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Made in Chinatown

USA 2021
produced by
Gine Lui, Shing Ka, Mark V Wiley, Kellie Bach, Mark Steven Grove, James Lew, Tony Darrow for Tambuli Films, Nine East Productions
directed by Robert Samuels, James Lew
starring Jay Kwon, Shuya Chang, Timothy Chivalette, Emmanuel Brown, Theresa Moriarty, Tony Darrow, Vincent Pastore, Lo Meng, Raymond J. Barry, Bob Martin, Robert Samuels, Geoff Lee, Shing Ka, Nico Chang Lynch, James Lew, Celia Au, Joseph D'Onofrio, William DeMeo, Paul Borghese, Chris Caldovino, Tony Ray Rossi, Maggie Wagner, Chiu Chi Ling, Artie Pasquale, Karen Tsen Lee, Stefano Da Fre, Greg Lee, Nekoda Phillips, John Sialiano, Zack Beyer, Fenton Li, Asia Sparks, Gina Destra, Mark V Wiley, Patrick W. Griffin, Michelle Procida, Gine Lui, Eric Kovaleski, Cole Elliott, Nico Feula, Wesley Green, John Tarangelo, Tisha Tinsman, Hrasif, Koji Nishiyama, Erica Alexandria Wisor, Alex Wiley, Danny Collingo, Jeff Pirrami, Jason DeCesare, Richard Giacco, Eumie Choi, Tak Wah Eng, Patricia Chu, Robert L. Jefferson, Scot Teller, Lucky Harmon, Kristoffe Brodeur, Michael William Kondyra, Mark Poletti, David Palmieri, Vincent Riviezzo, Francesco Scorsone, Anchor Clutch, Bobby Favoretto, Hector Soria, PaiSen Wang, Akihiro Haga, Jerry DiLeo, John Deblasio, Johnny Potenza, Paul Sun, Steven Y. Chan, Peter Ngai, Kiera O'Connor, Paul Koh, Orlando Costa
written by Mark V Wiley, music by Lou Lanza, Paula Reinhardt, Marc Waithe, Enrico Arcaro, Brendan McGeehan, David Fesliyan, David Renda, Marty Krzywonos, Stephen Tirpak, stunt coordination by James Lew

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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?

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 ...

 

Now there's no way I can call Made in Chinatown 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.

 

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