Gorgeous (film)

• Jackie Chan: C. N. Chan
• Shu Qi: Bu
• Bradley James Allan: Alan
• Tony Leung Chiu Wai: Albert
• Emil Chau: L. W. Lo
• Richie Ren Yi Lung
• Sung Young Chen: Bus father
• Elaine Jin: Bus mother
• Stephen Chow: police officer
• Stephen Fung: Photographer

Under Control (Chinese玻璃樽, Pinyin bō lí Zun ), also titled Gorgeous known, is a published in 1999 Hong Kong action and martial arts movie with Jackie Chan.

Action

Bu lives in a small fishing village on Taiwan. When she fishes a bottle from the sea and is the message "I am alone. How is it with you? " Is a Hongkongers including its address, it is on its way to seek their supposed prince charming.

She meets the sender. Since this is gay, just a friendship developed. But you learn the millionaire Chan know. The two enjoy a nice time together, but as Chan is integrated business more and in addition also has to deal with jealous people, he neglected Bu, who returns disappointed in her home village. Only now remembers the millionaire, how important she was to him. He travels after her and manages the end to conquer her heart.

Criticism

" Below-average assembly line production full of harmless follies. Jackie Chan, Draft Horse and martial arts icon achieved nowhere near the standard of his otherwise virtuoso Kampfchoreografien. "

Trivia

• Alternative title of the film are: Glass Bottle and High Risk.
• Under Control is Jackie Chan's first romantic comedy, so there is in the film only three best battle scenes.
• In Asia, the film was commercially very successful.
• The German versions are extremely cut into the plot, it lacks about twenty minutes. Below are some cameo appearances of various Hong Kong stars, skits ( CYF scene at the airport ), but also dialogue scenes. 2008 then came to DVD, the Special Uncut Edition, in these twenty minutes is present, but only German subtitled out.