go away! I never thought you were such a Wong Fei Hung. . . .

Herminio 2022-02-07 14:49:45

Once Upon a Time is one of my favorite martial arts films when I was a kid. Thanks to the repeated broadcasts of CCTV 6, when I was in junior high school, I was familiar with every segment of The Lion King and The King's Style, and was extremely obsessed: I used to use the Lion King's hegemony in the fight with children many times. Foshan Shadowless Foot also used his extremely naive painting skills to doodle the strange lion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces on the picture book. . . The background of the national disaster, the intricate social forces, the highly restored market environment, the funny plots, the extremely real characters, and the elegant martial arts action design make Huang Feihong's image in my mind, compared to Jin Yong's classic martial arts, but also more specific.
However, the new Huang Feihong image created by Old Monster Xu did not get a good continuation in Wang Jing's iron chicken fighting centipede. Xu Laoguai's image of Huang Feihong is a standard young and mature, stable and vigorous but lively, but Xu Laowei's version of Huang Feihong's liveliness is the kind of ignorance that is not familiar with foreign affairs, as well as high-spirited self-confidence. Coupled with Jet Li's wonderful punches and kicks, the image of a hero in the late Qing Dynasty jumped to the screen. But in this version of Wang Jing, the emotional line of the thirteenth aunt was cut off, and vulgar elements such as brothels and large teapots were added, as well as the fragrant scenes of women in the apron from time to time, which made the original Huang Feihong's uprightness disappeared. .
Wang Jing is an expert in the operation of commercial films, and he hopes to achieve a better surprise and winning effect through the "creative" use of the Huang Feihong brand. And when the upright Wong Fei-hung was associated with brothels and cosplay, topics arose. Regrettably, no matter what the box office of the film was at that time, such a wanton patchwork of elements to satisfy the audience's curiosity will damage the image of Huang Feihong in the end.
Huang Feihong's series of movies have always been grand and humorous, but most of the funny scenes were completed by his disciples, and Mo Shaocong's version of Liang Kuan is one of the best. In the Huang Feihong version of Xu Laoguai, some plots Mo Shaocong are even more brilliant than Jet Li. However, Liang Kuan in this film was replaced by Liang Jiaren, and Liang Kuan's character has also become as honest and cautious as monk Sha, so the main trick work was handed over to Zhang Weijian's Buck Tooth Su, Zhang Weijian's performance was a little too hard, even a little bit Pretentious, his buck-toothed Su is more than a fool and not enough. It can be said that both characters are relatively failures.
The villain of this work, I personally think it is very brilliant. The name Lei Yixiao feels very arrogant and arrogant, and Xu Zhongxin's interpretation of the role is also very good: the actor himself has a face full of flesh, and it is somewhat similar to Ji Chunhua if you look closely. , When you gnash your teeth, you even feel a little shivering, and it is the master who was born to play the villain. Sometimes coupled with the arrogant smile and the ecstatic laughter, it feels really amazing. Although this villain does not have too many evil shapes in this work, it can still make people grit their teeth with hatred.
In addition to Huang Feihong's eternal male protagonist Jet Li, the other supporting roles in this film can be described as star-studded, which is in line with the usual luxurious configuration of Wang Jing's films: Zhang Min, the eternal goddess of Hong Kong films, is cold and beautiful, and the dubbing is inexplicable in Sichuan dialect. Joy; Chen Baixiang was also a top comedian in Hong Kong at that time, and the dubbing became Wu Nong's soft words in Jiangnan, but his expression was still sultry and ecstasy; beautiful Yuan Yongyi, who was still at the peak of her appearance at that time, played a carefree in the play. prostitutes; there is also Liu Jiahui, who is ruthless, cruel and domineering, but his martial arts performance is not very good. The appearance of the boss and the inside of soy sauce were actually done by Liang Fa and Su Lian Shou; and the one in Zhang Min's play Dad, oh my god, isn't this the old poison Ouyang Feng? !
The value of this work is also jaw-dropping. The Yihequan represented by the real person Lei Yixiao Kongkong and the foreign merchants represented by the foreigners are the two major forces that are poisoning the Chinese people, but the ending is completely different. I understand that the image of Yihe Quan in Hong Kong culture is different from the peasant uprising in the history textbooks of the Mainland, which is a mob riot (which is in essence). Therefore, in the works of Huang Feihong in the past, Yihe Quan and its branches The White Lotus Sect and the Red Lantern Photo basically appear as villains, and this film is no exception. They ended up being taken away by Huang Feihong. However, in this film, foreigners sell fake medicines to harm children and even deaf Huang Feihong. The harm is no less than that of Yihe Boxing, but what they get is only Huang Feihong's warning, and they don't even get a slap in the face. Is this eccentric? too obvious.
The fighting scene of Yuan Heping in this film is a highlight. On the whole, it is full of flowers and punches to the flesh. At the beginning, Huang Feihong fought against the three brothers of Yihe Quan. The style of boxing was fierce, coupled with the scene of the victim vomiting blood and beating in the waist, it was a bit cult; A bit of the meaning of the three forks in Peking Opera, the ingenious design is also evident. . .
But the final boss battle between Huang Feihong and Lei Yixiao is a bit sloppy: 1. The boss battle is
strange and untenable. This is entirely the influence of the main storyline. The origin of the boss battle is that Huang Feihong went to rescue the foreign boss of a foreign firm. , and the foreigners of foreign companies themselves are also a force that poisons the Chinese people. This kind of purpose lacks national hatred and family hatred, and there is the suspicion of pure Chinese infighting. It feels inexplicable
; Incarnate cosplay of a rooster and a centipede to fight. Visually, it seems that you are not watching a martial arts, but a stage play. The boss of the centipede is incomparable with the exquisite design of the eight kingdoms monster, and Jet Li's cock costume is also extremely beautiful. It is easy to make people play;
3. In the end, Huang Feihong used drunken boxing to get Lei Yixiao, but I personally think that Jet Li is more suitable for the straight-forward foreign kung fu (playing from Shaolin), and his interpretation of Yinrou drunken boxing is not satisfactory, in contrast The chic and elegant in Jackie Chan's Drunken Fist series is still a lot worse.
Generally speaking, the highlights of this film are basically the grooves. The image of Huang Feihong is still not the same as the version of Xu Laoguai, and the difference between the film's conception and pattern is relatively large.

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  • Mass Tar Wong "Mr Pimp": I have discovered a big secret.

    So: Don't tell us now!

    Mass Tar Wong "Mr Pimp": Why?

    So: It's common in movies that once a seriously injured person tells a secret, they die after telling the secret.

    Fu: Cover his mouth!

  • Legate Officer Lui: Wine can't give you guts! Wait, you promised your father not to drink any wine. Well I'll represent your dad and punish you!