Stars: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Sammo Hung, Barry Otto, Joyce Godenzi, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Peter Houghton, Miki Lee, Peter Lindsay, Karen McLymont, Vince Poletto

Director: Sammo Hung

Summary: A popular TV chef helps a beautiful woman when she is chased by a gang of thiefs. This is the first Jackie Chan movie to be shot entirely in English.

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.

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TV chef Jackie Chan is involuntarily involved in a gang war between stereotypical Italians and punks right out of A Clockwork Orange. Most of the cast is in a coma, and the plot is stupid, stupid, stupid. The reason to watch this is for Chan's gravity-defying stunts as he is chased through the streets of Melbourne by Aussie thugs trying to relocate missing cocaine. Chan is so innovative with his tricks that it is a shame he doesn't work with more intelligent material. Still, his fans should enjoy this slight adventure, as Chan's carefully choreographed martial art moves are as awesome as ever. Watch for a stunt involving a horse-drawn carriage, as it almost compensates for the lacklustre story line. --Rochelle O'Gorman, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Out Takes
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1997
Release Date:	August 30, 1999
Runtime:	85 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	E D V 9032
Keywords:	Mister, Action, Martial, More, General, Chan, Guy, Jackie, Nice, Mr, Adventure, Ho, Arts, Superchef, Yan, Yatgo
Genre:	Action/Adventure