Mr. Nice Guy (1997)

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.

Director:

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung (as Samo Hung)

Writers:

Fibe Ma (screenplay), Edward Tang (screenplay)

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VHS tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo.

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Plot Keywords:

gang | gangster | drugs | reporter | chef | 

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Taglines:

Nice guys don't get mad. They get even.

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

English Cantonese Mandarin

Release Date:

20 March 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mr. Nice Guy

Filming Locations:

Chinatown Mall, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,442,468, 22 March 1998, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$12,674,183, 7 June 1998

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golden Harvest Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min (original) 84 min (DVD) 86 min (Fan Edit)

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Cineart)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Whole scenes from this movie were copied almost frame by frame by the Bollywood movie Baadshah (2013), including other Hollywood movies like Rush Hour (1998) and The Mask (1994).

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Goofs

When Jackie is driving the mining dump truck, the first set of cars he drives over are just flattened, but the second set of cars explode.

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Crazy Credits

During the final credits some outtakes (mostly action scenes) are shown

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Alternate Versions

The Hong Kong version is dubbed into Cantonese/Mandarin languages, and features script changes from the original English (e.g. The Demons are called The Wolves).

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Connections

Referenced in NiceGuys' First Strike (1999)

User Reviews

worth seeing

This movie is a strange combination: quite possibly the thinnest plot and worst acting of any Jackie Chan movie... and some of the best and funniest fight scenes, as well.

Fortunately the movie moves along briskly and there's never much time between humor and fight scenes for you to dwell on just how bad the acting was in the preceeding scene.