Gorgeous [Blu-ray]

Director: Vincent Kuk, Vincent Kok Vincent Kuk

Overview

International action star Jackie Chan shifts gears in Bolei Cheun, in which martial arts are put on the back burner and romantic comedy is in the forefront. Bu (Shu Qi), the daughter of a pair of Taiwanese restaurant owners, one day finds a bottle floating near the docks with a message inside. The note reads, "Do you know I'm waiting for you?" and is signed "Albert," with an address in Hong Kong attached. Bu, convinced this is her destiny, flies to Hong Kong to meet the mysterious Albert, only to find he's a gay cosmetologist (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) who intended for the note to be found by his ex-boyfriend. But Albert is understanding and lets Bu stay at his apartment. Albert lets Bu tag along for a photo shoot he's working and she meets multi-millionaire C.N. Chan (Jackie Chan) when she helps him ward off a gang of toughs hired by L. W. Lo (Emil Chow), who became Chan's enemy in their schooldays and is still out to make his life miserable. Chan is single and a bit lonely, and quickly finds himself attracted to Bu. Bu discovers she likes Chan as well, but things become sticky when her boyfriend flies in from Taiwan to find out what she's done -- and Lo sends an American martial arts champion out to kidnap Chan's new love. While Bolei Cheun does feature a few sequences displaying Jackie Chan's unique fighting style and acrobatic dexterity, the emphasis is on the story and characters rather than the action, with Chan in a rare romantic lead, Leung cast against type and Shu Qi dominating most of the film's first act.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/11/2023
UPC:	0760137111269
Original Release:	1999
Source:	88 Films
Language:	English
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	19,642

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jackie Chan	C.N. Chan
Shu Qi	Bu
Chiu Wai Leung	Albert,Recycle factory worker
Emil Chow	L.W. Lo,H.K. Police Officer
Jen Hsien-chi	Bu's Suitor
Elaine Jin	Bu's Mother
Chen Sung-Yung	Bu's Father
Bradley James Allan	Martial Artist,Actor
Tats Lau	Actor
Vincent Kuk	Actor,Cameo
Sandra Ng	Actor
Sam Lee	Actor,Cameo
Law Kar-ying	Actor
Stephen Chiau	Actor
Emil Chau	L.W. Lo
Richie Jen	Long-Yi,Actor
Sung Young Chen	Bus Vater
Ken Lo	Los Leibwächter
Kar-Ying Law	Cha's Assistent
Stephen Fung	Photographer
Daniel Wu	Photographer's Assistant,Cameo
Paul Chang	Cameo
Maggie Ho-yee Cheung	Cameo
Siu Wai Cheung	Shelly,Cameo
Asuka Higuchi	Cameo
Eric Kot	Cameo
Rocky Lai	Masked Metal Bat Thug
Mark Lui	Cameo
Kai Man Tin	Cameo
Kitty Yuen	Cameo
Tony Wai	Albert
Vincent Kok	Actor
Dan-yee Wong	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Jackie Chan

Vincent Kok

Yiu Fai Lo

Lo Yiu-fai

Vincent Kuk	Director
Raymond Chow	Producer
Jackie Chan	Producer,Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Vincent Kok	Screenwriter,Director
Yiu Fai Lo	Screenwriter
Lo Yiu-fai	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

Jackie Chan takes an unusual turn as a romantic lead in Gorgeous, a curious blend of Pretty Woman and The Karate Kid -- except that the kid, in this case, is Chan, in the Richard Gere role. It's a strange sight at first, to see Chan playing the cutthroat millionaire determined to drive his equally acquisitive competitor Lo (Emil Chow, with obligatory maniacal laughter). By the time Chan appears, though, the mood of the film has already been established by Shu Qi, who plays Bu, a romantic-minded girl from Taiwan who finds a message in a bottle, beseeching the recipient to come to Hong Kong. Tony Leung is hilariously campy as the gay cosmetologist (all of whose clothes appear to be either salmon or magenta) who sent the note, and who good-naturedly helps Bu set out to find the man of her dreams. Since that man is, of course, Chan, the hijinks that ensue involve a fair amount of hand-to-hand derring-do, leading to one of the odder meet-cutes in romantic comedy history: Chan jumps off a boat during an altercation and is rescued by Bu. Those who watch Jackie Chan movies chiefly for the action may find Gorgeous a bit slow and sentimental for their tastes, but Chan rises admirably to the occasion, and is altogether charming in the role. Qi, meanwhile, seems to consist of equal parts ethereal beauty and gleeful innocence, a winning combination.

All Movie Guide - Genevieve Williams