I hope every single one of you has an awesome year and that God protects and blesses you.
Also, watch more action films.
Directed, written by, and starring Jackie Chan
Starring Bridget Lin
Maggie Cheung
Lam Hwok Hung
Bill Tung
Written by Edward Tang
Release date (Hong Kong): December 15, 1985
May 15, 2006 (Australia)
Synopsis
Kevin Chan, an honest Hong Kong cop protecting Selina Fong, a Triad boss's
girlfriend-turned-informer, finds himself framed for the murder of a
dirty cop, Royal Hong Kong Police Force Sergeant Mao, and going on the run.
Review
Oh HELL YES.
I've been a MEGA Chan Fan ever since I was 6. But due to my new interests with lots of other franchises (LazyTown, Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, Odd Squad, etc..) I kinda forgot about him. Infact, Rush Hour was the only reason I thought about him. But one day I decided to watch one of his movies. Nothing interesting was on Netflix, but the plot of Police Story sounded interesting to me. So I watched the Hong Kong version, subtitled by SBS On Demand and then I started to get hooked back onto Jackie Chan films.
Now, I'm not exaggerating when I say the Police Story franchise is one of Chan's best works. All films in the franchise (Police Story, Police Story: Part 2, Police Story 3: Super Cop, Police Story 4: First Strike, New Police Story & Police Story: Lockdown) all got 12 wins at award shows combined, and all the film's box office performances (including Supercop 2 / Project S / Once a Cop / Police Story 3: Part 2) made 489866205 Hong Kong dollars. I can see why, trust me. Judging from only the first film (I've watched the first 5, not counting Supercop 2. That's a spinoff.), you can say it took a lot to make this.
The film's comedy sequences are subtle and actually very funny, but they don't take your focus away from the serious parts, then the action sequences.
The cast did a great performance. Maggie Cheung did a great job as an annoying girlfriend, and Lam Hwok Kung did an amazing job as the strict guy who only cares about himself.
My only complaint with the film is one of the comedy sequences which has Kevin ignoring crimes such as abuse so he can eat his lunch. Of course, when he ignores the call about a lost cow and when May calls him and he responds rudely, then pretends that it was another one of his employees, that was funny, because you're not supposed to take that seriously. I would spoil the rest of the sequence for you, but I don't want to.
After all, it's just a movie, and that joke was supposed to be funny, but it wasn't, but that doesn't make the movie any worse.
I can't say anything else bad about Police Story, because the fight scenes and two stunts by Jackie. (YES, TWO STUNTS), and climbing over walls and parkour that Chan does in the film is impeccable and just some of his best work.
I'm just waiting for the novelization of the film so I can tell my kids the Police Story of Jackie Chan's Police Force. "One sunny day in Hong Kong..."
Watch Police Story
Hong Kong cut, Cantonese audio with English subtitles - https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/police-story/1464151619561
Jackie Chan's Police Force - American cut, 1987, English audio, 87 minutes | https://archive.org/details/police-story-export-cut
Alternate version of American cut of Police Story with Kevin Bassinson score
"Police Story 2" - Australian cut, 1990, English audio |
https://archive.org/details/policestory2
Strangely with the Police Story 2 title card, Police Story 1 movie and credits...?
