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Looking for Jackie

2009 · 85 min

A light, good-natured adventure about a boy chasing his hero, mixing playful fights with gentle life lessons.

Genres
Action, Comedy, Family
Overview
Jackie Chan is the undefeated Kung Fu Master who dishes out the action in traditional Jackie Chan style. When a young boy sets out to learn how to fight from the Master himself, he not only witnesses some spectacular fights, but learns some important life lessons along the way.

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Genres
Action, Comedy, Family
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • friendship
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
action, comedy, family
Directed by
Fang Gangliang, Jiang Ping
Starring
Zhang Yishan, Jackie Chan, Jiang Hongbo, Bingyan Yan, Wu Jun, Yuan Wenting, Yu Nan, Tian Hua
Runtime
85 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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