This movie was originally going to be the sequel to the Young Master and was going to be called the Young Master in Love. What ended up happening is that the movie drifted so far away from the original Young Master, that they decided to make it a separate movie on its own. (Gee, I can quote Des Mangan word for word, almost). Anyway, the movie is set during the colonial times in China and Jackie Chan is a young kid (with a rich father) who is doing what all kids do - chase girls and play sports. What ends up happening is that during his cavorting, Jackie stumbles across a plot to steal ancient treasures from China and he and his friend beat up the nasty bad guy and become heroes.
It is a pretty basic plot, but then who watches Jackie Chan for the plot. We watch it for the fighting and for the comedy. The thing with Jackie Chan comedy is that it can be quite subtle at times. In this movie it is basically him chasing women around and bumbling constantly. Not only that, we see him scheming with the gods and his friends to manipulate this woman into his life. The thing is that in the end she ignored the advice of the gods and decided to go for him anyway.
Do I really need to say more about this movie? No, I thought not.
It is a pretty basic plot, but then who watches Jackie Chan for the plot. We watch it for the fighting and for the comedy. The thing with Jackie Chan comedy is that it can be quite subtle at times. In this movie it is basically him chasing women around and bumbling constantly. Not only that, we see him scheming with the gods and his friends to manipulate this woman into his life. The thing is that in the end she ignored the advice of the gods and decided to go for him anyway.
Do I really need to say more about this movie? No, I thought not.