I'll be frank here. Unfortunately, actors do have their fair share of bad movies. Such is the case in this Double Fail feature, starring Jackie Chan. I'm fairly sure I've mentioned that I'm a Jackie Chan fan, and it pains me to watch bad movies with him in it. It's about as bad as watching Tony Jaa succumbing to cheesy green screen fight scenes and simplifying his stunts. (Oh wait. He did that. Damn.) So, let's get on with these movies.
Mr. Nice Guy: Jackie Chan is a famous TV chef living in Australia. He accidentally finds himself caught up in a news reporter's story gone bad. Basically, the reporter (played by Gabrielle Fitzpatrick) manages to get video evidence of two drug gangs and they want it. Jackie constantly fights his way through waves of gang canon fodder and gets the bad guy arrested. That's it. There is literally no story telling whatsoever. Jackie's called "Mr. Nice Guy" once in the entire movie and we see no evidence of him being a nice guy. I mean, he's not kicking puppies or anything, but he just seems like a normal guy. Diana, the reporter is...there. She does get some pretty good video evidence despite the fact she and her camera man where about two stories up in a super dark room though.
The Good:
It's a Jackie Chan movie, so there's bound to be some decent fight sequences. That's about all I can say nice about this movie.
The Bad:
Everything. The acting, the story, even the characters are just dumb. And the gangs...how in the hell do they manage to know where everyone lives? Seriously? Is looking for people that easy to do in Australia? It's just...bad. Even the last scene of the movie is disappointing. It's neat, but it's not how a Jackie Chan movie is supposed to end. Oh, and slow mo...lot's of slow mo.
Overall:
I'm going to be blunt here. Mr. Nice Guy is a bad movie. If you're a fan of this movie, more power to you, but I was disappointed through the entire thing. The only good thing I can say were the fight scenes, and even those got old. A flimsy story with action scenes trying to cover it up is just lazy or bad writing.
2 out of 5...bad video tapes.
Jackie Chan is the Prisoner:
First off, this is the most misleading title ever. Jackie Chan at best is a secondary character in this movie. The star is actually Andy Lau. Jackie has a few appearances, but they're pretty short and pointless. The story is Lau is an undercover cop who is sent to a prisoner under the suspension something else is going on. He befriends Charlie, a convict who did...I have no idea. But Charlie is the go to guy on info. Then there's Samo Hung. He's a guy who has a family, and he keeps trying to escape to see his only son. He gets away once, then gets sent back to the slammer. Wait, this movie is starting to sound familiar. Oh jeez, this is kind of the plot to Cool Hand Luke. Cool guy? Check. Corrupt guards and warden? Check. All we need is...a girl getting wet from something and the prisoners oogling her. Check. Seriously? You ripped off the plot from Cool Hand Luke? (goes off to rant for a bit) Okay. I'm back. There are a few fight scenes, then the plot decides to steal from another movie. That's right, they're going to kill off Charlie The Longest Yard style. A light bulb bomb. Ugh...this movie is just...okay. I can do this, almost to the end. Turns out the corrupt warden "kills" certain prisoners only to bring them back to do his dirty work in hopes of having a second chance at life. Andy, Chan, and Samo do a assassination job, only to have Chan and Samo killed off. There's another guy but he's not that important. Andy arrests the corrupt warden because....get this, the warden was a drug lord who wanted his partner killed. <sigh>
The Good:
Um, no. There's nothing good about this movie.
The Bad:
Everything. The title is misleading, the story's dumb and the majority of the plot is ripped off from two other movies. I could have watched Cool Hand Luke instead of this! Except for the undercover cop part, the majority of this movie is Cool Hand Luke! As I said before, the title is misleading. Jackie Chan probably gets about 15 minutes total of screen time in this movie. Even the back of the DVD box plot is misleading! The last time I was mislead this bad, I nearly put a hole in my TV. This movie sucks. The fights are not exciting, the characters are something we've seen before, and did I mention the plot is bad?
Overall:
This movie is just one gigantic mess of disappointment. Save yourself some time and just watch Cool Hand Luke instead. It's a much better movie.
Since this movie was so bad, it's not getting a special rating. It's getting a star.
0 Stars out of 5.
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