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Actors: Jackie Chan, Qi Shu, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Emil Chau, Richie Ren
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Gorgeous
Ah Bu (Qi Shu) finds a romantic message in a bottle and goes to Hong Kong to meet the sender but finds out he is gay. She also ends up looking like the escaped girlfriend of a criminal and is taken in by a business leader who buys and sells trash (Jackie Chan) she falls in love with him but he then finds out she is not the criminals girlfriend. He is also forced to train because of a loss of a battle in a Chinese boxing match.

--Michael Gookin, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Training/Promotion story? Yes
Kinds of training/promotion: - martial arts
Sports story? - boxing
Combat acrobatics/martial arts? Yes
Sports story? Yes
Kind of movie - traditional karate

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 40's-50's
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair style - short/standard straight (man)
Body type - muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive - caring - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type - very skinny (woman)
How much in movie? - 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese

Main Adversary
Identity: - gang
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - Chinese

Setting
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - China
Water? Yes
City? Yes
City: - wealthy

Style
Movie makes you feel... - frustrated
How many deaths in film? - 0 (not a murder mystery)
Kind of violence: - karate chop - hand to hand
Non-American film? Yes
What language? - Chinese
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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