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[In Hong Kong film industry, you have never acted undercover, you are embarrassed to say hello! ]
Police and gangster films are a signature of Hong Kong movies. In the movies, the confrontation between police and gangsters has become increasingly fierce, and undercover agents have gradually appeared. In Hong Kong movies, it is difficult to verify when undercover agents appeared. However, in the glorious era of Hong Kong films, almost all the top-ranked superstars played undercover roles.
in the Hong Kong film scene, you have never played undercover, you are embarrassed to say hello!
Jackie Chan's "Plan A" and "Police Story 3 Super Cop"
This is the story of the Hong Kong police green clothes era, the marine police fighting pirates, but Jackie Chan was influenced by the "Lin Haixueyuan" and always wanted to put this story on the Hong Kong screen. So in this "Plan A", Jackie Chan designed a pirate version of "Taking Tiger Mountain out of Wisdom". Jackie Chan, the marine policeman Ma Rulong, in order to eliminate the pirate Luo Sanpao and rescue the hostages kidnapped by the pirates, he took someone to kidnap the pirate gentleman Zhou Yongling, and asked the secret code for contacting the pirates, so he pretended to be Zhou Yongling and went deep into three. Cannon Island worked as an undercover agent, and finally, with the help of Sammo Hung and other brothers, eliminated the pirate gang in one fell swoop.
arrived in "Police Story 3 Super Cop", Jackie Chan was sent to Hong Kong to handle the case for the first time, first of all he went to Foshan as an undercover agent, rescued Yuanhua, and broke into the Zengjiang criminal gang. It is a pity that I ran into my girlfriend Maggie Cheung while in Malaysia, and was seen by the undercover side. In the end, I had to play a card to solve the problem with the villain.
Jet Li's "Range" and "Hero"
In 2007, Jet Li collaborated with Jason Statham, who was not yet popular in Hollywood, in "The Ranger", playing an FBI detective. He was killed by his partner Jason Statham and his family was almost killed. . As a result, Jet Li had a big life, killed the killer who came to kill him, then changed his face to pretend to be this killer, and then undercover and infiltrated the criminal gang, launching a shocking revenge plan.
In fact, as early as 2002 in "Hero", the swordsman played by Jet Li had an undercover plot without a name. In order to gain the trust of King Qin, the Shangdian arrived within ten steps of King Qin, and the nameless claimed to be a Qin, and presented the symbol weapons of the masters of Remnant Sword, Feixue and Changkong, indicating that they had been killed in exchange for the trust of King Qin.
This is definitely a successful undercover, but at the last moment, because of Can Jian's phrase "the world", he gave up the assassination. In the earlier "Letter to Dad", Jet Li was the undercover agent next to Yu Rongguang, "What is your life for a few hundred dollars a month?".
Chow Yun-fat's "Dragon and Tiger"
This is the first undercover film to win the Hong Kong Film Awards for the best director and actor. This year Chow Yun-fat has set a new record with "Dragon and Tiger" and "Autumn Fairy Tale". "Prison Situation" was nominated for the actor of the three films, and in the end it was the undercover detective Gao Qiu who defeated Chutou Chi and old prisoner Zhong Tianzheng.
In the movie, Chow Yun-fat plays Gao Qiu. He is a senior undercover agent who is even more curious than the young and Dangerous. This time, in order to solve a jewellery robbery, the boss sent him into the robber gang, but in the end he had a sympathy with Li Xiuxian, the backbone of the robber gang. Chow Yun-fat perfectly interprets that an undercover agent faces the dilemma of police duties and the loyalty of the Jianghu brothers, setting an example for the undercover role afterwards.
Zhou Xingchi’s "Playing Back to School" series
This is Stephen Chow’s only trilogy series. He played Zhou Xingchi, who was originally the first quick shooter of the Flying Tigers, but was transferred to the police as an undercover agent, and he was undercover in the school. As a student, the first task is to retrieve a police gun lost by the boss.
Stephen Chow not only made "Play Back to School" as the annual Hong Kong box office champion, but also led a wave of campus comedy movies. Because it is a comedy, and the role of Zhou Xingchi is a master of the Flying Tigers, and he spends all day mixing with a group of students; so his undercover task is not dangerous, mainly picking up girls, and the process is full of joy and passion.
Zhang Min became the first female protagonist in this series, and then she was pursued by Stephen Chow from the beginning, and she was about to get married in the second episode, and she was already an old couple in the third episode. Such undercover agents have already lined up to Tsim Sha Tsui.
[In "The Deer and Ding Ji", Wei Xiaobao first joins the world and then enters the palace, at this time he is already lyingThat's the end; in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", he is also regarded as a private undercover agent when he mixes into Washington; in "Tricky Expert", Stephen Chow goes to Andy Lau Wu Mengda's house as an undercover agent. ]
Andy Lau's "Infernal Affairs" series
"Infernal Affairs" is Andy Lau's most famous masterpiece after the new millennium, and it is also a classic of the world's undercover movies. Hollywood came to buy the copyright remake, which proved its value. The biggest innovation of
"Infernal Affairs" is that Liu Jianming, played by Andy Lau, is an anti-undercover agent sent from a gang to the police force. He is also sent directly to the police academy to train as a red police officer from a new gangster. In the end, Liu Jianming, an undercover agent who wanted to be a good man, eliminated his former boss Zeng Zhiwei, and also eliminated Lin Jiadong, who knew his undercover identity, and the police undercover agent Liang Chaowei, and he could almost become a real policeman.
arrived in the third "Infernal Affairs 3 Ultimate Infernal Affairs", focusing on Liu Jianming, who wanted to be a good person, and lost himself seriously on the road to being a good person. He didn't feel at ease to be a good policeman, but took pains to clean up. , Then schizophrenia, sinking deeper and deeper, and finally collapsed. In this film, Andy Lau's performance is more breakthrough, so he defeated his old rival Tony Leung and won the Golden Horse Award winner for the first time.
Before "Infernal Affairs", Andy Lau also collaborated with Tony Leung on "The Anti-Fighting Monkey King". They were both the essence of a special force. They were assigned to an arms group as an undercover agent. As a result, Andy Lau took the gang boss’s daughter Yuan Jieying It was soaked. In "Bomb Disposal Expert", Andy Lau also undercover by Jiang Wu's side.
Tow Wai Leung "Infernal Affairs" and "Hot Detective"
Electric Eye Tow Wai Leung won his fourth award winner with "Infernal Affairs" and became the first person in the award. In the movie, Tony Leung's Chen Yongren is a normal police undercover agent who was selected by his superiors because of his excellent performance in the police academy.
The most classic shots of the film, there are a few extraordinary eyes of Tony Leung linked together, looking back when he walked out of the police academy, facing the helpless disappointment of Huang Qiusheng who died on the roof, he finally died in the elevator. The helpless hesitation. [In the second part, he is the bastard of the gang boss again, and the changes around him are more complicated. ]
Because this role is suitable for Tony Leung, he plays relaxed and natural, and he is familiar with it. As early as 1992, Tony Leung played a classic undercover A Lang in "The Detective". He was first undercover by Guan Haishan for many years, then was forced into the group by the villain Huang Qiusheng. Under Huang Qiusheng's pressure, he personally killed the former boss Guan Haishan. Tony Leung fired with tears, turned around and then forced a laugh, which can be called an acting textbook for the actor.
In "Hot Detective", there are also scenes of the undercover and the boss meeting on the rooftop. The boss also bought a watch for him, so Tony Leung is an old undercover.
Jacky Cheung's "The New Marginal Man"
is in Hong Kong films, and the undercover is also called Erwuzi, Guitouzi and Marginal Man, so "The New Marginal Man" is a movie with the theme of undercover. There used to be a "Marginal Man" in 1981, and also won the Golden Horse Award actor and best director, so there was this remake of "The New Marginal Man". The story is roughly the same as the original.
In "The New Marginal Man", Jacky Cheung plays a mentally tortured old undercover. He has been an undercover agent for many years and betrayed several bosses, and these bosses all regard him as brothers. The boss he was going to approach this time was Zhang Yaoyang, and he also met Liang Jiahui and Chen Guobang, two of his own, and also dated Zhang Yaoyang's sister. The worst thing is that he has been forced to solve crimes and arrests by his boss Jiang Hua, who also robbed his girlfriend Gigi Lai.
[Jacky Cheung won the first Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor with Ouyang Quan in "Swordsman". In the film, he also pretended to be Lin Pingzhi and went undercover to the Huashan faction. ]
Leung Ka Fai "The New Edge Man"
How could Leung Ka Fai, the actor with a thousand faces, never acted undercover? In "The New Marginal Man", Leung Jiahui is the person Jacky Cheung meets next to Zhang Yaoyang undercover, and he has become Jacky Cheung's supporting role.
Jacky Cheung nominated the actor of the Hong Kong Film Awards for his "New Marginal Man".
Leslie Cheung's "The True Colors of Heroes 2"
In "The True Colors of Heroes 2", Leslie Cheung's performance is the most surprising, and he is also the only actor nominated for the actor in this film. He continues to play the police officer Song Zijie, this time in order to investigate the crime, he tried to penetrate undercovergang. He first snatched a batch of goods from the gang, and then used it as a stepping stone to trade with the other party, taking the opportunity to join the other party as an undercover agent.
As a result, Leslie Cheung was seen through by the villain as soon as he came up. It happened that the eldest brother Dillon was also taking refuge here, and the villain boss took the opportunity to let Dillon kill Leslie Cheung to try the other's sincerity. Helpless Dillon shot Leslie Cheung and wounded Leslie, but he perfectly avoided the critical point and saved his life.
Louis Koo’s "Dragon on the Edge"
"Dragon on the Edge" is an underrated classic. The male protagonist is Andy Lau, the social eldest brother, Flying Dragon. For the first time, Gu Tianle cooperated with Andy Lau as the undercover police sent by his side.
As a result, Feilong has retired from the arena for many years, and Gu Tianle's undercover mission cannot be over yet. Later, Feilong was assassinated and his family broke down. He had no choice but to return to the arena to avenge his wife. Finally, he used Gu Tianle's gun to kill the villain Tan Yaowen. It turned out that Andy Lau had discovered Gu Tianle's undercover identity a long time ago, and he was already whitewashing, so he deliberately kept Gu Tianle.
[In "The Fuse", Gu Tianle went undercover to Zou Zhaolong, and in "Anti-Corruption Storm 4", Gu Tianle went to prison undercover to Lin Feng. 】
Sammo Hung's "Flying Dragon Warrior"
Sammo Hung has appeared in many police films, but it is quite difficult to be an undercover agent with his size because the goal is too big. However, the role played by Sammo Hung in the 1988 "Flying Dragon Warrior" also had an undercover plot at the beginning. In order to help Jackie Chan, a lawyer, Sammo Hung moved to next door to Ye Dexian's house and deliberately approached her, trying to persuade her to sell the fishery, but the result was an emotional relationship.
In "The Wealth Corps", Sammo Hung played the No. 1 undercover agent as a professional undercover agent, and in "My Grandpa, Sammo Hung became a retired old agent;" The Legend of the Three Kingdoms: Seeing the Dragon Resurrection" In the movie, Sammo Hung was originally the brother of Zhao Yun played by Andy Lau, but was bought by the enemy and betrayed Zhao Yun.
In "Sweeping Drugs", Zhang Jiahui was also undercover, and he married the daughter of a drug lord as his wife, which was quite cool; in "The Disciples", Daniel Wu was the undercover next to Andy Lau; in "Huang Feihong: Heroes Have Dreams", Peng Yuyan went undercover with Sammo Hung and became the first undercover Huang Feihong.
In these undercover films, Chow Yun-fat became the first undercover actor at the Academy Awards, and Tony Leung was the second; Jackie Chan was the first undercover Golden Horse Award actor, and Andy Lau was the second; the nominees were Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Jacky Cheung, Leslie Cheung Wait.
seems to be a promising undercover agent!
