That feeling is also strange. It's like being proud, but feeling a pity. I know that I laughed so loudly because I understand that Jackie Chan is imitating Han Xiangzi and He Xiangu in the Drunken Eight Immortals, and shows the strength of overcoming strength with softness. At the same time, I am very interested in Jackie Chan’s bold performances and funny movements. So he smiled very happily. But the Americans don’t understand. They find it strange why Jackie Chan, a good kung fu master, winks his eyebrows to pretend to be a girl, so they snickered, with a little bewilderment and disdain, thinking they were watching an imitation comedy. piece.
During the heyday of Hong Kong movies, there were many sects of action directors in kung fu movies, of which Liu Jiaban was the most dazzling. Different from the Northern faction such as Chengjiaban, Hongjiaban and Yuanjiaban, Liujiaban's martial arts skills do not extend to the stage. Liu Jialiang’s father, Liu Zhan, is Lin Shirong’s apprentice, and Lin Shirong is the legendary "Pork Rong". His master is Huang Feihong, so Liu Jiaban is an authentic Hongquan background. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the central government severely banned martial arts. However, as the emperor was far away from the mountains of Guangdong and Guangxi, in order to prevent banditry and uprisings, the practice of martial arts has always been very popular. Liu Jiaban has been in the film industry in Hong Kong for decades, and there are many talents under his family.
In the writings of martial arts giant Zhang Che, Li Hanxiang and Liu Jialiang are both powerful people. Especially Liu Jialiang's several departures, which hurt him a lot. However, people have different opinions on this kind of matter. Zhang Che, who has played politics, said that others have the right to conspiracy, but Liu Jialiang, as a martial artist, even if he has ambitions, is nothing but a reckless mentality of "learning civil and martial arts, selling goods and knowing goods". Before he came to Shaw Brothers, he was already a "hot seller" that many film companies were vying to win, and while doing martial arts for Shaw Brothers, while doing "work" outside, how about Liu Jialiang alone? The same was true for Yuan Heping and Xu Erniu back then. What's more, Liu Jialiang has been working for Shao’s boss for ten years since he was promoted to director in 1975 to Shaw’s suspension of production in 1985. Good-in the face of Liu Jialiang's loyalty, Shaw Shaw said that he "is not a long-term partner". If it were not for his blindness, it was a perfunctory remark to appease Zhang Che.
Jackie Chan's marrying class emerged in the 1980s when the Shaw Brothers was in decline. They were fighting each other. The king did not see the king, but finally had the only historic cooperation in 1994, which was "Drunken Boxing 2". In my eyes, this is Jackie Chan's best movie, not one of them.
In 1991, Tsui Hark's remake of "Huang Feihong" series renewed the upsurge of kung fu movies, and Jackie Chan, who has always been obsessed with the famous "Drunken Boxer", finally felt that the time was right and decided to start filming a sequel in 1993. However, it is easy to say, but difficult to do. He not only wants to make "Drunken Master 2" a stage summary of his film career, but also wants to make it a masterpiece of a kung fu movie. His ambition is not unreasonable. Big. I am afraid it will be difficult to accomplish this arduous task with just a family class. So Jackie Chan started recruiting talents. In terms of director candidates, he thought of Huang Feihong's authentic heir and one of the founders of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies: Liu Jialiang.
As a matter of fact, Jackie Chan and Jiahe Company have always been at a loss as to whether Liu Jialiang can be invited. Because at this time this stubborn old man still claims to be Shaw's widow. Even if Shaw stopped production and had no work to open, he was unwilling to work for Shaw's rival, Jiahe. But this time the situation is different. Jackie Chan sincerely invites him to come out and discuss the revival of Kung Fu movies. After much deliberation, Liu Jialiang no longer constrained the views of the school, and not only agreed to be the director of "Drunken Master 2", but also played a role in the film that is also quite interesting in reality-Fu Mingqi. As a commemorative work filmed for the establishment of Hong Kong’s only industry group composed of martial artists-the "Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Association", the lineup of "Drunk Fist 2" is amazing, except for Shaw's top Wu Sheng Dillon to play his father Huang Qiying , So she invited Anita Mui to play her stepmother. And Andy Lau, Weng Hong, etc. just run a trick.
According to Jackie Chan’s wishful thinking, with Liu Jialiang in charge, together with his marrying class, they will definitely work together to create a classic Kung Fu movie. But things were not as beautiful as imagined. The two big moves, the king of heaven, are doomed to get together this time. From the beginning, Jackie Chan and Liu Jialiang had different ideas in action. Liu Jialiang had extremely high requirements for action. He hoped that the film could convey the realism of martial arts and emphasize martial arts, but Jackie Chan felt that the audience needed more drunken boxing signature moves. The two split in the later stage of the filming, and Liu Jialiang once again used his consistent purpose of "different ways and not conspiracy" to shoot and leave, and the married class independently completed the ending battle. In the opening movie, Jackie Chan and Liu Jialiang share the title of the action director, but in fact he only completed this battle. I have to say that this battle is indeed a classic. The seven-minute martial arts show took more than a month (this is Lu Huiguang's statement, IMDb's introduction said that it took a total of 3 months), which is unimaginable for ordinary movies. From the clips we have indeed seen Jackie Chan's fight for life, which is not unattractive. However, this classic battle may be more thanks to Jackie Chan's best friend and bodyguard-Muay Thai champion Lu Huiguang's superb leg skills, because the original biggest Boss Korean star Pak Ho-Sung injured an ankle. If you look closely, you will find that many shots are actually made by Lu Huiguang holding his legs and not putting them down. As for Jackie Chan's action part, um, it's the one that Lao Mei likes, you know.
This has been confirmed by the film critics with actions. In 1995, the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for Best Action Director gave "Drunken Boxing 2" double awards, but this award was given to Liu Jialiang. It’s not because Liu Jialiang is the original named action director, but because he designed all the fights in the middle of the film, including the excellent tricks of the close-range long spear under the train and the axe gang battle that obviously pays tribute to "Ma Yongzhen". , Is indeed well deserved. Jackie Chan later recalled: A closer look at the battle at the train station at the beginning of the movie and the factory battle at the end of the movie. The contrast between his and Liu Jialiang's concepts in kung fu movies became obvious. Liu Jialiang’s thinking is very traditional, almost as timeless as classical music; Jackie Chan is more like jazz, with a good Western rhythm, but after all, it is no longer a traditional martial arts. So, since Liu Jialiang, we can no longer see such a solid Southern Kungfu.
Just like Americans may cheer loudly, but they don’t understand the Taoist spirit implicitly brewed in the bamboo drama in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"; in "Drunken Fist 2" they can enjoy the addictive rhythm of Jackie Chan's martial arts. But I don't think they understand the Eight Immortals and Huang Feihong. In that scene, when Huang Feihong, who insisted on not using drunken fist and was defeated, accidentally saw the words written on the fan, and realized the truth in an instant, so when he started to swallow alcohol and use drunken fist, I had a heart-to-heart understanding. The carefree. I also know clearly that this is a hint that most American audiences still can’t understand, no matter what language it is dubbed and how many dollars it is, as if they will never understand the real meaning of kung fu movies for China.
It says on the fan: water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn it. I forgot how the English pronunciation translates these eight words, and I didn't understand it, but in fact, it doesn't matter at all.
When Fu Minqi died, everyone was crying, Huang Feihong yelled, Senior, hold on, I will take you to my dad, my dad can heal everything. But Baozhilin was too far away after all, and the last martial artist in the Qing Dynasty was doomed to die. Goodbye, Shaw elders. Goodbye, the era of Liu Jiaban.
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