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*Gorgeous* may well note a turning point in Jackie Chan’s career. Under the guidance of his mentor, the slow Leonard Ho, Chan had been confining himself to playing cops and adventurers in action-packed martial arts movies. But after Ho’s death, he felt somewhat freer to seek unique horizons, and decided to engage risks with this uncharacteristic romantic comedy.
*Gorgeous* is the fable of a naïve country-girl, Bu, interpreted by the smart and extraordinarily charming Shu Qi (the tomboy from Golden Harvest’s video-gamish *Storm Riders*), who, after being lured to the city by a message in a bottle, falls in adore with an quiet, self-made businessman, interpreted by Jackie Chan. The film also has a subplot provocative Chan’s rivalry with a less principled businessman, whose hired goons repeatedly attempt to beat Chan up.
Seduced by the script written by Vincent Kok, Chan infused the lead male character with his contain personality, down to his obsession with cleanliness, his fondness for white clothes, his martial arts prowess and his name. The production designer even copied Chan’s real-life office and archaic Chan’s training equipment for the movie. (The only disagreement between his alter-ego and himself, Chan says, is “I don’t understand Wall Street”!)
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The result is a mixture of fairy-tale, reminiscent at times of the Spielberg productions of the eighties, romantic comedy, Hong Kong slapstick and martial arts movie- a kind of Chinese Disney film, benevolent, healthy and accurate. Even the fight scenes are good-natured, preaching fair-play, non-violence, humility and camaraderie.
As Chan explains in his audio commentary, some critics seem not to have found him believable as a businessman. But that is no reflection on his acting abilities, which have improved a lot since the 1970s. On the contrary, I possess such remarks are motivated partly by the same kind of tunnel-vision that is hampering the movie careers of the grand sitcom actors and actresses, and partly by the rarity of thoroughly helpful businessmen on mask. As far as I am concerned, Chan can play any kind of character (there’s a Chinese architect in my script for *Spicemoon*; hint-hint) and I assume he could have scrapped the martial arts altogether in *Gorgeous* and given us a full-fledged romantic comedy (even though we would have lost the amazing fighting scenes with his extremely talented student, Brad Allan.)
If you are tired of the depravity of most new movies, *Gorgeous* may be exactly the kind of alternative you are looking for. I strongly suggest watching the film in Cantonese with subtitles, and treating yourself to Chan’s audio commentary (in English), a loose series of reminiscences about the making of the film that will give you a scrutinize of Chan’s extraordinary generosity, candour and intelligence.
Up front, “Exquisite” has an ok status. At least we’re seeing a modern side of Jackie as he dons the “romantic” role. Now, to the fight scenes. These are by far some of his best ever filmed! When he takes on the four guys with the baseball bats, you’ll be rewinding that for definite. But don’t finish yet, as the two fight scenes with the American fighter are the ones to stick around for. The moves and hasten exhibited here are unbelievable, and the choreography on the fight scenes are absolutely some of his best ever. The thing I really appreciated about the film was the fact that there was no dreadful guys in the movie. The fight scenes between Chan and the American were done with respect toward each other, and even the main villian isn’t really into it to harm Jackie. No stereotype villians here, that’s for clear. A tall movie!
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