The plot, such as it is that a wealthy businessman becomes interested in a young woman who kept him from being lost at sea by Emil Chau (bad guy?) He gets Brad Allen, an American Martial Arts champion to fight C.N. with the intention of humiliating C.N. who hasn't been in the gym much and not in fighting form. What takes place next is one the most unrealistic fights I have seen in a Jackie Chan movie. Things are polite. Brad comes prepared for everything and different weight gloves. And tunes. When Jackie falls down and just stays there Brad leaves and Emil is sad rather than gloating. Emil does not work as a bad guy. Jackie wants a rematch with Allen and starts to work out again, often with the help of Ah Bu.

Of course there needs to be another fight between Jackie and Brad. It's difficult to see many shots of Jackie because he is wearing all white and every thing in the room is white too. Rather blinding. I won't spoil the outcome of the fight nor the repercussions so I'll shift to this movie apparently has had all the specials removed.

The movie itself is 120 minutes and is not a great film. Jackie seemed to be having a lot of fun when talking during interviews. He had one of his best friends act as the most useless bad guy along with a stunt team member to have pretend fights with. The only thing I have heard about this movie that is so special is that Jackie finally has a romantic kiss. Well the kiss is in the special features so no one will see it now anyway, and Jackie has kissed women before in movies like "Red Bronx" ("Rumble In The Bronx"). Jackie seemed very happy during the interview segment but this reviewer did not share in his elation. This movie did not deliver as advertised. Pretty fluff and everyone's happy does not necessarily a good movie make.

The real eye catcher of this flick is Brad Allen. He is a member of the Jackie Chan stunt man team and has two stand-out, high quality throwdowns with the Chan-man himself. These battles resonate with the energy and sharpness of the classic Jackie vs. Benny "The Jet" fights.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SLICK AND FAMOUS: There is a dope fight involving Jackie, some guys and bunch of baseball bats. Nice. Brad Allen is still an unknown and it's a shame, because with his clean technique and fierce agility he can probably hang with all the big boys. In the end fight versus Jackie, Brad executes a jumping QUADRUPLE front kick! No strings attached. Seriously.

FINAL WORDS FROM A BASTARD: Ignore the lame love story and get it because you like to see people kick and punch each other. And that is your right. Power to the people! I need more coffee, I'm losin' it over here...

But when she arrives in HK, she finds out that her prince is not all what he seems. It turns out he's gay.

Heartbroken, but not defeated, Bu carries on with her life in HK. She later meets C.N. (Jackie Chan). She falls deeply in love with him , but C.N. has fears of commitment.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say " THIS IS ONE OF J-CHAN'S BEST MOVIES EVER!!"

I know a lot of people will disagree with me on that, but it is. I love seeing Jackie pound the heck out of people, but ever so often you have to make a movie that showcases your other talents.

Other thing I like about this movie, Shu Qi. Man is she hot!! This is the first movie I saw her in. I fell in love with her in an instant. Just thinking about her makes me fell all warm and fuzzy inside.

For those of you who like to see J-Chan fighting, don't worry there is some and its good too. Jackie takes on one of his students that he trains in Australia. A really short, fast guy. He fights him twice, and both of the fights are roughly 10 minutes long.

You know, this movie is a great date movie. your girlfriend can enjoy the romance between Jackie and Qi, and you can enjoy looking at Qi Shu and the fighting.

However there weren't many fights, instead more story, romance, disney drama, fairytale contents, comedic actions e.t.c. so this movie is worth a rental just to see if you really like those two particular fights I mentioned. If you do then it is worth buying it so you can watch them again and again, especially with the DVD version where you go straight to the fights.

As usual the quality of the movie is at its best and the plot is good because they used a different story and setting this time. Its good for a change, instead of just seeing violent Jackie films, we see fun, disney, action comedy type.

Jackie plays a business man, apparently this is the first time he has played this character role, so thats interesting. The romance stuff happens with Shu Qi and the scenery and setting of the film is rich, wealth and clean.

There nothing more to say really, so just rent the movie first to see if you like it just for the fights or both the fights and the different story. Either way the fights will always be memorable especially with the music that accompanies it. Perfect in my opinion. e.g. musical notes is played as movements are made. This is good work.

Brad Allan is a good martial artist Jackie has to defeat. Just watch it to obtain your own opinion!