"Seven Little Fortunes" are no stranger to Hong Kong movie fans. They once occupied half of Hong Kong's action movies. The most well-known is naturally the "iron triangle" combination of Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao, who worked together on "Fast Food Truck". "Fortune Stars", "Plan A", "Flying Dragon Warriors" and other works, and then there are chartered Gong Yuanhua, action director Yuan Bin, Yuan De, etc. Of course, there is a big coffee that can not be ignored, he is Yuan Kui.
Many people may not remember who the name "Yuan Kui" is when they hear the name "Yuan Kui". What about Li Guobang, who puts "safety first" on his lips all day in "Fang Shiyu 2" and can give chicken acupuncture points? Yuan Kui, one of the "Seven Little Fortunes", Jackie Chan’s senior, a well-known action director in Hong Kong, is no worse than Liu Jialiang, Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, and Sammo Hung in terms of action design. His action design is strong, elegant, free and easy. Unparalleled, once popularized Stephen Chow, helped Jet Li gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film world, and explored the Hollywood market with Jet Li. He is the lowest-profile power in the "Seven Little Fortunes".
Yuan Kui was a dragon and tiger martial artist in his early days, like his brothers. He participated in Bruce Lee's "Jing Wu Men", Huang Feng's "Aikido", Bao Xueli's "Tai Chi" and other works. One of the most memorable characters was "Eagle Claws and Iron Cloth" in 1977. He, Yuan Xinyi and Yuen Biao played the three strange mountains together. Even now when I think of the two crushed eggs, I feel a faint pain. .
Yuan Kui is a low-key person. He actually doesn't like being an actor and prefers to be a martial arts instructor. Wu Siyuan is known as the godfather of Hong Kong movies. Yuan Kui has collaborated with him in "Eagle Claw Iron Shirt" and "South Fist and North Leg Fighting Golden Fox" He also served as an assistant director in "Drunken Master", so in 1981 Wu Siyuan began to support Yuan Kui as the director. Bruce Lee's "Death Tower" was his first directorial work, which was co-directed by him, Wu Siyuan and Hong Jinbao. Later, in 1982, he directed the film "Dragon Ninja" produced by Wu Siyuan, which was his first independently directed film, which was of extraordinary significance.
1. Starting Michelle Yeoh’s road to beating a girl
As the director, Yuan Kui was really paid attention to from the 1985 "Royal Sister". This film is Michelle Yeoh’s famous work. Her success cannot be separated from her own efforts, but Yuan Kui also has A lot of credit for making her a rich lady who doesn't know how to learn dance can perform convincingly depends on Yuan Kui's exquisite design and dexterous use of camera angles. With the success of "Royal Sister", Yuan Kui immediately directed a series of fashion police films such as "Law Enforcement Pioneer", "Detective Father and Son Soldier", "Royal Lady" and "Flying Dragon Warrior", and achieved good results at the box office and word of mouth.
2, popular star Zhou Xingchi
Zhou Xingchi was paid attention to for the first time in the film industry because of "Pioneer of Thunder", but the real fame is "The Holy Gambling", which won the box office champion in 1990 as soon as he shot it. Many people only know that "Gambling" The director of "Holy" is Liu Zhenwei. In fact, Yuan Kui is also one of the directors and he is a co-director. He also played the role of selling Yusheng in the film. He also scolded Ah Xing in time to let him understand his behavior and think seriously about special functions. What to use for.
Yuan Kui and Zhou Xingchi have a deep relationship. They also collaborated on "Gambling Tyrant" and "Xin Jing Wu Men 1991", and Yuan Kui is also the action design of "Heirs of Dragon" and "Love Saint". Among them, "Xin Jing Wu Men 1991" "Zhong Yuankui played the role of Master Huo, a very happy character whose face was deformed by Liu Jing, who was born with supernatural power.
In fact, Yuan Kui is also a comedian. Whether it is the seller of "The Holy Gambling", Master Huo of "Xinjing Wumen 1991", and Li Guobang of "Fang Shiyu 2", they all left us a deep impression. impression. However, Yuan Kui has also been the protagonist. Liu Zhenwei's "Heavy Land of the Dead" is the leading role. This film continues the style of "Meng Gui Hao Guan" and "Meng Gui Xue Tang". It is as funny as ever, and the whole film is a collection of paragraphs. There is basically a laugh every minute.
3. Help Jet Li gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film world and break into Hollywood.
In 1992, Jet Li founded Zhengdong Film Company and invited Yuan Kui to be the director of his pioneering work. This shows Jet Li's trust in him. Yuan Kui did not disappoint. The action designs in "Fang Shiyu" were exquisite and exquisite. Jet Li and Zhao Wenzhuo performed legwork transfers under the execution platform and the melee of the robbery. Yuan Kui arranged clearly and organized. The successful sale of "Fang Shiyu" allowed Jet Li to gain a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film world. Later, Yuan Kui and Jet Li began to cooperate more and more.The closer they got, there were a series of classic works of "Fang Shiyu 2", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard" and "Letter to Dad".
In addition, Yuan Kui also participated in the action design of "Die Hard" and "The New Shaolin Fifth Ancestor", and he can be called Jet Li's royal director. When talking about the role of Li Guobang in "Fang Shiyu 2", Yuan Kui smiled and said: "The money is confiscated."
Li Lianjie has cooperated with many martial arts instructors, Liu Jialiang, Liu Jiarong, Yuan Xinyi, Yuan Bin, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, Cheng Xiaodong, Yuan Kui, etc. Cheng Xiaodong once said that Jet Li only believes in three martial arts instructors in the world, one me, one Yuan Heping, and Yuan Kui. Among the three, Yuan Kui and Jet Li are the best partners, and they have the most tacit understanding. Yuan Kui talked about why cooperation with Jet Li is so happy: Jet Li is very smart in filming, and he understands when you say it, and the reaction is quick. And Jet Li knew what he could do and how he designed the best moves.
In 1998, Jet Li went to Hollywood to develop after finishing the "King of Killers" and invited Yuan Kui to go with him. Jet Li participated in Hollywood's "Deadly Weapon 4", "Universal Wanted Order", "Range" and "The Expendables" are all served by Yuan Kui. Action design. Yuan Kui’s journey to Hollywood is much more than that. He also worked as a director. As early as 1986, he directed the "Game of Blood" co-produced by Hong Kong and Hollywood. It was a free-fighting version of "Rocky". The unknown starring Shange Yunton.
Two years later, Yuan Kui directed "Game of Blood 2: Red Buster", this time it was a reprint of "First Blood", and Luo Fu Luo and Huang Zhengli also participated. However, it is a pity that the box office is not very good, which can be regarded as a short end to Yuan Kui's Hollywood road. At the beginning of the new century, he met Luc Besson because he was in Hollywood with Jet Li. On the recommendation of Luc Besson, he directed the drag racing action film "Very Human Trafficker", also known as "Destiny Express". Later in 2006, he directed a "Life and Death Fighting", which was adapted from a 3D fighting game. Although Yuan Kui spent a lot of hard work and has many wonderful fighting scenes, it is a pity that the box office was not good. Since then, Yuan Kui's Hollywood road Be terminated. After
returned from Hollywood, Yuan Kui participated in "Red Cliff" directed by Wu Yusen. This time he applied his action design concept to the war scenes of tens of thousands of people, bringing a new visual impact. Later, he also participated in the "New Shaolin Temple", "The God of Wealth Inn", "The Code of the World of Wudang" and "The God Detective", but the quality of the films was not very high.
Baye Yuan Heping is hailed as the world’s number one martial artist, because his action design can be perfectly integrated into the director’s story. Similarly, Yuan Kui also follows this standard. He said that action movies should not only count on good actions, but Only if the story can stand, only when the story is finished can there be logic in the fight. In addition to the films mentioned above,
also mentions a work "Ma Yongzhen". He tailored the role of Tan Si for his junior brother Yuen Biao. This is also the last film their junior brothers collaborated with. Now Yuen Biao is back in business again, working with Lu Liangwei, Wu Mengda, and Zhou Haimei in "Return of Armour Removal". In the past few years, Yuan Kui has basically faded out of the film world except for playing small roles in Liu Zhenwei's movies. Cooperation, after all, they have brought us many beautiful memories! By the way, which character do you have the deepest impression of Yuan Kui?
