Jackie
Chan Meets Film Noir... No More Mr Nice Guy!
director: Derek Yee
starring: Jackie Chan · Daniel Wu · Naoto Takenaka ·
Bingbing Fan
A cross between 'Goodfellas'
and director Derek Yee's own ONE
NITE IN MONGKOK. Chan plays Steelhead, an illegal Chinese immigrant
who slips into Tokyo looking for a childhood sweetheart only to discover
that she is now married to a vicious Yakuza boss. Steelhead becomes a
hitman for the gangster and finds himself enjoying the perks of the underworld;
however, soon things turn ugly and he must affiliate with a rival gang
to survive.
No more Mr Nice Guy
for Jackie Chan. The movie was immediately banned in China for its extreme
brutality, yet director Yee refused to make any edits to content. The
amount of violence is relatively small, but the brutality of the action
scenes is totally unexpected. This is not homogenized Jackie Chan. In
fact, (besides the violence) perhaps the most surprising thing about this
film is the Jackie Chan sex scene.
A
HK/Japanese film; widescreen (16:9), uncut (120 minutes) in DVD encoded
for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American DVD machine; in Japanese
& Chinese language with optional English subtitles.
Graphic
Violence/Adult Material/Nudity:
Recommended for Mature Audiences