fei Bo was seriously injured by the explosion; and Wu Guohao's small shrimp and dumb seven were also killed in the random gunfire.
This campaign made Wu Guohao's power unprecedented, and he used a large amount of cash to bribe more than 30 corrupt police officers in Hong Kong, firmly holding the black and white roads in his hands, and his career development reached its peak.
But the higher he climbed, the heavier he fell, and the ICAC already had a large amount of evidence of Wu Guohao's crimes, and Wu Guohao was obsessed with power, unwilling to take over, and ultimately could not escape the punishment of the law.
At the end of 1974, Wu Guohao fell into the net and was sentenced to 30 years in prison, and his wife Xie Wanying and two brothers Chen Dawen and Prawn were also sentenced to prison.
Fei Bo was also sentenced to 15 years in prison and committed suicide because he could not survive in prison.
In 1991, when the film was released, the prototype of the film, Wu Xihao, was pardoned and released from prison, and when it was released, Ma Dangxiong took a group of creators to meet Wu Xihao and gave him 500,000 red envelopes, but Wu Xihao said: "You shoot me to be more realistic, Lu Liangwei acted like me at all." ”
It should be said that "Lame Hao" is a masterpiece that takes into account both storytelling and entertainment.
There are many characters in the film, the character image is clear, the toiling masses who run for their livelihood all day long, the murderous underworld elements, the corrupt police officers, and the three religions and nine streams of the old Hong Kong are all presented to the audience.
The story of Lame Hao is based on the re-creation of real history, and the four major families and the four major inspectors of the police circle have become dramatic characters in the movie, and it is difficult to distinguish between the virtual and the real.
The golden combination of Ye Zilin and Wu Qihua has become a contradiction making machine in the film, and the many frictions between lame Hao and Fei Bo are caused by these two people, and they have contributed a lot of interesting shots together.
Ma Dangxiong and Pan Wenjie's grasp of proportion and scale is just right, making the entertainment of the film quite prominent.
As a result, "Lame Hao" won two awards at the 11th Hong Kong Film Awards, namely Best Screenplay and Best Film, while earning HK$38.7 million at the Hong Kong Film Market that year.
Although there were countless works that followed the trend later, until 2017, Wang Jing also filmed the turnaround work "Chasing the Dragon", but the gap with "Lame Hao" is still obvious. #Headlines Film & TV Archives # #头条观影指南 #
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