1999 · romance · action-comedy · jackie-chan
Gorgeous
Directed by Vincent Kok Tak-Chiu2h 1m1999
When Ah Bu, a girl from a small fishing town in Taiwan, finds a glass bottle with a romantic message, she travels to Hong Kong to find her prince charming. As it turns out, her prince charming, Albert, happens to be gay. But all is not lost when Ah Bu meets the dashing Chi Wu. Meanwhile, Ah Bu's boyfriend from Taiwan comes looking for her, as the action and romance follow Ah Bu back to Taiwan.
Our read: Gorgeous (1999) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded romance · action-comedy · jackie-chan entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured romance / action-comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- kinetic
- redemptive
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