Shaw, Jiahe, New Art City, Debao, Yongsheng, Galaxy Image, Xinghui, etc., these familiar Hong Kong film companies have been our good memories, especially Jiahe's sound of stomping and pedaling is particularly good, once upon a time, Bruce Lee's birth made Jiahe come back to life, Bruce Lee after Xu Guanwen took over the baton to create glory, after Xu Guanwen Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan became the two aces of Jiahe, continuing to open up territory for Jiahe.
Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan are not only brothers, but also close partners, together with "The Magic Trick Five Lucky Stars", "Fuxing Gaozhao", "Summer Lucky Star", "A Plan", "Fast Food Truck", "Dragon's Heart", "Flying Dragon Fierce" and other films, the time turned into the 90s, Jackie Chan entered Hollywood, Hong Jinbao slowed down the road to directing, the two have cooperated in "Burning Island" and "A Good Man" two films, the former produced by Taiwan Province, the lineup is extremely strong. The latter, "A Good Man", directed by Hong Jinbao, is similar to "Red Fan District" in a certain plot setting, and many people are stupid and unable to distinguish between the two films.
In "Red Fan District", Jackie Chan conquered Hollywood with a thrilling jump, and then prepared to further enter the international market, so there was "A Good Man". Jiahe invested 200 million Hong Kong dollars that year, the whole process was filmed in Australia, Jackie Chan not only invited the master brother Hong Jinbao to direct, but also used Hong Kong-style English and used a large number of foreign actors, which can be described as a big deal. The film was released in Hong Kong on January 31, 1997 and earned HK$45.42 million, ranking first in the annual box office list, with Star Ye's "97 Happy Affairs" and Jet Li's "Huang Feihong's Lion of the Western Regions" ranking second.
In the past, Jackie Chan was either a policeman or a hero, this time he was just a "good man" with better skills, or a chef, the story was relatively simple and rough, a video tape caused a storm, this videotape has a criminal record of gangster trading, and there is a thrilling and hot chase and gunfight after several forces grab it. In the film, Jackie Chan is an extraordinary cook, not to mention the pursuit of gangsters and the drag of the police, but also to carry 3 female teammates with different styles.
Reporter Diana has a strong ability to escape, barefoot, wearing a bikini can also get rid of a few big men; the black sister assistant like jackie, self-protection ability ok, is a little afraid of heights; the most headache is jackie's girlfriend miki, not only can not help, but also shout jackie at every turn, and finally even the villain boss can not see it, angrily slapped her a few times, let you shout jackie, jackie, more unexpectedly, jackie girlfriend also has a trick monkey to steal peach.
Jackie's girlfriend is played by Li Tingyi, the role setting is completely vase, and the "Police Story" series of Maggie Cheung is much worse, there is not much room to play, or even a big failure, and the carriage is slightly thrilling, the rest of the performance is flat, even less than two foreign girls. Li Tingyi's starting point is still very high, the first film work and Jackie Chan big brother cooperation, perhaps feel that the value is high after cooperating with Jackie Chan, plus she thinks that "Huan Zhu Gege" are newcomer actors, will not be a fire, so she refused to play the role of Xiao Yanzi, and now it seems that this should be a thing she regrets more, so sometimes red and not red really depend on life.
Of course, although Li Tingyi did not appear in "Huan Zhu Gege" Xiao Yanzi, but the "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" cooperated with Zhang Weijian, He Meidian and Fan Shaohuang was also very popular that year, just from the perspective of Yan Wing Chun she portrayed, she played Xiao Yanzi is still quite appropriate.
Speaking of "A Good Man", the film is naturally indispensable to the characteristics of Jackie Chan's kung fu comedy, with the help of various props to skillfully fight, escape, and even with Li Tingyi came to a carriage running wildly, this scene was later used by Chen Sicheng in "Detective Chinatown 2", and "Detective Chinatown" also borrowed the bridge section of "A Plan Sequel", which shows that Chen Sicheng is true love for Jackie Chan's big brother. The most eye-catching nature is the scene of Jackie Chan driving a mine truck to crush the villain boss's big house, the scene is very intense, can be described as simple and rough, this scene can not help but remind people of the scene in "Red Fan District" in which Jackie Chan drives a hovercraft in the downtown rampage.
"A Good Man" is the last cooperation between Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan in the true sense, Hong Jinbao's directing level is not lost, if the lead actor is not Jackie Chan, it may be greatly discounted, after all, the plot is too simple, mainly to see Jackie Chan's witty fights and beautiful hands. Of course, Hong Jinbao's drama addiction came up, cameo a cyclist, did not expect to become a laughing point responsibility, see him beaten presumably everyone will smile. What is even more rare is that Hong Jinbao also pulled his wife Gao Lihong, who has been in the film for several years, to make a cameo, which is really a big surprise.
Gao Lihong is not only the winner of Miss Hong Kong, but also a beating woman, it was precisely because of the relationship with Hong Jinbao's study of kung fu, Hong Jinbao also made a lot of films to praise her, such as "Oriental Vulture", "Ghost Foot", "Royal Lady", etc., but in 1991, after acting in "Uncle Cai's Sweep of a Thousand Armies", he quit the film industry and returned to the family, and the cameo of "A Good Man" can also be regarded as supporting her husband!
Speaking of cameos, there is also a big coffee, he is Zhou Huajian, selling ice cream in "Red Fan District", to "A Good Man" to do the old business, but it seems not to be rude, turning his face to sell Jackie Chan, the result was a punch.
The biggest attraction of "A Good Man" is naturally the action design, in addition to the merits of the family class, there is another person who cannot be ignored, he is Cao Rong of the Hong family class, the name may not be familiar, if he is the "face paralysis" Sun Wukong of the "Journey to the West Sequel", this is always known, with "A Good Man" won the Academy Award nomination for best action design, but lost to Dong Wei of "Thief Spy Movie".
The foreign actors in the film, I believe that everyone is no stranger to the villain boss Richard Norton with a deep "cleanliness habit", he and Jackie Chan Hong are also old rivals, who have competed in "Summer Lucky Star" and "City Hunter" before, from professional karate athletes to superstar bodyguards, and then from bodyguards to actors and directors, the experience is still very rich.
Overall, "A Good Man" is a successful popcorn commercial film, and now the most memorable part is still the part where the mine truck crushes the house, and many people often say that they will be confused with the hovercraft of "Red Zone".