Counting the top ten gold medals in Chinese film, villains playing stars
Kung fu movies, as a unique film type with heroic feelings, have been popular in Chinese film circles for decades. Generation after generation of kung fu superstars with high martial arts are brave and brave on the screen, weeding out the strong and helping the weak, which makes countless audiences forget. And the villain who fought fiercely with them is also stunted, which makes people hate and praise. Compared with other types of movies, the villain in Kung Fu movies is particularly difficult to play. It is necessary not only to create the vicious, vicious, overbearing and cunning of the villain, but also to have a good kung fu with real talents to set off the heroic spirit of decent heroes. If you are better than Bruce Lee, you need a karate superstar Chuck Rolex as your opponent, so that you can show your martial arts skills. The importance of the villain playing the star is self-evident.
Many gold medal villains have emerged in Chinese Kung Fu movies that have lasted for nearly 30 years. Most of them have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and their kung fu skills are extremely good. With their extraordinary skills, they have teamed up with decent heroes to play a series of wonderful action dramas …
1, Donnie Yen: both rigid and flexible.
Representative works of villains: Xinlongmen Inn, Huang Feihong’s Man Should Strive for Self-improvement, and Royal Veyron.
With the great success of two films, Ip Man, Donnie Yen has become a "master of the generation", which is the most popular kung fu superstar at present. Born in a martial arts family, he studied martial arts with his mother, who is proficient in Tai Chi, since childhood. He also went to the prestigious Beijing Wushu Team to learn from his teacher, and his kung fu foundation was excellent. After Yuan Heping’s eye-catching discovery of his starring role "Laughing Tai Chi" became famous, Donnie Yen embarked on the road of superstar. Unlike Jackie Chan and Jet Li, who are used to playing decent heroes, Donnie Yen plays a wide range of plays, and plays the villain equally well. His excellent skill of combining rigidity with softness has shaped many classic images.
Among them, the most wonderful thing is the great eunuch "Cao Shaoqin" in "New Longmen Inn", which is both feminine and vicious and violent. In the classic desert war, he used the power of quicksand to chase, and his sword in his hand was powerful and powerful, killing the yellow sand and making it dark … In "Huang Feihong’s Men Be Self-reliant", Donnie Yen and Jet Li launched a classic duel. It can be said that it is the strongest opponent Huang Feihong has ever met in his life … In "Royal Veyron", his talons are fierce and powerful, and the momentum is compelling, forcing Jackie Chan to the wall several times … Although there are not many villains played by Donnie Yen, his fighting capacity is the strongest.
2, Zou Zhaolong: fierce and fierce
Representative works of villains: Zhongnanhai Bodyguard, Jiupin Sesame Officer and Fuse.
Zou Zhaolong from Taiwan Province started martial arts at the age of 5, started his film career as a stuntman at the age of 12, and joined Hongjiaban at the age of 18 to learn from Sammo Hung. He has worked in the Hong Kong film industry for many years, honed his excellent kung fu and became a fierce "villain professional", fighting with Jet Li and Donnie Yen frequently.
In Jet Li’s masterpiece "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", Zou Zhaolong plays a cold-blooded killer, who staged a fierce and swift confrontation with Jet Li. From leg-fighting to fist-fighting, they fully demonstrated their excellent skills, which is one of the most wonderful action scenes in Chinese kung fu movies … In "Do Sesame Officer" starring Stephen Chow, although limited by the comedy positioning of the film, Zou Zhaolong failed to make a big impact. However, he vividly interpreted the cruelty and arrogance of the villain Chang Wei, showing a good acting skill … In the fuse starring Donnie Yen, Zou Zhaolong had a good time, and he and Donnie Yen fought hand-to-hand for more than 10 minutes, fully demonstrating the confrontation between two martial arts: mixed fighting and free fighting. Zou Zhaolong’s combination of fists and feet is fast and intensive, and the comprehensive offensive and defensive techniques of fists, elbows and knees are amazing …
Zou Zhaolong will once again play the villain in the upcoming action blockbuster "City Watch" in August. It is reported that, as a "mutant", he will not only shock and frighten people, but also combine his super powers with Kung Fu perfectly, and stage a tragic firefight with Aaron Kwok, the king of heaven, which is really exciting.
3, Jason Wu: cold and vicious
Representative works of villains: kill the wolf, True Color of Men, and Winning the Handsome.
Wu Jinggang, who was born in Beijing Wushu Team, was regarded as "Jet Li’s successor" as soon as he debuted. He was also a "Kung Fu Kid" who won several national Wushu championships in succession, and was also discovered by director Zhang Xinyan to enter the entertainment circle. The starting points of the two were quite similar. However, due to the low tide of kung fu films and the bottleneck of tender face, Jason Wu’s star journey is far less smooth than that of his brother Jet Li. After playing Tai Chi and breaking through the emotional barrier in TV series, Jason Wu began to seek a breakthrough, and took the initiative to try the villain role, but made another sky.
In "kill the wolf" starring Donnie Yen, Jason Wu plays a ruthless gangster killer. In the night, he is elusive, fierce in moves and vicious in means. He fights fiercely with the alleys of Donnie Yen, which is bloody and exciting … In "The True Color of Men", he plays the role of a ronin who is cold and vicious, and is extremely eye-catching. He fights with Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue in close combat, and he is deadly … in the movie.
4. Yu Rongguang: Arrogant and wild,
Representative works of villains: Kapok Robe, Chizi Weilong, Stormtroopers’ Wrath in the Street.
Yu Rongguang was born in a family of Peking Opera, studied Peking Opera for more than ten years, and was good at martial arts, and made his mark in the late 1970s. After being discovered by Xu Xiaoming, a Hong Kong director, he played the number one villain in Kapok Robe on his first screen, and since then, he has embarked on the road of being a villain. Outstanding martial arts skills, his face is cold and hard, and he is especially good at playing arrogant and wild gangsters and bandits.
Yu Rongguang’s most impressive villain role is the gangster in "Red Veyron", which is cruel, fierce and weird. In the final battle with Jet Li and Xie Miao, he even performed an extremely rare "shadowless hand" kung fu, using sleeves to create unpredictable illusions, coupled with the unique creativity of director Yuan Kui, the fight can be described as novel and dazzling … Besides, he is in the movie "Stormtroopers’ Rage Street". In recent years, Yu Rongguang’s image has changed greatly, starring in many resolute and upright roles in TV dramas, and has gloriously retired from the ranks of villains.
5, Yuan Wah: light and sly
Representative works of villains: Flying Dragon Warrior, eastern condors and Frozen Chivalrous Man.
As the second brother of the famous "Seven Little Blessings", Yuan Wah’s kung fu skills are self-evident. The first film to participate in the performance was the classic Jingwumen, and later he was appointed body double of Bruce Lee. Because other disciples Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuan Biao, etc. all became unique screen heroes, Yuan Wah created a strange situation and played the villain, fighting fiercely with other disciples.
In many films starring Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuan Biao in the 1980s, such as The Dragon Warrior, The Frozen Man and eastern condors, Yuan Wah was always the villain with the best kung fu skills. His movements were light and mysterious, and he often made a killing move inadvertently. It was often Jackie Chan and other disciples who made moves at the same time to knock him down, which showed his real kung fu. In the representative work "Frozen Chivalrous Man", Yuan Wah played the rogue Feng San, who fought with Yuan Biao all the way from ancient times to the present, and it was wonderful … After playing a series of villains, Yuan Wah was successfully transformed by his comic talent, and was dubbed "Master Ghost Horse". Moreover, he won the Hong Kong Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a "hired man" in the movie Kung Fu.
6, Zhou Bili: Just fierce and overbearing
Representative works of villains: Jingwu Hero, Rowen with Rat Gallbladder, Wind of the King of Huang Feihong.
Zhou Bili is recognized as the "first person in off-screen fighting" in Chinese Kung Fu movies. He won the World Free Fighting Championship (WKA) and became the first Chinese world champion. After entering Hong Kong’s entertainment industry in the mid-1980s, with its strong skill and powerful image, he successively appeared as a Kung Fu villain and staged a bloody final confrontation with decent heroes.
The Japanese military officer Tengtian Gang in the movie Jingwu Hero can be called the peak of Zhou Bili’s acting career. This gentleman is called a robot, and his fists and feet are fierce. His decisive battle with Jet Li is considered to be the longest fighting time, the strongest fighting style and the most intense confrontation in the history of kung fu movies. The whole process is exciting and colorful, which perfectly presents a scene of the real battle of the strong who compete with the peak of skills and strength … another classic of Zhou Bili. Now, Zhou Bili, who is over 50 years old, has faded out of the film industry and devoted himself to the martial arts career.
7. Xiong Xinxin: outrageous and surly.
Representative works of villains: Huang Feihong’s Lion King for hegemony, Xinlongmen Inn and Knife.
Xiong Xinxin, a member of Guangxi Wushu Team, was the winner of the national champion of cudgel. After joining Liu Jiaban led by Liu Jialiang, he served as body double for many actors such as Jet Li and Chow Yun Fat. Thanks to director Tsui Hark’s eye for people, Xiong Xinxin gradually got involved in acting in front of the curtain. In New Longmen Inn, the stall leader of the East Factory can be regarded as making his debut on the road of the villain, while the role of "Ghost Feet 7" in The Lion King of Huang Feihong pushed him to the top in one fell swoop. With superb acting skills and solid martial arts skills, Xiong Xinxin deducts his leg skills to a superb level in the film, kicking Bao Zhilin and fighting Huang Feihong … Since then, "Ghost Feet 7" has become the pronoun of Xiong Xinxin … In the movie "Knife", his role as the evil horse thief flying dragon in the western regions is amazing again, with colorful dragon tattoos, dazzling sharp knives and outrageous extreme personality.
After the gradual decline of Kung Fu films in the late 1990s, Xiong Xinxin also began to fade out of the Kung Fu film circle, and turned to serve as a martial arts director for a large number of film and television works at home and abroad, and continued to exert his afterheat.
8. Ren Shiguan: dignified atmosphere
Representative works of the villains: Huang Feihong, Dong Fangbubai, and The Dragon Religion of Lu Ding Ji.
Ren Shiguan was also born in a martial arts family, and his father Yutian Ren was one of the earliest martial arts instructors in China. Ren Shiguan has been attached to martial arts and movies since childhood. Appreciated by Zhang Che, Tsui Hark, and Yuan Heping, the great directors of Kung Fu movies, he has been playing from the 1960s to the glorious 1990s, and the older he gets, the more domineering he is, and the more easily he plays the villain.
In Huang Feihong, starring Jet Li, Ren Shiguan plays the corner of Yan Zhendong, a down-and-out Shandong boxer "Tiebu Shirt". This is a big villain full of tragedy, which embodies the epitome of the rapid changes of the whole era and eventually loses his personality at the mercy of fate. His two duels with Jet Li were wonderful, atrix was mighty in the rain, and the bamboo ladder battle was clever and clever, all of which were the best action paragraphs in Chinese Kung Fu movies … In addition, Ren Shiguan played Feng Xifan in The Dragon Religion of The Deer and the Ding Ji and Ren Woxing in Dong Fangbubai, which were the classic villains of Jin Yong’s works.
9. Lu Huiguang: His legs are invincible.
Representative works of villains: Super Police, drunken master 2 and Chizi Weilong.
For the audience who are familiar with Jackie Chan’s movies, Lu Huiguang is one of the most familiar faces in Jackie Chan’s movies, and Lu Huiguang can be seen everywhere in Super Police, Thunderbolt and Who am I. The Muay Thai champion is agile, especially good at leg work. He won seven boxing championships in Hong Kong in a row and is Jackie Chan’s most effective assistant. Although the role he plays is basically on the edge of supporting role, the wonderful fight with Jackie Chan was once an essential drama in every work of Jackie Chan.
The movie that impressed the audience most about Lu Huiguang should be drunken master 2 in 1994. In this film, Lu Huiguang played the villain with amazing skills, and used the leg technique to the extreme, chopping, chopping, sweeping, smashing, pedaling, topping and spinning for three and a half weeks, which was amazing. The stunt of "one word horse" made the audience relish it so far … Besides fighting Jackie Chan, Lu Huiguang was once a screen.
10. Di Wei: Awesome.
Representative works of villains: Plan A, dragon fight and eastern condors.
As one of the most famous "gold medal beaters" in Hong Kong film industry, Di Wei from Taiwan Province also practiced karate and taekwondo since childhood, and once served as a karate instructor in Taiwan Province Special Forces. Later, he was discovered by Zhang Che, the great director, and joined Shaw in the film. Later, he became a member of Hongjiaban, and he performed brilliantly in many kung fu films.
Di Wei’s most wonderful role is the pirate leader Luo Sanpao in Jackie Chan’s classic "Plan A". He is as famous as his name in the film, and his strong muscles and formidable movements make him beat three brothers, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Yuan Biao, and his visual impact is extremely strong … In Jet Li’s early work "dragon fight", Di Wei plays a national martial arts player who has become a gangster, and their leg skills are dazzling.