"Gangster Film" is also a small genre film in Hong Kong movies, starting from "Lame Hao", and then "Leiluo Biography", "Four Inspectors", "Dragon and Tiger Brothers of the Four Major Families", "Three Banners of a Generation of Gangsters", "The Legend of The Blue River", etc., and then there are Wang Jing's "Money Empire" and "Chasing the Dragon".
A few days ago, director Weng Ziguang revealed that "When the Wind Rises Again" will be released in the second half of the year, just listen to the name of what everyone may not know what to tell, in fact, it is the story of the four major inspectors, it is also a gangster film, the lineup is relatively strong, the film emperor has 5: Xu Guanwen, Liang Chaowei, Aaron Kwok, Xie Junhao, Eddie, and 1 film queen Spring and Summer, in addition to Tan Yaowen, Jin Yanling, Zhang Zhaohui, Cuckoo and many other powerful factions.
Weng Ziguang's "When the Wind Rises Again" has not yet been finalized, and on August 28, Wang Jing's "Money Empire 2: Four Detectives" was launched, and Wang Jing, Gu Tianle and Lin Jiadong appeared together at the boot ceremony. Netizens have lamented that Gu Zai is so busy, and he has filmed new dramas, which is worthy of being a model worker.
This year alone, Gu Zai released five films, "Home and Everything", "Anti-Corruption Storm 4", "Chasing the Dragon 2", "Sweeping Drugs 2", "Apostle Walker 2", in order to build the school, Principal Gu really fought. Of course, there are also netizens who are more worried, afraid that Wang Jing is fried cold rice again, afraid that it is another "Chasing Dragon 2".
"Chasing the Dragon 2" was originally a good hand, rubbing the IP of "Chasing the Dragon", leading the four major movie emperors of "Underworld" to tell the story of the Thief King, but unfortunately it was finally made into a mediocre work, ending with 306 million box office helplessness. And how similar "Money Empire 2: Four Detectives" and "Chasing Dragons 2" are, netizens' worries are not unreasonable.
Before introducing "Money Empire 2: Four Detective Chiefs", it is necessary to first understand the 2009 "Money Empire", Wang Jing wrote and directed himself, the lineup is also good, the Thousand Faces Emperor Liang Jiahui, Huang Qiusheng, Lin Boyi, Eason Chan, Fang Lishen, as well as Kong Lin, Meng Yao, Xu Zishan, Liu Yang and other actresses, as for Wang Jing himself also starred in the role of Lard Boy. The role of Lard Boy has been starred by Uncle Da and Zheng Zeshi.
The background of the story is set before and after the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, from the perspective of Chen Xijiu, played by Eason Chan, from the perspective of the society at that time, on the one hand, the inspector led by Xu Legong, on the other hand, the independent commission against corruption headed by Norma Lam, the two sides launched a fierce contest and engaged in a deadly struggle between good and evil.
In addition to being a spectator, Chen Xijiu was also an honest man, and some of the inspectors above liked to stuff their "expired women" into him, and after a long period of accumulation, he actually had a wife and eight concubines, which was even more powerful than Wei Xiaobao. When the arrogant Le Ge finally fled into the wilderness, Chen Xijiu did not have a so-called transformation, such as changing to a witness or something, or the rotten good man who did not have much success.
Among them, the prototype of Xu Legong played by Liang Jiahui is Lu Le, which is also what we often call Leiluo. Liang Jiahui's version of Leiluo is different from Andy Lau, he is arrogant, domineering, lustful, and even the wives of his subordinates are also involved, which is too different from Hua Tsai's inspirational Leiluo.
The most important point of the film is to have an epic sense, and Wang Jing avoids the heavy and light, mixed with many emotional elements in it, both want to try the magnificent and atmospheric narrative method, but also do not want to lose his usual funny paragraphs, so eventually lead to the film tends to be mediocre, more like a love film.
In 2009, "Money Empire" sold 19.3 million at the box office, and after 10 years, with the failure of "Chasing Dragons 2", Wang Jing reminded wang jing of this former IP, so she was ready to shoot a "Money Empire 2: Four Detectives".
There are Gu Tianle and Lin Jiadong on the lineup, and there are also Liang Jiahui's participation in the Douban movie entry, so the four major movie emperors of "Chasing the Dragon 2" are sent to Ren Dahua. As for the role arrangement, I don't know how Wang Jing will arrange it, continue to let Liang Jiahui play Leiluo, or choose someone else?
Regardless of how Wang Jing assigns roles, the so-called four detectives are Lu Le, Lan Gang, Han Sen, and Yan Xiong, who once upon a time were all characters who called the wind and rain, and everyone who has seen the Hong Kong gangster film will know a thing or two about it.
In 1992, Lin Delu once made a version of "The Four Detectives", and in the case of Stephen Chow, he won 13.55 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 24th in the annual box office list, which is quite remarkable.
The lineup of the four detectives is also relatively strong, Ren Dahua plays Lei Jie (prototype Lu Le), Li Xiuxian plays Lu Gang (prototype Lan Gang), Zheng Zeshi plays He Sen (prototype Han Sen), Li Zixiong plays Yao Xiong (prototype Yan Xiong), and then the heroine is Zhen Chuqian, who played the role of Zhen Xiuqing in "Blood Street". There is also the villain arrangement is Yin Yangming, that is, Han Bin in the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series.
The film is based on real history, the story plot logic is too poor, but the rhythm is compact, and it is more lively, and the gunfights and action scenes are a major feature.
Weng Ziguang's "When the Wind Rises Again" and Wang Jing's "Money Empire 2: Four Detective Chiefs" belong to the same theme of the work, if the two sides compare, I choose to believe in Director Weng Ziguang, Wang Jing played extraordinary, and it is another "Chasing the Dragon". And Weng Ziguang is not the same, he was the screenwriter of "Zombie, Corpse", directed "Stepping, Blood, Looking for Plums", not to mention the Five Emperors and One Queen and many powerful factions to help, I look forward to "When the Wind Rises Again", what about you?