As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call on Jessica Yang, a rising star in their ranks, to help stop a notorious gang of thieves.
Review
I will admit, for my first Michelle Yeoh movie where SHE is in the spotlight, this did not dissapoint.
The movie has subtle comedy at times, especially with scenes between Guang and Yeoh. It doesn't have a lot, trust me, but when it does it is pretty funny.
The movie has a very great casting choice, a good score, and good voice dubbing for 1998.
The action may not be as eye catching as you see in the first 3 other Police Story movies, but it still doesn't dissapoint.
And for the people who were expecting a one by one film to Supercop, ehmmm... no. But there are some subtle references, in the dialogue, and even during the fights!
Oh, and yeah, there is a lot of glass breaking in this movie, as is with the first 2 Police Story films with Jackie Chan.
But one thing that does annoy me is the opening credits. The way it goes is this - action scene, credit, action scene, credit, and it goes ON AND ON for 3 minutes. I mean, if you're GOING to put credits in between an action scene, place them as text on the bottom of the screen, or at least dedicate 2 minutes to the opening credits!
Anyways, the film is pretty good, fight scenes are good, dubbing is good.
Oh, yeah, that Chackie Jan guy is good as well.
Rating: 6.3/10
Watch Supercop 2 on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKV6xjtS2r0 (Dimension Films cut from 1999)
Nick Tramontane Greg Mellott Elliot Tong Produced by Barbie Tung Starring Jackie Chan Wu fChen-chun Jackson Lou
Bill Tung
Nonna Grishayeva
Synopsis
A Hong Kong police detective, Jackie (Jackie Chan), works with the
CIA to track a mysterious woman named Natasha (Grishajeva Nonna). She is
suspected of delivering money to a terrorist, Jackson Tsui (Jackson
Liu), who is trying to obtain a nuclear warhead from the Russian mob.
Traveling from Hong Kong to the Ukraine to Australia, Chan aims to bust
up the terrorist plot using his fists as much as his brains, doing
battle underwater, on stilts and across mountain tops.
Review
So the movie was not what I expected, in a good way.
I love this film. It has the same comedy aspect as Project Awhere it makes me wonder if it was promoted as a comedy-action. However, with First Strike there was comedy for most of the scenes, and even during a hotel chase.
The fight scenes in this movie have no comedy, which is great. Your only focus is on the great moves and tricks and hits from Jackie. The movie also has beautiful views from Brisbane, Australia. I live in Sydney, and trust me, in 2023, it doesn't compare to Brisbane in 1995.
First Strike is an amazing film. Want to see an underwater fight, a helicopter stunt, ladder fight, hotel chase and Jackie Chan's butt? First Strike's the way to go.
And no, John McClane from the Movie Forums, this film is NOT BETTER then "Police Story III: Supercop".
P.S. this is NOT the first time Jackie Chan fights for America. Rumble in The Bronx existed 2 years before this film.
Watch "Jackie Chan's First Strike" at the
https://archive.org/details/firststrike19961080ph264ac3dolbydigital5.1nickarad (American cut from New Line Cinema, 1997) https://archive.org/details/first-strike-fw-reconstruction (1996 Hong Kong cut)
I didn't know if I should've put 2001 in the title, because the way I watched the film was from an old FOX airing of the movie put up on the Internet Archive.
Directed by STANLEY TONG
Written by
Edward Tang
Fibe Ma
Produced by Barbie Tung
Starring
Jackie Chan
Anita Mui
Françoise Yip
Bill Tung
Garvin Cross
Synopsis
Royal Hong Kong Police Force cop Ma Hon Keung (Jackie Chan) arrives in New York City for the
wedding of his uncle Bill Wong (Bill Tung), a grocer who recently sold his
Bronx store to the fetching Elaine (Anita Mui). After a biker gang
bursts into the store to wreak havoc, Keung springs into action, giving
up his vacation to defend the weak and protect the innocent with his
extraordinary martial arts skills. As Keung investigates local gangs, he
learns more about a criminal syndicate that needs to be brought to
justice.
Review
So, if I had no expectations from the movie, I wouldn't be dissapointed. But this film introduced Jackie Chan to Americans, and was pretty bad which makes you understand why the American films from Jackie are horrible.
Firstly, Jackie's English prounounciation is pretty cringe (it was even worse back in 1980) but he was still learning English in the 1990s, so I can't blame him.
Secondly, Elaine is an annoying character who fondly reminds me of May from the first 3 Police Stories, who can't understand that JACKIE CHAN is a cop and when arresting bad people, he destroys a lot of things in the process of cop heroics. Ever watched Police Story or Police Assassins, Elaine?
Thirdly, the movie has no funny comedy scenes. A scene where Keung goes into Bill's store and says hi to a random woman thinking that she's his aunt is pretty normal. Until you get the rest of the scene were Bill is married to a black (mildly) obese woman. That scene just felt racist to me. Speaking of racism, all black characters are portrayed as loud annoying individuals, which is annoyingly stereotypical.. most of the time. (Chris Tucker, why?!)
Fourthly, the gang in New York is unrealistic and are bad villians. Tell me, if a movie has villians that aren't criminals would you find it interesting?
Anyways, the only parts of the film I liked were the fight scenes (there were only 2 good ones), the stunt, and the outtakes, which is particularly what I was waiting for.
So, uhh.. Rumble in The Bronx is a terrible cop movie and proves Americans like anything from America.
So here is my way of how to watch the film: Beginning of film, skip to the market fight. Then skip to next fight. Then next fight. Then big stunt. Then next fight. Next stunt. Then outtakes. Finish.
Watch Rumble in The Bronx at the
https://archive.org/details/Rumble_In_The_Bronx_FOX_WOC_2001-03-15 (Fox Broadcasting Company edit from March 2001, 2 hours long with ads, nude butt scene at the end and swearing removed)
I know some of you might be angry about me calling the film Super Cop and not Police Story 3 as it was released in Australia, but the version of the film I downloaded and watched was the 1996 Dimension Films cut, so I can't review the original version if I never watched it.
Produced by and starring Jackie Chan
Directed by Stanley Tong Written by
Edward Tang Ma Fibe Yee Lee Wai Produced by
Willie Chan Edward Tang Leonard Ho
Starring Michelle Khan Maggie Cheung Ken Tsang Yuen Wah Bill Tung Josephine Koo Wong Siu
Synopsis
To infiltrate a drug cartel, Royal Hong Kong Police Force Inspector Kevin Chan (Jackie Chan)
goes undercover in a Chinese prison. There, he earns the trust of
Panther (Yuen Wah), a cartel member, by breaking him out of prison. With
the help of another undercover agent, Jessica Yang, (Michelle Khan), they travel to
Hong Kong and join up with Panther's gang. Ka Kui is accepted by the
gang's leader (Ken Tsang), but his operation is jeopardized when Kevin's girlfriend, May (Maggie Cheung) accidentally reveals his true identity.
Review
Supercop is easily the best work in the Police Story series. Jackie Chan and his stunt team went all out on this one. Unlike First Strike which was overloaded with comedy (like putting too much salt on a food), the comedy in this was funny and subtle.
Anyway, Michelle Khan is a great actress, and this is the movie that introduced me to her. Her movies are insane, and soon enough you'll be seeing more of her on this site (infact, reviews of Supercop 2 and Yes Madam are coming soon)
Super Cop is one of the best Chan films ever. It must have taken months to come up with choreography. Jackie Chan is a legend. This movie is one you wish never ever ended, unlike it's spinoff, Supercop 2, which I gave up on watching after 2 minutes. I'll be watching it again for the sake of the blog.
(edit 2.1.24 - I watched the movie on Dec. 16 2023. A review is coming in June.)
Not to mention, Dimension Film and Miramax's edit and voice casting choice of films is actually amazing, including this one, and it's actually great they got Chan and Khan to voice for the film. Many would complain about the American editing of this franchise, but especially this movie, I actually enjoyed it! In fact, it was even better then the Hong Kong version. I'm not exageratting when I say this movie is the best movie of the whole 1990s. Watch it for yourself!
Release date: December 22, 1999
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