MR. NICE GUY (1997)
MORGAN'S RATING
Jackie Chan plays a popular TV chef who accidentally saves a reporter pursued by two warring gangs. After the two gangs decide to come after Jackie and his friends, he drops his nice guy image and fights back.
Jackie Chan (Jackie), Richard Norton (Giancarlo), Miki Lee (Miki), Karen McLymont (Lakisha), Gabrielle Fitzpatrick (Diana), Vince Poletto (Romeo), Barry Otto (Baggio), Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Cyclist), Amil Chau (Ice Cream Vendor), Joyce Godenzi (Cook Show Audience), Peter Houghton (Richard), Peter Lindsay (Grank), David No (Victor), Rachel Blakely (Sandy), Judy Green (Tina), Stefan Fredrich, Jonathan Isgar, Steve Kahlua, Matthew Meersbergen, Stuart Ritchie, Kyne Sedgman, Matt Trihey, Les Vzice (Demons), Karl Ajami, Bradley James Allan, Paul Andreovski, David Baldwin, Kerry Blakeman, Mark Campbell, Terry Carter, Dennis Christensen, Tony Doherty, Cameron Douglas, Paul Douglas, Stuart Ellis, Mark Fitzpatrick, Stuart Fraser, Michael Hammad, Habby Heske, Brent Houghton, Richard Huggett, Graham Jahne, Chris Kemp, Frederick MacGlure, Douglas Macdonald, Robert Lowe, Ian Mall, Dennis McCoy (Giancarlo's Men), Aaron Notarfrancesco (Sanny), Jake Notarfrancesco (Nancy).
NICE GUYS DON'T GET MAD. THEY GET EVEN.
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
DIRECTOR: Sammo Hung Kam-Bo (Dragons Forever).
WRITERS: Fibe Ma and Edward Tang.
PRODUCERS: Leonard Ho and Chua Lam.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Leonard Ho and Chua Lam.
LINE PRODUCER: Barbi Taylor.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Peter Kam and J. Peter Robinson.
DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema.
QUOTES
Diana: Jackie?! I know you. You're a nice guy.
FACTS
CRITICAL COMMENTS
RELEASE DATE: March 20th, 1998 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $5.4 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $12.6 million (USA)
- Emil Chau plays an ice cream vendor, a role that he played in Rumble in the Bronx (1995).
- Because of the mess they left behind (from the demolished house), the production company was banned permanently from ever filming in that part of Australia again.
- Director Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, a good friend of Jackie Chan, also cameos as the cyclist.
- In 1997, this film was the second highest grossing film in Hong Kong, behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
- As is typical with many Jackie Chan films, the cast and crew worked without a complete script, which was a new thing for some of the non-Chinese actors.
- The house that was demolished at the end of the film cost $1.5 million to construct.
- One of the titles under consideration for the film was No More Mr. Nice Guy.
"There are people who don't like Jackie Chan movies, and I'm not surprised. You can always find someone to criticize things that are pure and good and fine." -- Curtis Edmonds, TXReviews.com
"With its blend of crowd-pleasing elements, Mr. Nice Guy is irrepressibile fun." -- James Berardinelli, Reel Views
"There's not a single idea to take away but the picture's a model crowd pleaser -- and Chan sure knows his crowd." -- Susan Stark, Detriot News
"There's just no end of awesome and amusing derring-do and kung-foolery in Mr. Nice Guy...Jackie has done it again." -- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
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