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Police
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Jackie Chan shows off his new vest in Police Story
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Year: |
1985 |
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Director: |
Jackie
Chan |
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Producer: |
Leonard
Ho Koon-Cheung |
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Cast: |
Jackie
Chan, Maggie
Cheung Man-Yuk, Chor
Yuen, Bill Tung
Piu, Lam Kwok-Hung, Crystal Kwok
Kam-Yan,
Angile Leung Wan-Yui, Kenny
Ho Kar-King, Lam
Kwok-Bun, Tai Bo,
Charlie Cho Cha-Lei,
Ann Mui Oi-Fong, Benny Lai, Mars,
Wu Ma, Lau
Siu-Ming, Lau
Ching-Wan, Michael
Chow Man-Kin, Yip Sun, Dennis
Chan Kwok-San, Alvina
Kong Yan-Yin, Ken
Lo Wai-Kwong |
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The
Skinny: |
Jackie
Chan is back in this decent sequel to his 1985 hit Police
Story, a film that redefined the modern day HK action
flick. If you're searching for an intricate, well-written
script with mesmerizing dramatic performances, I suggest
you look elsewhere. But if you want to see Jackie Chan
in his physical prime doing stunts that no sane human
being would even think of, look no further. |
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Review
by Sanjuro: |
The original
Police Story was a slam-bang action movie that
was high on stunts, but low on plot. Still, the movie
had some of the greatest action sequences ever put
on film along with a strong cast and a winning performance
by Jackie Chan, so quibbles about plot are pretty
much beside the point.
Police Story 2 picks
up right where the first one left off. Despite all
his Herculean efforts to apprehend the bad guys in
the first film, super detective Kevin Chan Ka-Kui
(Jackie Chan) earns nothing but a stern reprimand
from his superiors and a humiliating demotion to traffic
duty. Constantly hounded by the creeps from the first
film, Chan decides that he and his long-suffering
girlfriend May (Maggie Cheung) deserve a nice, relaxing
vacation from all the gangland drama. But when mad
bombers threaten his home turf, Chan has no choice
but to stay behind and help the police, much to the
disappointment of his pouting girlfriend. So for the
rest of the movie, Chan has to shoulder the hefty
responsibility of locating and capturing the terrorists
while at the same time trying to salvage what he can
of his crumbling relationship with May. But when she
becomes the target of the bombers' extortion plan,
Chan must face her kidnappers alone in the (literally!)
explosive finale.
Overall, Police Story
2 is standard Jackie Chan fare, and that's not
a bad thing. Chan is always an engaging presence,
giving the audience topnotch stuntwork, intricate
fight scenes, and a touch of comedy here and there.
Interestingly enough, one of his best stunts in the
film is done with a complete air of nonchalance. While
crossing an intersection, Chan gets hit full-force
by a car (the stunt-driver miscalculated) and is sent
hurtling off screen!
Plot-wise, Police Story
2 is lacking and, to be honest, pretty boring,
but the actors are charming enough. Maggie Cheung
is her normal appealing self, as is Bill Tung in his
ever ubiquitous role as Uncle Bill (randomly pick
a handful of Jackie Chan films, and you'll see what
I mean). But nobody comes to a Jackie Chan flick expecting
Hamlet. Believe me, when the action heats up,
Police Story 2 delivers. (Sanjuro 2002)
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Notes: |
Maggie Cheung suffered a head injury during the film's
finale and was unable to complete the film. Notice that
after the stunt involving metal frames, Cheung does
not appear in close-up for the rest of the picture.
Her character is shot from far away or from behind with
a double in her place. Cheung's injury can be seen during
the outtakes.
In America, New Line Cinema owns the rights to
this film. |
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Awards:
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8th
Annual Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Action Design (Jackie
Chan)
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Availability: |
DVD
(Hong Kong)
Region 0 NTSC
Intercontinental Video, Ltd.
Police Story Series 3-DVD Set
16x9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Cantonese and Mandarin Language Tracks
Dolby Digital 5.1 / DTS 5.1
Removable English and Chinese Subtitles
Various Extras |
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Also
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Police
Story (1985)
Police Story 3: Supercop
(1992)
Police Story
4: First Strike (1996) |
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image
courtesy of Mega Star Video Distribution, Ltd.
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