Summaries

A Chinese chef accidentally gets involved with a news reporter who filmed a drug bust that went awry, and is now being chased by gangs who are trying to get the video tape.

In Melbourne, the Chinese Chef Jackie has a successful show on television. The drug lord Giancarlo and his gang are dealing cocaine with The Demons gang, but they fight against each other. During the shooting, the snoopy reporter Diana and her partner are accidentally exposed and they flee with a VHS tape with the footage of the negotiation. On the street, she stumbles with Jackie and he helps her fighting against the gangsters. When they are escaping in his car, her tape accidentally mixes with other videotapes that Jackie has in a box on the backseat of his car. Jackie goes to his apartment and meets his girlfriend Miki while his nephews "borrow" the tape to watch. Meanwhile Giancarlo's gangsters are looking for the tape and abduct Miki. Jackie's friend Romeo, who is a police detective, chases the gangsters with other policemen while Jackie teams up with Diana and his friend Lakisha to release Miki from Giancarlo.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Melbourne, Australia. TV Journalist Diana tapes evidence against drug lord Giancarlo, but on her way away from the scene, she is spotted and has to run. In the street, she runs into TV cook Jackie, whose knowledge of martial arts helps her survive the threat. Accidentally, her VHS-tape then gets mixed up with some kid's films in Jackie's car and so all the bad guys are after him as well as Diana, without him knowing where to find the right tape. But when Jackie's visiting girlfriend Miki gets kidnapped for the tape as ransom, Jackie puts the image of being the nice and friendly TV cook aside and goes to see Mr. Giancarlo himself to get her back: playtime's over.—Julian Reischl <[email protected]>

Jackie is a well known television chef who is drawn into a war between two rival gangs by a TV reporter, Diana, who has video taped Giacarlo murdering a rival.—R. L. Strong <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • dark comedy
  • child in jeopardy
  • body lands on a car
  • man murders a woman
  • woman wears a bra and panties
Genres
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Comedy
  • Crime
Release date Jan 30, 1997
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) PG-13
Countries of origin Hong Kong
Language English Mandarin Cantonese
Filming locations Chinatown Mall, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia
Production companies Golden Harvest Company GH Pictures Golden Harvest Pictures (China)

Box office

Gross US & Canada $12716953
Opening weekend US & Canada $5250704
Gross worldwide $18814720

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 41m
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

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