/kloc-in the autumn of 0/870, Big Brother (played by Jet Li) was dressed in official clothes and overlooked his inauguration stage at the top of the city wall; Full of ideals and lofty aspirations, if he didn't take this road of no return, he would probably become one of the new China revolutionaries who overthrew corruption and the Qing court and go down in history. Unfortunately ... two robbers and a woman changed his life, which made him successful and led to his ultimate destruction.
The two robbers are sworn brothers with him: the second brother (played by Andy Lau) and the third brother (played by Takeshi Kaneshiro), and that woman is the second brother's wife, Lian Sheng (played by Xu). Second brother, with strong spontaneity, is an aboveboard hero. In troubled times, he became a robber, taking hundreds of people to plunder everywhere. He is also a thief. Even if he robbed, he was "robbing seven and leaving three", leaving a way for the robbed villagers. The points of robbery were given to the good people who lived in a mountain village with him, so he won the hearts of the people. Second brother loves two people most in his life. One is Lian Sheng, and the other is his third brother who was a robber with him at the age of thirteen. He regards his third brother who lost his parents as his own brother. The third brother has a unique man charm, which includes the wildness of the wolf and the coldness of the killer, as well as the innocence and romance of the teenager. Therefore, in his life, the brotherhood of life and death is his eternal feeling. Since the battle of robbing Taiping commissary truck, the strange eldest brother was injured and blocked an arrow for him, which made him deeply grateful for saving his life. Because of his natural fanaticism, he worships his eldest brother more than his second brother. The mountain village of the second brother and others was looted by the Qing army. After heavy casualties, the third brother urged the three of them to become brothers, and the eldest brother led them to join the Qing court. In order not to disappoint the third brother and his fellow villagers, the second brother gave up the position of the eldest brother regardless of personal gains and losses.
As a good brother in the men's world, the second brother is a failed lover in the women's world, an unqualified husband with a strong masculine atmosphere, which makes him lose the romantic charm that fascinates women; His wife Lian Sheng is a romantic who believes in love at first sight. Therefore, although he saved Lian Sheng who was sold to Yangzhou as a child prostitute, although he tried to take care of Lian Sheng, although he was illiterate, he just didn't have the scholarly spirit that Lian Sheng liked, and he never got her sincere love. In order to realize the ideal of a peaceful and prosperous world without war, with the help of a group of brothers headed by his second brother and third brother, eldest brother set up a "mountain camp" to temporarily serve the Qing court. It was originally designed to gather military strength by attacking the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. But as he came to power, eldest brother became more and more ambitious, which cleared all obstacles for him. He did not hesitate to break with his second brother and slaughter the Taiping rebels who were persuaded by his second brother, just for fear of rebellion. He used his third brother's enthusiasm to persuade him to take his side. Originally, the eldest brother was only one step away from success, but his behavior hurt the third brother who admired him. At the inauguration ceremony, at the most glorious moment of power, eldest brother unexpectedly died suddenly at the hands of an assassin. ...
Highlights and tidbits:
The name "warlords" comes from the plot of Lin rushing into Liangshan in Water Margin. Kill someone before joining, and use the head as a pawn.
The film used 15 deputy directors and 6 cameras. The biggest war scene lasted for 20 minutes, and even two people had 300 people in the background.
Jet Li was deeply impressed by a play of the dead. "As usual, I received a red envelope of 100 yuan. Because I want to lie in the coffin, I sealed a small red envelope from 5 yuan. I donated this 105 yuan to the One Foundation. "
Jet Li played the most literary plays in the film. Chen Kexin said: "It seems that Jet Li has never made an impressive love scene except for his 13th aunt, but even Takeshi Kaneshiro worked harder and harder in this play and found such a beautiful boy, but you wouldn't believe it. On the contrary, Jet Li is the one with the most literary dramas. "
Chen Kexin did consider looking for Shu Qi to play the heroine, but this role needs someone who looks unattractive and sexy at first glance. Although Shu Qi acted well, she was "flying" because she was too sexy.
Selected dialogue: filming tidbits: director's commentary: film flowers: songs: others: behind-the-scenes production: Chen Kexin reinterprets "Stabbing Horse"
The prototype of Pricking Horse is one of the four unsolved cases in Qing Dynasty, and its status is equal to that of Yang Naiwu and Chinese cabbage. Because it involves many dramatic elements such as beauty, loyalty and betrayal, it has been adapted into Beijing opera and movies. The most famous film is the version made for Xiao by director Zhang Che more than 30 years ago.
Zhang Wenxiang and Huang Zong are both rebellious people. They have never met Ma Xinyi and become brothers of the opposite sex. Milan, the wife of Huang Zong, the second child, worships Ma Xinyi, the eldest brother, but Ma Xinyi has established a solid emotional defense line and has not been broken by Milan's love. When Ma Xinyi was appointed as the governor of the two rivers, Milan became more and more fond of Ma Xinyi, and Ma Xinyi did whatever it took to achieve his goal, and his moral and emotional defense line collapsed completely, eventually occupying Milan and killing his younger brother Huang Zong. Wenxiang Zhang, the third son, was furious when he heard the news. He assassinated Ma Xinyi and pleaded guilty in the punishments.
Zhang Che's classic "Sting the Horse" stars John Chiang, Chen Guantai, Tommy Tam and Jing Li. The whole story revolves around three men turning against each other for a woman, bloody and heroic. At that time, Zhang Che's films were brilliant, not only sweeping the 1 1 Taiwanese Golden Horse Award, but also being regarded as a model of cooperation between director Zhang Che and action director Liu Jialiang.
After many years, Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Andy Lau will be replaced by the three leading actors in Chen Kexin's remake "Stabbing the Horse". Jet Li plays Ma Xinyi, Andy Lau plays Huang Zong, whose wife was robbed and killed, and Takeshi Kaneshiro plays Wenxiang Zhang, who finally finished stabbing the horse.
The film is set in the Qing Dynasty, and all the actors in the film have to shave their heads. This time, "Stabbing Horse" will take a realistic route. In addition to the three leading actors, other actors "must be very manly and not handsome" and will "sleep in the wind" when filming. Takeshi Kaneshiro changed his handsome image in the past and appeared in a unshaven shape.