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Jackie Chan (Action Director) | Miki Lee
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Mr. Nice Guy

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Product Title: Mr. Nice Guy 一個好人 一个好人 ナイスガイ（一個好人） Mr. Nice Guy
Artist Name(s): Jackie Chan | Miki Lee 成龍 | 李婷宜 成龙 | 李婷宜 成龍 （ジャッキー・チェン） | 李［女亭］宜（ミキ・リー） 성룡 | Miki Lee
Action Director: Jackie Chan 成龍 成龙 成龍 （ジャッキー・チェン） 성룡
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Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
Country of Origin: Hong Kong
Disc Format(s): VCD
Rating: IIA
Other Information: 2VCDs
Package Weight: 110 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1291

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Professional Review of "Mr. Nice Guy"

October 31, 2006

This professional review refers to Mr. Nice Guy (Taiwan version)
In 1997 Sammo Hung made his Hong Kong comeback, directing two of the biggest hits of the year: Once Upon a Time in China and America and Mr. Nice Guy. Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao had parted ways on poor terms after they had miserably humped Dragons Forever across the finish line in 1987. Sammo went on to direct three great movies that buried his career (Millionaire's Express, Eastern Condors, Pedicab Driver) and Yuen Biao went on to trash his career, starring in a long series of ill-considered movies. Jackie went on, of course, to become an international superstar.

After directing the action on Thunderbolt (as a secret uncredited collaborator), Sammo Hung was invited to direct Jackie in Mr. Nice Guy. Set in Australia, the movie is an extended chase that levels a devastating critique of all things Western while bouncing off the walls. Sammo's as nasty and naughty as ever as he demolishes capitalism, art and Australia itself, while the movie spazzes out trying to please you, hyperventilating so hard you're worried it's going to pass out. Chan is the host of "What's Cooking Tonight", a nurturing Chinese granny eager to whip up some noodles by hand or to help a damsel in distress. He's so gentle and reasonable that he stops in the middle of a chase to try to convince his pursuers that he isn't worth their time.

There are three kinds of Australian in Mr. Nice Guy: drug dealers, super-evil drug dealers, and people who work on TV. The drug dealers and super-evil drug dealers (represented by Richard Norton) are all after an incriminating videotape made by a lady who works on TV. The tape comes into Chan's possession and one chase streaks into another with an occasional interlude for a Sammo Hung cameo or a mass Hell's Angels wedding. Things climax when Jackie, driven to the end of his rope, uses heavy machinery to affect massive property destruction. It's the wheels of capitalism and industry that want to grind up the hapless Jackie, and so it's capitalism and industry that he must destroy.

Endlessly referencing earlier Chan movies, Sammo replicates the three female co-star setup from Operation Condor and he throws in moves from Miracles and The Protector in a construction site bashdown. You can't tell if he's cribbing or creating, but that's the magic of Sammo: he's part charlatan, part genius; half rip-off artist, half old master.

by Grady Hendrix

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