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<body> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="800" cellpadding="0" height="100%"> <tr> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/square.gif" valign="top">  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="592" valign="top"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="592"> <tr> <td width="100%">  </td> </tr> </table>    <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="255" align="right"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="../stills/madeinchinatown-poster.jpg" width="250" height="324"></td> </tr> </table> <p>Vinny (Jay Kwon) is a young New Yorker of Chinese descent - how doesn't give a hoot about his heritage though, having never known another home than New York City - and he adores Italian-American culture, and especially everything he has learned about the mob in genre movies. Also, he's madly in love with that Italian-American girl, Tina (Theresa Moriarty), but figures she won't be interested in an Asian havenot like himself, so he decides to join the mob - which at first seems impossible, as he gets thrown out of the organisations of both Al Capella (Tony Darrow) and Amadore Condimento (Vincent Pastore), simply because he's not "Italian" enough. But then Vinny's luck seems to turn - but does it?</p> <p>You see, Capella, Condimento and triad chief Hung Phat (Lo Meng) all fight for supremacy on the local food market, and they're kept in check by corrupt cop O'Greedy (Raymond J. Barry), who's paid by all involved in the game - but now he figures it's time to spice things up a bit for some extra cash, so he convices Condimento to try and sell his olive oil to Chinatown businesses - pretty much a declaration of war to Hung Phat. Thing is, none of the Chinatown vendors would by product from a mobster - but they might buy from a fellow Asian. And this brinds Vinny onto the scene, who, ignorant to the danger of his mission, thinks he's a made man now - even if he doesn't have the first clue when it comes to selling olive oil. What's worse, he and his two best friends (Timothy Chivalette, Emmanuel Brown) soon pop up on the radar of two gouvernment agents (Bob Martin, Robert Samuels) trying to un-entangle the crimial web the local food trade has become, and in the chaos that ensues, Vinny and company soon have no idea anymore which side they are actually on ...</p> <p> </p> <p>Now there's no way I can call <b>Made in Chinatown</b> the most sophisticated of comedies, as it at times paints in very broad strokes - but this doesn't hurt the film one bit, as the genres it mainly draws inspiration from, mob flicks and Hong Kong action, circa 1980s, are known for many things but not necessarily their subtlety. And while not exactly subtle, the film still manages to work quite a few surprises into its intentionally formulaic plot, and even some laughs where one wouldn't expect them. And an able cast who play it straight despite being in on the joke, an energetic direction and some well-handled action setpieces all help make this one very entertaining movie for sure.</p> <p>  </td> <td width="4" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="100" rowspan="2" background="../stylepix/squareright.gif" valign="top">  </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="592" valign="top">  <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> currentyear = "2021"; </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript" src="../scripts/endcredits.js"></SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> dosworsdonn(); </SCRIPT> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </body>