Yat goh hiu yan (1997)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

Writers:

Fibe Ma (screenplay)
Edward Tang (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Fight first. Apologize later.

Plot:

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Chef | Martial Arts | Drug Lord | Guesthouse

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Jackie
Richard Norton	...	Giancarlo
Miki Lee	...	Miki
Karen McLymont	...	Lakisha
Gabrielle Fitzpatrick	...	Diana
Vince Poletto	...	Romeo
Barry Otto	...	Baggio
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo	...	Cyclist (as Sanno Hung)
Emil Chau	...	Ice Cream Vendor
Joyce Godenzi	...	Cook Show Audience (as Mina Godenzi)
Peter Houghton	...	Richard
Peter Lindsay	...	Grank, Demon Leader
David No	...	Victor
Rachel Blakely	...	Sandy, Demon
Judy Green	...	Tina, Demon

Also Known As:

Mr. Nice Guy (Australia) (Hong Kong: English title) (UK) (USA)
A Nice Guy (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
No More Mr. Nice Guy (USA)
SuperChef
Yi ge hao ren (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for pervasive action violence, some sensuality and drug content.

Runtime:

94 min | USA:88 min | USA:113 min (original running time) | Spain:84 min (DVD edition)

Country:

Hong Kong | Australia | USA

Language:

English | Mandarin | Cantonese

Color:

Color (Cineart)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS (US prints) | SDDS (US prints)

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | Netherlands:12 (re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 (video premiere) | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL (video premiere) | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 (direct to video) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Chinatown Mall, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Emil Chau plays an ice cream vendor, a role that he also played in _Hong faan kui (1995)_.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the thugs are breaking into Jackie's apartment, one of the thugs shoots twice at the lock but three bullet holes are shown.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Baadshah (1999)

Thin on plot but fat with exciting stunts.

Thin on plot and fat with exciting stunts, Jackie Chan's "Mr. Nice Guy" is more like a speedy carnival ride than a movie. Chan plays a television chef who gets mixed up with a female reporter with an incriminating videotape that drug lords are after. Along the way Jackie Chan has his prerequisite close calls and death defying stunts mixed with his affable humor. All the stunts are good ones and there's a set-piece that requires Chan to escape his enemy in an unfinished building where all the blue doors are already installed that is my favorite. It's quite a farce having people opening and closing doors in pursuit and escape and never knowing who or what's behind the next door. One extended scene is a guilty pleasure for me and involves Chan commandeering a large earth moving vehicle and wreaking havoc with it. When I say large, I mean LARGE. The tires alone must be 12 feet tall in and of themselves. It's pretty cool to see the devastation this vehicle incurs. A fun film. Had the plot itself been a bit more thickened my rating would've been higher.