Recently, due to the popularity of online complaints, I watched Wang Jingxin's Eternal Dragon Saber with curiosity. The appearance was inconsistent and the plot was illogical. I was rather bored last night, so I found "The Demon Sect Leader" directed by Wang Jing in 1993. I stayed up all night and watched it without fast forwarding. This movie is quite subversive in the past and even the follow-up version. It does not talk about the big theme of "the hero of the country, for the country and the people". It is the story of a miserable teenager who seizes the opportunity to take revenge.
There are a lot of vulgar lines in the movie. The two Huashan clowns think about rape and murder every day; Zhang Sanfeng is also a violent temper, and he will scold those who are unhappy. I think it adds a bit of fun to the movie. After all, the movie is an art that can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people. It’s good to have fun watching it.
In addition, the images of Zhang Wuji and Zhou Zhiruo in the movie have been magically changed, which I think is particularly suitable for the characters. When Zhang Wuji was a child, he saw his parents being driven to death by the Jianghu sect and wanted to take revenge. Later, when he met the fire foreman, he used his conflict with Zhang Sanfeng to stimulate him to teach him the Jiuyang Mantra, saying, "Actually, not only beautiful women can't be trusted. I can’t even believe a man who seems to be loyal and good.” Later, in order to become the leader, he pretended to shirk. After becoming the leader, he immediately destroyed the great change of mind left by Yang Dingtian. In the whole process, he is a new boy, and he also reuses Zhu Yuanzhang, who is also very ambitious, and has the idea of overthrowing the Yuan Dynasty himself. And Zhou Zhiruo is a scheming bitch in it, and she begins to flirt with Zhang Wuji, whom Zhang Sanfeng loves. After knowing that Song Qingshu is the true successor of the third generation of Wudang, she helps Song Qingshu to play Zhang Wuji. I think this is in line with the social reality. Zhang Wuji can't be the leader only by luck, and Zhou Zhiruo can't be a novice to gain the appreciation of extinction.
There are two amazing things about this movie:
One is the looks of the actors. In 1993, Jet Li, Zhang Min, Gigi Lai, and Qiu Shuzhen were really a group of stars, and this movie retained the peak appearance of their generation of Hong Kong stars.
The second is the design of martial arts. Although Jiuyang Shengong and Qiankun Great Movement are all made by special effects, but when I saw Cao Rong's Dragon Claw and Jet Li's Taijiquan, I thought it was the same as I imagined, it should be like this.
In the golden age of Hong Kong movies, production, directors, screenwriters, and actors were all unusual, and a classic movie came as soon as it was said. Times have changed, the audience's taste has gradually developed, and perfunctory fried rice is no longer effective.
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