1993 was the most prosperous period of Hong Kong cinema.
Jet Jet released a total of 6 movies throughout the year, "Fang Shiyu", "Once Upon a Time in the Three Lions Fight for Hegemony", "Fang Shiyu Sequel", "Once Upon a Time in the Iron Chicken Fighting Centipede", "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" and "Yi Tian Tu Long Zhi Zhi" "The Demon Lord", the first three movies among them all squeezed into the top ten of the annual box office.
And two of the six films were co-worked with Wang Jing, and the two had a close relationship at the time.
In 1993, driven by this huge commercial interest, investors from Taiwan sniffed business opportunities, contacted Wang Jing, and took a huge sum of money to call for Jet Li to film.
At that time, the investors had two requirements: one was starring Jet Li, and the other was to film the story of the fifth Shaolin ancestor against the Qing Dynasty, called "New Shaolin Five Patriarch".
This gave Wang Jing a big problem, because according to Jet Li’s popularity at the time, there were only a handful of martial arts stars that could match him, and even if he could make up five people, he couldn’t afford it.
Wang Jing is talented and quick-witted after all. He thought that although the investor indicated that he wanted the fifth ancestor, he did not ask for his age, and there was no hard requirement for Jet Li to play one of the five ancestors, so he could take advantage of this loophole and give the "fifth ancestor" "Descent.
The five ancestors of Shaolin are divided into the former five ancestors, the middle fifth ancestor and the latter five ancestors. The five former five ancestors Hu Dedi, Cai Dezhong, Ma Chaoxing, Li Shikai, and Fang Dahong appear in the film. They lived in the thirteenth year of Kangxi (1674). On the night of July 25th, after the Qing soldiers burned Southern Shaolin, they fled to Guangdong to organize their forces in secret to start the anti-Qing and Ming Ming mission. He was the early leader of the Tiandihui.
The film written and directed by Wang Jing directly turned five people into teenage children, and had a "Ming Dynasty Treasure Map" tattooed on their backs, making them a target of public criticism from the beginning.
The role played by Jet Li is the head of the Shaolin Ten Tigers, Hong Xiguan, and Hong Wending, played by Xie Miao, formed the father and son CP.
Hong Xiguan was betrayed by his junior and Shaolin traitor, Ma Ning'er, and his family was destroyed. The father and son lived in the rivers and lakes and lived a life of escape.
When the silver on his body was exhausted, Hong Xiguan and his son took refuge in the rich man Ma Jiashan and worked as a bodyguard at his home.
The rich man Ma was lustful because of his greed, and he was targeted by the frightening mother and daughter (Zhu Xiaoqian and Hongdou) in the rivers and lakes, but due to the strict protection of the rich man by Hong Xiguan, the mother and daughter would not find it for a while. Opportunity to start.
After Ma Ning'er was seriously injured by official Hong Xi, he became a poisonous man with the demon monk of the Western Regions, and led the Qing soldiers to besiege and burn South Shaolin.
Zhishan Zen master let the fifth ancestor escape from the dark road, and the rest of the monks died in this catastrophe (this plot coincides with historical facts). Among the five ancestors, Ma Chaoxing was the son of the rich man Ma. After they left Shaolin Temple, they hid in the rich man Ma’s house.
After Ma Ninger received the news that the fifth ancestor was hiding in the Ma family, on the day that the rich man Ma and Hongdou married, she brought the Western Region demon monk Keba, the eight-armed Arhat and the Qing soldiers to surround the Ma family. Ordered to kill all the Ma family and all the guests who came to congratulate him.
And Hong Xiguan and Hong Wending father and son to save the fifth ancestor, resolutely appeared to fight with the officers and soldiers.
In the end, Hong Xiguan only rescued Ma Chaoxing, while Hong Wending and the other four fell into the hands of the Qing soldiers.
It turned out that Hong Wending was deliberately caught by the Qing soldiers. The purpose was to leave a mark on the way when the Qing soldiers returned to the camp, so that Officer Hong Xi could follow the marks to find the Qing soldiers base camp to rescue everyone.
Finally, the fifth ancestor was rescued by Hong Xiguan father and son and Hongdou mother and daughter. A total of nine people went to Niujiazhuang Honghua Pavilion to meet with Chen Jinnan.
Chen Jinnan showed up on time at the appointed time, and he brought a giant sword that was cut like mud of iron, specially used to deal with the invulnerable Maning'er.
However, Ma Ning'er was covered by an armored chariot, and Chen Jinnan was still lost in the end.
Avalokitesvara Zhu Xiaoqian showed his power at the critical moment and repelled the officers and soldiers.
but he also died because of the poisonous needle of the eight-armed Luohan.
Hong Xiguan and Hong Wending and his son joined forces to deal with Ma Ning'er.
finally kicked Ma Ning'er into the hot wax pool and drowned.
z8At the end of the 1zmovie, Hong Xiguan rubbed out the treasure map on the back of the five ancestors, and washed the tattoos on the five people with potion, and sent the five ancestors back to their homes, and brought his son Hong Wending and Hongdou to the south. Bring the treasure map to the brothers of Heaven and Earth.
and Wang Jing also made a cameo appearance in the end in a very nonsensical way, he turned out to be Fang Shiyu.
In fact, the former five ancestors were former generals of Zheng Chenggong. They went to the South Shaolin Temple in Jiubian Mountain, Putian County, Xinghua Prefecture, Fujian Province to join the then presiding officer Zhitong to learn martial arts for the monks and develop anti-Qing forces at the same time. Therefore, Kangxi ordered the burning of Southern Shaolin.
Da Hong’s father in history is of course not Fang Shiyu. Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan, Fang Xiaoyu, Fang Meiyu, Liu Yude, Li Jinlun, Tong Qianjin, Xie Yafu, Liang Yasong, Hu Huigan and ten others are known as the "Ten Tigers of Shaolin". Qing Li, whose story first appeared in the novel "The Prosperity of the Holy Dynasty".
Legend has it that Fang Shiyu is a native of Meizhou, Guangdong, but no proof of his origin has been found.
and Hong Xiguan and Hong Wending have been confirmed to be there.
Hong Xiguan is the founder of Hongquan, and his apprentice Lu Acai is the master of Huang Qiying (father of Huang Feihong). Therefore, it is mentioned in the movie that Hong Xiguan's "Shadowless Feet" is indeed attributable, and it is not simply a spoof of Wang Jing (Jet Li became famous for starring in Huang Feihong).
Liu Songren appeared as a guest in the role of Chen Jinnan. Although there are not many scenes, it is invisibly connected with Wang Jing's "Deer Tripod" series universe.
Chen Jinnan, formerly known as Chen Yonghua, is indeed a man in history. He is a capable army officer next to Zheng Chenggong and has made great contributions to the establishment and construction of the Tiandihui. The main line of the
movie actually originated from the story of Ma Ning'er betraying the Shaolin Temple. Wang Jing did successfully integrate it with the deeds of the five ancestors.
counted the action stars, in addition to Jet Li and Xie Miao, his friend Ji Chunhua, who has cooperated many times, was also invited to play the villain Boss Maning'er.
Two of his subordinates were also played by Zhang Che's karate black belt Wang Longwei and Jet Li's friend Sun Jiankui.
Andy Lau's godmother, Ye Dexian and Jing girl Qiu Shuzhen, this pair is full of CP feeling and is the most impressive character in the movie.
Ye Dexian perfectly interprets Zhu Xiaoqian's scheming, mean-hearted but kind-hearted character, cold outside and hot inside. When she sacrifices, everyone will cry sadly. She is the most brilliant and sensational character in the movie. , Is still mentioned repeatedly by fans.
In addition, two Taiwanese comedy stars Chen Songyong and Zhu Geliang joined, and the film added enough jokes.
Pig Geliang, formerly known as Xie Xinda, is a well-known Taiwanese host and pop singer. The cock master played by him speaks Hokkien dialect, shaking off funny eggs all over the floor. Since
has assembled comedy stars from Hong Kong and Taiwan, only by cutting into the actor's own accent can he feel the humor in his words. When collecting, you must pay attention to the version. The dual-track quality is the best.
At the same time, no Blu-ray version has been found in this film, and although the DVD version is 95 minutes long, there is a problem of abridgement. The full version of
is 90 minutes. Why is the film length shorter? Pico has made a detailed comparison. The original DVD version has been processed, which prolonged the playback time and slowed the rhythm, but the content has been abridged. Pay attention to this issue when collecting.
finally presented a poster for the movie when it was released in the Republic of Ghana, Africa, to let everyone experience its unique style.
