Bo bui gai wak (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Benny Chan

Writers:

Jackie Chan (written by) &
Benny Chan (written by) ...

Release Date:

28 September 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

This September! Crawl Baby crawl!

Plot:

For never-do-well compulsive gambler Fong, there's only one thing more fearsome than debtors at his doorstep - having to coax a crying baby...

Plot Keywords:

Rollercoaster | Martial Arts | Kidnapping

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jackie Chan	...	Fong Ka Ho
Michael Hui	...	Landlord
Louis Koo	...	Octopus
Charlene Choi	...	Pak Yin
Biao Yuen	...	Inspector Steve Mok
Yuanyuan Gao	...	Melody
Teresa Carpio	...	Landlady
Terence Yin	...	Max
Convoy Chan Chi-Chung	...	McDaddy
Andrew Lin	...	Calvin (as Hoi Lin)
Ken Wong	...	Debt Collector
Hayama Go	...	Tokyo Joe
Ken Lo	...	Baldie
Cherrie Ying	...	Li Man Yee
On-on Yu	...	Mrs. Li

Also Known As:

Rob-B-Hood (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title)
Bao bei ji hua (Hong Kong: Mandarin title)
Project BB (Hong Kong: English title) (working title)
Robin-B-Hood (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

Philippines:125 min | Hong Kong:136 min (theatrical version) | USA:134 min (Venice Film Festival)

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Emperor Motion Pictures

Trivia:

Jackie Chan sings the theme tune for this movie which is evident in the outtakes. Another version is also out with Michael Hui and Louis Koo singing along with Jackie.

Movie Connections:

References Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Overlong comedy about three men and a baby

Latest Jackie Chan film is a wildly overly long (well over 2 hours) comedy action film about a trio of safe crackers who use the loot to fuel their addictions. When things take a turn for the worst the trio kidnaps a baby, the same one that they had saved earlier in the film. When one of the trio is hurt and thrown in jail after the getaway, the remaining two, Jackie Chan and Louis Koo must care for the kid. Of course they bond with the kid and of course circumstance provides for some death defying action sequences.

I really didn't care for this film. Sure its nice to see Jackie playing a semi-not so nice guy, but on the whole this is the sort of thing we've seen a dozen or so times before, and I'm not talking action. For me much of the film was past formulaic and into the cliché rut. How many films have their been about grown men with no baby experience taking care of infants? How many of them have gags stolen by this film? As for the action sequences they take a bit of a back seat to the comedy and the baby. Sure there are some nice bits, Jackie walking down the air conditioners and the car chase/crash are good little sequences but they too ring of things that have gone before. It could be argued that Jackie is getting up there, he's 52, but its not that what he's doing is bad its just that its a bit lifeless and repetitive when compared to his earlier films.

It also doesn't help that the film is paced so,leisurely that we feel every one of its 130 plus minutes. This is a movie in need of some real trimming.

A miss. Wait for cable.

4.5 out of 10, 5 out of 10 for IMDb purposes