In Sammo Hung's MR. NICE GUY, Jackie Chan plays a popular TV chef (also named Jackie) who accidentally saves a reporter pursued by two warring gangs--one that looks like the standard Cosa Nostra types, the other a group of upstarts who could have been cast in THE WARRIORS. After the two gangs decide to come after Jackie, he .. Read more
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Sammo Hung, Barry Otto |
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| Director | Sammo Hung |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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In Sammo Hung's MR. NICE GUY, Jackie Chan plays a popular TV chef (also named Jackie) who accidentally saves a reporter pursued by two warring gangs--one that looks like the standard Cosa Nostra types, the other a group of upstarts who could have been cast in THE WARRIORS. After the two gangs decide to come after Jackie, he drops his nice guy image and fights back.
Originally slated to be the fifth movie in Chan's POLICE STORY series, the film is filled with Chan's trademark physical comedy and stunts--one of which went awry and briefly confined him to a neck brace. A battle at a construction site recalls the best Keystone Cop gags, and the finale involving a 120-ton truck tops the hovercraft sequence in RUMBLE IN THE BRONX for sheer destructiveness. Filmed in English, this is the second collaboration between director Sammo Hung and Chan in the 1990s and the first time Hung directed Chan since DRAGONS FOREVER (1987). Taiwanese singer Miki Lee makes her film debut as Chan's girlfriend, and there are cameos by Hung; his wife, Joyce Godenzi; and the Pepsi Corporation.
| Starring | Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Sammo Hung, Barry Otto, Joyce Godenzi, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Peter Houghton, Miki Lee, Peter Lindsay, Karen McLymont, Vince Poletto |
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| Director | Sammo Hung |
| Studio | ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 25 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Subtitles | English |
| Released | DVD: 30 Aug 1999 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
As Jackie Chan movies are fundamentally stunts in search of a plot, it's unsurprising he's become one of the most... read more on Time Out
Mostly dubbed, but done well, with a couple of US actors thrown in, excellent stunts more so than you'd see in his latest films...his earlier ones are probably more inventive so well worth watching if you're a fan...if not, still a fun film!!
Kung Fu Comedy a funny film that the whole family enjoyed.