Yapım :2006 Ülke : HongKong Tür : Action Süre : 134 dakika IMDB Puan : 7.0/10 IMDB ID: tt0485976
A.K.A Baby Project BB Rob-B-Hood
Oyuncular Jackie Chan, Fong Ka Ho
Teresa Carpio, Landlady
Baoguo Chen, The Triad Boss
Charlene Choi, Bak Yin
Yuanyuan Gao, Melody
Hayama Go,
Michael Hui, Landlord
Louis Koo, Octopus
Andrew Wei Lin, Calvin
Hoi Lin,
Bilgi :The plot is simple, and, yes, is reminiscent of Three Men and a Baby. Irresponsible burglars have to take care of a baby and grow up in the process. Between the action sequences, we have scenes of humor, romance, and drama. Some of these work quite well. Chan brings gifts home to his family and is roundly reprimanded by his gray-haired father, for example. But the scene plays as though it was created simply to allow Chan to express shameful sadness without any corresponding follow-through.
Likewise, Louis Koo, as Chan's partner in crime, treats his young wife Yan (Charlene Choi) caddishly for no apparent reason other than the exigencies of the plot, which means that Choi none-too-subtly stalks him and dresses up in various costumes. (Speaking of 'none too subtle,' Koo mugs 'comically' to an extreme degree throughout the picture.) Chan and Koo's 'business manager,' Landlord (Michael Hui), has a wife who drags around a baby doll because, evidently, the couple cannot conceive a child of their own. It doesn't make any sense unless you watch the deleted scenes, but I guess a couple of extra baby crap jokes were deemed more important than providing greater understanding of the characters.
Yet trying to compose a critical analysis of the film's faults makes me feel exceptionally churlish because clearly it's pitched at a very broad level for a very broad (Asian) audience (with a Hong Kong rating of Category II-A). It provides a decent amount of entertainment, includes a few pleasant cameos -- most notably Yuen Biao, who really should have played Koo's role -- and the re-teaming of Chan and Michael Hui washes out some of the unpleasant taste left from their portrayal of Japanese mechanics in the Cannonball Run movies. Hearing Chan speak in his native language is also a reminder that he's a much more effective actor, with a wider range, than his Hollywood roles would suggest.
