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Sammo Hung co-screenwriter Huang Bingyao , launched a bold challenge to the "war" field that Hong Kong films have always been afraid of.
They use the Vietnam War as the background, but avoid the description of the frontal battlefield, put the story of the movie after the war, and put a group of actors into the Vietnamese jungle, allowing them to face the test of life and death directly.
presents the audience with a tense and exciting "guerrilla warfare" on the big screen.
This movie has also become a special existence of "monumental" in Hong Kong war-type films.
films, all familiar stars in Hong Kong films, appeared, and Sammo Hung's wife also played an important role in it.
Pige will be divided into 5 parts to introduce this movie to you.
—" Eastern Condor "
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The war ended, the US military retreated, leaving behind 2 million pounds of yellow bombs in Vietnam. If this batch of explosives were used by the enemy, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Therefore, the US military had to return to Vietnam to destroy it, but could not directly send troops, so 10 Chinese Americans were selected from prison to carry out this task.
Because it involves international and diplomatic relations, the military does not recognize the existence of the mission, but only named the operation "Oriental Condor".
task was originally divided into two parts: "open construction of the plank road" and "secret crossing Chen Cang".
Lieutenant Colonel Lin selected 12 Chinese criminal criminals from the federal prison and were responsible for the "open construction of the plank road" part, and only needed to disrupt the enemy's attention;
The Chinese refinement troops led by Colonel Yang Hu were responsible for the "secret crossing Chen Cang" part, and were responsible for completing the tasks.
10 criminal offenders can complete their tasks and not only restore their freedom and become legal citizens of the United States, but also receive 200,000 US dollars per person.
Before leaving, Yang Hu asked Lieutenant Colonel Lin to find his brother Yang Long.
It turned out that when Yang Long was evacuated in the late Vietnam War, he was forced to stay in a place called Niujiazhuang because of injury.
But when a plane carrying a group of people flew over Vietnam and 10 people parachuted, the mission was cancelled.
It turned out that something happened to the plane taken by the refinement troops led by Yang Hu, and the entire army received the bento in advance.
Since the team members had already skydived, the task could not be terminated. Lieutenant Colonel Lin decided to take the lead and jumped down
In the team of Colonel Lin, there are Sammo Hung (played as Tong Mingxin), Yuan Kui (played as Hu Dizhu), and Qian Jiale (played as Ruan Xiaochuan);
also has people in charge of funny people Lou Nanguang (played as Cheng Dahai), Zhang Guoqiang (played as Cheng Dajiang), Chen Long (played as Ma Buqiu), Qin Xianglin (played as Situ Jun), Yuan Heping (played as Ren Renxi), and Hou Yaozong (played as Fan Wenlong);
Another person named Lukouqiang (played as Liu Qiusheng ), who just jumped off the plane and got the bento.
team members were killed before the start, casting a shadow on this journey and setting the tone for the movie.
They entered the primitive jungle of Vietnam like the soldiers in " Predator ".
Although the dialogue between the characters is hilarious, we don’t know who the next person who will suddenly receive the bento is. The tone of the whole movie is so thrilling, exciting and dark. Although the movie did not show the Vietnam War positively, it made the protagonists turn around in the cage of Vietnam jungle to face Vietnam's pursuit.
The characters appear in it have their own personality traits, from the story to the character dialogue, they are all very vivid and interesting. Although
has the tone of a comedy movie, the plot and turning points, as well as the handling of the character's fate, clearly show a sense of ruthlessness.
First of all, it is the US government's practice of allowing criminal repeat offenders to perform secret tasks in exchange for freedom. No matter what the meaning behind it is, it is very immoral in itself. It can also be seen that the life and death of these repeat offenders are, and they don't care at all.
On the contrary, Lieutenant Colonel Lin followed them down regardless of life and death, and seemed flesh and blood.
. In terms of showing the crazyness of the Vietnamese army, it is also heartbreaking to reflect the plot of a child playing roulette with prisoners of war in the film.
Then look at the team members who treat their comrades who share life and death, and treat themselves, they also have an inexplicable ruthlessness.
Tong Mingxin and his elder sister had a disagreement, so they cut off their hand with a wave of their swords and gave them a close-up shot. The ultimate violence and bloodiness are rare in Sammo Hung's movies, and they also leave a shadow on the childhood of little brats like Pi Ge.
(Because the content is bloody, we won’t take screenshots here)
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In terms of action design, Sammo Hung is very interesting and does not lose his male blood.
Sammo Hung was still in a "fat" state at that time. He and his junior brother Yuanbiao also contributed the most peak action in the film.
Among them, what happened to Pi Ge repeatedly watch it countless times was a few actions "flying" down from a high place. It was really dangerous, but it was so "elegant" that he had never seen it in other movies.
The creativity of using leaves to kill people is also talked about by movie fans. The climax of
is particularly exciting. Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, Yuanhua , Gaolihong , Kurata 南彩彩彩根文 , Di Wei , and Zhou Billy fought a 7-member battle. The action design completely abandoned the routine of traditional movements, and the moves were fucked to the flesh and the moves were deadly, which made people excited.
Although none of the paragraphs are complete one-to-one actions, they are presented in a wheel battle.
fell down, and then another one was added, turning around, climaxes, and completing them in one go, making people never tired of watching it.
Most of the members of the "Oriental Condor" including Lieutenant Colonel Lin were killed, leaving only Tong Mingxin, Cheng Dahai and Lao Shujie. They escaped after detonating the bomb and exploding the 2016 arsenal. There is a very funny plot in the movie
. When Cheng Dahai cursed the United States, Tong Mingxin asked where he planned to go in the future, he said without hesitation: "Of course I'm going to the United States!"
's inconsistent performance reflects the contradictory mentality of the current Chinese people, which makes people laugh and can't help but cause deep thoughts.
However, "Oriental Condor" is not an anti-war movie that deliberately emphasizes depth and over-emphasizes the ideological connotation. Instead, it is a passionate and exciting action movie.
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Sammo Hung’s current wife Gao Lihong must be familiar with everyone.
The Miss Hong Kong champion was then, and later became interested in Chinese Kung Fu, so he went to worship Sammo Hung as his teacher. Later, he fell in love over and over again. After Sammo Hung divorced his ex-wife Cao Enyu in 1991, the two walked together.
His impression of her is that she is very hardworking and hardworking.
She plays the role of the Cambodian guerrilla sister in the film. She has many fighting scenes. It is impossible to tell that she has become a monk halfway through and has self-destructed her image and pretended to be ugly and painted her face as dark as Bao Gong, and she put down her appearance.
This big sister brought two comrades-in-arms beautiful girls and Liu Shunying to pick up the "Oriental Vulture", which also improved the team's combat power.
But Liu Shunying was actually the enemy's traitor. He left some gauze along the way as marks to expose the whereabouts of the team, and the team was chased and beaten by the government army.
Colonel Yang Hu's brother Yang Long also joined the group halfway. He was unwilling to expose himself at first, so he pretended to be crazy, and later exposed Liu Shunying's identity.
There is a very good civilian Mouse (played by Yuan Biao) in the local area who is very good at fighting, and he became Yang Long's adopted son and joined the team together.
The actor who plays Yang Long is an actor with a very tragic life.
He is a Cambodian Chinese actor Wu Hanrun , the main job is a doctor, acting is just his interest.
But this interest made him win the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 57th Academy Awards for the movie "Killing Battlefield" in 1985. It can be seen that he is also a great man. The reason why he participated in this film is purely because Sammo Hung's face.
This old man has a bumpy life. He has experienced the terrorist governance of the Cambodian regime and did not die of tyranny. However, he encountered a robbery on the streets of Chinatown, Los Angeles on February 25, 1996 and was shot.
The fate of people is really elusive.
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"Oriental Condor" has an all-star lineup and cross-border shooting, which shows that this movie is really a big deal.
Sammo Hung gave a try and sold HK$21.61 million in Hong Kong that year, with a box office of just a mediocre box office and just recovered the cost.
The commercial society often judges heroes by victory or defeat. Therefore, some people say that this is a failure in Sammo Hung's directorial career, but Pi Ge doesn't think so.
Sammo Hung, who dares to challenge, has his talent that is obvious to all. He has always been a pioneer of Hong Kong film type. Those who understand the history of Hong Kong films may know that he is not only a pioneer of Hong Kong ghost films, but also a pioneer of Hong Kong art films.
is like "Eight Two Gold" which is regarded as the holy book of art films by petty-bourgeois fans, and the interlude "Song of the Boat" sung by Qi Yu in the film is also a classic folk song that is still sung today.
"Oriental Condor" is the Hong Kong film's Toujiang River. It provides valuable experience for the filming of later films. It is a monument to Hong Kong films and a strong mark in Sammo Hung's career.
For us born in the 1980s, this is a rare masterpiece in Sammo Hung’s movies and a rare top-notch quality in Hong Kong movies.
The thrilling action scenes and fast-paced and clean fighting are hard to see now, and as a classic, it can no longer be copied.
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