Because he was born in martial arts, Lin Zhengying collaborated with Bruce Lee when he entered the industry. His first martial arts director was the movie "Brother Tangshan" starring Bruce Lee. Later, Lin Zhengying participated in the martial arts guidance work in "Enter the Drag

Speaking of Lin Zhengying , people will always think of the zombie movies starring him immediately.

As the saying goes: Where is the red line Nuomi now? Lin Zhengying is no longer seen in the world.

Master Lin has passed away for 25 years, but the zombie movies he left behind are still praised by countless movie fans.

In addition to her contribution to zombie movies, Lin Zhengying actually starred in many movies of different types and styles in his early years.

Because he was born in martial arts, Lin Zhengying cooperated with Bruce Lee when he entered the industry. His first time as a martial arts director was the movie " Tangshan Brother " starring Bruce Lee. Later, "The Dragon Crossing the River" and " Enter the Dragon " all had Lin Zhengying participating. Martial arts instruction work.

In the 1980s, Lin Zhengying followed Sammo Hung 's Hong family class and joined Golden Harvest Film Company, creating a boom in zombie movies.

At the same time, Lin Zhengying was also an actor, active in many movies produced by Jiahe, such as "Wealth Train", "Lucky Star", "The Last Eunuch in China" . His image is quite changeable, including comedies and dramas. Yes, both good and bad actors are played.

But when it comes to Lin Zhengying's most unconventional and fierce film in Golden Harvest, it is not a zombie film, but a crime film.

The movie "Blood Rose" was shot in 1988 and was directed by the famous heavy-flavor director Lan Naicai. It was also the last screen collaboration between Lin Zhengying and the ghost queen Wang Xiaofeng. However, this movie was criticized for its bold scale that year. , and in the later released version, a full 26 minutes were cut.

In this issue of " Forgotten Cult Films ", let's talk about this movie -

"Blood Rose"

Her Vengeance

The film was produced by Golden Harvest and was released after only 4 days of release that year. The director of

is Lam Nai-Cai, the most famous cult film director in Hong Kong film history. He is simply Chua Lam . During their peak period, this pair of old partners jointly launched a number of cult movies that are famous in film history, such as "Yuan Zhenxia and Wesley ", "Asura ", and the famous " King of Power ".

Most of Lan Naicai's works are famous for their novelty and thriller style, so his movies always have violent scenes. In addition to being very tasteful, most of his movies have vivid and novel stories. Although they were not taken seriously in Hong Kong at the time, But it is always sought after by the European and American markets.

"Blood Rose" itself is a remake of the 1973 Shaw Brothers movie "Poisonous Girl". The original version caused controversy that year due to its shockingly violent plot. Lan Naicai's remake went even further, which directly led to a large amount of plot being cut out of the film when it was released on video tape.

Back then, "Blood Rose" faced different markets and regions, and there were as many as four different edited versions. These include four retail versions: DVD released by Lemao, VCD version by Megxing, LD and VHS published by Starlight. The full version is 95 minutes long, and the most outrageous version is actually shortened by a full 26 minutes.

As for the actors in the film, the heroine Wang Xiaofeng was originally an ATV actor. She became famous in 1985 when she collaborated with Lin Zhengying in " Mr. Zombie " and played the role of a coquettish female ghost. After that, she acted in many ghost films and has since earned the title " The Ghost Queen "In 1986, Wang Xiaofeng won the Academy Award Best Actress for the movie "The Wrong Point of the Mandarin Duck ".

However, due to too many ghost films, Wang Xiaofeng's acting career has narrowed. In order to break through the screen image, Wang Xiaofeng participated in the film "Blood Rose", playing the image of a vicious orphan girl who had a miserable life experience and would do anything for revenge.

The leading actor is Lam Ching-ying, and this film is also his last screen collaboration with Wang Xiaofeng. In addition, veteran actress Jin Yanling plays Wang Xiaofeng’s sister in the film, and her boyfriend is a professional villain in Hong Kong movies Wang Xiao. The villains include Zhou Bili, Familiar faces such as Cheng Kuian .

The plot of the movie can be summed up in one sentence: The cruel revenge of an injured woman.

The story begins in Macau. The heroine Fang Jieying (played by Wang Xiaofeng) turned out to be the foreman of a nightclub.

One night, five fierce men came to the nightclub, but they made all kinds of troubles. Fang Jieying recognized that they were the enemies who killed her father, but she had to intervene due to work requirements. The five men refused to cooperate and started making trouble instead. Fang Jieying shouted Come to the manager and chase the fivesome away.

Although the five-person group left in anger, the matter is not over yet.

Late at night, Fang Jieying was followed by a group of five people on her way home from work. In order to retaliate against Fang Jieying, the five men forcibly took her to a nearby cemetery and tortured her. Fang Jieying fought hard, but was ravaged.

Afterwards, Fang Jieying wanted to forget this nightmare, but unexpectedly she was diagnosed by the doctor as suffering from AIDS. Fang Jieying was so frightened that she didn't dare to tell her blind sister Fang Hong (played by Jin Yanling) after returning home.

After her sister Fang Hong noticed her sister's recent abnormality, she learned the truth and encouraged her to go to Hong Kong to find help from her ex-brother-in-law, Brother Xiong (played by Lin Zhengying). Brother Xiong used to be a gangster and now runs a bar in Hong Kong.

Fang Jieying found out from the words on a lighter left by the five men that the other party might have come from Hong Kong.

So, Fang Jieying went to Hong Kong alone for revenge. On the way, she met reporter Xiao Xiaohao (played by Wang Xiao) . During the boat trip to Hong Kong, Fang Jieying was bullied. Xiao Xiaohao stood up for her and the two became friends.

After Fang Jieying came to Hong Kong, she could not find a job, and Xiao Xiaohao took the initiative to help her.

After many twists and turns, Fang Jieying found the bar run by Brother Xiong, hoping to ask Brother Xiong to help revenge. However, Brother Xiong used to be a gangster and lost both legs. Now he is discouraged and does not want Fang Jieying to end up like him, so he refuses to help.

But seeing that the other party was helpless, he still took her in, and arranged for his dancer Susan ( Xue Zhilun ) to temporarily take Fang Jieying at home and arrange for Fang Jieying to work in the bar temporarily.

Another one, the five big men who insulted Fang Jieying that day were actually a group of gangsters who did all kinds of evil. They had just recently robbed a mortgage car together. After dividing the loot, one of the five men, Dasha, went to the bar to hang out and happened to be... Fang Jieying saw it.

Fang Jieying dressed up as a dancer and approached her, but Dasha couldn't recognize Fang Jieying at all.

So, Fang Jieying deliberately teased Dasha and asked the other party to drive her out to a remote place. When the other party was unprepared, she took out the scissors and killed Dasha.

Brother Xiong saw Fang Jieying and Dasha going out together, and later learned that Dasha died tragically, so he deduced that Fang Jieying was seeking revenge. Her boyfriend Xiao Xiaohao also discovered Fang Jieying's abnormal behavior and persuaded her to leave the bar, but Fang Jieying refused to agree.

After Fang Jieying killed Dasha, she found the information of another enemy Shanji through Dasha's pager.

So, he pretended to be an insurance agent and falsely claimed that he could receive an insurance compensation in order to ask Pheasant out.

When they met, Fang Jieying suddenly got angry, poured corrosive liquid on the other party, and stabbed the pheasant in a sneak attack.

Unfortunately, the pheasant was tall and strong and escaped the disaster. Fang Jieying was injured by the pheasant's counterattack and could only escape in a hurry.

After returning to the bar, Brother Xiong saw Fang Jieying covered in injuries and persuaded her to stop, but Fang Jieying refused to give up.

Boyfriend Xiao Xiaohao saw the news report in the newspaper and found out that the deceased had been with Fang Jieying. He felt very uneasy and begged Fang Jieying to tell him what happened.

But Fang Jieying was eager for revenge, so she asked Xiaohao to stop caring about her and told him about the insult and illness. However, Xiaohao still loved Fang Jieying because of his deep feelings and righteousness.

Fang Jieying found out that Ah Yao in the five-person group was secretly keen on making short films, so she sneaked into the set, and suddenly took out a sharp steel pipe and assassinated Ah Yao who was carrying the camera. Unexpectedly, the camera captured it Fang Jieying's face.

The remaining three members of the five-person group recognized Fang Jieying from the footage in the camera, and finally remembered her identity.

In order to retaliate, the three people found the home of Fang Jieying's sister Fang Hong and asked her about her whereabouts. The blind Fang Hong was forced into desperation and jumped off the balcony upstairs without being humiliated, eventually dying tragically.

Afterwards, Shanji found out Fang Jieying's whereabouts and ambush nearby to retaliate. It happened that roommate Susan went out wearing her clothes, and Shanji mistakenly thought she was Fang Jieying and killed her.

Fang Jieying discovered that Susan died tragically and started fighting with the pheasant. It happened that her boyfriend Xiao Hao came to find Fang Jieying and witnessed Fang Jieying chasing the pheasant and persuaded her to let go. Unexpectedly, the pheasant suddenly attacked and killed Xiao Hao. The angry Fang Jieying killed the pheasant in the pouring rain.

Xiaohao's tragic death made Fang Jieying miserable. Brother Xiong also learned that his ex-wife Fang Hong died at the hands of the five-man group. He still had feelings for his ex-wife, so he was determined to help Fang Jieying get revenge.

In order to take revenge, Brother Xiong started special training and worked hard on how to control the wheelchair to fight. Later, she cooperated with Fang Jieying to set up an ambush and trap in the bar, and asked Fang Jieying to find a way to lure the remaining two enemies into the bar.

's plan was executed smoothly. After the two enemies entered the bar, they were caught off guard by the trap and were covered with injuries.

But this criminal had extremely high fighting power. Although he was injured, Brother Xiong and Fang Jieying were unable to subdue the two men. In the end, Brother Xiong sacrificed himself to help Fang Jieying, and used a crossbow to kill the enemy.

A bloody revenge ended. Fang Jieying hugged the tragic death of Brother Xiong and burst into tears...

The story of the movie ends here.

The story of "Blood Rose" is a remake of an old Shaw Brothers movie. The original film is a typical revenge-themed B-level film, which was filmed even earlier than the famous "I Spit on Your Grave".

The story of the whole movie is simple and crude, and the whole film is full of exploitation. Although there are a lot of violent scenes, the story returns to the path of tragedy at the end. Fang Jieying is distorted by the anger of revenge, but she also takes the path of revenge because of this anger. Point of no return.

The advantage of this film is that director Lan Naicai injects a heterochromatic temperament into the film. The shooting of violent scenes is very vigorous. Abuse and revenge are both sensory stimulation. The scene of the attack on the cemetery has a strong film noir. temperament.

It is worth mentioning that the action director of the film is Lin Zhengying. Although it is a romance crime film, there are also many action and martial arts elements in the film. The former underworld boss Xiong Ge played by Lin Zhengying can be called a wheelchair man and trains in wheelchair kung fu. The scenes are very exciting, and the mechanism design and bar brawl at the end are also fierce and hot.

When the movie "Blood Rose" was released in Hong Kong, it did not attract much attention and the box office was mediocre. However, the film was later released on video tape and was gradually regarded as a cult classic by foreign movie fans.