67%User score 67 percent
The Paper Tigers
2020 · Action · Comedy
User Score
11 votes
When a Chinese guy joins the Mob... FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!
A young Chinese nobody sets out to become a Don in the Italian Mafia. It turns out that earning respect, finding love, and discovering his identity doesn't come so easy. He'll have to fight his way to the top.
Recommendations based on this film
filmguyinsights
June 21, 2021
This movie is actual special. While it is billed as a kung-fu wiseguy mashup, it is really a story of coming to terms with who we are, and also a love story. The lead character 'Vinny' Chow, is a Chinese guy in NY who wants to date an Italian girl. Why not, right? But she only dates wiseguys, so he figures to get her attention he will become one, too. Thing is, he can't, and this causes all the fun trouble in the fil…
Read the full review on TMDBBigManFan
August 16, 2021
It wasn't until the 2nd watching that I started seeing all the Easter eggs in this film. Twisted lines from The Godfather, Donnie Brasco, Goodfellas, Bruce Lee, Zen and more. Images and props from other films. The writer did a great job smashing stereotypes by directing fun at them, not playin on them. He actors played their parts straight, with silly dialogue. I think this is the first time these two genres have bee…
Read the full review on TMDBReviews are written by the TMDB community, not by Made in Chinatown's publisher.
