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For many Chinese post-70s and post-80s generations, the days when they were young and watched videos with their friends are indelible memories of childhood. At that time, Hong Kong cinema was at its peak, and a large number of highly watchable classic films were born, one of which was an important branch of casino films. As "Macau Storm 3" explodes the Blockbuster cinema line, today, we will turn our perspective to these classic gambling images and take you back to the glory of the golden age of Hong Kong gambling films.
The Hong Kong films of the golden period of the 90s have the chivalry of the intestines, the action of guns and bullets, the love of the wind and snow, and the humorous and funny nonsense, and those moving stories and characters are full of the collective memories of the post-70s and post-80s fans. Among them, the subtype of "casino film" occupies a pivotal position.
In 1989, Wang Jing joined hands with the then hot Chow Yun Fat and Andy Lau to shoot a "game work" "God of Gamblers", but did not expect that the film not only set a new record for the Hong Kong film box office at that time, but also domineeringly opened the prelude to the golden age of Hong Kong films. After "God of Gamblers", the style of follow-up style surged up, Andy Lau's "Gambler", Chow Xingchi's "Gambler Saint", Zheng Yuling's "Gambler", one after another to break the box office record.
a. "God of Gamblers" Fa Ge has achieved a generation of tyrants
In 1974, directed by Xu Guanwen, "Ghost Horse Double Star" combined comedy with gambling and playing tricks, and was full of the atmosphere of the city life of small citizens. However, what really raised the gambler to the height of the big brother and the big guy was wang Jing's "God of Gamblers" filmed in 1989. It can be said that Fa Ge's interpretation is the essence and soul of the whole film. The shape of the god of gambling combines the temperament of Xiao Ma Ge and Xu Wenqiang, and also breaks through the green and astringent taste brought by the two due to young and handsome, and has a more gangster-like aura.
Zhou Runfa's acting skills can be described as fascinating, and two-thirds of the time in the whole film is basically supported by his interpretation of a mentally handicapped child. The second half returned to normal and the domineering returned. Andy Lau played a small old man with a slippery head, a city servant, a rogue, and a jitter, which was vividly expressed in him. The Dragon Five bodyguards played by Xiang Huaqiang are silent and cold, extraordinary, and absolutely loyal to Fa Ge. "God of Gamblers", which combines gambling films with comedy and action, has achieved high recognition from the market: it has returned 36 million at the box office at a cost of 10 million Hong Kong dollars. The film has several remarkable action scenes, hilarious comedy passages and tense gambling scenes, and the drama is overwhelming, one climax followed by another, which is overwhelming. In any sense, "God of Gamblers" is Wang Jing's best film, and when it opened up a unique genre of Hong Kong cinema, it also opened up the upsurge of similar works later.
b "Gamble Saint" Zhou Xingchi became popular overnight
The Hong Kong film industry is best at making fast films, and after "God of Gamblers" became popular, all walks of life followed suit. Siyuan Company immediately filmed a "Gambling Saint" with Stephen Chow as the protagonist, and Zhou Xingchi played a mainland boy with special functions, came to Hong Kong to recognize his relatives, and accidentally became involved in the story of the gambling industry. Compared with the big guy played by Zhou Runfa, Zhou Xingchi really achieved grounding, which is a very uninhabited, earthy young man, who set foot on the land of Hong Kong for the first time and was spit on by Asir.
"Gamble Saint" inherits the consistent style of Hong Kong gambling films, coupled with the humor of Xingye, which makes the originally very explosive gambling film add some light-hearted colors. There is no shooting, revenge, bloodshed, violence, but it adds some humor, humor, and a little nonsense atmosphere. Xingye, who was only 28 years old at the time, interpreted the cowering and confusion of a grassroots little person from the bottom to the extreme. What is even more amazing about this movie is that the gun battle scene is extremely exaggerated, the two armies are opposed, and there are actually machine guns strafing, killing and injuring countless people, comparable to a massacre. This is almost the biggest feature of Hong Kong gunfight films, all overheated, all crazy. Commercially, the film was a resounding success. A month after its release, the box office actually got 41 million, breaking the Hong Kong box office record that year, and Stephen Chow also became popular because of "Gamble Saint".
c. "God of Gamblers 2" Qiu Shuzhen made a beautiful appearance
With the success of the front, Wang Jing put Zhou Xingchi and Andy Lau together and immediately started to shoot a sequel - "Gambler", at this time, the famous "Oriental Princess" gambling ship has been bought by Yongsheng Company to Huaqiang for the filming of this film. "The Gambler" fuses the elements of the previous two successful movies into one furnace, draws a dish that the audience can't get tired of watching, and finally wins back 40 million at the box office, which is not bad.
It was not until 1994 that Wang Jing remembered to find Fa Ge to shoot "God of Gamblers 2". This sequel can be described as a strong lineup, Leung Ka Fai, Ke Shou Liang, Wu Qianlian, Qiu Shuzhen. At that time, Qiu Shuzhen happened to be Wang Jing's girlfriend, so Qiu Shuzhen was filmed beautifully in this film, called the goddess of the mortal, card skills and martial arts fly together, beautiful and sexy. When the goddess appeared, Leung Ka-fai's first reaction when he saw her undressing was a nosebleed. This film, which adapted the Qiandao Lake murder case that was famous on both sides of the strait at that time, can be described as closely integrated with current affairs. Hong Kong filmmakers are very fond of adapting real events into movies, and the eye-catching themes such as gangsters and vicious crimes are their favorites.
d. "Macau Storm" series opened the Marvel universe in the gambling film industry
On the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2014, Wang Jing, who has been immersed in the field of co-production for many years, took inspiration from the fiery Marvel Cinematic Universe, summoned the most powerful card division with the strongest Hong Kong film IP, recalled the gambling god Fa Ge he created, and the "Macau Storm" series was born, and the film won 520 million yuan at the box office after being released in the Mainland Spring Festival file. Just as the so-called "casino is surging with wind, the hero slashes the tiger and slays the dragon", the scenery is still infinite.
In this year's Spring Festival file, in the face of such strong opponents as "Mermaid" and "Three Dozen White Bone Essences", "Macau Storm 3" did not flinch at all, and the three classic characters "God of Gamblers" Zhou Runfa, "Gambler" Andy Lau, and "Dragon Five" Xiang Huaqiang all appeared. Join hands with Zhang Jiahui to fight against the mysterious villain Jacky Cheung. In addition to a group of old faces, Li Yuchun's cousin of the god of gambling, Xiang Zuo, the son of Xiang Huaqiang, will also stage a wonderful opponent scene in the casino. Explosions, beauties, gunfights, these gambling elements are still hot and exciting, deafening. And the stupid cute and funny robot silly qiang, Xiaogongju Wang Shiling will continue to appear, injecting a touch of lightness and happiness into this gunpowder-flavored New Year blockbuster. In the end, "Macau Storm 3" won a super high box office of 1.117 billion yuan in one fell swoop, pushing the total box office of the series trilogy to a high of 2.6 billion yuan, and truly opened the Marvel universe in the gambling film industry.