Mr. Nice Guy (1997 film)

Mr. Nice Guy
Film poster
Traditional Chinese一個好人
Simplified Chinese一个好人
Hanyu PinyinYī Gè Hǎo Rén
JyutpingJat1 Go3 Hou2 Jan4
Directed bySammo Hung
Written byEdward Tang
Ma Fibe
Produced byLeonard Ho
Chua Lam
Starring
CinematographyRaymond Lam
Edited byPeter Cheung
Music byClarence Hui
Peter Kam
J. Peter Robinson
Distributed byGolden Harvest
New Line Cinema
Release dates
  • 31 January 1997 (1997-01-31)
(Hong Kong)
  • 20 March 1998 (1998-03-20)
(United States)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryHong Kong
LanguagesEnglish[1]
Cantonese
BudgetUS$>25 million[2]
Box officeUS$31.7 million

Mr. Nice Guy (一個好人, LSHK Jat1 go3 hou2 jan4) is a 1997 English-language Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Sammo Hung, who also cameo appearance as an unfortunate cyclist. The film stars Jackie Chan and Richard Norton. The film was released theatrically in Hong Kong on 31 January 1997.

Mr. Nice Guy features a collaboration between Chan and Norton, reuniting them for the first time since 1993's City Hunter. Set in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, it is Chan's first film to be scripted and shot in English.

  1. ^ "Mr. Nice Guy - BBFC".
  2. ^ Gentry, Clyde III (April 1997). Jackie Chan: Inside the Dragon. Dallas, Texas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-87833-970-9. Retrieved 19 September 2024. With Hung's expert handling of the action, Chan was able to secure him as director of Police Story V, set in Sydney, Australia. Within a month the film title changed to Mr. Nice Guy and the setting to Melbourne, Australia. Sammo Hung was back in a major way, with a budget of over $25 million.