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| Graphic I made for Project A II |
Starring, directed and written by Jackie Chan
Starring Maggie Cheung
Rosamund Kwan
Bill Tung
Written and produced by Edward Tang
Produced by Raymond Chow
Leonard Ho
Synopsis
Corrupt Royal Hong Kong Police Force inspector Chun (David Lam) has made himself the most powerful law enforcement officer in Hong Kong by staging high-profile arrests of the criminals and mobsters with whom he's in cahoots. The British authorities know Chun is a dirty cop but have not been able to infiltrate his inner circle. Enter fearless and incorruptible military policeman Royal Hong Kong Police Force Sergeant"Dragon Ma" Yun (Jackie Chan), who comes back to his hometown to pose as Chun's new right-hand man and take down both cops and criminals.
Review
I honestly am not too fond of this film. Firstly, it's missing Biao Yuen and Sammo Hung which were the best parts of the first Project A in 1983. But, to make up for it, we get Maggie Cheung's brilliant role as Maggie is amazing. She has great acting and is one of the best parts of Project A 2. Not to mention Bill Tung, who is hilarious in all his movies. Also, Ken Lo!
I first saw this film on TV when I was 6, like with Project A. But Project A stuck more to me. The plot of this film is forgettable, and so is the climax stunt. The whole film itself is unforgettable. But the amazing stunt sequences, characters, fight scenes and acting makes it up! No idiot comes to a Jackie Chan movie for the plot. They want the kicks! The slaps! The insults! The stunts!
One of the things I find better about the movie is the outtakes. All versions have the same song, and actually have more outtakes then clips from the movie, but Project A only had 5 outtakes unlike this one. So I guess it lives up to Chan's tradition of putting outtakes in his movie credits.
Anyways, I don't hate the movie, but it's hard to follow, and is kinda boring at some times with the plot scenes. With Project A you could watch the scenes that had no action because it either added to the plot or was funny. Project A 2 is an astonishing film, but you want something very easy to remember, and actually funny, I recommend Project A.
Project B proceeds! But mid-way through, go back to Project A.
Watch Project A 2 at
Yue Chinese with English subtitles https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/project-a-2/17932867730
