Speaking of Hong Kong movies, martial arts movies are a genre that cannot be bypassed.
Since Tsui Hark created a new wave of martial arts, martial arts films ushered in a blowout development in the 1990s.
Nowadays, the popular super-British movies satisfy the audience's heroic dreams.
And martial arts movies are to satisfy the audience's dreams.
Here is a list of the top ten martial arts films with the highest box office in Hong Kong in the 1990s:
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The reason for the overspending is because Hu Jinquan was dissatisfied with Tsui Hark’s repeated changes to the script and angrily quit the crew.
Tsui Hark almost overturned the part of Hu Jinquan's shooting.
Although the film made the investors lose money, the reputation of the film was very good, and the investors decided to prepare for the sequel of "Swordsman".
This is what we later know as "Swordsman Swordsman 2: Unbeaten in the East".
Tsui Hark and Cheng Xiaodong created a new era and reinterpreted the charm of martial arts.
The song "Laughter in the Sea" has become an indelible classic.
first nine: "New Shaolin"
Starring: Jet Li , Semyon , Jen Chiou
Box office: 19.38 million Hong Kong dollar
90-minute resident film on CCTV.
Wang Jing under the lens, Qiu Shuzhen is always the most beautiful one.
has Yuan Kui 's action martial arts guide, Jet Li's play is still pleasing to the eye.
The biggest surprise is Xie Miao who plays Jet Li’s son.
In order to make this movie, Wang Jing went north to find the child star, until he saw Xie Miao, Wang Jing directly decided that it was him.
Xie Miao lived up to expectations. It was a great show.
9 years old and Jet Li and Qiu Shuzhen in the same frame, not timid.
Xie Miao became an instant hit with this movie, and many directors rushed to find him to make martial arts movies.
But his father decided to let Xie Miao continue to study,Exit the entertainment circle.
Many years later, Xie Miao returned to the entertainment industry, but unfortunately he no longer has his place.
If Xie Miao chose to stay and continue filming, would Hong Kong action movie stars have his name on the list?
No. 8: " Twins "
Starring: Andy , Brigitte Lin , Zhang Min, Ng Man Tat
box office : 19.64 million Hong Kong dollar
You may hardly imagine that the director of this film is Zeng Zhiwei.
After "A Chinese Ghost Story" became popular, Wang Zuxian became a professional female ghost;
became popular after "The East, Unbeaten"Brigitte Lin became a professional householder.
Zeng Zhiwei is the director, but martial arts can't fight Tsui Hark, but he can't fight funny.
The most subversive estimate is that Xiaoyuer and Huawu's concubine are the swords of love.
The appearance of Zhang Min's invitation to the Moon Palace Lord is amazing.
This kind of film is just a picture of music, the plot is messy, and it shows the rough texture of Hong Kong films.
But it couldn't stand the Hong Kong star who wanted good looks and martial arts at that time.
They are the true double pride.
7th: " Bride With White Hair "
Starring: Leslie , Brigitte Lin, Francis Ng , Lvshao Ling , Lan Jieying
Box office: 19.98 million Hong Kong dollar
Leslie Cheung and Brigitte Lin’s second collaborationThey all dedicated their first time with the largest scale in the history of the screen.
"The White-haired Witch" shows the soft side of Lin Qingxia as a woman for the first time.
The most beautiful scene in the whole film is the most beautiful scene in the whole film.
After " A Fei's Story " and " Farewell My Concubine ", Leslie Cheung has become a unique presence in the Hong Kong film industry.
Admittedly, this is certainly not Leslie Cheung’s best movie.
But only Zhuo Yihang , played by him, can be equally unrestrained in a major heroine movie.
I watched this movie at that time, and it was only regarded as a curious martial arts film.
I found out that the most underrated person in the whole film is Wu Zhenyu.
His conjoined person Ji Wushuang ,It is the childhood shadow of many viewers.
Their siblings share the same body. The two connected people are curled up separately, like two wings on a butterfly.
After many years of revisiting this scene, I feel very heavy and cult.
on the surface is a fantasy martial arts movie with a heavy taste, but at its core it is actually a romantic movie full of tragic colors.
with the theme song " red face and white hair " sung by Leslie Cheung, more like an elegy to love:
Owning it at night, isn't that counted, falling in love to the point of vain.
first six: " New Dragon Inn "
Starring: Maggie , Brigitte Lin, Tony , Yen
Box office: 21.5 million HKD
The original starring role of this movie is Jet Li.
But Jet Li’s agent Cai Ziming was shot to death at the time. He was terrified and traveled to Beijing many times to avoid the limelight.
In the end, the actor was replaced by Leung Ka Fai.
At that time, Donnie Yen was not well-known. The scene where his villain’s feet were shaved to bones has become a childhood shadow of many people.
Lin Qingxia is so popular because of "Invincible in the East" and Liang Jiahui because of "The Lover", but the biggest beneficiary of the film is Maggie Cheung.
The coquettish inn proprietress has become a page in the history of martial arts movies that cannot be skipped.
I am afraid no one can perform better than Maggie Cheung as the proprietress in Jianghu Inn.
also from this movie, really let me see Maggie Cheung's plasticity:
can be gentle, dusty, innocent, and melancholy without her.
No. 5: "Hero"
Starring: Ekin Cheng , Shu Qi , Kristy , Yuen Biao , Jerry Lamb , Nicholas Tse
Box office: 23.36 million Hong Kong dollar
is our super hero.
Liu Weiqiang repackaged martial arts films with special effects. Although the special effects were too rough to see from the current perspective, it was also an innovative attempt at the time.
In just 100 minutes, there are action scenes, love stories, brotherhood, conspiracy and patriotism.
Ekin Cheng’s two good friends, Lin Xiaofeng, became a slave.
Chen Xiaochun Although he did not appear in the Cantonese version, the special dubbing of the ghost servant brother Chen Xiaochun.
The actor of Ming Ming Gui Pu brother Lin Di'an (also the film's martial arts finger) is also a Hongkonger, and special substitutions are required.
real friendship years.
In the mid to late 1990s, due to Jackie Chan Chow Yun-fat's departure to Hollywood, Stephen Chow reduced production.
With " Young and Dangerous ", Ekin Cheng, who became popular, has carried the banner of Hong Kong movies.
The combination of Liu Weiqiang + Ekin Cheng is equivalent to today's Feng Xiaogang + Ge You .
In terms of movie popularity, Ekin Cheng at the time was indeed the existence of the "four kings".
4th: " Once Upon a Time " series
Starring: Jet Li Rosamund Kwan
box office: series four novels average more than 20 million Hong Kong dollar
Hong Kong has made hundreds of movies about Huang Feihong. Only Tsui Hark directed and starring Jet Li's "Once Upon a Time" series became a classic and was recognized as the best Once Upon a Time movie.
Huang Feihong played by Li Lianjie has the calm and solemnity of a middle-aged man,And with the shyness of young people's incomprehensible style.
Another big selling point of the movie is the love scene between thirteen aunt and Huang Feihong played by Rosamund Kwan.
For Tsui, in addition to the innovation of the new school of martial arts, there is also thinking about the collision between China and the West.
Who said that Hong Kong directors can't shoot homeland feelings?
When the song of "A Man Should Be Self-improvement" sounded, it was really exciting.
The foreigners are unreliable, the court is unreliable, the underworld is rampant, the infighting is happy, the name is not enough, what can the people rely on?
only "self-improvement".
first three: " Fong Sai Yuk "
Starring: Jet Li, Josephine Siao
box office: HK $ 30.73 million _ span3span
This is Jet Li’s first work after setting up his company.
Only success must not fail.
From the preliminary preparations to the shooting, Jet Li has devoted a lot of effort.
This box office result gave Jet Li a firm foothold in the Hong Kong film scene.
Many years later I learned that there is Cai Kangyong in the screenwriter.
The plot also appeared in the future because of the " Crazy Stone " Guo Tao , the end of the movie Zheng Shaoqiu is a guest of 1span, and Zhao Wenzhuo is a guest of 1span. You can't help but say that it was a wonderful and wonderful age.
In this kind of movie dominated by male characters,Generally, female characters are still vases.
But in this film, Xiao Fangfang is both responsible for making fun and showing kung fu, while still retaining the sentimentality that is unique to female characters.
No. 2: "Swordsman Swordsman 2 of"
Starring: Jet Li, Brigitte Lin, Rosamund Kwan, Reis
Box office: 34.78 million Hong Kong dollar
Tsui Hark’s decision to use Brigitte Lin to star in the East seemed a shocking decision at the time.
As Tsui Hark’s friend, Jin Yong, the author of the original novel, also came out to persuade Tsui Hark to give up this idea.
Huang Zhan Hearing this news, he hurried to ask Tsui Hark: What do you think,Looking for a big beauty evolving person?
But in the end Xu Keli rejected all the arguments and had to choose Lin Qingxia.
Brigitte Lin's ancient costume is not defeated in the East, which is a combination of feminine, heroic and domineering. It is truly unprecedented.
completely eclipses the other two beauties in the film Li Jiaxin.
Many people fell in love with Brigitte Lin completely because of this movie.
Lin Qingxia's image of being both male and female and inverted by all living beings in the play made her career reach the peak again, becoming one of the few celebrities who can cross the extreme types of literature and art and martial arts.
the first one: "Storm Riders"
Cast: Ekin Cheng, Aaron Kwok , Sonny Chiba , Kristy
box office: 41.53 million HKD
is still a combination of Liu Weiqiang + Ekin Cheng.
This movie has an important position in the history of Hong Kong film not because of the good plot, but it created a precedent for creating outstanding special effects based on popular comics and extensive use of computer special effects.
The previous Hong Kong movies were not good at special effects, so "The Wind and Cloud" can be regarded as one of the pinnacle works of Hong Kong movies.
In the late 1990s when martial arts movies were declining, "The Wind and Cloud Dominates the World" overwhelmed the movies of Jackie Chan and Stephen Chow and became the Hong Kong box office champion of the year.
has truly achieved “dominance of the world”.
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Even if "Fengyun" has such a proud box office score, it is still back to the box office.
Low-efficiency reproduction, shoddy production, cast cuts, shrinking overseas markets, and the local market being crushed by Hollywood blockbusters...
Hong Kong movies themselves have been accumulated hard to return.
The end of the martial arts film is the general trend.
Like the kind of martial arts in the early 90s, there will never be any more.
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