Under control
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Under control |
| Original title | 玻璃樽 |
| Country of production | Hong Kong |
| original language | Cantonese |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | approx. 95 minutes / Special Uncut Edition: approx. 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Vincent Kok |
| script |
Jackie Chan Yiu Fai Lo Vincent Kok |
| production | Golden Harvest |
| music | Wong Dang-Yi |
| camera | Cheung Man Po |
| cut | Ka-Fai Cheung |
| occupation | |
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Under Control ( kant.玻璃樽, Jyutping Bo1lei4zeon1, "glass bottle"), also known as Gorgeous , is an action and martial arts film with Jackie Chan released in Hong Kong in 1999 .
action
Bu lives in a small fishing village in Taiwan . When she fishes a message in a bottle from the sea and in it the message “I am alone. How about you? ”Finds a Hong Kong resident including their address, she sets off to look for her supposed prince charming.
She meets the sender. Since this is homosexual, only friendship develops. But she gets to know the millionaire Chan. The two have a good time together, but when Chan is more involved in business and also has to deal with envious people, he neglects Bu, who returns to her home village disappointed. Only now does the millionaire realize how important she was to him. He travels after her and in the end manages to win her heart.
criticism
“Below average assembly line production full of harmless sillies. Jackie Chan, draft horse and martial arts icon, does not even come close to the standard of his otherwise virtuoso combat choreographies. "
Trivia
- Alternative titles of the film are: Glass Bottle and High Risk .
- Under Control is Jackie Chan's first romantic comedy, so there are only three real fighting scenes in the film.
- The film was very successful commercially in Asia.
- The German versions are extremely cut in the plot, about twenty minutes are missing. These include some cameo appearances by various Hong Kong stars, skits ( CYF scene at the airport), but also dialogue scenes. In 2008 the Special Uncut Edition came out on DVD , in which these twenty minutes are available but only with German subtitles.
Web links
- Under Control in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Under Control. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .