1997 · action · comedy · jackie-chan
Mr. Nice Guy
Directed by Sammo Hung Kam-Bo1h 35m1997
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.
Our read: Mr. Nice Guy (1997) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded action · comedy · jackie-chan entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- intense
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