Gorgeous VCD

International action superstar Jackie Chan tries his hand at romantic comedy with Gorgeous! Directed by Vincent Kok, this 1999 film stars the beautiful Shu Qi (So Close, Seoul Raiders) as Bu, a Taiwanese country girl looking to add a little excitement to her life. One fateful day, Bu's life is changed dramatically when she discovers a message in a bottle. The romantic note inside motivates her to pack up and head for Hong Kong in search of Albert, the writer behind the message. When she arrives in Hong Kong, Bu finds Albert (played by the great Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), but is shocked to learn that he's actually gay! Despite this romantic setback, things heat up in the relationship department for Bu when she meets up with C.N. (Jackie Chan), a womanizing millionaire constantly at odds with L.W. (Emil Chow), a grudge-bearing former classmate. To impress C.N., Bu finds herself plotting a complicated ruse with Albert and his friends in the hopes of convincing C.W. that she's actually involved with an infamous Taiwanese gangster! Of course, a romance eventually blossoms between C.N. and Bu, but it's one that's not without its problems. Will C.N. be able to overcome his own bad habits and pursue the woman who stole his heart? And if romantic problems weren't enough for C.W., plenty of high-kicking action erupts when the dastardly L.W. hires a martial artist to humiliate his more popular rival! At the end of the day, is C.W. a lover or a fighter? or both? Full of memorable cameos (including a wonderful turn by Kung Fu Hustle's Stephen Chow), Gorgeous is a unique film in Jackie Chan's filmography - a love story with a real kick!

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Product Title:	Gorgeous 玻璃樽玻璃樽玻璃樽 Gorgeous
Artist Name(s):	Emil Chau \| Tony Leung Chiu Wai \| Richie Jen \| Jackie Chan (Actor) \| Shu Qi (Actor) 周華健 \| 梁朝偉 \| 任賢齊 \| 成龍 (Actor) \| 舒淇 (Actor) 周华健 \| 梁朝伟 \| 任贤齐 \| 成龙 (Actor) \| 舒淇 (Actor) 周華健（エミール・チョウ） \| 梁朝偉（トニー・レオン） \| 任賢齊（リッチー・レン） \| 成龍（ジャッキー・チェン） (Actor) \| 舒淇（スー・チー） (Actor) Emil Chau \| 양조위 \| Richie Jen \| 성룡 (Actor) \| 서기 (Actor)
Director:	Vincent Kok 谷德昭谷德昭谷徳昭（ビンセント・コク） Vincent Kok
Release Date:	1999-07-01
Language:	Cantonese, Mandarin
Subtitles:	English, Traditional Chinese
Country of Origin:	Hong Kong
Disc Format(s):	VCD
Rating:	IIA
Other Information:	2VCDs
Package Weight:	100 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	6209

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July 6, 2005

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The feel-good movie to end all feel-good movies, Gorgeous is contrived, artificial, has nothing to do with real life, and contains numerous groan-inducing moments of sloppy sentimentality. That said, I couldn't name a 1999 movie that I love more.

The story concerns Shu Qi's journey to Hong Kong to find the author of a love letter that washed up on the beach outside her parents' restaurant in Taiwan. A chain of circumstances lands her in the arms of millionaire recycling mogul, Jackie Chan, and while Jackie usually seasons his action movies with a bit of romance, this movie is a romantic comedy with action scenes thrown in on the side.

Jackie and Shu Qi look, respectively, older and younger than their ages, giving their love scenes all the sparkle of walking in on your grandfather and his trophy girlfriend. They do okay, but it's the supporting actors who shine. Tony Leung Chiu-wai demonstrates why he's a comic virtuoso with his always flustered hair dresser who helps Shu Qi, against his better judgment, in the name of love. Hong Kong pop star, William So, plays the dopey boyfriend Shu Qi left behind, and Elaine Jin plays her mom (she also played moms in 1999's Tempting Heart and Metade Fumaca). Taiwanese great, Chan Chungyung (who starred in Hou Hsiao-hsien's City of Sadness), plays Shu Qi's dad with all the bluster of a boiled potato, and Tats Lau plays Jackie's bloodless personal assistant.

Emil Chau plays Jackie's nemesis with great gusto. Shadowed by his gang of confused goons (led by a bald Ken Lo), he's constantly tangling with Jackie, mouthing "call me" as he struts away. Bradley Allen, the only Caucasian member of Jackie Chan's stunt team, turns in a charming performance as a foreign fighter, smaller than Jackie, imported to humiliate Chan. Stephen Chow even shows up in a cameo that's side-splitting.

The secret weapon of this flick isn't the action or the romance between the two pampered leads, but the general feeling of goodwill and humanity amongst all the characters that makes Gorgeous a true feel-good movie. Feeling good about a world where everything's clean, recycling pays, dolphins don't kill children, waiters are happy being waiters, henchmen hang out together, rivals take time to listen to one another's problems and offer advice, and combatants follow the rules of a good clean fight. "No dirty tricks," says Bradley Allen to Jackie, but he needn't worry. You couldn't find dirt in this movie with a microscope.

by Grady Hendrix

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 9 - 9.2 out of 10 (13)

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October 2, 2006

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gorgeous Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

Good on Jackie for trying a different role. He made this movie after Rush Hour and you just can't stop wishing and hoping that all fairy tale love stories end like this. Don't all girls wish they are in Shu Qi's shoes where she can have her cake and eat it too. Tony Leung was fabulous as the gay makeup artist and his dialogue with Shu Qi and the scene at Jackie's apartment was side-splitting. Love Jackie's hot bod even at 52. By the way, the dolphins are real not cgi as mentioned. They won an award for their theme song and I couldn't get it out of my head weeks after.