blueteamnovel Chapter 050 Going Through Fire and Water, Brother Chen
Chapter 050 Going Through Fire and Water, Brother Chen
The opening scene of the Kung Fu movie depicts the brutality of the Axe Gang and the everyday life of Pig Cage Alley.
With a runtime of slightly more than ten minutes, moviegoers who came for the comedy because of Stephen Chow's star power might find it a bit unbearable.
But Yuen Wah's portrayal of the landlord was also particularly hilarious, and his stunt-like appearance appealed to both men and women.
There's also the cartoonish, exaggerated action style of the landlady beating up Yuan Hua, which is quite funny.
Until Stephen Chow brought Xu Jinjiang onto the scene, they immediately trampled the children's soccer ball and stormed into Pig Cage Alley to collect protection money.
The laughter in the Golden Harvest Theatre exploded.
This is currently Ah Xing's acting peak period, and Lao Zhou has a brilliant grasp of the various contrasting comedic moments in his pretentiousness.
Ah Xing's extortion of Zhou Jie's version of Jiang Bao was met with another blockade by the residents of Pig Cage Alley.
His attempt to show off backfired, resulting in a series of embarrassing slaps in the face.
The big screen clearly showed several rounds of Ah Xing being brutally attacked, and the audience in the theater, let alone ordinary viewers, were also deeply affected.
Wang Zuxian, Zhou Huimin, and others couldn't stop laughing.
The landlady's appearance, beating Ah Xing with her slippers, was hilarious.
The movie soundtrack suddenly changed when a firecracker landed on the hat of the second-in-command of the Axe Gang who was passing by.
The Axe Gang, a group of thugs in suits, emerged, their figures obscured by dark clouds.
The laughter in the hall gradually subsided, and everyone turned their attention to the big screen.
The second gang leader called her "fat woman," and the landlady ran away like a cartoon character, which caused another burst of laughter.
The movie quickly progresses to the point where the Axe Gang's army arrives, and Brother Chen leads his men to massacre the entire stronghold in a major fight scene.
The three masters appeared one by one and a fierce battle broke out, leaving many movie fans breathless.
The cheers were deafening, almost lifting the roof off the screening room.
Hong Kong cinema has always been known for its action films, which are among the best in the world.
Kung Fu differs from the traditional hard-hitting, realistic concept; it combines the real and the unreal, with a free and expressive style.
The overall design is not only eye-catching, but the exaggerated cartoon style also makes it even more exciting!
With a combination of fast and slow editing, even the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Staff could blow up the Axe Gang's rifle squad.
This would definitely look incredibly fake in Jackie Chan and Hung Chin-po's previous action movies.
But the overall art style leans towards comics and martial arts, which makes it easy for audiences to accept.
After all, the movie "Modern Tathagata Palm" starring Andy Lau and Joey Wong is about ancient martial arts flying and soaring through the city.
After the Axe Gang was defeated by the three masters, Ah Xing and Xu Jinjiang were exposed for impersonating Axe Gang underlings to collect protection money.
Ah Xing escaped with his master thief skills.
He and Xu Jinjiang squatted on the traffic light booth and said lines like "act fierce" and "act tougher."
Despite having a fierce face, Lao Xu's acting became increasingly adorable, creating a stark contrast that caused the hall to erupt in laughter.
Now that the movie has been playing for a while, everyone has a clear understanding of Ah Xing's character.
He was a petty hoodlum in Shanghai during the Republican era who tried to gain power by bluffing and cheating, but he was even worse off than Fly in "Mongkok Carmen".
Those kinds of thugs are very familiar to the people of Hong Kong Island; you might even know someone like that.
But the comedic talent that Stephen Chow brings to the character makes you want to laugh just by looking at him.
When Ah Xing squatted by the roadside like a beggar, he provoked the slick-haired, bespectacled Gao Shuguang but was scolded in return.
Then came the recollection phase, where he spent all his savings to buy a copy of the Tathagata Palm Manual.
The movie theater was filled with laughter again. The scene wasn't funny overall, and the child star was played by Nicholas Tse.
Later, when he was beaten up for trying to help others, the background music was very sad, but the audience just wanted to laugh.
The scene shifts to an ice cream cart passing by Ah Xing.
The female lead, played by Chen Hong, only made her official appearance half an hour into the episode.
They even managed to get a free ice cream meal from Ah Xing and his buddy, and they couldn't catch up with the bus.
The sounds in the screening room were all hushed down, leaving only exclamations of "Wow, so beautiful!" and "What a gorgeous woman!"
Wang Zuxian, sitting in the back row of the theater, couldn't help but sigh, "The background music for this part is quite sad, but it's also really beautiful."
"Ah Hong's face is truly stunning; Nan Ge captured her beauty perfectly!"
Half an hour into the movie.
It clearly presents the world-building framework, the male protagonist's past and present identities, and culminates in a large-scale action scene.
This leads to a follow-up hook about wanting to change one's fate and climb the social ladder by any means necessary.
It's noticeable that most of the audience members are enjoying the show and haven't left swearing.
The fact that nothing was thrown onto the big screen basically proves that (Kung Fu) was more than half successful.
Zhou Huimin nodded, "Just like Brother Jiahui said, this is a high-quality film."
"Nan Ge spent almost a year learning on multiple film sets, and he produced such a high-quality film. He learns really fast."
The scene shifts midway through the conversation, and in Pig Cage Alley, the landlady is about to drive away the three masters again, leading to a conflict with many tenants who were saved by the three masters.
The audience was initially annoyed, but they were also quite frightened by the landlady's loud voice.
As a result, Ah Xing and Xu Jinjiang reappeared, intending to launch a sneak attack with throwing knives.
This scene once again ignited the theater, with countless people laughing so hard they stood up and rubbed their stomachs, only to be yelled at by those in the back rows.
From Ah Xing and Xu Jinjiang throwing knives to the joke about Ah Xing whistling while covered in snakes.
They're all incredibly funny comedies performed with such serious expressions.
When Ah Xing and the landlady chased each other, it was as if their four legs had turned into two pairs of flaming wheels, making them run faster than a car.
The top-notch soundtrack and visuals made many people laugh until they cried!
Vivian Chow laughed so hard she almost choked, "The first 30 minutes were a masterpiece, and this part was an absolute gem. Brother Nan is amazing."
The scene progresses to Ah Xing being poisoned by snake venom and practicing boxing in an iron cage above a traffic light on a street in Shanghai.
It drew gasps of amazement from countless movie fans.
Some people even shouted "Buddha's Palm," which corresponds to their childhood memories of spending money to buy the Buddha's Palm.
Subsequently, the Axe Gang hired Tiancan and Dique to commit murder.
There was also the sparring match between the three masters of the Walled City, which again attracted the public's attention with martial arts.
The three masters were killed one by one, and the martial arts skills and special effects displayed were equally amazing to the audience.
One round of cheers and applause followed another without end.
The special effects are slightly inferior to the 2004 version, but they are indeed the best fight scenes that Hong Kong films can produce at this stage.
The freehand, expressive style is particularly enjoyable to look at; it's beautiful.
The landlord and landlady make their appearance, displaying terrifying martial arts skills that brutally defeat the most ruthless and vulnerable characters.
Moviegoers found it both sudden and yet somehow natural to continue watching.
After all, the story begins by showing that the landlady threw the landlord off the third floor and nothing happened to her.
The landlady unleashed her Lion's Roar, causing a massive explosion, and stormed into the back seat of Brother Chen's car.
In this silent performance, only Ning Li, who plays the advisor, speaks a lot and has a lot of lines, which makes the audience laugh.
On the way back, Ningli helped Brother Chen light cigarettes and told jokes, which made nearly a thousand people in the audience laugh non-stop.
Ning Li brought this cheeky and hilarious character to life.
When Ah Xing's character was abused by Gao Shuguang again on the tram, during the robbery of the mute girl.
Ah Hong's second major appearance once again stunned the screening room with her stunning beauty!
Vivian Chow couldn't help but exclaim, "The female lead has way too few scenes!"
It may be a small amount, but wait until the current robbery scene switches to a flashback scene.
A broken lollipop paired with interactive music unexpectedly moved many viewers to tears.
Joey Wong grabbed Ah Min and said, "What's this song? It sounds so beautiful."
Everyone was still shocked and moved to tears when the scene shifted to the Axe Gang's henchmen taking Ah Xing away.
The bustling nightlife scene of Shanghai's Bund is once again featured in the video.
When Ah Xing said, "I'll go through fire and water, Brother Chen," most viewers had a premonition that the climax of (Kung Fu) was about to arrive.
Even at a normal pace, a movie needs to build up to a major climax within an hour of its opening.
Now, countless people are simply worried that it will start strong but end weakly!
You absolutely must hold on during the climax; you can't let the exciting first hour go to waste.
We must not betray the friendship for which eight thugs died before (Kung Fu Hustle) was even released.