The film has been hailed as Hong Kong's best gangster biopic, and he has been called the Hong Kong version of The Godfather. At the Hong Kong Academy Awards, Chow Yun Fat and Cheung Kwok Wing's "Across the Sea", Jet Li's "Wong Fei Hung" won the Best Film Award. Because of its classic degree, it was put on the screen again in 2017, and Lu Liangwei was crowned a god with this film.
The name of the movie is "Lame Howe!!!
In 1962, Wu Guohao, who suffered from famine, came to Hong Kong from Fujian alone with several good brothers to flee, facing the unfamiliar new environment of life, he sold fruit, did a restaurant run, and suffered from the insults and ridicule of the boss all day, Ah Hao knew that only with money could he have everything.
Because he was trading in The Territory of Jinya Ping, Ah Hao was fiercely repaired by The people of Jin Ya Ping, and was told to bring money to apologize after 3 days. Reluctantly, Ah Hao could only find the gangster who was also a Fujian man, Fei Biao.
This fat Biao is engaged in the white powder business, the family is big, and the waist is full of money. But Fei Biao did not welcome Ah Hao. However, Ah Hao had his own plans, he made full use of Fei Biao's desire to set foot in the drug business of Jin Ya Bing, but due to the weakness of his face and status, he could not intervene, and took the initiative to ask Miao to act as a killer and get rid of Jin Ya Bing. Reached the support behind Fat Biao. With the laughter of the two, a bloody storm is about to be staged.
Ah Hao pretended to sell white powder in The territory of Jin Ya Bing, and successfully attracted the attention of Jin Ya Bing, who rushed out of the nest, but did not know that ah Hao's ambush was right in the middle. Jin Yabing was hacked to death by Ah Hao and others.
Faced with the mute seven of Jin Yabing's men who had been severely injured, Ah Hao was impressed by his loyalty and let him have a way to live. Since then, Dumb Seven has become Ahao's ace killer, specializing in assassination missions for him.
After sniping and killing Jin YaBing, Ah Hao was invited by Fei Biao to the celebration banquet he held, at which Ah Hao met Inspector Leiluo, who was afraid of three points in both black and white, which was a rare opportunity to ascend to the throne. Ah Hao took the initiative to come forward to talk, but Leiluo obviously did not pay attention to the nameless young man in front of him. From then on, Ah Hao secretly made up his mind that he would definitely make Leiluo look at him with disdain.
Taking over the territory of Jin Ya Ping, it is not smooth sailing, the police in the precinct always find him troublesome, but the so-called do not fight and do not know each other, Ah Hao used a strong wrist to subdue Ah Xiong, and the two worshiped as brothers; at the same time, Ah Hao used white powder to successfully make newspaper reporters become his media eyeliner, so far Ah Hao has initially completed his network layout in the police circles and media.
Gained a foothold in Hong Kong. Ah Hao brought his family from the mainland to Hong Kong and married His sister-in-law, Mu Qi. Career, family smooth Ahao's wings are gradually enriched, more and more flying. He even pointed fingers with The Fat Biao who promoted him, who gradually saw him as a thorn in his eye.
In addition to being in cahoots with Fei Biao, Ah Hao even snatched the opium from the same gang as Brother Jiang, who assigned the killer to shoot Ah Hao several times when Ah Hao was making a full moon wine for the child.
It turned out that Brother Jiang's assassination of Ah Hao was all fei Biao's obstruction, and Fei Biao's purpose was to borrow Brother Jiang's hand to get rid of Ah Hao. Ahao didn't die, either. Since then, Ahao has had a title of "lame Hao".
If you are not kind, you will blame me for not being righteous, and Ah Hao uses Fei Biao's mistress to plant stolen fat Biao's secret drugs. Ah Hao's police brother appears at the right time and arrests Fei Biao in his cell.
On the surface, Ah Hao defeated Fei Biao, but Fat Biao's arrest implicated inspector Leiluo, who was extremely annoyed, and he swept Ah Hao's territory away in a rage. Forcing Ahao into a desperate situation.
There is no way out, and Ahao knows that Relo has been harassed by his mistress, and his illegitimate son is his weakness. Ah Hao beautifully solved the household chores of Inspector Lei, and Lei Luo iced the previous suspicions, allowing Ah Hao to smoothly take over Fei Biao's territory. Although he was lame on one leg, Ahao's power grew stronger.
A few years later, Fei Biao was released from prison after completing his sentence. At The welcome party held by Leiluo for Fei Biao, Ah Hao and Fei Biao quarreled. It also set the stage for the fire and buried the line of the next four major families.
With the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, the people of Hong Kong, black and white, are in a state of panic. Relo was unable to protect himself and prepared to flee overseas for shelter. In order to ensure that after they leave, Ah Hao and Fei Biao will no longer get into trouble. Relo decided to call a meeting of the four major families, but Ahao believed that this was the best opportunity to get rid of the other families and rule the entire underworld in Hong Kong. He ordered people to set up weapons in the venue, ready to annihilate their opponents at any time.
As everyone knows, during the operation, due to the rebellion of the inner ghost Loudly, the mission failed, and under the encirclement and suppression of the three major families, Dumb Seven took Ah Hao to kill a bloody road. Ah Hao was saved, but Dumb Seven fell in a pool of blood, just like he had saved Jin YaBing...
Watching his brother turn into a vegetative man in his hospital bed, Ahao vowed to pay the blood debt. To this end, he did not hesitate to kill the gambling addict and betray his loud cock; he blew up fei Biao; he even bribed the police inspectors of Hong Kong with money and intimidation.
He swept away the obstacles on the underworld and became the supreme ruler of the underground world. Although his family and brothers kept advising Ah Hao that it was time to give up, ah hao, who was lustful, obviously did not think so, but mocked them as women's opinions and cowards.
His brother Amin learns of the news that Loud Male has been killed by Ahao, and he is afraid that he will become the second Loud Hero. In a hurry, he specialized in tainting witnesses and accused Ahao of various crimes.
Ah Ming was still unaware of his rebellion against Ah Hao, watching all the inspectors in his mansion nodding to himself, Ah Hao felt that he was the Emperor of Xiangjiang, he was supreme, and no one could help him.
At the crux of the imminent access to power, even the newly appointed inspector general came to visit his home, Ahao thought that the inspector was here to give him a congratulations, but he did not know that the gift he brought was actually an "arrest warrant", and under the order of the chief inspector, the police quickly surrounded the whole room, with reluctance and anger, lame Hao was locked in the police car.
From the fallen refugees to the rule of the underworld, as if in a dream, in the police car, Ah Hao asked his subordinates doubtfully, "Am I drunk?" "Maybe he himself didn't think about what he experienced was real and what kind of dreams were."
(End of story)
The lame film is 143 minutes long, which is extremely rare in Hong Kong films known for its "short and fast". The abundance of time can show the mental journey of Ahao's character in more detail. From the beginning of not willing to be poor, to flying, lust for profit, Lu Liangwei will be the protagonist Wu Guohao's interpretation of lifelike, compared with other film and television works of simple good and evil, Ah Hao has a richer image, in the underworld fight he is fierce and cold-blooded, treating the enemy crazy knife; treating his wife he treats him like a guest, even if he passes by beggars, he will also help. When dealing with his brother who betrayed him, he also had enough affection and did not kill him completely. We can't simply summarize him with the term "bad guy."
In order to match the fat and bloated image of Ah Hao in the film, Lu Liangwei gained 20 pounds to get close to the role. The level of engagement is commendable. However, due to the obvious traces of his performance, Lü Liangwei used too much force to shape Wu Guohao, which was also criticized by Wu Xihao himself, the prototype of "lame hao".
The change in Lu Liangwei's expression attracted people into the play
In addition to the protagonist, the shaping of several major supporting roles is also excellent, as the brother of Ah Haobai, played by Wu Qihua, Amin is lustful, drug addicted, greedy and afraid of death, it is precisely because of Amin's pit teammate operation that the crippled team has caused several times of trouble. Amin's role also reflects the image of Ahao's morality on the side.
Ah Wen, played by Li Zixiong, is the most rational and positive character in the film, and he advises Ah Hao to come ashore in time several times, although he resists in his heart, but because of the brotherhood, he is still with Ah Hao when he is arrested. Arvin also became a touching part of the brotherhood in the film.
The most worth mentioning is that Zheng Zeshi, the actor of Fei Biao, under the image of thick and honest, but hidden the knife in his smile, several times to the death of Ah Hao, and the entire story line of "Lame Hao" is also based on the fight between Fat Biao and Ah Hao as the carrier.
The lens language of "Lame Hao" is full of realistic meaning, and the killing scene is almost cruel and bloody; Ahao's life is not smooth, but the character of the rapids is precious in today's chaotic society, and "Ancient Puzzle Boy" can only be regarded as a little brother role compared to the really big guy in "Lame Hao", which is not worth mentioning.
The success of "Lame Howe" can be described as ushering in an era, followed by follow-up works such as "500 Million Inspector Leilo", "Supreme Supreme", "Four Inspectors" and other biographies. Almost all of the film's stories are chosen in the dark years before the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong in the 50s and 70s. Due to the double harvest of the film's word-of-mouth box office, Ma Dangxiong concocted gangster character epic films such as "Shanghai Emperor" and "Black Gold" but it was difficult to reach the height of "Lame Hao".
Now that "Lame Howe" has been released for nearly 30 years, the real characters involved in the movie have almost become a character in the scroll of time. Perhaps this is the charm of the film that can be remembered by future generations, who can always live in the world of film.
Wu Xihao himself
Nowadays, Hong Kong films have fallen into the strange circle of undercover, anti-drug and police bandits, not only the output has declined, but the homogenization of movies has become increasingly serious. This makes people nostalgic for the charm of the old Hong Kong films before, although rough but can make people feel happy.
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