Jackie Chan did not play a bad guy in the end, but the box office reached 170 million, proving that this film is an unreplicable miracle in Hong Kong films.

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Some people say that the 2001 "The Secret Agent" is A watershed moment for Jackie Chan movies.

This is Jackie Chan's last Hong Kong-style action comedy film shot in Golden Harvest.

He later filmed "Rush Hour 2", "The Magic Tuxedo", "Shanghai Noon 2: Shanghai Knights" and "Around the World in 80 Days" in Hollywood, but they all "didn't taste like that" .

After he returned to Hong Kong, he filmed the "Ghost" series, "The Dragon Reborn" and "The Myth" and played fantasy again. "New Police Story" separated from the "Police Story" series and became its own film. Being one body is too "bitter and bitter".

It was not until 2006's "Baby Project" that movie fans finally looked forward to the return of the Jackie Chan-style action comedy of the past.

This is the third film that Jackie Chan and Chen Musheng collaborated on. Louis Koo and Xu Guanwen joined the cast, and Yuen Biao, Charlene Choi, Gao Yuanyuan and Chen Baoguo also helped out. The cute performance of the Australian child star Choi Chi-keung was the best in the Emperor movie of that year. Top quality production.

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In the movie, Jackie Chan changed his previous tall persona and played the role of a thief who is addicted to gambling. He rents flip-flops with Bai Datong (played by Louis Koo) Gong (played by Xu Guanwen) is a golden combination who specializes in stealing safes.

Once, a charterer who was in crisis faced a big business of 30 million yuan. Hong Kong tycoon Hong Feng entrusted him to steal the newborn son from the home of wealthy Li family.

Li's wife Min'er once had a relationship with Hong Feng's son Hong Jianbang. After Hong Jianbang died due to an accidental fall from a building, Hong Feng suspected that Min'er's newborn son was his grandson, so he sought out a thief. The charterer stole the baby.

The charterer persuaded Flip Flop and Baidu Tong to help. After they stole the baby, they encountered a police inspection on the way to deliver the baby. The charterer panicked and drove the car into a ravine.

In order to evade police pursuit, Flip Flop and Baidutong left first with their babies in their arms, while the charterer was detained by the police who arrived.

Because the charterer was detained and the transaction could not be carried out, the two grown men had to temporarily take care of the newly born baby, which caused a lot of jokes.

But in the process of getting along with the baby, the two gradually understood the difficulties of the people around them, and also got a glimpse of the kindness in their own hearts.

They also gradually fell in love with taking care of this cute baby.

Hong Feng couldn't wait for the charterer, so he sent his men to find Flip Flop's residence and try to snatch the baby away.

The policeman Mo Shidi (played by Yuan Biao) is also keeping an eye on them.

After many twists and turns, Flip Flop and Baidu finally waited until the charterer was released.

The charterer received an advance payment of 5 million, so they took the baby to Hong Feng's villa.

After the transaction, Hong Feng ordered doctors to take a blood sample of the baby for DNA testing, but unexpectedly discovered that the baby was not his grandson.

In extreme anger, Hong Feng took the baby to the freezer where his son's body was stored, intending to freeze the baby to death inside.

At the critical moment, Flip Flop and Bai Datong finally stepped forward to fight Hong Feng's group of men, and finally worked together with the charterer to rescue the baby.

Although the last three people were inevitably imprisoned, after experiencing this incident, they all found their kind selves.

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The highlight of the movie is naturally the baby Li Jiacheng with a pair of cute big eyes. His original name is Cai Zhiqiang. He is from Australia and is of Chinese and Colombian descent.

Jackie Chan and Chen Musheng selected more than 1,000 babies, but failed to find a suitable candidate until they accidentally discovered Cai Zhiqiang in the subway.

It turned out that Cai Zhiqiang’s parents took him to Hong Kong for fun, but they happened to meet Jackie Chan and Chen Musheng in the subway.

After some exchanges, Cai Zhiqiang’s mother readily agreed to let him appear on the scene.

At that time, Cai Zhiqiang was less than 1 year old, and now he is already a teenager. Looking at the photos, he is very different from when he was a baby. Only his big eyes are still bright.

During the filming of the film, Jackie Chan celebrated his 52nd birthday. More than 100 people from the entire film crew came to the set to celebrate his birthday.

Jackie Chan, who refuses to accept his old age, has repeatedly challenged difficult moves, including a shot of a flip-flop man who had to jump from the top floor to the ground along the outdoor air-conditioning boxes on each floor because his creditor was forcing him to pay. , he only tied the wire and tried it once before ordering the filming to start.

During filming, Jackie Chan jumped once and successfully reached the ground, but had to jump again because Yuan Biao said the wrong line.

The discarded footage is also included at the end of the film, making people realize the danger of shooting this footage.

Perhaps due to the influence of Jackie Chan, most of the action scenes actors in the play completed the filming in person, especially the second male lead Louis Koo, who rarely showed many difficult martial arts moves.

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The biggest feature of Jackie Chan's movies is that most of the characters he plays are good people with good conduct.

When he was in Hollywood, he also insisted on never playing a villain and always wore a Tang suit when appearing in public. Over time, Jackie Chan's connection with Chinese cultural images has become closer and closer.

However, Jackie Chan was very tired of his constant image in movies. When he conceived this film, he considered subverting his previous image and playing a bad guy with flaws in his character and conduct.

However, it is difficult for the movie script to be recognized. Jackie Chan was advised that he represents the image of the Chinese and it is best not to have any stains.

So Jackie Chan had to revise the script, making the character of the flip-flops less bad, and put all the black spots on the character of the charterer.

However, the relationship between Flip Flop and his father and the relationship between the landlord and his wife are the key plots described in the film, which enrich the images of the two characters.

Xu Guanwen, who plays the role of the landlord, has not been in a film for two years after "Rhapsody" and "Fried Man".

This time I was persuaded by Jackie Chan to play the role in the film, and it was of great significance to the fans to see the two great actors reunite.

"Baby Project" took in a box office of HK$23.45 million in Hong Kong that year, ranking 7th in the rankings that year. In the Mainland, it earned 155 million yuan, and the total box office in the two places exceeded 170 million yuan. Considering the film market environment at that time, this result was quite good.

To this day, when fans recall the excellent films Jackie Chan shot after 2000, "Baby Project" is still recognized as the best one.

Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Hot-Blooded Danxin

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