Gorgeous is a 1999 Hong Kong movie, directed by Vincent Kok . Gorgeous is a romantic movie with Jackie Chan and Shu Qi as the two main romantic leads. This movie was Jackie Chan's attempt to break out of his stereotypical role.

Plot Synopsis

Shu Qi is the country girl type, who finds a message in a bottle that moves her to find the original writer in the big city. Upon reaching the city, she tracks down the owner of the message in the bottle who turns out to be a homosexual man mourning the loss of his lover, played by Tony Leung Chiu Wai. Hilarity ensues and she meets Jackie Chan's character, a rich billionaire playboy type who falls in love with her. There are further plot developments concering a rival of the billionaires.

Cast includes

• Jackie Chan
• Shu Qi
• Tony Leung Chiu Wai
• Emil Chau
• Richie Ren
• Ken Lo
• Sung Young Chen
• Elaine Jin
• Bradley James Allan
• Tats Lau
• Vincent Kok
• Sandra Ng Kwan Yue
• Sam Lee
• Kar-Ying Law
• Stephen Chow
• David Leung
• Stephen Fung
• Daniel Wu

Gorgeous is also the pen name of sci-fi/fantasy author John Allen. The moniker appears on his REALM series works and also on various poetic pieces. The origin of the pen name has been connected to an assortment of nicknames given to him by a favorite teacher.