Rob-B-Hood

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Cast of Project BB along with baby Matthew

Rob-B-Hood (Chinese:寶貝計劃) is an Action, Comedy film starring Jackie Chan, currently on release across Asia. It officially made its international debut at the 2006 Venice Film Festival on September 29, 2006. Rob-b-Hood was predominantly filmed on location in Hong Kong.

The films tagline: This September! Crawl Baby Crawl!

1 Plot
2 Behind the scenes
3 Box office
4 Cast & Crew
5 External links
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[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film is an action comedy about three robbers who kidnap a baby. For this film, Chan wanted to play a full-fledged villain, but Chinese censors rejected the original script. So, In the movie, Chan portrays a gambling addict who kidnaps the grandson of a tycoon for ransom, but ends up as a hero trying to protect the child from the mob.

The film follows a group of thieves made up of Thongs (Chan), Octopus (Louis Koo), and Landlord (Michael Hui). They steal for different reasons. Thongs is a compulsive gambler who faces debt collectors at his door. Octopus spends his fortunes to court a rich girl. Landlord does not spend his loot, but saves all of it and keeps it in a safe in his house. After Landlord's house was broke into and all his savings stolen, he was desperate to regain his fortune and accepted a job offer that will pay him in huge sums. At the same time Thongs and Octopus were both in desperate need of money again, and they went for the job without knowing the details. Only after breaking in did they know that Landlord was asked to steal a baby, and return it to the baby's alleged grandfather, who is also the head of a Triad. When they were on the way to hand over the baby, they ran through a police road block, resulting in a car crash. Landlord was hospitalized and kept in police custody because of the accident, while Thongs and Octopus was forced to take care of the baby, deciding that it will be best to hold on to their prize before the Landlord is released. They faced challenges from all fronts, including the Triads, Thongs' creditors, Octopus wife and of course, the baby they've stolen.

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[edit] Behind the scenes

Jackie Chan was tired of being typecast as an actor who always plays a 'Mr Nice Guy' type role in all of his films. In this film (originally titled Project BB, Project Baby or Baby Plan), Jackie Chan plays a bad guy for one of the first times since some of his very early films before he even became famous.

Jackie Chan has wrote the story himself and Alan Yuen has wrote the screenplay for the film. The original idea was for two of his school brothers, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao to appear in the film alongside him but it appears that this will no longer be the case. Only Yuen Biao appears in the film.

The film reportedly went over-budget due to delays caused by baby Matthew's excessive sleeping on set. Though this is expected of an infant his age, the tight schedule was unable to accommodate it.

[edit] Box office

Rob-B-Hood opened in Hong Kong on September 29, 2006. In its first five days, it grossed an outstanding HK$10,690,554 (US$1,371,991).[1] It went on to a final gross of HK$23,183,803 (US$2,975,334) in Hong Kong, making it Jackie Chan's most successful Hong Kong film since 2001's The Accidental Spy[2].

Worldwide, the film grossed US$20,434,179, off a budget of US$16,800,000[3].

[edit] Cast & Crew

Starring : Jackie Chan, Louis Koo, Michael Hui, Charlene Choi, Chen Baoguo, Gao Yuanyuan, Yuen Biao, Teresa Carpio, Ken Low, Hiro, Terrence Yin, Conroy Chan, Andrew Lin, Cherrie Ying, Ken Wong, and 'Matthew' as The Baby

Director: Benny Chan

Producers : Willie Chan, Solon So, Benny Chan, Wong Zhonglei

Executive Producers : Jackie Chan, Albert Yeung, Willie Chan, Wong Zhongjun

Writers: Jackie Chan (story), Alan Yuen (screenplay)

Production Company: JCE Movies Limited

Co-Production Company: Huayi Brothers' Movie Investment Limited

Stunt Director and Choreographer: Jackie Chan