At that time, there were countless good films in Hong Kong, and the cost was generally controlled between 6.5438+million and 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
If all this money is spent on special effects, I estimate that this film is absolutely extraordinary.
In 1998, Liu Weiqiang directed two films, 1998, The Dragon of the Young and the Heart of the Young and Dangerous.
On the other hand, he called the original team and began to adapt Ma Rongcheng's fantasy martial arts novel The Storm.
The film has created a magnificent martial arts world, which is a milestone of Hong Kong martial arts films.
For the first time, CG special effects created a precedent for martial arts films. This old Hong Kong film was repeatedly replayed by CCTV:
Knight of the storm
When it comes to the situation, many people will think of Bu Jingyun played by Peter Ho and Nie Feng played by Chiu Man-Cheuk.
In fact, long before the drama version, there was already a relatively successful film-"Storm Dominates the World".
The film 1998 was released, and won the box office of 41500,000, winning the annual box office champion in Hong Kong.
Not only that, but also won many heavyweight design awards such as the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award.
There are two films in this series, "Fengyun Unifies the World" is enough to be recorded in film history, and "Fengyun 2" was rated as a bad film by the audience.
First, the story of the storm.
Fengyun's worldview is based on a "gang".
The leader of the World Association is ambitious and wants to unify the whole Wulin.
He was lucky enough to get the advice of the "master" clay bodhisattva: "Golden scales are things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons in case of wind and rain."
So the bear took Bu Jingyun and Wei as disciples according to the date of birth, and taught them two stunts: Paiyunzhang and Fengshen Leg.
With the success of Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun, the two men fought in the south and dominated the north, and the power of the World Association became stronger and stronger, almost dominating the whole Wulin, but the martial arts function of the blade master was comparable to that of the hero.
However, the ten-year Universiade has passed, and bears are superstitious about destiny. For so many years, he has been unable to let go of the second half of the clay idol.
So he sent his big disciples, Qin Shuang and Nie Feng, to look for the clay bodhisattva.
Unexpectedly, the prediction from the clay idol is: "The dragon of nine clouds has changed dramatically, and the clouds will swim in shallow water."
The implication is that success is also a storm and failure is also a storm!
At this time, Xiong firmly believed that man could conquer nature and wanted to change his life, and finally decided to make a fuss about Bu Jingyun and his feelings.
He knew that Bu Jingyun liked Kong Ci, but he betrothed his daughter to Nie Feng, causing Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng to turn against each other.
On the wedding day of Nie Feng and Kong Ci, Bu Jingyun appeared and took Kong Ci away, and the hero, in the name of human dignity, stimulated Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun to duel.
While the two men were playing hot, the bear took the opportunity to sneak attack and accidentally injured his daughter.
Kong Ci died soon, and Bu Jingyun was heartbroken and left the World Expo with his body.
But Xiong still refused to let him go, followed him, severely wounded him and lost his left arm.
Fortunately, Bu Jingyun was rescued from prison, and his unicorn arm was cut off and given to Bu Jingyun.
Directed by the bear, he came to Lingyun Cave under Leshan Giant Buddha to look for blood bodhi that can cure diseases.
As soon as the party arrived here, Ma Ying and Bat were ready to attack Nie Feng.
When the three men were fighting in the cave, the fire unicorn suddenly appeared and killed the bat and the eagle.
Nie Feng swallowed blood bodhi to detoxify, unexpectedly enhanced his skill, and found the snow-drinking crazy knife left by his father in the cave.
Bu Jingyun, who recovered from injury, and Nie Feng, who knew his life, made up their minds and decided to join hands with him.
The combination of wind and cloud makes the world invincible!
In the end, the two men defeated Xiongba together, fulfilling the prediction of the clay idol.
Second, the most important thing in the story is to dominate.
Although the film has created vivid characters one after another, and maintained a high degree of consistency with comics.
But in my opinion, the biggest attraction is dominance.
Whether it's a movie or a TV series, Sonny Chiba interprets the hero incisively and vividly. It's no exaggeration to say that he is himself.
In fact, it is not difficult to find that the hub of the situation is the world society and hegemony.
Throughout the whole story, the protagonist is the main driving force, he created the tragedy of Fengyun's life experience, and he led Fengyun to join hands, which is also his ambition and contributed to the rivers and lakes grievances.
So with the fall of Xiongba, the whole structure began to collapse from the inside, and the story behind it was not so wonderful.
In my opinion, the biggest reason for the failure of Fengyun 2 is that there is no story to tell.
Third, epoch-making special effects
Although Storm Dominates the World was a movie 22 years ago, it seems that the special effects in it are somewhat shoddy now.
But CG special effects are still in its infancy, which is quite good.
Whether it's Bu Jingyun's Paiyun Zhang, Nie Feng's Fengshen Leg, the hero's three-point recovery, or various fantastic scenes, the audience feels refreshing and quite cool.
You know, the competition in the film market in those days was quite fierce.
Before that, there were some excellent domestic films, such as bi-weekly one-stop travel, replacing the killer, who am I, and then there were Hollywood blockbusters, such as Empire of Tomorrow 007 and Saving Private Ryan.
Under such circumstances, "Storm Dominates the World" can still stand out and become the annual box office champion.
This is not only the embodiment of strength, but also the benchmark for future special effects movies.
Fourth, Ekin Cheng dominates the film industry.
After the "Young and Dangerous" fire, Ekin Cheng became the hottest actor at that time.
But before he became famous, he said with anticipation when he saw the comic book Fengyun:
"If only I could play Nie Feng!"
At that time, almost everyone laughed at him after hearing this sentence: "You can't, no one will ask you to shoot."
As a result, he really got what he wanted and hit others in the face with his acting skills.
The original author of the cartoon also praised Ekin Cheng's performance:
"I feel that he is Nie Feng who came out of the comics, and no one can replace him!"
Five, "Fengyun" and "Young and Dangerous" actors fought.
As mentioned above, the production team of Storm Dominates the World is almost entirely from Young and Dangerous.
Sonny Chiba, the actor who plays the leading role, once played the role of "mowing the grass hero" in Young and Dangerous.
Those who once played Crow, Dongxing Yaoyang and Caomo Wang are playing Stone.
Big Tianer (played by Xie Tianhua) in Gangster went to the cast of Fengyun to play Qin Shuang, the eldest brother.
In addition, there are "Big Brother B" Wu Zhixiong, "Banana Peel" Zhu Yongtang, "Han Bin" Yi Yangming and "Ji Ge" Lee Shau Kee. ......
It is precisely because of the gathering of this group of people that there will be such a classic movie.
Unfortunately, Fengyun 2' s cast is stronger than before, even including Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok. However, there is a deviation in the production concept of the film, and it is difficult for the audience to recognize it after it is released.
So in my opinion, Up to now, Fengyun is still a very successful martial arts film.