Hong Kong action movies have always been my favorite, including martial arts movies and kung fu movies, since the computer special effects are flying all over the sky, martial arts movies and kung fu movies have gradually disappeared, and the group of "dragon and tiger martial artists" who once worked hard have gradually lost their jobs, resulting in the embarrassing situation of no successor now.
Among the Dragon and Tiger Martial Artists, there is a special kind of work: stunt people. Their daily lives can be summed up like this: jumping off buildings in the morning, catching fires at noon, and crashing cars at night. Their work risk factor is extremely high, injuries are commonplace, and it is this group of people who have sent a large number of action talents to the mainland and Hollywood, but finally they have been abandoned by the times.
Take the "Fury Case" that is being released, for example, once again proves that action movies are still liked by a large part of the people, there are a lot of explosion scenes in the film, and there is a wonderful motorcycle and car chase scene in the second half, of course, this highly technical professional stunt is impossible for Zhen Zidan and Xie Tingfeng to control, and it is necessary to use a stand-in.
Before I watched this movie, a classmate told me that in the film, Xie Tingfeng had a motorcycle scene, the substitute was his friend, my classmate liked to ride a motorcycle, and the stunt man who made a stand-in for Xie Tingfeng was called Zhou Wei, a famous motorcycle heavy machine stunt driver in China, born in Xiantao, Hubei Province, now 34 years old.
Zhou Wei now lives in Guangzhou, once won the Hainan station of the 2017 stunt competition [JAYSPORT STUNT] star invitational competition, won the championship of the popular king in Shanghai station, and also participated in the Hubei Province"Zhongchen Mission" provincial public office 19th National Congress Security Oath Ceremony Training Report Drill Special Invited Stunt Riders, from 2013 to the present, almost as long as there are motorcycle stunt performances and competitions in China, almost all of Them will have Zhou Wei's figure.
Speaking of take-off car stunts, there are three important figures in the Hong Kong film industry, the first of which is the first generation of Hong Kong stunts: Chen Yiyan, maybe you haven't heard his name, but you must have seen his company at the end of the classic action movie: Kamikaze Stunt Production Company.
Founded in 1977, the company trains blasting and flying car stunt personnel, and there are two stunt people who will become very famous in the future, that is, Chen Yiyan's apprentices, they are Ke Shouliang and Luo Lixian. Before founding Kamikaze, he joined Bruce Lee's Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts division as early as 1970, serving as a stand-in for Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan in Game of Death, Thunderbolt Fire, and Police Story, and after Bruce Lee's death in 1973, Chen Yiyan changed to a stuntman.
Because Chen Yiyan is a first-generation stuntman, he is known as the "father of Hong Kong stunts" in the circle, and film stunts are considered to be a profession that challenges high difficulties, challenges limits, and challenges death. On May 12, 2002, in order to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Chen Yiyan drove a racing car over the Yangtze River, leaping a distance of more than 53 meters, breaking the Guinness Book of Records for a racing car leaping distance of 48 meters.
Ke Shouliang, as Chen Yiyan's apprentice, has long been better than blue, on November 15, 1992 he flew over the Great Wall with a motorcycle, on June 1, 1997, in order to celebrate the return of Hong Kong to China, he flew over the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, and as early as 1987, he flew over the 80-meter-wide Taoyuan Haihu Grand Canyon in Taiwan, known as the "Death Valley".
Ke Shouliang joined the kamikaze stunt production company in 1977, entered the show business circle, with wonderful and dangerous stunt performances, won the title of "Ke Bold", known as "Asia's first flying man", in the period of 1982-1992, almost as long as it is a shot involving flying car stunts, there will be Ke Shouliang's participation, but unfortunately died of illness in 2003 at the age of 50.
In the early 1990s, after Chen Yiyan and Ke Shouliang, Luo Lixian took over their class, and his achievements in the film field far exceeded that of his master and brother, and Hong Kong films were all run by him, "martial arts look at Cheng Xiaodong, action looks at Luo Lixian", which is almost a recognized evaluation in the Asian film industry.
Luo Lixian's idol is also Bruce Lee, 16 years old began to learn taekwondo, 17 years old began to be a coach, 18 years old is already taekwondo black belt champion, in 1985, a chance, Jackie Chan filmed "Police Story", need a group of motorcycle drivers, 24-year-old Luo Lixian became a stuntman.
I once said that the success of Hollywood action movies is inseparable from the credit of Hong Kong action directors, and many netizens scoffed at it, but if you know a little more about Hong Kong action movies and watch more autobiographical albums about action directors, you will know that what I say is true.
As early as 2000 before the Hollywood movies, as long as the action design in the film is pleasing to the eye, basically by the Hong Kong action design director to complete, 1999 Keanu Levis starred in the "Matrix" is one of the most well-known works, by Yuan Heping responsible for the action direction, Keanu Levi's personal trainer is Chen Hu, Keanu Reeves spent four or five months, fully engaged in solid training in kung fu.
So later the two became friends, Keanu Levis invested in a movie in 2013, starring Chen Hu in "Kung Fu Man", and also directed a movie "Tai Chi Xia", both of which were called bad films by netizens, but in fact, Keanu Levi's purpose was not to make money, just to let Chen Hu be the male protagonist twice, which originated from a verbal agreement between him and Chen Hu many years ago.
The action directors of these two films are Luo Lixian and Yuan Heping, it is precisely because the top action directors in Hong Kong went to Hollywood to develop that year, coupled with the success of the "Matrix" trilogy, resulting in the Hollywood team absorbing their excellent experience, so there will be such an excellent action movie as "Spy Heavy", which is the chain reaction, if you still do not believe in the success of Hollywood action movies, you can not do without Hong Kong action directors, you can go to see the previous classic action movies "Die Hard", "Prison in the Air", "Prison in the Air". "Brave the Island" and so on, and then look at the action design in the movie after "The Matrix", the contrast is very obvious.
Luo Lixian's team is called "Raptor Stunt Co., Ltd.", and he has also completed the stunts of many Hollywood movies, including "Transformers 4: Reborn", "Mission Impossible 3", and most notably "Raid 2: Mob".
This Indonesian film starring Iko Uas was named one of the most sophisticated, complex and brutal action films ever made by Moviefone, representing the highest achievement in exploring the language innovation of cinema in the field of action films today. On the always harsh Douban website, this movie has also won the most than one, and the first hot comment is: "Anyway, I have never seen an action movie that is more cattle than this."
Two of the action actors, who also participated in the performance of "Rush 3", "It is my honor to fight with you, Mr. Freelancer. "It's this Yayan Ruian, and the Sessip Arif Rahman above.
Including this bald-headed villain, the "killer trio" composed of three of them can obviously make the "Fast Pursuit" series end, let the freelancer go many times, and finally be counter-killed. The actor's name is Mark Dacascos, and like Shangg Wernton, he has a deep relationship with Hong Kong action movies, which is why Keanu Levi's "Fast And Furious 4" invited Zhen Zidan to join.
From Chen Yiyan to Ke Shouliang, and now To Luo Lixian, we have seen the inheritance of stunt people, today's Luo Lixian is the golden sign in the field of stunts, "Taoist Down the Mountain", "Burning Heart of the Sun", "One Step Away", "No Man's Land" These well-known films in the mainland are also responsible for stunts, in 1993, he also established the "Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Association", the current president is Qian Jiale, the guild has held a professional training course for Hong Kong action stunt performers since 2015 to deliver fresh blood to the stunt industry.
Before said that more than 70% of the film stunt work are arranged by Luo Lixian, the other three achievements are Qian Jiale, "Equator", "Cold War", "Reverse War", "Storm", "Apostle Walker 2: Spy Action" These movies are Qian Jiale action guidance, he single-handedly arranged the action guidance and flying car stunts, in terms of flying car stunts, he is not as good as the above three, Qian Jiale's best field is high-difficulty action, yuan Heping once commented on him in the early years: "Usually when I design actions for a movie, I will first find Qian Jiale to try." If he can't complete this set of actions, I will change the other moves. ”
It is precisely because I have always liked this kind of live-action movies, so I am not very interested in the kind of special effects-based movies, like many of the scenes in the movies now are replaced by special effects, and they were all live-action movies in that era, which is why many action movies are not as good as before, this industry is both hard-earned and less, and there is also a danger to life, of course, on the variety show, filming idol dramas to earn both quickly and easily.
This development trajectory is in line with the historical changes in the film, so that it can protect the stunt performers, but also reduce a series of expenses, but there are still some film stunt personnel in the stick, or every day in the jumping building, fire, crash, perhaps in the hearts of these people, or feel that the computer special effects do not have a strong sense of reality on camera, this visual effect and shock is computer special effects can never be compared, so they are still risking their lives to insist, this professionalism is worthy of our admiration.