Today, I would like to share with you the 7 most impressive Chinese gangster movies. "Slaying the Wolf" ranked seventh, and the first place could not be surpassed.
7, "Slaying the Wolf" (2005)
is a visual feast, including drama, humanity, suspense, police, gangsters, kung fu, Hong Kong movies should have it. The presence of Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, and Wu Jing, the three martial arts elder brothers, is destined for this movie to be a real sword and a weapon, and this kind of hearty represents the return of the glorious years of Hong Kong action movies in the world of One Tree.
This is a fashion gangster kung fu movie. Although it uses violence and gore as its selling point, it can achieve both plot drama and action. This balance is really difficult to control. The highlight is the martial arts design. The Hong Kong-style plot and the use of complex shots, fast action dance and more impactful visual effects combine to give people a high degree of visual enjoyment. It can be said that this film is in the history of Hong Kong movies. One of another masterpiece. The
gangster film’s atmosphere of rivers and lakes and brotherhood are the focus of the film. Although the film is mainly based on play, the literary play is actually very exciting. Most of the stories are compressed in one day, and the rhythms are constantly conflicting. No minute is unnecessary.
6, "Carmen in Mong Kok" (1988)
This is the first film written and directed by Wong Kar Wai, starring Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, and Man Ziliang. In order to do a good job in this creation, Wong Kar-wai made friends with some people in the underworld and wrote and directed this film after having a deep understanding of their lives. Although
film material is popular, the "anti-meaning" of the story itself makes the film not popular in the end, but it has a special sense of authenticity. For this kind of characters, the director did not portray them as black and white people according to the general jianghu film model, but as a person with flesh and blood and shortcomings. This makes the film quite contemporary and highlights the romance and youth of youth. Passion. The film has reduced the outdated routines of ordinary Hong Kong movies, and it is good in terms of fun and connotation. The
film tells the story of the underworld figure who is enmity with the overlord of the underworld in order to take care of his unsuccessful friends, and then goes to outlying islands to recuperate, and gradually develops feelings with his cousin, but his status in the arena has repeatedly frustrated this relationship.
5, "Gunfire" (1999)
Du Qifeng is known as the "sacred needle of the sea" in the Hong Kong film world, and what really brings honor to Du Qifeng is this low-cost (invested less than 2.5 million), short-term (only use It took 17 working days) to complete the filming of "Gunfire".
"Gunfire" is a purely male movie, basically without major female characters. With a bold and resolute force, Johnnie To concocted a gangster fighting intelligence work with a unique style. The dark field explains the simple style and the concise style. The scenes of several gun battles are even more classic.
"Gun Fire" condenses John To's favorite movie elements-compact plot, high heroism, and intriguing detail construction. This film full of director’s personal style earned back the equivalent of 10 times the profit of the investment. It also won the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards two best director laurels for Johnnie To. The starring Wu Zhenyu also relied on The performance in "Gun Fire" won the Best Actor Award at the 37th Golden Horse Awards.
The most talked about gun battle in the Tsuen Wan shopping mall in "Gun Fire" is enough to show John To's extraordinary wisdom and profound skills. This wonderful shot can be used as an iconic passage to understand the overall style of "Galactic Image" and will always leave a glorious stroke in film history! The background of this scene is that five bodyguards accompany Wen to go to the mall to negotiate, and they are ambushed in the mall, so the five bodyguards immediately enter a state of high alert, staged a wonderful and infinite mall "defense battle"!
4, "Exiled" (2006)
"Exiled" is a Hong Kong action film created and directed by the director Qifeng To, and released on October 19, 2006. It is a purely male film, except for the little brother Lu Songxian in "Gunfire". In addition, the other "Four King Kong" Wu Zhenyu, Huang Qiusheng, Zhang Yaoyang, and Lin Xue have all appeared on the scene and still play the role of killer in "Exile". Due to the similarity of the story structure and character relationships to "Gunfire", the film was called the sequel of "Gunfire" at the beginning of filming, but was later rejected by director Johnnie To.
"Exile" describes five assassins who cooperated with each other and one of them suddenlyJinpen washed their hands and took his wife away from the crowds. After living a quiet life in Macau, a series of stories happened after they met again with different purposes.
Huang Qiusheng, Wu Zhenyu and Zhang Yaoyang etc. shot a large-scale gunfight scene for this film. In order to achieve better results, Johnnie To arranged for the actors to practice guns, and also specially ordered pistols and bullets from the United States. Five thousand pieces were used in one scene. Bullets and reaction bullets cost a total of more than two million yuan. Tony To said that this film is the most bullet-based film in his personal work, with a total of 18,000. When filming the large-scale shootout scenes in the drama, Qiu Sheng and Zhenyu both admitted that they were very excited, and because of the big scenes, every actor should not be lost. After a round of fire fighting, Du Qifeng looked at the playback and felt that it was not perfect, so he decided to reshoot. Finally, after eight shots, Du Qifeng received the goods.
3, "Underworld" (2005)
"Underworld" can be said to shine in 2005, set off a big climax in the 2005 Hong Kong film, won the new Golden Horse Awards 11 nominations, including the best Director, best feature film, best actor and best supporting actor, etc. Of course, this honor is not blown out. It should be said that it can basically represent the high level of Hong Kong films this year. Johnnie To’s skill in directing gangster movies is obviously unquestionable. The whole film is compact, with overlapping clues, which firmly attracts the audience’s attention, and every step is full of suspense and fascinating. The movie
is about a fictitious traditional gang in Hong Kong facing a two-year election for a big boss, but this gang has a lot of trouble at this time: the police are staring at them, the old boss doesn’t want to step down, the token of helping the big boss Missing...So the gang decided to select the most powerful "five tigers" in the gang to track down the whereabouts of the tokens. These five people were in charge of different areas before and had never met. They had contact with the tokens in their actions and suddenly felt a kind of authority. And power, so their views on life changed, and they decided to join the big-name competition together...
2, "Infernal Affairs" (2002)
A classic work directed by Liu Weiqiang, this movie is undoubtedly a Hong Kong policeman A new breakthrough in genre films, the film changed the single clue and rhythm of the past, and focused entirely on the characters, not only fighting wits and courage, but also the character shaping is more full and comprehensive. The clues of the film are complex, the rhythm is smooth, the tension is strong, and the connotation is deep. Tony Leung and Andy Lau cooperated in a tacit understanding, and Huang Qiusheng also performed superbly as a supporting actor. In photography, the strong composition and extreme tone make it appear masculine and powerful. The music elements are diverse, and various styles are integrated. It can be said that this film is a masterpiece of art and viewing.
"Infernal Affairs" is a surprise work in Hong Kong movies. In the 2003 Hong Kong Awards Ceremony affected by SARS, "Infernal Affairs" won 16 nominations, and finally won 7 awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Actor. Won 5 awards including Best Feature Film and Best Director at the 40th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, and became the biggest winner. At the same time, he won the box office of 55 million Hong Kong dollars and became a "rescue" work for Hong Kong films.
1, "Young and Dangerous"
is adapted from Hong Kong's best-selling comic book. The creative partner of screenwriter Wen Jun and director Liu Weiqiang uses the popular life atmosphere of the new human to package the heroic films that were popular more than ten years ago. The result was greatly affected. Welcome, the actor Ekin Cheng became popular, and the film also made four sequels and two rumours out of control. It has become a small miracle in Hong Kong films in recent years.
Plot description Chen Haonan and his friend Pheasant were bullied by gangsters when they were young. They determined to get ahead from the underworld, and later joined the Hongxing Society and became rookies in the underworld. In order to compete with the rival Liangkun for territory, the two sides started a series of fierce battles. The whole film was very successful in casting and performing. Chen Xiaochun, Wu Zhenyu, Gigi Lai, and even Lin Shangyi who played the pastor were all very lively and the details were quite interesting.
Have you watched all these 7 movies? What other gangster movies do you think can be called classics? Welcome to share with you in the comments section.
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