In 1999, Andy Lau and Gu Tianle made a "Infernal Affairs 2", the quality is excellent but the market is buried, the style of the sudden change of Wang Jing and "Crystal Art Film" Second, Gu Tianle and Andy Lau's "Police Andy" Third, "The Dragon on the Edge" and "Infernal Affairs 2" Fourth, the "police film" classic buried by the market

In 2002, Liu Weiqiang, Mak Zhaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang co-created and Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei co-starred in "Infernal Affairs", which set off a "undercover police film" creation fever in the Chinese film industry.

In 2003, "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Infernal Affairs 3" made this wave of "undercover police films" sweep the Hollywood film market.

Hollywood's Warner Pictures bought the rights to the remake of Infernal Affairs in 2004 to create the movie "Infernal Affairs," which won the "Best Movie" trophy at the 79th Academy Awards.

In fact, the classic "undercover police film" on the Chinese big screen is not only the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy.

In 1981, Zhang Guoming's classic film "Marginal People" accurately represented the special group of "undercover". In 1987, "Dragon and Tiger Storm" starring Zhou Runfa was also a rare classic of the theme of "undercover police".

Also in 1987, Wu Yusen combined "gun battle action elements" with "undercover police story" to shoot "Hero Nature 2". And 1992's "Hot Hand Detective" pushed this "gunfight undercover police film" style to a new peak.

In 1999, Wang Jing also created a high-quality "undercover police film" work. The story of this work is very similar to the "Infernal Affairs 2" released in 2003, and many of the bridges in the two works are also the same.

However, in the 1999 Hong Kong film market, Wang Jing's creation of this "infernal affairs", but encountered the audience's cold treatment, box office response is not optimistic, this work is starring Gu Tianle, Andy Lau "Dragon on the Edge".

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" >, Wang Jing and "Jingyi Film" with a sudden change in style </h1>

This "Dragon on the Edge" was produced and produced by Wang Jing's "Jingyi Film Business Co., Ltd.", and Wang Jing herself also served as a screenwriter and producer for the film.

Among the many film works produced and produced by "Crystal Art Film", this "Dragon on the Edge" can be regarded as an "outlier" in terms of style and story.

At the end of the 1980s, Wang Jing ushered in a turning point in her directing career. The box office hit of the "Hardcover Chasing Girls" trilogy made Wang Jing favored by many filmmakers, and 1989's "God of Gamblers" made Wang Jing "a god in world war".

After some achievements in the film industry, Wang Jing also began to try to transform into a producer, and in 1991, she established her own "Jingyi Film".

In the early 1990s, above the Hong Kong film market, there were many film companies of all kinds. In order to seek development under the fierce competition in the industry, Wang Jing has put "Jingyi Film" on a special development path.

Since its establishment in 1991, "Jingyi Film" has successively launched a series of restricted film works such as "The Legend of Xiajie", "Ecstasy Party", "Ebola Virus", "OL Temptation", "Jade Girl Heart Sutra", "Ghost Nightmare" and so on.

Focusing on the creation of small-cost "restricted" film works seems to have become the development purpose of "Jingyi Film".

In the first and middle of the 1990s, "Jingyi Film" developed steadily with the creative idea of "small cost and restrictive level". However, at the end of the 90s, "Jingyi Film" had to usher in a "style transformation".

In 1995, the Hong Kong film market began to show its decline, and many film companies could not withstand the changes in the general environment and were forced to go out of business. The outbreak of the Asian financial crisis in 1997 made the Hong Kong film market even worse.

In 1999, Wang Jing's "Jingyi Film" also fell into a development dilemma. In order to seek a career turnaround, Wang Jing began to lead the creative team of "Jingyi Film" to explore and try new film styles and creative methods.

And this "Dragon on the Edge" is a film work born in this context.

In the film works created by "Jingyi Film", almost few big coffee appears, because the big coffee is reluctant to participate in "restricted" works.

However, in this "Dragon on the Edge", Wang Jing invited Andy Lau and Gu Tianle to star. Of course, in order to take care of the market influence of the two big coffees and expand the number of moviegoers, Wang Jing also repeatedly revised the script of "Dragon on the Edge", making it change from the original "III-level" work to an "IIB-level" work.

It is worth mentioning that INV launched the TV series "I Have a Date with a Zombie" in 1998, which was widely acclaimed after its launch, and Yin Tianzhao and Wan Qiwen, who played the male and female protagonists in the play, were also loved by many viewers.

In order to attract market audiences, Wang Jing also specially invited Wan Qiwen and Yin Tianzhao to participate in this "Dragon on the Edge".

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" >2, Gu Tianle and Andy Lau's "police showdown" </h1>

The story of "The Dragon on the Edge" stems from a power struggle within the "community".

Tang Bao, the person in charge of "Hongxing", led his subordinates to fight with the "East Star", and the high sir of the "Serious Crimes Group" got the bottom line report and came to round up.

During the melee, Tang Leopard was shot by Gao Sir and became paralyzed. "Hongxing" also began to work on the election of the next speaker.

The "uncles of Hong Xing" all proposed that the former speaker "Feilong" (played by Andy Lau) once again go out of the mountain and preside over the situation.

However, Feilong had quit the jianghu many years ago, and now he has successfully washed his face and turned to the right way, and he is not willing to get involved in gang strife anymore.

Tang Bao's son Tang Wenjun (played by Tan Yaowen) is bent on inheriting his father's position, and Tang Bao's head horse," the "Horse King", also wants to take the opportunity to ascend to the throne.

Under the tearing of several forces, Hongxing's election of people has become a difficult problem for a while.

At this time, Tang Wenjun said that when his father Tang Leopard was killed, there must be an "internal ghost", and he proposed that whoever could find out the "inner ghost" and avenge Tang Leopard was the next person to speak.

Tang Wenjun's idea won the support of Hongxing's people.

In order to cooperate with the "Society" action, Feilong let his right-hand man "Zhicheng" (played by Gu Tianle) stay in Hongxing to investigate the "inner ghost".

But in fact, Zhicheng is a "police undercover".

In the process of investigation, Hong Xing's undercover "Datou Wen" (played by Yin Tianzhao) was exposed. Tang Wenjun killed Datou Wen and obtained the qualification to become a speaker.

Although according to the previous agreement, Tang Wenjun should become the person who spoke, but Hongxing's Ma Wang, Dongxing's Huafu, Guili Gao, and others did not give this young descendant face.

In order to calm the scene, Tang Wenjun began to collect the handles of Ma Wang, Hua Fu, and Guili Gaoren, and controlled these people through "violent threats and interest temptations".

After solving these small roles, Tang Wenjun decided to kill Feilong, the "Elder Hongxing", to further consolidate his position as a person.

Feilong, who originally did not want to participate in the gang struggle, took a counterattack under the repeated persecution of Tang Wenjun.

At the end of the story, Tang Wenjun "holds a gun" to hijack the flying dragon, in order to stop Tang Wenjun, Zhicheng reveals his "undercover identity".

When Tang Wenjun was about to kill the flying dragon, Zhicheng shot and killed Tang Wenjun.

As Tang Wenjun was shot and fell to the ground, Zhicheng found that Tang Wenjun's gun had no bullets at all, and his "undercover identity" had actually been discovered by Feilong long ago.

All this was Feilong's "borrowing a knife to kill people" in order to borrow Zhicheng's hand and kill Tang Wenjun.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" >3, "The Dragon is on the Edge" and "Infernal Affairs 2" </h1>

From the general story line, 2004's "Infernal Affairs 2" and 1999's "Dragon on the Edge" can be said to be very similar.

In "Infernal Affairs 2", the eldest brother of the society, Ni Kun, died unexpectedly, and his son Ni Yongxiao wanted to ascend to the throne, but the four eldest brothers gandhi, Guohua, Wenzheng, and Black Guy did not give face, and the only one who supported Ni Yongxiao was Han Chen, who wanted to quit the jianghu.

In order to stabilize his position as the leader of the dragon, Ni Yongxiao in "Infernal Affairs 2", like Tang Wenjun in "The Dragon on the Edge", successfully calmed the field by collecting black materials from several bosses.

After sitting firmly in the position of the dragon head, Ni Yongxiao did not let go of these high-powered big brothers and killed them. Gandhi, Guohua, Wenzheng, and The Black Guy were all shot, and only Han Chen escaped ascension.

In order to take revenge, Han Chen began to fight back. The ending of "Infernal Affairs 2" is the same as that of "Dragon on the Edge".

At the end of "The Dragon on the Edge", Tang Wenjun hijacks the flying dragon, but is calculated by the flying dragon and killed by Zhicheng's gun. At the end of "Infernal Affairs 2", Ni Yongxiao also kidnapped Han Chen, and under Han Chen's calculations, Ni Yongxiao was also killed by Huang Sir.

In addition to the similarity of the overall story line, many scenes and bridges in "Infernal Affairs 2" and "Dragon on the Edge" are also the same.

For example, in both works, there is a heroic sister-in-law, and there is a little brother who has a crush on the sister-in-law. In "Infernal Affairs 2" is Liu Jialing and Chen Guanxi, while in "The Dragon is on the Edge" is Guan Xiumei and Tan Yaowen.

In "The Dragon on the Edge", after Feilong stepped down as the speaker, he chose to fully wash his face and turn to the right way, and also planned to "participate in the township council election". In "Infernal Affairs 2", Ni Yongxiao also whitewashed the industry of the society and decided to "run for parliament".

In "The Dragon on the Edge", Tang Wenjun successfully eradicated the "undercover" head of the internal infiltration through investigation. In "Infernal Affairs 2", Ni Yongxiao also pulled out the "undercover" Luo Ji.

In "The Dragon on the Edge", when Tang Wenjun took the throne, he used the handle of the bosses at the dinner table to stabilize the scene with three words and two words. In "Infernal Affairs 2", when Ni Yongxiao took the throne, he also got everything through a dinner scene.

Not only "Infernal Affairs 2", in the first part of "Infernal Affairs", there are many camera sections, which are also secretly in line with "Dragon on the Edge".

For example, the phrase in the mouth of the gang boss is "one will make a thousand bones dry.".

Another example is the undercover who like to connect in the cinema and pass on information.

Then there's the ultimate standoff on the rooftop.

In 1999, Andy Lau probably did not think that when filming "The Dragon in the Jianghu", he pointed a "gun" at other people's heads on the rooftop; in 2003's "Infernal Affairs", he became the one on the roof and was pointed.

<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" >4, the "police film" classic buried by the market</h1>

This "Dragon on the Edge" is remarkable, whether it is the design of the story plot or the performance of several actors. However, when it was released in 1999, it was treated coldly by the box office market.

At the end of the 1990s, the Hong Kong film market entered a low tide period, but the hundred-footed worm died but was not stiff. At this time, above the box office market, Hong Kong film works still have a certain living space.

Also a film starring Liu Tianwang, "The Dark Horse Prince" won more than 15 million Hong Kong dollars in 1999, and "Dark War" won more than 14 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.

In the same year, "Gambler vs. Las Vegas", its quality is far inferior to this "Dragon on the Edge", but it also won more than 17 million Hong Kong dollars, but when this "Dragon on the Edge" was released, it only had a box office of 8 million Hong Kong dollars.

The dismal box office performance has buried the excellent quality work of "Dragon on the Edge" under the torrent of the times.

Of course, the reason why "Dragon on the Edge" was cold at the box office in 1999 was also very closely related to the environment of the times at that time.

In the early 1990s, "nonsense comedy" began to be popular in the Hong Kong film market, and Wang Jing and Zhou Xingchi rode the "era wave of nonsense comedy" and were invincible in the box office market.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, although the Hong Kong film market showed a downward trend, the enthusiasm of market audiences for "nonsense comedy" was not extinguished.

In 1999, Stephen Chow's self-directed and self-acting "The King of Comedy" won the annual box office championship with a box office performance of more than 29 million. The "King of a Thousand Kings 2000", curated by Wang Jing, easily won more than 19 million at the box office in 1999.

The popularity of "nonsense comedy" above the film market has made films such as "Dragon on the Edge" a niche work with a cold style and a dark tone.

Niche works are treated coldly above the mainstream market, which is actually a reasonable thing.

Under the tide of "nonsense comedy" in 1999, this "Dragon on the Edge" was drowned in the box office waves.

However, with the market popularity of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy after 2002, this "Dragon on the Edge", which was buried under the river of years, also began to show its own light, attracting the attention of more and more fans.